[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I'm passionate about this issue because I have a dream of buying a small lot in Malibu someday and building a house - and I know I'm highly unlikely to have great political influence.

Well you never know when your Video Camera might catch something that a powerful politican might want hidden and pay handsomely to you with some governmental favor!

[daviddennis]

Oh, dear, then I'd actually have to hope for the re-election of Gray Davis, and I'm afraid I can't stomach that :-).

I wonder how hard it would be to get some dirt on the Coastal Commission itself? Think Nathanson.

Even the City of Malibu, which was founded with the espress goal of saving Malibu from developers, is further to the right of the Coastal Commission and their outrageous land grab.

D