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• Extracted Text - Extracted Text Coastal Bluff GEORGE WOL.

  Flyer November 26, 2022

  Environment & Public SpacesPotrero Canyon

  This document describes the coastal bluff ecosystem at George Wolfberg Park in Potrero Canyon, featuring sage scrub vegetation adapted to sunny, dry, and salt-sprayed slopes overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The document includes a park map and photographs of eight native plant species found in this threatened Southern California coastal habitat.

  

• Extracted Text - Extracted Text George Wolfberg Park at

  Flyer November 26, 2022

  Environment & Public SpacesPotrero Canyon

  This document provides a bilingual history of George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon, tracing its development from agricultural land in 1900-1920s through residential and commercial growth, to the City of Los Angeles' purchase and stabilization efforts beginning in 1964. The document includes a park map showing facilities, amenities, and ecological features such as oak woodland, riparian woodland, and coastal bluff areas.

  

• Extracted Text - Extracted Text The Canyon Then Now

  Flyer November 26, 2022

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  This educational document describes the transformation of Potrero Canyon from agricultural land in the early 1900s to a stabilized park, explaining how urban development and stormwater runoff caused erosion that threatened surrounding properties, leading the City of Los Angeles to begin purchasing rim lots in the 1960s and undertaking slope stabilization starting in 1983. The document includes historical photographs, cross-sectional diagrams, and details about the engineered stormwater management systems implemented to address the canyon's erosion and drainage issues.

  

• Extracted Text - Extracted Text The First Port of

  Flyer November 26, 2022

  Environment & Public SpacesPotrero Canyon

  This document describes the history of Long Wharf, a 4,720-foot wooden pier completed by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in 1893 that served as Los Angeles's principal port until San Pedro became the official harbor in 1897. The wharf was demolished between 1913 and 1921 and is now designated as California Historical Landmark No. 881, with only a few feet of track remaining at its original location near Will Rogers State Beach.

  

• Extracted Text - Potrero Canyon Community Advisory Commi.

  Flyer November 26, 2022

  Environment & Public SpacesPotrero Canyon

  This document commemorates George S. Wolfberg (1938-2020), a renowned Pacific Palisades community volunteer and City of Los Angeles Chief Administrative Analyst who dedicated his life to public service, environmental protection, and community engagement, including leading the decades-long effort to create Potrero Canyon Park. Wolfberg received numerous honors including the PPCC Community Service Award in 2008, Citizen of the Year in 2011, and Pride of the Palisades in 2019.

  

• GW park at PC Signage

  Letter November 13, 2022

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council unanimously voted to urge the City of Los Angeles to install conspicuous signage at George Wolfberg Park in Potrero Canyon with specific safety rules and regulations, and to maintain park hours from sunrise to sunset with automatic trilogy gates rather than the proposed extended hours until 10:30pm. The council also requested that the city coordinate with LAPD to determine strategic sign placement locations prior to the park's December 3, 2022 opening.

  

• Proposed motion requesting signage

  Motion November 8, 2022

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council proposes that the City of Los Angeles and Department of Recreation and Parks expedite installation of signage at George Wolfberg Park in Potrero Canyon displaying park rules including prohibitions on smoking, open flames, fireworks, camping, and tents, with hours of operation, before the park's December 3, 2022 opening. The council also urges city and park officials to consult with LAPD officers to determine optimal sign placement locations to deter unsafe activities in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone area.

  

• PPCC Minutes -- 09/08/2022

  Minutes September 24, 2022

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council held a board meeting on September 8, 2022, where members discussed upcoming elections, bylaws amendments, LAPD response times and staffing issues, a proposed Specific Plan amendment, an illegal car wash operation in Area 4, and the newly amended LAMC 41.18 ordinance regarding enforcement zones around schools and daycare centers.

  

• PPCC Minutes -- 2022 / 07 / 28

  Minutes June 10, 2022

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council held its July 28, 2022 meeting where the board approved previous minutes, announced candidates for upcoming Area and At-large elections, appointed committee members and advisors, discussed the Wildlife Ordinance affecting hillside development, received reports on street maintenance and crime statistics, and heard updates from various government representatives and community organizations.

  

• Potrero Canyon/GW Park Positions -- 2020-2023

  Background Info June 5, 2022

  Environment & Public SpacesPotrero Canyon

  This document is a compilation of Pacific Palisades Community Council positions and correspondence regarding George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon from 2020 to 2023, including resolutions, letters to city officials about park naming, trail funding, signage, park rangers, and hours of operation. The collection also references earlier PPCC motions from 2004 supporting the park's development and formation of a community advisory committee.