Closing Statements: Missy Zeitsoff

From April 3-6, Malibu Patch will share a running series called 'Closing Statements.' It will give the seven City Council candidates an opportunity to share with readers their final thoughts regarding the upcoming election. Election day is April 10. The statement below is written by Missy Zeitsoff.

The following are my priorities and platform goals:

• Stop the bulldozers from destroying the lovely lagoon on June 1st! Work with Save Our Lagoon and State agencies and representatives in productive negotiation and mediation
• Work with A Safer PCH, Caltrans, CHP and LASD to save lives and increase capacity on PCH
• Consult with the Malibu Coalition for Slow Growth in crafting a City Slow Growth Ordinance, including infrastructure constraint analysis like PCH and water supply
• Enforce environmental protections, such as dark skies, ridgelines, view corridors, wildlife protection, conservative grading, and clean water for marine creatures and humans
• Reduce the scope of the demanded Civic Center Sewer System; eliminate the residential subsidy, and devise a solution which is non-growth inducing and not a potential discharge or spill health hazard
• Review So. California Edison's endangerment of Malibu, LACO Waterworks 29's expensive and inadequate water supply, and Charter Cable's lack of public service channels
• Scrutinize staff numbers, the rapid decrease of the emergency / reserve fund, the unexplainable LACO Zuma LASD Beach Patrol for half a million City dollars per summer, and other budget problems such as in-house tasks versus "out-house " consulting and legal contracts
• Work with Preserve Malibu group and Chamber of Commerce for a balance between small business and chain stores so we can keep Malibu's special character and favorite places
• Enact the 2008 vote for View Restoration and Protection ASAP
• Enhance the education and activities of our Juniors, by working with AMPS and SMMUSD, and by providing more wholesome activities like a world-class skate park in a non-controversial place; enliven the futures of our Seniors with helping our Malibu Urgent Care, creating low-cost options for senior housing and by exploring an assisted living policy in Malibu

"Challenges - There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going. When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this... You haven't." 

Born in Hollywood, CA to Grace and John McSweeney. Two brothers, Bill and Jim. Attended public schools through UCLA. Received a Secondary Teaching Credential from UCLA Graduate School of Education. Varied teaching experience: 1969 at Malibu Park Jr. High, Malibu Park Junior High 1976-79, teacher at California Youth Authority, CYA, youth prison, in Camarillo, Juvenile Institutions Officer at Santa Barbara Juvenile Hall. Currently working with Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District, SMMUSD, all Malibu schools, all grades, all subjects. 

Served as Secretary Malibu Township Council; Legislative Chair and recipient of Honorary Service Award PTSA. Elected to the Founding City Council of Malibu. City council liaison to SMMUSD when Malibu High was created. Council Committees for Public Safety and City Contracts. Council liaison to General Plan Task Force and Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance Task Force. Received the Malibu Times Dolphin Award; Woman of the Year, State Assembly District 41 in 1995. Proudly a sponsor Safety Harbor Kids. Currently attending Pepperdine Law School, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. Studying Negotiation - Theory and Practice and Mediation - Theory and Practice.