Joe Edmiston

Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

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Joe Edmiston is Executive Director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, a state agency established by the California Legislature in 1980.

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The mountain lion known as P-45 is blamed for alpaca deaths in the Malibu hills, and a local rancher now has a state permit to kill him.

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The mountain lion known as P-45 is blamed for alpaca deaths in the Malibu hills, and a local rancher now has a state permit to kill him.

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Two years ago, City Controller Laura Chick audited the Department of Parks and Recreation and  found  there was no way to assess the need for new parks in Los Angeles.

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