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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Coastal Mountain Land Use Agreement in the Works

    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. More recently, landowners, environmentalists and developers have been fighting it out with each other, the California Coastal Commission and Los Angeles County.

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    By Warren Olney • Aug 26, 2014 • 1 min read

    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. More recently, landowners, environmentalists and developers have been fighting it out with each other, the California Coastal Commission and Los Angeles County. Tomorrow, that could all be changed if the Board of Supervisors goes along with a plan almost as big as the mountains themselves. It’s taken decades of debates and compromises.

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    Despite Long Odds, a Consensus on New Rules for the Coastal Mountains
    1. 0:00Coastal Mountain Land Use Agreement in the WorksYou’re reading this
    2. 16:04Would an Early Warning System Make a Difference in a Big Quake?
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Jim Newton

      professor of public policy and communications at UCLA, author of “Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and an American Awakening”

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      Zev Yaroslavsky

      Director of the Los Angeles Initiative at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Former member of LA City Council and LA Board of Supervisors

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      Don Schmitz

      Malibu Solstice

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    Despite Long Odds, a Consensus on New Rules for the Coastal Mountains
    1. 0:00Coastal Mountain Land Use Agreement in the WorksYou’re reading this
    2. 16:04Would an Early Warning System Make a Difference in a Big Quake?
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