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Community LifeLocal Organizations
This is a Mental Health Awareness Week flyer created in Canva with green and white styling. The image is a promotional graphic designed for distribution.
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Land UseMotionsWracVHFHSZ
The Pacific Palisades Community Council requests that the Department of City Planning include an unconditional exemption for Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ) in the proposed Affordable Housing Streamlining Ordinance, citing public safety concerns related to wildfire evacuation risks and limited egress routes in the community. The council argues this exemption is consistent with City Council positions, the approved Housing Element, and necessary to allow adequate environmental review of housing projects in fire-sensitive areas.
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GovernanceRecaps
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a board meeting on May 22, 2025, featuring presentations from Councilwoman Traci Park and Steadfast LA representatives on Palisades recovery efforts, passed a motion to support Project Chimney as a fire memorial, and re-elected current officers for the 2025-26 term. The recap also includes announcements about debris removal deadlines, community events, and a student-designed Banners of Hope project.
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Land UseLegislationPlanning & Density
The Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes SB 79, a housing density bill that would mandate streamlined approval for multi-family buildings near transit stops, arguing it lacks an exemption for very high fire hazard severity zones and poses public safety risks following the Palisades Fire. The council requests that Governor Newsom encourage Senator Wiener to withdraw or amend the bill to include a full exemption for fire hazard areas, or veto it if passed without such exemption.
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Palisades Fire 2025MinutesRebuild & Recovery
House Museum announces Project Chimney, an initiative to catalogue, relocate, and memorialize over 55 historically significant chimneys designed by architects Frank Lloyd Wright Jr., Paul R. Williams, and Richard Neutra that survived the Pacific Palisades fire. The project aims to create a permanent public memorial installation called The Palisades Fire Memorial to preserve architectural heritage and resist cultural erasure.
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Palisades Fire 2025Policy & Advocacy
Councilwoman Traci Park provides feedback on the proposed Resilient Rebuilding Authority under Senate Bill 549, supporting its goal to accelerate recovery from the Palisades Fire but requesting amendments to ensure robust community engagement, resident-majority governance, clear land use protections against density increases, and transparent processes for land acquisition and property rights before she can support the legislation.
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GovernanceAgendas
The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a board meeting on October 12, 2023, with agenda items including presentations on traffic safety and fire preparedness, approval of bylaws amendments regarding member organization certification, and consideration of a letter requesting a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone exemption from the proposed Affordable Housing Streamlining Ordinance due to public safety concerns.
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Palisades Fire 2025Rebuild & Recovery
This document provides fire recovery updates for Pacific Palisades, including information about school reopenings, an LAPD security update, a July 2 LADWP virtual town hall on power undergrounding and water line upgrades, and details about the July 4th celebration at Paul Revere Middle School with free tickets available for community members.
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Community LifeCommunity Support
The PPCC Grants Committee recommends a $10,000 grant from donations to the Pacific Palisades Woman's Club to rebuild a community wooden staircase destroyed in the Palisades Fire that provided pedestrian access between two parcels of the clubhouse property. The staircase is not covered by insurance, and the total rebuild cost is estimated at $33,516.