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Malibu council unanimously authorizes agreements to advance Malibu Unified School District separation
Summary
The Malibu City Council unanimously authorized the interim city manager to execute three negotiated agreements with the Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District on Dec. 8, 2025, formalizing revenue sharing, operational transfers and a joint-powers authority as the city pursues a separate Malibu Unified School District.
The Malibu City Council on Monday night authorized the interim city manager to execute three agreements with the Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District that lay out the finances and structure for creating a separate Malibu Unified School District.
The vote followed a detailed presentation by Deputy City Attorney Christine Wood, who described a revenue-sharing agreement that allocates future property taxes between the successor districts, an operational-transfer agreement that addresses assets, liabilities and student-service continuity, and a joint-powers authority to administer annual property-tax transfers.
The agreements seek to guarantee Santa Monica a 4% annual growth floor for unrestricted revenue and to set protections for Malibu—s new district; the operational-transfer draft includes a minimum fund…
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