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The Pacific Palisades Community Council unanimously supports maintaining a Coastal Development Permit that restricts beach access from midnight to 5am under LAMC 66.34 B 14 (b), citing public safety, quality of life, and environmental considerations.
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Community LifeCivic Advocacy
The Pacific Palisades Community Council requests Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. to veto SB 649, arguing the bill undermines local control over wireless telecommunications facilities, excludes fire departments and coastal zones from protections, and poses public safety risks in fire-prone hillside communities. The council contends the legislation is unnecessary, unfair, and does not require providers to develop 5G infrastructure or close the digital divide.
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Community LifeCivic AdvocacyPotrero CanyonMinutes
Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes SB 649, legislation that would restrict local government authority to regulate wireless telecommunications facilities in public rights of way and on public property. The Council joins over 110 California cities and counties in opposing the bill, arguing it would eliminate critical local regulatory protections in sensitive areas including residential zones, parks, and schools.
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Community LifeCivic AdvocacyWrac
This document provides talking points on the December 8, 2015 draft of a revised Above Ground Facilities (AGF) Ordinance that regulates cell towers and similar structures in Los Angeles public rights-of-way. The draft eliminates certain exemptions for utility pole-mounted antennas, expands notification requirements to property owners and residents within 250 feet, and enhances aesthetic criteria through a Least Intrusive Means Test, while maintaining exemptions for Small Cell antennas and other specified structures.
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Community LifeCivic AdvocacyWracHomeless Camping
The Pacific Palisades Community Council adopted a motion supporting the Los Angeles Homeless Veterans Leasing Act of 2015 to place permanent supportive housing on the WLA VA Campus, conditioned on the VA working with impacted communities to study and adopt mitigation measures for environmental and traffic impacts during implementation of the 2016 Master Plan.
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Community LifeCivic AdvocacyMotionsWracVHFHSZ
The Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes AB 2788, arguing that the bill would excessively restrict local government authority to regulate wireless telecommunications facilities in public rights of way and on public property, particularly in environmentally sensitive areas like the Coastal Zone. The organization urges the Senate Energy, Utilities & Communications Committee to vote against the bill and requests that Assemblymember Gatto withdraw it.
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GovernanceCivic AdvocacyCommunity SupportPotrero CanyonStreet FurnitureAgendasLeadershipLegislationMinutesWracPlanning & DensityVillage Project
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a board meeting on March 10, 2016, where members approved proposed bylaws amendments regarding election procedures and area boundaries, and voted on three motions related to the Palisades Village Project, including recommendations for specific plan amendments and conditions for public land vacation.
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Community LifeCivic Advocacy
The Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes Motion CF 14-1635-S2 regarding short-term rentals in residential zones, citing concerns about neighborhood safety, property values, enforcement challenges, and the need to preserve the character of residential neighborhoods. The council recommends strengthening enforcement of existing zoning laws rather than legalizing short-term rentals.
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Community LifeCivic AdvocacyMotionsWracVHFHSZ
The Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes city-wide legalization of sidewalk and street vending due to concerns about impacts on businesses, residential neighborhoods, ADA access, and enforcement, but supports special vending district programs only if neighborhood councils can approve district boundaries and vendor concentrations with distance limits from sensitive uses. The council submitted this position to Mayor Garcetti and city council members regarding proposed amendments to LAMC Section 42.00.