$375,000 for a staircase? I’ll bet a stairway including a complete gallows system with bleachers has been built for 1 percent of this and built to code with 13 stairs, 13 knots.
Anyway, this little piece of beach off Malibu Road is a favorite for surfers when the surf’s up and deserted when it’s down. It’s a ritual for them to climb over the fence with their boards, a hallowed tradition which will be ruined by the stairs. By-by beach blanket bingo.
This beach also has access easements deeded to many Malibu property owners, including myself, to which the CCC has now given us a gift at taxpayers’ expense, a stairway to our beach including maid service. I’ll also bet the Vanderbilts or Rothschilds never had a $375,000 staircase. I’ll be thinking of you, CCC, as I stroll down your gracious offering and plant my champagne bucket in the sand.
Jack Singleton