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**Voting Members in Attendance:** Sue Kohl, Quentin Fleming, Jenny Li, Beth Holden-Garland, Chris Spitz - Item 11.1
Minutes January 21, 2026GovernancePotrero CanyonMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a meeting with voting and non-voting members in attendance to discuss community matters including treasurer reports, fire anniversary commemorations, the ACE Building Materials permit hearing, a completed NORC community survey, and updates from various organizational representatives and government offices.
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**Voting Members in Attendance:** Sue Kohl, Quentin Fleming, Jenny Li, Beth Holden-Garland, Chris Spitz, JoAnna (2)
Minutes December 31, 2025GovernancePotrero CanyonMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a meeting with 22 voting members in attendance to discuss community matters including the one-year anniversary of the Palisades Fire, upcoming events, treasurer's report showing balances of $43,969.25 in US Bank and $337,340.30 in Schwab, and updates on various community projects and organizational reports.
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**Non-voting Alternates and Advisors:** James Alexakis, Michael Edlen, Mary Mueller, Alan Goldsmith, Lee Anne Sanderson,
Minutes August 12, 2024GovernancePotrero CanyonAgendasElectionsMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a meeting where President Sue Kohl called the order, approved previous minutes, announced candidates for the Area and At-large Representatives Election scheduled for August 8, 2024, and appointed committees and advisors including the re-appointment of Rob Weber as Legal Advisor. Public comments addressed concerns about food vendors on Sunset Boulevard, recent brush fires believed started by unhoused individuals, and updates on a new playground design at the Recreation Center.
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**Voting Members in Attendance:** George Wolfberg, Peter Culhane, Richard Cohen, Chris Spitz, David Card - Item 11.1
Minutes August 13, 2018GovernancePotrero CanyonMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a meeting with 14 voting members present to discuss various community matters including treasurer's report showing a bank balance of $32,198, upcoming events such as the Congress of Neighborhoods on September 22 and the annual Awards Gala on December 13, reports on the Home-Sharing Ordinance, cell site installations, and a public hearing scheduled for October 1 regarding eight new homes on Marquette. Multiple government representatives and organizational leaders provided updates on local issues including crime statistics, traffic concerns, and community events.
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3. Whereas, given the aforementioned lack of fiscal analysis, Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution
Minutes February 11, 2018GovernanceLegislationMinutesLand Use Reports
The Pacific Palisades Community Council unanimously voted to oppose SB 827 in its present form and requested its withdrawal, citing concerns that the bill would override local land use control and undermine the City's housing initiatives. The meeting also reviewed the status of a farmers market ordinance for residential zones and discussed various related policy matters.
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3. Whereas, given the aforementioned lack of fiscal analysis, Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution
Minutes January 26, 2018GovernancePotrero CanyonLegislationMinutesLand Use Reports
The Pacific Palisades Community Council unanimously voted to oppose SB 827 in its present form and requested its withdrawal, citing concerns that the bill would override local land use control and undermine the City's housing efforts. The council also discussed a farmers market ordinance that would allow Certified Farmers Markets in residential zones through a discretionary permit process.
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**Voting Members in Attendance:** Maryam Zar, George Wolfberg, Chris Spitz [acting Secretary], Richard Cohen, Sue Kohl,
Minutes September 25, 2016GovernancePotrero CanyonMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a business meeting where members discussed Caltrans efforts to establish an alternate haul route via Temescal Canyon requiring a traffic signal on PCH, approval of zoning carve-outs from BMO-BHO amendments, updates on the Shell Station project, new R1 variation zoning concerns, the Genesis Open golf tournament at the Riviera, and a coastal development permit hearing regarding a pole-top distributing station on Sunset Boulevard.
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**Voting Members in Attendance:** Sue Kohl, Quentin Fleming, Beth Holden-Garland, Chris Spitz, Maryam Zar (partial atten
Minutes December 28, 2023GovernancePotrero CanyonMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a meeting on September 26, 2024, to approve minutes, discuss upcoming meetings including a special October 1 meeting on the Tramonto slide development, announce new organizational representatives, and receive reports from government officials on public safety and community projects.
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**Voting Members in Attendance:** George Wolfberg [acting Chair], Allison Holdorff Polhill, Richard Cohen, Chris Spitz,
Minutes February 11, 2018GovernancePotrero CanyonMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a meeting on August 10, 2017, with 16 voting members present to discuss committee appointments, reports on local issues including cannabis ordinance developments and crime prevention, and to vote on motions regarding transparency in the General Plan development process.
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**Voting Members in Attendance:** Sue Kohl, Beth Holden-Garland, Chris Spitz, Lorie Cudzil, Sharon - PLUM Committee
Minutes December 28, 2023GovernanceMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a meeting on September 26, 2024, featuring a presentation by Councilwoman Traci Park regarding the Tramonto slide and related residential development project, including the appeals process, environmental review requirements, and slope stabilization challenges. Residents expressed concerns about geologic stability, emergency evacuation, and the adequacy of project conditions, while Caltrans representatives emphasized the need for comprehensive slope stabilization and updated environmental studies.