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• Native plants letter

  Letter September 19, 2023

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  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.

  

• Metro TCN EC Letter

  Letter August 28, 2023

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes the Metro TCN Program as currently proposed, citing insufficient public outreach and concerns about advertising oversaturation impacting public safety across Los Angeles. The council requests postponement of the City Planning Commission hearing scheduled for September 14, 2023, to allow adequate time for community review and comment.

  

• Temescal Canyon Motion letter

  Letter August 28, 2023

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council sent a letter to Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park and LADOT requesting that Temescal Canyon Road be re-striped to provide two continuous lanes in each direction, citing public safety concerns with the current striping that has created unsafe driving conditions. The council also urged the incorporation of bicycle lanes and requested Caltrans consider increasing signal timing at Pacific Coast Highway to accommodate traffic flow.

  

• extend comment for billboard blight

  Letter July 28, 2023

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council wrote to city officials on July 27, 2023, opposing the August 17 City Planning Commission hearing date for the Metro Digital Billboard Advertising Program, arguing that the scheduled date does not allow sufficient time for public review and comment as required by the Planning Department's Public Participation Policy and City Charter.

  

• Capt Heredia Commendation

  Letter July 12, 2023

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council issued a letter of commendation for LAPD Captain Craig Heredia's promotion from West LA Command to Hollywood Division, praising his leadership, responsiveness to community concerns, and understanding of local public safety issues.

  

• WRAC light pollution motion

  Motion June 15, 2023

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council passed a motion recommending that the City Council adopt the Five Principles of Responsible Outdoor Lighting to minimize light pollution across city facilities, private development, and community plans. The principles emphasize purposeful, directed, and appropriately-timed lighting with warmer color temperatures.

  

• WRAC motion CP Updates

  Motion May 26, 2023

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council passed a motion on May 25, 2023 requesting that the City disclose its methodology for allocating RHNA housing numbers and density goals before completing Community Plan updates, and urging the Planning Department to substantively incorporate community council input into the final plans with a report-back mechanism.

  

• WRAC motion Drill Site

  Motion May 26, 2023

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council passed a motion on May 25, 2023, calling on the City of Los Angeles to uphold its February 28 Letter of Determination requiring additional and modified conditions for the Murphy Oil Drill Site to protect neighborhood health, safety, and welfare.

  

• FIN Joint Cannabis Letter

  Letter April 10, 2023

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  The Brentwood Community Council and Pacific Palisades Community Council jointly request that CD11 support a Conditional Use Permit process for cannabis licensing in their communities, citing concerns about the Cookies cannabis dispensary located near schools, bus stops, and family-friendly businesses, and noting that the current Department of Cannabis Regulation process failed to conduct required community outreach.

  

• In support of Dog Park 2023

  Letter March 15, 2023

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council wrote to City Councilmember Traci Park on March 13, 2023, requesting immediate action to establish a dog park in Pacific Palisades, citing concerns that off-leash dogs at the newly opened George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon are threatening the park's riparian habitat and noting the community's consistent support for a dog park since 2018.