"Stay out of Malibu, Lebowski! Stay out of Malibu, deadbeat! Keep your ugly, goldbricking a$$ out of my beach community!" barked the fictional Malibu sheriff in The Big Lebowski. Twenty-seven years later, the line reads less like a Coen Brothers gag and more like city policy: this week, the Malibu City Council unanimously declared an emergency, cracking down on unpermitted camping, and vowing to arrest anyone sleeping in its canyons and hillsides.

The Malibu City Council unanimously approved an emergency declaration Monday targeting unpermitted camping in fire-prone areas, directing law enforcement to arrest violators despite resistance from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The council adopted Resolution No. 25-49 after adding aggressive enforcement language that instructs ci

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