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  • Housing Design Showcase (6)_page-0001

    Image November 16, 2025

    Land UsePlanning & Density

    This is a page from a Housing Design Showcase document, likely presenting residential design examples or architectural concepts. The specific content details are not legible from the image provided.

  • PPCC Letter CF 25-1083 (Park)

    Letter September 29, 2025

    Land UsePlanning & Density

    The Pacific Palisades Community Council unanimously passed a motion on September 25, 2025, strongly opposing SB 79 and supporting Council File 25-1083, which calls for a report on SB 79's impacts on Los Angeles including infrastructure costs and potential legal challenges. The Council expresses concerns about housing density mandates in fire hazard zones and the lack of funding mechanisms for resulting impacts on infrastructure and public safety.

  • PPCC Letter Gov. Veto SB 79

    Letter September 14, 2025

    Land UsePlanning & Density

    The Pacific Palisades Community Council requests Governor Newsom's veto of SB 79, arguing that the bill's mandate for streamlined dense housing approvals near transit stops poses public safety risks to the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, particularly given the community's recent devastation from the Palisades Fire. The letter notes that the bill lacks an unconditional exemption for the VHFHSZ and has been opposed by numerous local and state elected officials despite passing narrowly in the legislature.

  • Message to Legislators re SB 79

    Letter September 4, 2025

    Land UsePlanning & Density

    Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes SB 79, expressing concerns that the bill's provisions regarding exemptions for Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones are unclear and that legislators lack adequate information to vote on it responsibly. The organization urges state elected officials to vote against the bill or pause it until clearer explanations of its contents are provided.

  • PPCC Further Letter SB 79-Motion

    Motion August 18, 2025

    Land UsePlanning & Density

    The Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes SB 79, legislation that would streamline housing density approvals, arguing it erodes local control and compromises public safety in fire-prone areas without adequate infrastructure funding or exemptions for Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. The council urges the Los Angeles City Council to support CF 25-0002-S19 to add opposition to SB 79 to the city's 2025-26 state legislative program.

  • Documents Related to SB 9 & Density

    Background Info August 15, 2025

    Land UseLegislationPlanning & Density

    Pacific Palisades Community Council issued multiple policy statements and letters from February through August 2025 regarding SB 9 density legislation and its impacts on public safety and fire recovery in the Palisades, culminating in Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass issuing executive orders in July 2025 to suspend SB 9 projects in burn areas.

  • PPCC EC Letter Gov. Newsom SB 79

    Letter August 9, 2025

    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.

  • Emergency Executive Order No. 9 - Local Prohibition on SB 9 in Burn Areas

    Legislation Update July 31, 2025

    Palisades Fire 2025Planning & DensityPolicy & Advocacy

    Mayor Karen Bass issued Emergency Executive Order No. 9 on July 30, 2025, prohibiting the City of Los Angeles from accepting or processing applications under Senate Bill 9 for urban lot splits and two-unit developments within Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the Palisades Fire area, consistent with the Governor's Executive Order N-32-25.

  • Further EC Letter SB 9-2025

    Letter July 29, 2025

    Land UsePlanning & Density

    The Pacific Palisades Community Council requests that Governor Newsom issue an emergency order to temporarily suspend SB 9 operations in Pacific Palisades, citing public health and safety risks from increased density on narrow streets with limited access routes, and requesting the suspension remain in place during the community's expected three-year recovery period.

  • CD11 Letter - SB9 (1)

    Letter July 28, 2025

    Land UsePlanning & Density

    Los Angeles Councilwoman Traci Park writes to Governor Newsom expressing concerns that state density laws, particularly SB9, are being exploited by developers to convert destroyed single-family homes into multi-family developments in the fire-affected Pacific Palisades area, and requests suspension of these laws pending infrastructure and evacuation route analysis.