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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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A week to remember and a modest proposal
Last March, I attended a meeting where several members of the City Council, all of the Public Works, Public Safety and Planning...
Paul Grisanti
Nov 7, 20193 min read
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What we learned from the County’s Woolsey After Action Report
I had a somewhat surprising Saturday listening to the County’s “After Action Review of the Woolsey Fire Incident”. It’s always...
Paul Grisanti
Oct 31, 20192 min read
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Curious about Woolsey Fire Report?
LA County is hosting a public meeting on Saturday, October 26thto present the Woolsey Fire Report to the public. This report is the...
Paul Grisanti
Oct 24, 20192 min read
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Permit pace accelerates
Four new Fire Replacement permits in one week! This is exciting news. Over the 3 previous weeks the rate was 2 and 2/3 permits per...
Paul Grisanti
Oct 17, 20192 min read
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Progress to report! Run Oct. 9th
The times, they are a changing! Since I last reported on the status of rebuild permits we have seen some actual progress. The total...
Paul Grisanti
Oct 10, 20192 min read
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Fire Department Brush Inspections
Many of us have been talking recently about Fire Department Brush Inspections and “Are any still being done?”. I started by calling...
Paul Grisanti
Oct 3, 20192 min read
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The fire process and how it is being improved
It seems that my article last week touched a few nerves in the City, Architectural, and Woolsey survivor’s community. The City website’s...
Paul Grisanti
Sep 19, 20193 min read
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Positivity and some permit grumbling
Last Saturday, September 7th, Sara and I were fortunate to join about 200 Pepperdine students, staff, faculty and other community members...
Paul Grisanti
Sep 12, 20192 min read
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Incremental Progress, Fire, and a Great Chili Cookoff
The City is approaching the 1/3 milepost on the journey to rebuilding Malibu. According to the City’s website The City recently granted...
Paul Grisanti
Sep 5, 20192 min read
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Overdue for some good news?
Here we are some 9 ½ months after the fire and we all need a little good news. Lots of good things have happened over the past 4 months...
Paul Grisanti
Aug 29, 20192 min read
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What's wrong with the Planning Commission?
Over the last two weeks, I’ve had a lot of time to think about Woolsey and the amount of time it will take for the community to recover...
Paul Grisanti
Aug 22, 20193 min read
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The Nature of Emergencies
At the City Council meeting on last Monday, the 12thof August, the Council received a 50 page+- draft report on how the City can improve...
Paul Grisanti
Aug 15, 20192 min read
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District 29 news plus planning and preparing
Exciting news! I was just informed by Evelin Weber of the Malibu Foundation that Sheila Keuhl put forward a Board of Supervisors...
Paul Grisanti
Aug 1, 20193 min read
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My query resolved! Insurance battles are holding back the recovery.
After last weeks column “Moving right along, the way forward is clear” was printed, I was contacted by several people who were willing to...
Paul Grisanti
Jul 25, 20193 min read
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Moving right along, the way forward is clear.
At the beginning of the City Council meeting last week, Craig George was recognized as part of his impending retirement from his post as...
Paul Grisanti
Jul 18, 20192 min read
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City Council listens to the public and graciously puts TDSF reduction to death.
Last Monday, July 1st, over 300 of you turned out for the Planning Commission hearing. The Main Auditorium was filled past capacity and...
Paul Grisanti
Jul 11, 20192 min read
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How big can I afford to build? And what business is it of the Planning Commission?
This was written on midday on Monday while waiting for the Planning Commission meeting to begin: The Planning Commission’s favorite...
Paul Grisanti
Jul 4, 20192 min read
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Deadline for Fire Rebuild Permits announced and The Politics of Envy
Permits! Last Monday, June 17th, I attended the Planning Commission meeting hoping to hear of lots of new permits being issued for fire...
Paul Grisanti
Jun 27, 20192 min read
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What is a 'maximum day' and what does it mean for residential development
I’d like to start by recognizing Public Safety Commissioner Andy Cohen who coordinated, set up and ran the Malibu Safety and Preparedness...
Paul Grisanti
Jun 20, 20192 min read
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Resilience ideas and opportunities.
Summer has apparently arrived as the June gloom departed on Saturday night. Monday June 3rd, the Planning Department reported 113 full...
Paul Grisanti
Jun 13, 20192 min read
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