Don Schmitz

Malibu Solstice

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Owner of Malibu Solstice Vineyard and spokesman for the Coastal Commission of Family Farmers

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it’s been 100 years since the Rindge family fired on Sheriff’s deputies to protect their vast swath of the Santa Monica Mountains in Malibu.

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