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Materials re Potrero Park, Rim Development & Coastal Access -- from 2023
Background Info March 9, 2024Environment & Public SpacesCoastalPotrero CanyonRecaps
This is a compilation of documents and information from non-PPCC sources related to Potrero Canyon Park development, including rim development and coastal access projects, spanning from 2023 through October 2025. The collection includes progress reports submitted to the Coastal Commission, feasibility studies, community meeting recordings, and news articles covering topics such as a proposed pedestrian bridge, lateral trail development, and park management issues.
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Environment & Public SpacesPotrero CanyonMinutes
This document is a compilation of Pacific Palisades Community Council positions and correspondence regarding George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon from January 2023 through August 2024, including letters and motions on topics such as park rangers, standing water, park hours, trail funding, signage, herbicide use, and pedestrian trail development.
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Environment & Public SpacesStreet FurnitureMotionsWrac
This document lists Pacific Palisades Community Council positions on digital signage and billboard advertising programs from 2023 forward, including opposition letters to the IKE Program, STAP Program, and Metro TCN Program, with dates ranging from January 2023 to November 2024.
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Environment & Public SpacesDrainageMinutes
The Los Angeles Department of Public Works Geotechnical Engineering Division completed a field investigation of a landslide below Via De Las Olas at Friends Street in Pacific Palisades that occurred in January 2022 and was reactivated in early 2023. The investigation found that the deteriorating ribbed-metal bulkhead is susceptible to further undermining due to continuous groundwater seepage at the geologic contact, and recommends cooperation between Recreation and Parks and Cal Trans to repair the slide, clean terrace drains, and refer the bulkhead to the Hillside Slope Stability Program.
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Environment & Public SpacesDrainageMinutes
The City of Los Angeles Geotechnical Engineering Division responds to 13 questions from the Pacific Palisades Community Council regarding a field investigation of a landslide that occurred in the bluffs near Via de las Olas in August 2023. The responses address concerns about erosion mitigation, bulkhead replacement, subsurface water investigation, and public safety, noting that funding and coordination with multiple agencies are required before mitigation measures can be implemented.
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Environment & Public SpacesCoastal
This progress report to the California Coastal Commission details expenditures and project status for the Potrero Canyon Park restoration project as of November 22, 2023, including $37.5 million in funds expended to date, projected expenditures of $1.73 million for the next six months, and a remaining account balance of $10,507. The report addresses upcoming tasks including years 2-5 of a five-year maintenance phase and construction of a lateral pedestrian trail, while noting that a public access path across Pacific Coast Highway will be addressed separately through the Potrero Canyon Pedestrian Bridge Project.
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Environment & Public SpacesPotrero Canyon
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a special meeting on October 12, 2023, to discuss the George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon bridge project connecting to Will Rogers beach. The Council voted with strong majority support to advance the project to the predesign phase, contingent on meaningful community outreach addressing public safety concerns including hours of operation, security measures, law enforcement resources, and monitoring systems.
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Environment & Public SpacesUrban Forest
This report from the PPCC At-Large Representative covers three policy matters: SB 423, a state housing density bill that would streamline permitting for residential projects with exemptions for areas without local coastal programs; the Grants Pass case, a U.S. Supreme Court appeal regarding local government regulation of homeless camping for which PPCC submitted a supporting letter; and the Metro TCN program, which the City Planning Commission approved to allow digital billboards throughout Los Angeles despite PPCC opposition.
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Environment & Public SpacesUrban ForestMotionsWracVHFHSZ
The Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes Los Angeles City Council File 22-1469, which would mandate planting only California native species and ban non-native plants citywide, arguing that the motion would reduce biodiversity, create monoculture, and jeopardize urban forest health by limiting the available tree species.
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Environment & Public SpacesUrban Forest
The Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes Los Angeles City Council Motion CF 22-1469, which would mandate planting only native species in the city, arguing that such a policy would reduce biodiversity, concentrate tree species too narrowly, and fail to account for native species that do not adapt well to urban environments. The council supports increased native plantings and invasive species restrictions while maintaining that biodiversity includes both native and non-native trees and plants.