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Pacific Palisades Community Council
Happy New Year from PPCC
PPCC wishes everyone a joyful New Year,
filled with health, happiness, success,
and most importantly,
peace in 2025!
We hope you will attend our meetings, participate in PPCC
and follow our work in the weeks and months ahead.
Your voice, perspective and engagement informs our direction
and makes our advocacy stronger.
Coming Up in 2025
New State Laws
From
cannabis cafes to crosswalk visibility
. . . from
retail theft to fertility treatments
. . . the state legislature passed numerous bills in 2024 that will go into effect on January 1, 2025 -- and may be of interest to Palisadians!
To see synopses of some of the most pertinent new laws, please visit
CalMatters
or the
Palisades Patch
.
Wildfire Safety
Click on the above graphic to view the full Summary.
A Message from MySafe:LA
"You are invited! MySafe:LA is developing a new strategic plan related to wildfire and the entire risk areas within the City of Los Angeles. We strongly believe that no 'plan' that reflects the 'city' is useful without input from the public. That’s why we’d like to invite you to take a look at the plan and provide your feedback on what may or may not be relevant to the final initial release of the document.
"If you have concerns or ideas about wildfire risk and response in the City of Los Angeles, this is your chance to share your ideas so they are 'on the record.' We’ve developed a method for you to read the text-only draft online and to provide input. You can do it in one sitting, or in multiple sittings during the coming three weeks.
"To provide you with an overview of the plan — what we’re calling an Executive Summary — please see the PDF document
[click on the graphic above to see the Summary PDF].
"If you’d like to review the plan, here is the link:
CWPP/Community Input
.
"Remember, if you live in an area that might be affected by a wildfire in Los Angeles - even including poor air quality, you should consider sharing your thoughts via this 'public comment' period of time.
[IMPORTANT:
Deadline to submit comments/input on the CWPP:
JANUARY 21, 2025
]
.
"If you’d like to learn more about MySafe:LA and the Los Angeles Wildfire Resilience Alliance — our partnership with the LA City Fire Department, please visit our resilience website via this link:
WildfireLA
.
"If you have questions, you may contact us at
i
nfo@mysafela.org
.
"Best wishes for a safe and relaxing New Year - and let’s work together to reduce the risk of wildfires in Los Angeles!"
Community Police Academy
Click on the above graphic to see the full flyler.
Don't Forget!
LAPD invites community members to attend the
2025 Community Police Academy, January 15 - March 26, 2025,
weekly on Wednesday evenings at the West LA Community Police Station Roll Call Room, 1663 Butler Ave., Los Angeles. For details click on the
Police Academy Flyer
or the graphic above; email
SLO Brian Espin
if you're interested in attending.
On the Horizon for PPCC
Our next PPCC board meeting:
Thursday,
January 9, 2025,
6pm via Zoom
(agenda to be distributed on January 6)
We'll be introduced to the new CD 11 Field Deputy for the Palisades,
Arus Grigoryan
,
who has already stepped in to
assist with several issues of community concern!
All are invited to PPCC meetings!
Issues/topics that we're keeping an eye on -- and may discuss at upcoming meetings in 2025:
Proposed "Fire Safety Fair" to be held in the Palisades on February 23, 2025 (host: the MySafe:LA Regional Fire Safe Council).
Crime and public safety, particularly new measures recently introduced by Councilwoman Traci Park (including funding for security cameras throughout CD 11).
Proposed new/replacement bus shelter (under the City's "STAP" program) at Sunset & Carey.
Status of sidewalk vending/food trucks in the Palisades (several knowledgeable officials have been invited to clarify and present information on the relevant rules & regulations).
The Tramonto/Revello development project (to be heard in the full City Council - date TBA).
Status of the landslide on PCH and of bluff instability/slippage throughout the Palisades.
Continuous water flow on Temescal Canyon Rd. - source/solutions?
Abandoned/incomplete construction sites - status of solutions.
Homelessness - status in the Palisades and the City/County.
Status of a possible legislative effort to eliminate designated fire zones statewide, including the "Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone" (the designation for all of the Palisades).
Dog park, "lateral trail" and bridge over PCH - status updates/ progress?
We look forward to addressing all of these issues -- and
more -- as we strive to fulfill PPCC's mission: to protect
and improve the quality of life in Pacific Palisades!
Last but not least . . .
PPCC's 2024 Awards Gala
Click on the above graphic for the Gala Recap
In case you missed it -- here's a recap of our December 2024 Holiday Dinner and Awards Gala -- celebrating the amazing achievements of the Citizen of the Year (Cindi Young), Golden Sparkplugs (Leslie Campbell, Carlos Rodriguez) and Pride of the Palisades (Thomas Hathaway) Honorees -- and the teams of volunteers who helped them:
Gala Recap
. . .
Honorees Bios
. . .
It Takes a Team.
Thanks again to all who participated and donated!
See you in 2025!
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