Coastal Commission again pulls Malibu Civic Center cement complaint Play

The monthly meeting of the California Coastal Commission continues Friday in Northern California. One item just yanked from the agenda concerns the vacant lot in the Malibu Civic Center off Webb Way — covered with weeds and broken concrete, just below City Hall.

Eight years ago, City Manager Reva Feldman gave Southern California Edison permission to use that dirt vacant lot as an emergency storage site for power poles. Edison, however, put down cement powder. It rained, and the cement powder turned into concrete.

Two Malibu residents filed a protest over that and other issues with the Coastal Commission, and cleanup of the illegal cement residue has been stalled.

The Coastal Commission has been trying for eight years to decide whether there is even a valid complaint. The item has gone onto the agenda over and over again this year, and once again, for some unknown reason, it was yanked off this week.