Dark Skies May Bring Neighborhood Storm Clouds

After more than 20 years of requests …. the City of Malibu is poised to have an ordinance that will do two things.

(A): It will begin restoring Malibu’s dark skies at night.

(B): It may set neighbor against neighbor.

The dark sky ordinance is aimed at restoring the once-velvet black skies of mnalibu

… a feature that 20 years ago was voted by residents to be second only to ocean views as important to the Malibu Way of Life.

The dark skies have all but vanished … as new security system after new set of bright landscaping lights have been installed.

The city’s Dark Skies Ordinance goes up for final approval before the Malibu city council tonight.

It will rely on an outreach program to educate people that lights have to be turned off by 11 … they have to be pointed down … and they cannot shine on your neighbors property.

the existing rules.

The new Dark Skies Ordinance will rely on residents to call in complaints … for enforcement.

And that cannot be done anonymously.

You can see where that’s going.

Final vote … tonight.

Also on the agenda tonight … spending $24,000 to bring in freeway service patrol tow trucks to Malibu … seven hours per week day.

The city might decide to pay for tow trucks on weekends … or for more than nine hours per weekday.

And … School superintendent Ben Drati will address traffic concerns and other issues related to the relocation of 200 elementary school students from Juan Cabrillo elementary to the point doom elementary school campus.

That will be at 6:30 tonight.