Schmitz & Associates is a Malibu-founded land use consulting firm with nearly 30 years of experience guiding property owners, buyers, developers and project teams through zoning analysis, Coastal Development Permits, entitlements, environmental review, wildfire rebuilding and agency coordination in Malibu and throughout Southern and Central California. The firm was founded by Don Schmitz, II, AICP, a former Coastal Program Analyst for the California Coastal Commission, and is featured on the cover of Malibu Magazine’s Special Home Edition in “Building Through the Fire.”