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Volume 21 Issue 224
08.08.22
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Foster will not seek third term on SMMUSD Board
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Coastal Commission poised to reject Malibu short-term rental rules this week
SMDP Staff Writer
Craig Foster, who for the past eight years has served as Malibu’s only representative on the sevenmember Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education, announced on Friday, Aug. 5, that he would not be seeking a third term in November. In a letter announcing his decision, Foster wrote that his daughter, who attended Malibu schools from kindergarten through 12th grade, was beginning her SEE FOSTER PAGE 6
‘What recession?’: US employers add 528,000 jobs in July PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer
U.S. employers added an astonishing 528,000 jobs last month despite flashing warning signs of an economic downturn, easing fears of a recession and handing President Joe Biden some good news heading into the midterm elections. Unemployment dropped another notch, from 3.6% to 3.5%, matching the more than 50-year low reached just before the pandemic took hold. The economy has now recovered all 22 million jobs lost in March SEE ECONOMY PAGE 3
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AIRBNB: State regulators say Malibu’s proposed short term rental rules would hurt coastal access. EMILY SAWICKI SMDP Staff Writer
California Coastal Commission staff believe Malibu’s proposed vacation rental rules “would unduly restrict the rental of residential units to visitors and diminish the public’s ability to access and
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recreate on the coast” and, as such, they are formally recommending commissioners deny a new land use plan amendment that would dramatically restrict short-term rentals (STRs). The amendment is up for a vote at the upcoming Coastal Commission meeting in Calabasas later this week.
Malibu’s proposed STR amendment is modeled after Santa Monica’s “home-sharing ordinance,” which has been in place for seven years. That rule allows bedroom rentals in occupied homes, but prohibits property owners from renting out entire private homes for periods less than 30 days if they are
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not living on site during that time. But, whereas Santa Monica is host to more than 3,000 hotel rooms (based on a 2017 survey), Malibu offers less than five percent of that — about 130 hotel rooms citywide. That is the basis for SEE COASTAL COMMISSION PAGE 5
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