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• Extracted Text - Extracted Text Living With Fire GEORGE

  Flyer November 27, 2022

  Environment & Public SpacesPotrero Canyon

  This document provides guidance on creating defensible space around homes in the Potrero Canyon area to protect against wildfire, as required by California law AB 3074 for properties in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones. It outlines three zones with specific vegetation management and material requirements: Zone 0 (0-5 feet) using non-combustible materials, Zone 1 (5-30 feet) for regular landscape maintenance, and Zone 2 (30-100 feet) for reduced fuel management.

  

• Extracted Text - Extracted Text Oak Woodland GEORGE WOLF.

  Flyer November 27, 2022

  Environment & Public SpacesPotrero Canyon

  This document describes the oak woodland ecosystem at George Wolfberg Park in Potrero Canyon, explaining how native trees, shrubs, and perennials provide food and shelter for wildlife through a complex food web. The document includes a park map and identifies native plant species found in the area, presented in both English and Spanish.

  

• Extracted Text - Extracted Text Riparian Woodland GEORGE.

  Flyer November 27, 2022

  Environment & Public SpacesPotrero Canyon

  This document describes the riparian woodland ecosystem at George Wolfberg Park in Potrero Canyon, detailing the dense multi-layered forest of willows, cottonwoods, and sycamores that support diverse native plants and animals. The document includes a park map and photographs of eight native plant species found in this streamside habitat.

  

• Extracted Text - Extracted Text The Value of Riparian

  Flyer November 27, 2022

  Environment & Public SpacesPotrero Canyon

  This educational document describes the ecological value of riparian woodlands at George Wolfberg Park in Potrero Canyon, highlighting their roles as biodiversity habitat, water filtration systems, and wildlife corridors. The information is presented in both English and Spanish with accompanying photographs of native species.

  

• Extracted Text - Extracted Text Bringing Nature Home GEO.

  Flyer November 26, 2022

  Environment & Public SpacesPotrero Canyon

  This document promotes native plant gardening at George Wolfberg Park in Potrero Canyon, highlighting benefits such as wildlife habitat support, resource conservation, and creating a sense of place inspired by local California landscapes. Native plant gardens require fewer inputs like water, pruning, and fertilizer while providing food and shelter for local wildlife.

  

• 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

  Environment & Public SpacesPotrero Canyon

  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.