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2025 Preview/News!
RecapGovernanceRecaps
The Pacific Palisades Community Council announces its 2025 agenda, including upcoming meetings, community initiatives such as a wildfire safety strategic plan with a January 21 deadline for public input, a Community Police Academy starting January 15, and discussion of local issues including crime prevention, development projects, and infrastructure concerns. The organization also recaps its December 2024 Awards Gala honoring community members.
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GovernancePotrero CanyonMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held its June 8, 2017 meeting with 19 voting members present, covering topics including the Palisadian Post signage issue, homelessness updates, open space planning, SB 649 wireless facility regulations, traffic and safety enforcement, planning and zoning matters, and officer elections for the 2017-2018 term.
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Environment & Public SpacesPotrero CanyonMinutes
Michael G. Terry presented the Palisades Beautiful Street Tree Committee's efforts to update street tree policies for Pacific Palisades, requesting the Community Council's evaluation and approval of revised policies to facilitate tree planting in parkways. The presentation included historical designations of tree species for various streets and described the committee's 2015 evaluation of species based on invasiveness, root damage, litter, water use, disease, allergenicity, and fire hazard.
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GovernanceMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council Board met on May 11, 2023, with 50 attendees to discuss three main issues: the Castellamare mega-homes development project on a hillside with concerns about stability and scale, state housing laws limiting local zoning restrictions, and coastal access projects for Potrero Canyon Park including a trail and bridge in predesign phases. Board members and community members raised questions and concerns about environmental review requirements, community support for the bridge project, and funding mechanisms for the park improvements.
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Land UsePlanning & Density
Pacific Palisades Community Council submitted a letter on February 3, 2021 opposing Senate Bills 9 and 10, citing concerns about public safety in fire hazard zones, violations of local control and democratic principles, and failure to ensure affordable housing requirements. The council passed two motions detailing specific objections to each bill, including claims that they violate the California Coastal Act and Environmental Quality Act.
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GovernanceBylawsMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held its November 10, 2022 meeting, during which members approved previous minutes, heard presentations from LAPD leadership including the introduction of new Area Commanding Officer Captain Craig Heredia, discussed public safety and homelessness issues, announced 2022 award recipients, and voted on various motions including one calling for the resignation of two Los Angeles City Council members.
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GovernanceMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a meeting on February 25, 2021, where members discussed upcoming agenda items including school reopenings, affordable housing, and city services, reviewed recent comment letters on housing and ordinances, received updates on local projects including the Jack-in-the-Box site and beach bike path extension, and heard presentations on public safety and disaster readiness programs.
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Land UseMinutesPlanning & Density
The Castellammare Home Owners Association and Miramar Homeowners' Association request that Councilmember Traci Park initiate a City Council request to apply Hillside Construction Regulations to their neighborhoods, citing concerns about overscale development projects, steep topography, substandard roadways, and fire risk. Both associations report overwhelming resident support for the HCR designation, representing over 400 homes in the district.
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GovernanceMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a meeting on November 12, 2020 via Zoom with 20 voting members present. The meeting covered updates on city council motions regarding construction and evacuation routes, LAPD beach patrol funding, dockless scooters regulation, vacation rentals ordinance, speeding and drag racing concerns, and a motion to eliminate the gut-and-amend bill process in the legislative process.
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GovernancePotrero CanyonMinutes
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held its April 13, 2017 meeting with 20 voting members present. The meeting included reports on traffic safety following a fatal motorcycle collision, updates on homelessness reduction efforts from the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness, and announcements regarding upcoming community events and governmental initiatives.