After years of battling, The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board voted 5-2 to ban new septic systems in central and eastern Malibu, and more importantly, force existing ones to halt waste water discharges by the year 2020. The decision is a huge milestone in the effort to improve water quality in the lower Malibu Creek watershed and Surfrider Beach.

The decision translates into a huge win for The Surfrider Foundation's West Los Angeles/Malibu Chapter along with a coalition of environmental groups including Heal the Bay, Santa Monica Baykeeper and the Malibu Surfing Association. Each of them were out in full-force at the hearing.

"The issue of poor water quality at Malibu was one of the reasons that the Surfrider Foundation came into existence," said Chad Nelsen, Environmental Director of the Surfrider Foundation. "So this is a huge achievement for the surfing community."

Emboldened by the victory, many locals are now vowing to rid the lineup of all the crappy actors stinking the place up, but given how entrenched they are that could be quite a shit storm.