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MALIBU SURFSIDE NEWS | November 11, 2020 | 39
City officials,
volunteers clean
up Malibu
SCOTT STEEPLETON, Editor
Malibu took a beating
recently, and it’s not all because
of the wind.
People looking for relief
from the pandemic’s
stuck-at-home feeling came
to town in droves over the
spring and summer, and not
everyone left the place better
than they found it.
They didn’t slam dunk the
junk. They didn’t hit the can,
man.
As for “Give a hoot, don’t
pollute,” they never even
heard Woodsy Owl’s message.
And despite an aggressive
effort to clean up all the trash
on sidewalks, near creeks,
at the beach and blowing
around streets, Malibu was
looking worse for wear.
That’s where the Clean Up
Malibu Day comes in. On
Oct. 27, more than a dozen
city staff, community members
and representatives of
other agencies fanned out
across town, trash bags and
trash grabbers in hand, trying
to add some sparkle to this
magical place.
Or, as Jeremy Wolf, district
director for Democratic
state Sen. Henry Stern,
whose district includes Malibu,
put it, “A small group of
volunteers got together trying
to do something for their
community.”
City Manager Reva Feldman
took part, as did Heather
Glaser, the city clerk, and
all were in their safety-first
finest.
Surfside News tagged
along.
After meeting at City
Hall, the group split up and
headed off to their assigned
locations. For Mayor Mikke
Pierson, that was Surfrider
Beach.
“This spring and summer,
with COIVD, is the most
people we’ve ever seen in
Malibu, easily, by far. Completely
overwhelmed, overrun,”
he told Surfside News.
“One weekend, I think it
was Labor Day (Supervisor)
Sheila Kuehl’s office
sent out help for the trash.
We sent out city help for the
trash, and Monday morning
the entire city was still completely
buried in trash.”
“It’s really sad, all the
visitors coming,” Pierson
continued. “I understand
they need to get out of town
because of COVID, and it’s
been hot, but it’s been really,
really noticeable and tragic,
the amount of trash, and
we’ve been unable to keep
up, to be honest.”
As he spoke, the mayor
used his grabbers to pick up
small pieces of paper, plastic
beverage holders, even a
broken wine bottle.
Pierson noted that a great
amount of trash the city was
targeting was generated on
other agencies’ property,
the bulk of it Los Angeles
County.
“Including where we’re
cleaning up right here,” he
said. “This is not our property.”
But there’s just not enough
trash cans, not enough people
to pick it all up, Pierson
said.
“With impacted budgets,
it’s a difficult situation.”
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Land
Condo
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Statistics provided by Bobby LehmKuhl with The Address | Malibu Information gathered
from Combined L.A./Westside MLS, Inc. is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Contact Bobby at (310) 456-0220.
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