”Just Say No” to equine RV parks in scenic corridors. Choosing this location for the Reagan Equestrian Campground in Malibu Creek State Park is an abomination. This facility will mar the view for miles along a designated scenic highway, Mulholland Drive. The fire pits of this facility are also a threat to public safety and will likely be the place the next Corral Canyon fire begins wiping out hundreds of homes. The concentration of animal waste at this site will pollute an already polluted Malibu Creek water shed. (Just Google horse urine and water quality). Instead of subsidizing the life styles of a few well-heeled equestrians at a time when the parks can barely afford to remain open, I believe the state should consider banning horses from the Malibu Creek watershed.
There are insufficient water resources to establish the shade trees depicted in this plan. The result will be a barren half-paved field full of unsightly buildings, recreational vehicles, and dumpsters storing horse manure. Even if there are a few trees, in a hundred years the scenic view will be ruined forever.
This facility is located within sight of the ridgeline where the Corral Canyon fire started. It is immediately upwind of hundreds of homes in the densely treed community of Malibou Lake. The prevailing Santa Ana winds blowing from the fire pits at this facility pose a grave danger to hundreds of homes.
This facility is literally a few hundred yards uphill from Malibou Lake which feeds into Malibu Creek. Both these bodies of water already have water quality problems with fish kills commonplace. We already dump enough bacteria on the beach to force closures. We should not encourage large animals to roam the hillsides defecating and urinating next to Malibu Creek.
Private R & R zoned properties are available for this land use. If this facility must be on public land, put it near Sycamore Canyon, less view shed encroachment, less fire danger, less Malibu Creek watershed pollution. Express your opposition to this location by writing Third District Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky at zev@bos.lacounty.gov.
Ted Fulton