Third Geologic Hazard Abatement District

The Klondike Canyon commission chairman supports forming a third GHAD but wants the three districts kept separate, citing conflicts of interest and crediting deep dewatering wells with stopping the Klondike slide in October 2024.

Speaking for ACLAD, he also supports a third district but is reluctant to fold ACLAD into a single consolidated district because resident volunteers know their own slide best.

A Portuguese Bend resident, she opposes a consolidated district, wants decisions made by people who live there, and questioned whether the district map correctly includes PV Drive South in ACLAD.

She argues the largest landslide in North America shouldn't be run by volunteers, points to Malibu's Big Rock Mesa precedent, and warns the city's litigation-counsel advice is leading it down the wrong road.

He says the city has outspent the volunteer districts ten-to-one on the landslide, so professional management in one unified district makes financial sense, and he wants the legal recommendation backed with documentation.

Via Zoom, he supports at least investigating a single unified GHAD, saying structure matters for the next 50 years and the track record of two independent districts hasn't been good.