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Correct. They think that if you fell a redwood that it dies. They couldn't be more wrong. Cut a big redwood and you'll get twenty sprouts in the space where a single tree once stood. If you don't thin them, then a fire can induce significant mortality because juvenile bark is so thin. It's a disastrous policy.

In Malibu Creek State Park, there is a decaying concrete bridge across a narrow part of the creek that has an enormous hole in it. There's a "Danger" side on one side of it but not the other; I didn't even notice the sign until I'd crossed it (gingerly) several times. The sign seems to be entirely ignored by park visitors.

If you're going to accomoodate people (and note that recreational uses for the new park were mentioned), there is stuff that needs to be maintained. As far as I can tell, it is not.

Seems to me they have a lot more land than they need in the park system down here, and yet they are angling to get even more. The park system has bought up a very expensive tract of land in Lower Topanga canyon, near the ocean, and they are in the process of throwing out all the current residents. Some renters will get payoffs of over $80,000 thanks to the high cost of even vaguely equivalent housing in the area. I think it's insane to remove housing units from a region that's desperately short on housing. It certainly says how hypocritical our Coastal Commission is when it claims "affordable housing" is a goal; Lower Topanga was one of the few areas of the Malibu/Topanga area where "affordable housing" was even vaguely close to being a reality. (We're talking about $1,000-1,500 a month rents here, instead of $3,500-50,000 a month).