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Malibu City Council Seeks To Ban Overnight Camping

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Dec 6, 2007 7:15 am US/Pacific

Malibu City Council Seeks To Ban Overnight Camping

MALIBU (CBS) ― The Malibu City Council said it will ask the California Coastal Commission to certify an amendment to a coastal plan that would ban overnight camping in parks.

Wednesday's 5-0 vote comes in the wake of a wildfire that destroyed 53 homes in Malibu last month.



The city had been working with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, a state agency charged with increasing recreational use of the hills and canyons. A compromise between the sides would have created more trails and allowed overnight camping at Corral Canyon and Charmlee Wilderness Park.



But council members say they were influenced by residents who worry that overnight camping would raise the risk of more devastating blazes.

Joseph Edmiston, the conservancy's executive director, said he was "disappointed but not surprised" by the council's action.

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