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GovernanceMotions
Pacific Palisades community leaders request federal support from the EPA and Trump Administration for recovery from the January 2025 Palisades Fire, citing the need for infrastructure improvements, financial assistance, and coordinated federal action to accelerate rebuilding efforts. The letter outlines twelve priority areas including utility undergrounding, water infrastructure repair, evacuation infrastructure, gap funding for residential and commercial rebuilding, and establishment of a community authority.
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GovernancePotrero CanyonMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held its January 8, 2026 meeting with voting and non-voting members in attendance. The meeting included reports on community events marking the one-year anniversary of the Palisades Fire, treasurer's report showing account balances, updates on various community projects including ACE Building Materials permit hearing and NORC community survey results, and reports from organizational representatives and government offices.
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Land UseUrban ForestLand Use Reports
This document compiles Pacific Palisades Community Council positions on development projects and land use matters from 2001 to 2025, organized by category including coastal projects, variances/exceptions, and other land use matters. The positions reflect the council's concerns regarding issues such as geologic stability, traffic impacts, environmental effects, and community compatibility, along with their support or opposition to various permit applications and project modifications.
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GovernanceMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a meeting on January 8, 2026, with voting members present to discuss community matters including treasurer reports, fire anniversary commemorations, the ACE Building Materials permit hearing, a completed NORC community survey, and updates from organizational and government representatives.
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Palisades Fire 2025MotionsPolicy & Advocacy
Pacific Palisades Community Council and Pacific Palisades Residents Association request that the Joint Legislative Audit Committee expand the scope of the State Auditor's investigation into the Los Angeles fires to include examination of how California, Los Angeles City, and Los Angeles County deployed federal wildfire prevention and hazard mitigation appropriations between fiscal years 2015-2025. The organizations argue this expanded audit is necessary to understand funding effectiveness and inform future federal disaster recovery appropriations.
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Palisades Fire 2025Policy & Advocacy
David A. Schwarz, Chairman of the Rebuild Committee of the Pacific Palisades Community Council, testified before the U.S. Senate on the impacts of the Palisades Fire and proposed establishing an independent Pacific Palisades Reconstruction Authority modeled after New York's Lower Manhattan Development Corporation to oversee community rebuilding with federal support and accountability measures.
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Public SafetyWildfire Prevention
The California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection is considering a draft regulation requiring property owners in fire-prone areas to maintain a defensible space called Zone 0 within five feet of buildings, with requirements including removal of combustible vegetation and materials, phased enforcement over three years for existing structures, and immediate application to new construction. The Board is seeking public input on four vegetation options and two tree options for Zone 0 compliance.
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GovernanceBylaws
The PPCC Bylaws Committee recommends three amendments to Appendix A (adding Malibu-Palisades Chamber of Commerce, updating YMCA name to Lowe Family YMCA, and removing Westside Waldorf School) and one addition to Appendix C (new Standing Rule 15 authorizing grants from third-party donations). Board voting on these amendments is scheduled for September 25, 2025, with a second distribution of proposed amendments on that date and a first distribution on September 11, 2025.
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GovernanceAgendas
This is the agenda for the Pacific Palisades Community Council Board Meeting scheduled for August 14, 2025, which includes reports from committees, consideration of bylaws amendments, presentations on SBA loans and street lighting, and votes on motions regarding heavy rail transportation in the Sepulveda Pass and evacuation planning following the Palisades Fire.
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GovernanceAgendas
This is the agenda for the Pacific Palisades Community Council Board Meeting scheduled for July 17, 2025, covering items including approval of previous minutes, committee reports, appointments for the 2025-26 term, a presentation on SB 459 regarding Palisades recovery, and three proposed motions regarding homelessness matters.