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Captain Jonathan Tom of the West Los Angeles Area Police Department reports on 2021 crime statistics and community safety initiatives, noting that West Los Angeles had minimal Part I crime increase (0.3%) compared to the broader department, achieved a 100% reduction in homicides, and increased arrests by 20.3%. The captain emphasizes the importance of community collaboration, personal vigilance, and property security measures to reduce crime in the region.
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Public SafetyHomeless Camping
The Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count will take place on January 26, 2022 at 5:30 am at Corpus Christi Catholic Church Parking Lot in Pacific Palisades, with volunteers needed to help conduct the three-hour outdoor count and gather data on the homeless population.
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Public SafetyEventsMinutesHomeless Camping
The Pacific Palisades Community Council Board is requested to support City Council Motion 14-1457-S9 by Councilmember Buscaino, which proposes a new ordinance banning overnight vehicle dwelling citywide except in non-residential areas where it would be permitted under a specified permit system.
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Public SafetyHomeless Camping
The Pacific Palisades Community Council writes to Councilmember Mike Bonin on October 25, 2021, expressing disagreement with his opposition to resolutions designating sensitive sites under LAMC Section 41.18 and requesting he implement the pre-enforcement procedures in Council District 11 that other districts are adopting. The letter argues that the ordinance does not require street engagement or outreach before designation and enforcement, and notes that the community's homelessness task force has successfully conducted outreach independently for over five years.
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Public SafetyHomeless Camping
The Pacific Palisades Community Council requests that Councilmember Mike Bonin introduce a resolution to designate schools, day care centers, public parks, and public libraries in Pacific Palisades as sensitive uses for enforcement purposes under LAMC Section 41.18, with a requested 500-foot prohibition radius around each site.
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Public SafetyHomeless Camping
The Pacific Palisades Community Council unanimously voted on September 9, 2021 to support Council File 21-0929, a proposed resolution to prohibit sitting, lying, sleeping, and storing personal property within 500 feet of specified schools in the area, and requested clarification that the radius be measured from the exterior boundary lines of the schools.
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Land UseMotionsPlanning & DensityHomeless Camping
An attorney from Advocates for the Environment requests to be added to the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering's mailing list for Coastal Development Permit applications, hearings, and determinations for Will Rogers State Beach and its parking lots in Pacific Palisades, citing Los Angeles Municipal Code section 12.20.2.1 E.1.
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Public SafetyHomeless Camping
The Pacific Palisades Community Council documents the development and eventual infeasibility of a proposal by city and county officials to use Will Rogers State Beach parking lot for homeless housing, which was abandoned after a CAO finding of infeasibility in August 2021. The documents reveal that officials failed to address fundamental legal obstacles, including state Standardized Emergency Management System Guidelines requiring exhaustion of local resources before state property could be used, and disputes over county parking revenue reimbursement.
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Public SafetyWracHomeless Camping
The Pacific Palisades Community Council Executive Committee supports City Council Resolution CF 21-0929 to designate public schools as sensitive sites where homeless encampments can be banned within a 500-foot radius under the anti-camping ordinance, and proposes that Councilmember Bonin bring a similar resolution to designate Pacific Palisades schools, day care centers, parks, and libraries as sensitive sites.
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Public SafetyEventsMinutesHomeless Camping
The Pacific Palisades Community Council requests that Councilmember Mike Bonin introduce a resolution to designate schools, day care centers, public parks, and public libraries in Pacific Palisades as sensitive uses for enforcement purposes under LAMC Section 41.18, with a 500-foot prohibition radius around each site.