The Malibu Triathlon faces cancellation due to a flooded underpass that's now home to the tidewater goby and a law requiring 32 days' notice of a race route.
For decades, thousands of athletes have gathered each fall at Malibu’s Zuma Beach to swim, then bike and run along the coast in a race that has raised millions for local charities, including Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
“The problem that we have here is that this is not just about bureaucracy,” said Kraig Hill, a member of the Planning Commission who voted to deny the permit. “We are being asked to break the law — the noticing requirement is the law,” he said of the 32-day notice of an event. “We can’t just ignore it because we think it’s a good cause.”
For this year’s race, organizers submitted their permit application in January, then filed it in person with the city of Malibu in early March. They included a list of residents within a 500-foot radius of the proposed course — a list that would be used to mail notifications to residents 32 days beforehand.It does not appear that the city reached out to race organizers about the flooded underpass, but it’s unclear that the city was required to do so. The underpass is controlled by L.A.
By the end of August, L.A. County’s Department of Beaches and Harbors confirmed that state Fish and Wildlife officials and the regional water board had directed the county to not disturb the tidewater goby. “God bless the tidewater goby, but let’s be honest, you guys have the power — you need to allow this to go forward,” said Pamela Conley Ulich, a former mayor of Malibu. “You can’t deny it on this technicality.”
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