MALIBU, Calif. (AP) – The guitarist for U2 finally has an edge in getting his long-planned compound of mansions built in the mountains above Malibu.
The California Coastal Commission staff reached a settlement agreement Friday with the David Evans, better known as The Edge, that would allow a downsized version of the project that was objected to by neighbors and environmentalists.
Evans has tried since 2006 to build five mansions on 150 acres overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
“From Day 1, I had told these guys that the one way to get to approval” was to make these changes, said Jack Ainsworth, the commission’s senior deputy director. “And here we are back at that same place many years later.”
The project still needs approval by the full commission, which is scheduled to vote next month.