The Coastal Commission and Coastal Conservancy are raping Malibu. Pristine beaches don’t stay that way with 37 parking spaces paved on the sand. Up on Broad Beach Road a man named Norm Haynie is pushing to make a private beach public because he can’t build on the sand.
Are we to be another Santa Barbara or Playa Del Rey or Palos Verdes where the sand is so dirty you can’t even tell it’s sand?
The state accesses are not maintained as it is now. Will the Coastal Commission pay for trash pick-up and patrol the beach at night? Will the Coastal Commission post signs on the private beaches and educate the public about lot lines?
Are any of the Coastal Commission or Coastal Conservancy members aware of what conservation means? Increased use of an area threatens the very essence and beauty of its natural ebb and flow.
Why always the push toward public use and resentment of private property? Why push and shove people who are not vested in the interest of respecting nature – why pit the people who are working at maintaining a quality of life with the people who don’t care about leaving piles of trash on the beach for the ocean to take away?
Who is Norm Haynie? Who are the Coastal Conservancy members? Why do they get to decide Malibu’s fate? Who said there can’t be private beaches?
J. Johnson