Illegal Fire on Loma Alta

God help any of these miserable miscreants should they find their way to the area around my home. They will have met their match in me, trust me!

And if these residents down at the beach and elsewhere can't figure out a way to get the city to do its job in order to protect their own lives and property values, then clearly something is wrong with them as well. If I saw encampments full of addicts and vagrants creating a huge mess and starting fires near my home, I promise you this would NOT continue near my property and I would see to it that the issue was solved, one way or another. If the city won't do its job, I would have to do it myself as I have had to do many times. Not the first time I've had to go behind incompetent people and do their job in this horribly run city!

If the city officials don't protect the city, then what good are they, and what purpose do they serve? You're either part of the solution or part of the problem! How is it that Malibu's city governance is taking care of this problem immediately and yet our authorities are doing nothing?

As citizens of the community, all are within their "rights" to form a committee to address, even physically, any & all concerns not being addressed to standards by those who's assignment it is to do so.
The only reason the police frown upon this right, is because if one breaks a fingernail during the process, the dept can be sued for negligence, having known that a hazard exists prior.
It seems though, that "self-governance" is the only way an affect can be made.
Let the Mayor& police dept know that, as citizens, we've had enough & are enroute to deal with the issue of encampments, by our own means..
Watch how quickly they get on it.

Looks pretty unanimous here that we think the homeless are out of control in SB. Unfortunately, the Edhat community isn't in charge of City Hall. Maybe a protest is in order? A March up to City Hall to get Murillo'z attention? Seriously.

Those stealing or using stolen power tools are obviously able-bodied. Arrest them and put them on work details. House them in secure barracks; no need to make them comfortable. Provide minimal but healthful food at 0600, noon and 1800. If they want better living circumstances, they can move on when they've served their terms. We have become attractive to vagrants from other states. They are not "homeless" they are drifters, bums, and often theives.

The COVID excuse needs to stop. The camps have been out of control since this all began back in March. It's getting bad again at East Beach. By now, the CDC and CDPH should realize that the rules established back in March need to be revised. Our leadership needs to start advocating for the State Public Health to update the guidelines and start enforcing no camping rules again. I know for a fact there has been no COVID outbreak in the local homeless community. Some idiot made this rule up and now no one seems to have the guts to push back on it.

What could a President say or do, that has not been tried?.
The simple solution, is to enforce upon the enforcers, to perform their jobs with diligence..not the lacksidaisy attitudes seen today.
Every law, ord, rule & signage, is already in place for community guidance..
Now they simply( & for the past 20yrs) need to be enforced.

I think we are the only community in the state that allows the homeless to set up right ON the freeway. Look at the garden street northbound exit. This thing about not clearing out the camps during covid makes no sense. If I am in my car with the windows down, I come within 6 feet of those panhandling at the off ramps or at the intersections. When they are careening up and down our streets while being drunk or high, it is hard to keep everyone outside of the 6 ft. separation. If their tents are in our parks and on the waterfront, it is very difficult to keep 6 ft. away. People and families now will just stay away, and that includes tourists. Welcome to Santa Barbara, home of filthy freeways and hapless homeless.

And no one even brings up the issue of selective prosecution… If I or any other upstanding citizen of this community starts a fire, we will be arrested and prosecuted for arson, whereas these people are allowed to run roughshod over the whole area and threaten lives and property without any sort of consequences at all. WTF

Malibu is forcibly removing the camps but yet we cannot...the town will be destroyed by these people and our "leaders" remain silent. And all anyone can think to do is come after me when I point this out. So go ahead… And enjoy your wonderful town while you can.

EVERY time T.V. Hill has burned, it's due to the vagrants starting the fires. That hill is FULL of needles , trash and human bio-waste. The Fire Dept should just let if burn out and protect the surrounding structures

At least Goleta cleared out some of the undergrowth around some of the camps between 101 and the RR tracks. SB City might consider that, at least to mitigate fire risk. Now we can actually see how many there are, but they remain undisturbed due to the CA COVID rules.

we live 600 feet from this they have ankle bracelets and are often fully naked high and bloody. They need to go now no empathy for this threatening our homes and stealing. They were using power tools and chain saws three days ago cutting down trees to strap up tarps. Leave. Go. NOW

Scary place for a fire, it could rip up the hill quickly.

Thanks Murillo!