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Palisades Fire 2025MinutesRebuild & Recovery
This document lists the Pacific Palisades Community Council's committees, liaisons, and advisors for the fiscal year July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, including committee chairs, members, and their organizational affiliations. It identifies the Executive Committee leadership, standing committees such as Land Use and Grants, liaison positions to external organizations, and appointed advisors.
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Community LifeCommunity Support
The PPCC Board approved on June 26, 2025 a motion establishing the authority of the PPCC Grants Committee to set application rules and eligibility criteria, deny non-compliant applications, and recommend grants to the Board, while reserving final grant approval authority exclusively to the Board by a two-thirds vote. All grant decisions must align with the PPCC Mission and the Palisades Fire Recovery purpose as specified by the California Community Foundation.
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GovernanceMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a meeting on May 22, 2025, where members discussed post-fire recovery efforts including a $150,832.80 donation from Riviera Country Club, updates on Zone 0 regulations, presentations from Steadfast LA on reconstruction plans, and unanimous approval of support for Project Chimney as a fire memorial. The council also received reports on security concerns, school relocations, and community events including a Banners of Hope project and 4th of July 5K run.
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Environment & Public SpacesUrban Forest
Pacific Palisades Community Council is accepting applications for the vacant 2nd Alternate Area Three Representative position, with applicants required to submit a statement by July 6, 2025, and must be residents of Area Three who lived there before the Palisades Fire and have returned or intend to return to their principal residence.
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GovernanceMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held its May 8, 2025 meeting with 18 voting members present, approving minutes from the previous meeting and unanimously passing a motion to retain NORC to conduct a professional survey of community opinion regarding Pacific Palisades reconstruction, with PPCC provisionally committing $50,000 toward the approximately $172,750 total cost. The meeting also included reports on post-fire recovery efforts, including restricted entry signage installation, street tree fire-resistance planning, and July 4th event coordination, along with presentations from high school students and a historic preservation advocate.
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GovernanceMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a special meeting on May 5, 2025, to discuss proposed Zone 0 defensible space regulations from the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. The Board voted to approve a comment letter urging the Advisory Committee to reconsider the regulations and balance fire safety with preservation of urban forest vegetation in the community.
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GovernancePotrero CanyonMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a special meeting on May 5, 2025, to discuss proposed Zone 0 defensible space regulations from the California Board of Forestry, with a presentation by David Barrett of MySafeLA. The Board voted to approve a comment letter to the regulatory committee expressing concerns that the proposed regulations would create an overly barren landscape and urging a more flexible, science-based approach that balances fire safety with preservation of urban forest vegetation.
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Palisades Fire 2025Urban ForestPolicy & Advocacy
The Pacific Palisades Community Council submitted comments to the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection regarding proposed Zone 0 defensible space regulations, urging the committee to adopt a more flexible, science-based approach that preserves healthy trees and vegetation in urban wildlands areas rather than implementing a one-size-fits-all regulation that would result in barren landscapes.
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GovernanceMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a meeting on April 24, 2025, where members discussed fire recovery efforts, heard from LAFD firefighter Ben Sweet about his experience during the Palisades Fire, received presentations on the LADWP Scattergood Station modernization project and California Department of Insurance coverage issues, and approved minutes and upcoming meeting agendas.
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Palisades Fire 2025MotionsWracVHFHSZPolicy & Advocacy
The Pacific Palisades Community Council expresses strong support for SB 495, which would require insurers to pay 100% of wildfire-related personal property claims without requiring victims to provide detailed inventories. The council argues that fire victims should not be forced to itemize lost possessions to receive full payment on their claims.