OUR MALIBU KAYAK FISHING ACCESS IS UNDER DIRE THREAT - Maximum effort required. Forward this info! This is the modern birthplace of the sport we're talking about. Anyone who has every fished here or ever would like to MUST pitch in.
We face the loss of every inch of Pt Dume, starting at the base of the Paradise Cove Pier and running east almost all the way to Nicolas Canyon.
After intense effort at last week’s BRTF meeting, we moved the worst-case line from the Paradise Pier to Little Dume. Now the other side is pushing back hard.
What happens is up to you guys who use the area. Don't wait for direction from me. Use your own initiative, time and effort.
You can be certain Coastkeeper and Heal the Bay will attend the meeting. If YOU do not, there will no one to counter their continued misrepresentations. That boundary line will move back to Paradise Cove.
First off, email every member of the board individually. Next, call their offices on Monday to oppose the motion. Get your friends and family involved. Get the tackle shops involved. Pound the pavement!
Then find a way to attend the hearing:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009, 9:30 A.M.
KENNETH HAHN HALL OF ADMINISTRATION
500 WEST TEMPLE STREET
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90012
BOARD HEARING ROOM 381B
Speak from the heart. Be polite. Talk about shore-based fishing access. Point out the P2 plan meets science guidelines. P1 is the same as the P3 extreme position that will take away all of your meaningful opportunity. Even a boundary at Little Dume will close half of your fishing area, but that's preferable to all of it. There are economic arguments too, and after all, this is the modern birthplace of kayak fishing.
The LA County Board of Supervisors:
District 1: Gloria Molina
Phone: (213) 974-4111
molina@bos.lacounty.govDistrict 2: Mark Ridley-Thomas
Phone: (213) 974-2222
markridley-thomas@bos.lacounty.govDistrict 3: Zev Yaroslavsky
Phone: (213) 974-3333
zev@bos.lacounty.govDistrict 4: Don Knabe
Tel: 213-974-4444
dsommers@lacbos.orgDistrict 5: Michael D Antonovich
Phone: (213) 974-5555
fifthdistrict@lacbos.org
Author
