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• Special PPCC Meeting & Corrected Info. re Passes

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council announced a special meeting on February 4, 2025, featuring newly-appointed Chief Recovery Officer Steve Soboroff to discuss recovery efforts and answer community questions via Zoom. Additionally, Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin corrected previous information about resident and contractor passes, clarifying that orange passes for residents and blue passes for contractors have no expiration date and allow unrestricted access through checkpoints.

  

• Special PPCC Meeting 2/4/25 w/Soboroff, other officials

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council is hosting a special meeting on February 4, 2025 via Zoom to discuss the recovery process following recent fires, featuring speakers including Councilwoman Traci Park, Chief Recovery Officer Steve Soboroff, and U.S. Congressman Brad Sherman. The meeting will include presentations on recovery efforts and a question and answer session with no attendance limit.

  

• Spotlighting our COTY & POP

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council is hosting a Holiday Dinner & Awards Gala on December 6th at the Draycott to celebrate 2023 honorees including Citizen of the Year and Pride of the Palisades recipients. The organization is seeking underwriting sponsorships and promoting a wine fundraiser to support the event and its charitable mission.

  

• Statements: Capt. Tom/Policing; PPCC EC/SB 9 & 10

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  Captain Jonathan Tom of LAPD West LA Area provided a statement addressing policing concerns in Pacific Palisades, explaining staffing challenges, personnel changes including Officer Jose Bermudez replacing Officer Rusty Redican on the Beach detail, and coordination efforts with community partners. The PPCC Executive Committee also issued a statement regarding SB 9 and 10, noting that these bills will eliminate single-family zoning in California without requiring affordable housing and lack exemptions for fire zones, creating public safety concerns for the Palisades.

  

• Supplemental Letter -- Beach/Homeless Motion; 5/13 Meeting Reminders

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  PPCC submitted a supplemental letter on May 11, 2021, opposing the Bonin motion in Council File 21-0350, which proposes using public state beaches and parking lots for homeless housing, citing overwhelming community opposition and statements from Supervisor Janice Hahn that the sites are not options at this time. The document also provides reminders for two meetings scheduled for May 13, 2021: a City Council Homelessness & Poverty Committee hearing on the motion and a PPCC Board meeting.

  

• Support Bus Lane Violation Enforcement (CF 21-1224)

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  This document concerns Council File 21-1224 regarding bus lane violation enforcement, proposed by Jim Murez and WRAC MTC on November 21, 2022. The motion was passed by South Robertson Neighborhoods Council and West LA-Sawtelle Neighborhood Council, and was ultimately adopted by City Council on January 18, 2023.

  

• Support CF 20-1376-S5 (Park)

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council passed a motion supporting City Council file 20-1376-S5, which proposes amendments to LAMC Section 41.18 to prohibit encampments in accordance with the Governor's model ordinance. The motion was formally adopted by the Westside Regional Alliance of Councils in August 2025 after being proposed by Chris Spitz on June 16, 2025.

  

• Support CF 20-1536 (STAP Program/Digital Signs in Bus Shelters)

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  The Westside Regional Alliance of Councils supports City Council file 20-1536 regarding the STAP Program and digital signs in bus shelters, requesting extensive public process, adherence to community plans and protections, continuation of existing contract protections, and restriction of new digital signs to areas already zoned for high-intensity commercial use. The motion was formally adopted by WRAC in January 2021 and subsequently passed by multiple neighborhood councils including Pacific Palisades Community Council.

  

• Support CF 25-1484 (Park):  Regulation of Sober Living Density in Los Angeles

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  This document outlines support for City Council File 25-1484, which proposes regulating sober living facility density in Los Angeles by establishing minimum spacing requirements and thresholds based on facility size, in response to documented over-concentration of unregulated sober living homes in residential neighborhoods. The motion was proposed on January 26, 2026, formally adopted by WRAC in March 2026, and passed by multiple Westside community councils including Pacific Palisades Community Council.

  

• Support STC Project, including on-campus UCLA Station at UCLA Gateway Plaza; oppose - Jan 1, 2026

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  Multiple Westside community councils, including Pacific Palisades Community Council, adopted a position supporting the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project with an on-campus UCLA Station at UCLA Gateway Plaza and opposing relocation to Gayley Avenue and Strathmore Drive without additional environmental review and community comment. The motion requires Metro to prepare an amended environmental impact report and conduct additional outreach if any alternative UCLA Station location is considered.