Residents in Topanga Canyon \u2013 an area of Indigenous heritage and artists \u2013 mobilized against the state\u2019s decision to bring in hazardous materials after wildfires<\/p>\n
Twenty years ago, it was called Rodeo Grounds \u2013 an eclectic neighborhood of artists, musicians and surfers living in beach shacks where Topanga Canyon meets the Pacific Ocean. In a bizarre agreement with the former owner some paid as little as $100 a month for rent, raising multiple generations of their families here since the 1950s. But that was before the state purchased the property and started evicting residents in 2001. Julie Howell, who once owned Howell-Green Fine Art Gallery further up in the canyon, says the bohemians were kicked out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI actually had a show in my gallery 20 years ago for the group of artists who lived there at Rodeo Grounds, who they kicked out of that spot because it was so environmentally sensitive,\u201d says Howell.<\/p>\n
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