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The Pacific Palisades Community Council sent a letter on April 29, 2021 to elected officials asking them to reject any proposal to use state beach parking lots for homeless housing, arguing that beaches are essential public recreational resources and that no other California beach has allowed homeless encampments.
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GovernanceRecaps
The Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness newsletter from July-August 2021 reports on increased homelessness in the community during summer, highlights the Outreach Team's success in placing 143 individuals off the streets, and documents collaborative efforts with local agencies on fire prevention and mental health services.
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GovernanceRecaps
The Pacific Palisades Community Council's Executive Committee submitted a report on WRSB developments and infeasibility findings, comments on the City's Draft Housing Element Update, and requests for the Governor's veto of SB 9 and 10, which would eliminate single-family zoning without requiring affordable housing or providing exemptions for fire zones.
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GovernanceWrac
The Westside Regional Alliance of Councils requested that the City Council direct the City Attorney to provide a legal opinion on whether the City Planning Department and commissions have the legal authority to consider a developer's financial interest when reviewing entitlements. The motion was proposed in May 2021, formally adopted by WRAC in December 2021, and subsequently passed by eight other neighborhood councils.
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This document is a motion requesting that the City of Los Angeles establish a specific zoning classification and clear criteria for cloud/ghost kitchens, which currently lack consistent regulatory treatment across the city. The motion was proposed by Barbara Broide in May 2021 and formally adopted by WRAC in October 2021, with support from multiple neighborhood councils including Pacific Palisades Community Council.
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The Westside Regional Alliance of Councils requests that Los Angeles improve signage at electric vehicle charging stations to discourage illegal parking and implement warning tickets and fines for repeat offenders once adequate signage is installed. The motion was proposed in May 2021 and formally adopted by WRAC in September 2021, with support from nine neighborhood councils including Pacific Palisades Community Council.
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Multiple neighborhood councils, including Pacific Palisades Community Council, passed a motion opposing proposed amendments to the DONE Code of Conduct, arguing that the amendments grant excessive discretion to the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment in determining guilt and imposing penalties without adequate due process protections for board and committee members. The councils requested that DONE revise the amendments in consultation with neighborhood council members to ensure proportionate penalties, minimum necessary corrections, and incorporation of workplace equity or violence policies.
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GovernanceRecaps
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.
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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.
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The Westside Regional Alliance of Councils, including Pacific Palisades Community Council, passed a motion urging Metro to include a station located directly on the UCLA campus as part of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project to provide a one-seat ride from the San Fernando Valley to UCLA and connect to the Purple Line Subway extension. The motion emphasizes that an on-campus station would serve tens of thousands of daily UCLA users and significantly improve regional transit connectivity and ridership.