Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Program Year

2025

Achievement

2025

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Malibu

Malibu, CA

Doug Stewart

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Malibu is a unique land and marine environment and residential community whose 11,000 citizens have historically evidenced a commitment to sacrifice urban and suburban conveniences in order to protect that environment and lifestyle, and to preserve unaltered natural resources and rural characteristics. The people of Malibu are a responsible custodian of the area’s natural resources for present and future generations. Mayor Doug Stewart and the rest of City Council have supported Monarch Butterflies and other pollinators in their adoption of the Mayors Monarch Pledge in past years. We look forward to another positively impactful year in 2025.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2025

Communications and Convening ▸

Engage with gardening leaders and partners (e.g., Master Naturalists, Master Gardeners, Nature Centers, Native Plant Society Chapters , other long-standing and influential community leaders) to support monarch butterfly conservation.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
Launch or maintain an outdoor education program(s) (e.g., at schools, after-school programs, community centers and groups) that builds awareness and creates habitat by engaging students, educators, and the community in planting native milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Schoolyard Habitats program and Monarch Mission curriculum).
Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Systems Change ▸

Increase the percentage of native plants, shrubs and trees that must be used in city landscaping ordinances and encourage use of milkweed, where appropriate.
Reduce or eliminate the use of herbicides, pesticides, or other chemicals that are harmful to monarchs and pollinators and urban wildlife.
Launch, expand, or continue one or more ordinances to reduce light pollution to benefit urban wildlife.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Marianne Riggins	2026	2/4/2026		View Pledge
Mayor Doug Stewart	2025	12/18/2024	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Mayor Bruce Silverstein	2024	3/27/2024	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Mayor Bruce Silverstein	2023	3/30/2023	Leadership Circle	View Pledge
Mayor Bruce Silverstein	2022	3/25/2022	Signatories	View Pledge