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• PPCC Letter Re Sober Living Density

  Letter February 19, 2026

  Land UseMinutesCommercial

  Pacific Palisades Community Council expresses support for Council File 25-1484, which seeks to regulate sober living facility density in Los Angeles, citing concerns about unregulated large facilities in neighborhoods like Del Rey and the need to protect residential character during community rebuilding. The Council urges the PLUM Committee and City Council to approve the motion and initiate a report back on sober living density regulation.

  

• PPCC Letter Master Infrastructure Plan

  Letter February 15, 2026

  Palisades Fire 2025MinutesPolicy & Advocacy

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council sent a letter on February 15, 2026, to city officials and LADWP leadership expressing support for underground utility placement and fire-resistant streetlight poles as part of infrastructure rebuilding following the Palisades Fire. The PPCC Board unanimously adopted a resolution on February 12, 2026, regarding the LADWP Master Infrastructure Plan for the Palisades.

  

• City Council Permit Fee Waiver Ltr10-26-25

  Letter October 30, 2025

  Palisades Fire 2025MinutesPolicy & Advocacy

  Pacific Palisades Fire survivors request that Los Angeles City Council vote to waive building plan check and permit fees for fire survivors and expand the waiver to include condominiums, townhomes, mobile homes, and small owner-occupied apartment buildings, arguing that the city will benefit financially from the waiver and that survivors face significant financial hardship.

  

• PPCC EC Letter Zone 0 Cmtee

  Letter September 15, 2025

  Public SafetyMinutesWildfire Prevention

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council submitted a letter to the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection on September 15, 2025, opposing the proposed Zone 0 defensible space regulations, arguing they are not science-based and would harm their community's urban forest without effectively preventing wildfire destruction. The Council, as survivors of the Palisades Fire, advocates for regulations grounded in peer-reviewed science and proven strategies such as home hardening rather than vegetation removal.

  

• PPCC Letter Postpone 405 Repaving

  Letter June 17, 2025

  Palisades Fire 2025MinutesPolicy & Advocacy

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council unanimously passed a motion on June 12, 2025, requesting that Caltrans delay the I-405 Pavement Rehabilitation Project through the Sepulveda Pass until Pacific Coast Highway is fully reopened and all Palisades fire debris removal is complete, citing concerns about increased traffic congestion during the recovery period.

  

• Letter - Apr 26, 2025 (Zone Zero Plead Commets)

  Letter May 1, 2025

  Public SafetyMinutesWildfire Prevention

  This letter to the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection comments on the April 7, 2025 draft Zone 0 defensible space regulations, arguing that scientific literature does not support complete vegetation elimination in Zone 0 and that healthy, well-maintained vegetation may actually protect structures by intercepting embers and resisting ignition due to high moisture content. The author critiques the regulatory process for lacking adequate scientific input and questions the methodology of recent studies used to support the proposed rules.

  

• Letter - Apr 29, 2025 (PFC Zone)

  Letter May 1, 2025

  Palisades Fire 2025MinutesPolicy & Advocacy

  The Palisades Forestry Committee submitted comments to the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection opposing the proposed Zone 0 defensible space regulations, arguing that scientific evidence from the January 2025 Palisades wildfire demonstrates that healthy, irrigated trees provided fire protection and that removing vegetation poses greater risk than maintaining ember-resistant landscaping. The committee advocates for a balanced, science-based approach that preserves fire-resistant native vegetation rather than the proposed near-total clearing of trees and shrubs.

  

• PPCC Letter Waiver Fees#2

  Letter April 27, 2025

  Palisades Fire 2025MinutesPolicy & Advocacy

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council requests that Mayor Bass's Emergency Order No. 7 suspending plan check and permit fees be extended to include owners of condominiums, townhomes, and multi-family developments in the Palisades burn area, arguing that all property owners should be treated equally in fee waivers for rebuilding after the January 7, 2025 Palisades Fire.

  

• PPCC Letter Support AB 238

  Letter April 16, 2025

  Palisades Fire 2025MinutesPolicy & Advocacy

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council unanimously supports AB 238, which provides mortgage forbearance for wildfire victims experiencing financial hardship, and urges state and city officials to advance the bill and a related city resolution. The council, representing the community devastated by the Palisades Fire, made this decision at its April 10, 2025 board meeting.

  

• PPCC Letter Waiver Fees

  Letter March 15, 2025

  Palisades Fire 2025MinutesPolicy & Advocacy

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council expresses strong support for a full waiver of plancheck and permit fees for rebuilds and repairs of structures destroyed in the January 7, 2025 Palisades Fire, urging the City Administrative Officer to complete a feasibility study and the City Council to approve the waiver. The Council cites resident concerns about permit fees exceeding $70,000 as a barrier to reconstruction and requests either a full fee waiver or an immediate executive order from the Mayor to implement one.