Paul Grisanti
Paul Grisanti 4 City Council to make a better Malibu
Traffic and Parking Malibu has gotten a reputation as a place where our visitors can get away with anything. We need more law...
THE BLOG
Paul writes weekly editorials for The Malibu Times (can be viewed below). The subjects vary from the fire rebuild progress to Covid-19 to infrastructure and beyond. So have a read if you please.
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Paul Grisanti
- Aug 7, 2020
- 3 min
Power outage sparks Woolsey memories
On Sunday August 2nd, I got up at 5:45 AM and crept into the bathroom to get ready for my day. I flipped the light switch and nothing...
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Paul Grisanti
- Jul 30, 2020
- 3 min
Traffic hell on PCH as COVID-19 moderating
On Sunday the 26th, I was reminded why I try not to leave the neighborhood after noon on a summer weekend. I accepted three appointments...
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Paul Grisanti
- Jul 23, 2020
- 3 min
Malibu West Fire Brigade and a Covid-19 update
Shortly after Woolsey, I learned about the Malibu West Fire Brigade in the Malibu West neighborhood where my wife and I had been...
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Paul Grisanti
- Jul 17, 2020
- 3 min
Karen Farrer lauded, Mikke Pierson sworn in, and a pause on the stampede to “By District” elections.
Last week’s Malibu Times had an excellent article by Jimi Tallal about a tentatively successful appeal in the litigation over whether...
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Paul Grisanti
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
New COVID-10 numbers higher as deaths drop
Last week, Los Angeles County started using a new infections reporting process that resulted in the numbers for last Thursday, Friday and...
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Paul Grisanti
- Jul 2, 2020
- 2 min
The surge arrives and the banks close
As June ends, we have the harvest of many too enthusiastic openings of beaches, bars and restaurants in the Sunbelt states as well as the...
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Paul Grisanti
- Jun 25, 2020
- 2 min
Insurance skullduggery and why I'm still wearing a mask
An article in the 6/21/2020 Los Angeles Times by Michael Hiltzik detailed the latest effort by the insurance industry to neuter the...
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Paul Grisanti
- Jun 18, 2020
- 2 min
Resilience is the key
As more and more data accumulates about COVID-19, Woolsey, the City, the nation and business community’s challenges I have grown...
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Paul Grisanti
- Jun 11, 2020
- 2 min
Fighting entropy and COVID-19 in Malibu
Entropy is the concept that all matter is decaying to a state of lower energy. A spinning top slows and falls motionless to the floor. ...
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Paul Grisanti
- Jun 4, 2020
- 2 min
COVID-19 hope
It’s been a tough week for America and Los Angeles. The idiotic, murderous, criminal behavior of an ill-trained “veteran” Police officer...
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Paul Grisanti
- May 28, 2020
- 2 min
Is the end of the pandemic in sight?
Malibu has transitioned into full Summer madness mode. Roads are clogged. Parking lots are full of the vehicles of beachgoers who are...
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Paul Grisanti
- May 21, 2020
- 3 min
Time for a reset of the political process
Things aren’t going as smoothly as one would hope at the moment. Friday night and Saturday morning my phone blew up about Friday’s...
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Paul Grisanti
- May 14, 2020
- 3 min
We are lucky to be in Malibu
One of the joys of life in Malibu is the opportunity to spend time with friends, neighbors and clients who are very smart, talented and...
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Paul Grisanti
- May 7, 2020
- 2 min
What next?
Last week, Antigen testing arrived in Malibu. Malibu Urgent Care obtained a supply of what is supposed to be the most reliable approved...
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Paul Grisanti
- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
Test results are in!
Last Wednesday, I followed through on the opportunity presented by the City and had myself tested for COVID-19 to reassure myself that I...
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Paul Grisanti
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
Why I'm going to get tested now for Corona Virus
The “Staycation” has gotten markedly less fun in the last few weeks as the number of locally diagnosed cases has increased. We have been...
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Paul Grisanti
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
The meaning of community
I’ve spent the last few days thinking about the passing of John Bell from COVID-19 and the hole that he leaves in my community. I moved...
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Paul Grisanti
- Apr 9, 2020
- 2 min
Drive through testing comes to Malibu
Malibu got a jolt last week when L.A. County Health started breaking out the COVID-19 cases for municipalities with a population smaller...
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Paul Grisanti
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
The Malibu staycation extended through April 30th
The City of Malibu is working hard to keep everyone current issuing daily updates of the everchanging Corona Virus response. I know that...
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