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September 25, 2025, Agenda; More News
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Pacific Palisades Community Council
PPCC Upcoming Board Meeting 9/25/25
Our next regularly scheduled PPCC
Board meeting will be held on
THURSDAY, September 25th, 2025
6:00 pm via Zoom
September 25, 2025, Meeting Agenda
Draft 9/11/25 Minutes
Connect to Zoom Meeting
What's on the Agenda?
We have another
packed agenda for our second meeting in September:
Presentations:
--  Jim Cragg of the
Palisades Long Term Recovery Group
(Pali LTRG) will present information about this important new organization.
-- The County Public Works Dept. will give an update on the status of work on the
Marvin Braude Trail/Santa Monica Canyon Restoration.
Committees:
-- The Grants Committee is pleased to recommend, for Board approval,
five new
PPCC grants
from funds received by PPCC. See the proposed recipients and the Committee's reports on the grants
in the agenda linked above (item 9.2).
-- The Bylaws Committee is recommending additional amendments to the PPCC Bylaws, including to add the
Malibu-Palisades Chamber of Commerc
e as a PPCC organizational member (2nd Distribution and Board vote on  the proposed amendments);  see the Committee's report and redline and clean versions of the amendments at
PacPaliCC
,
and in the agenda (item 9.1).
-- We'll have a further update by the
Rebuild Committee
on the NORC-PPCC community survey status.
-- The President will also announce the members of three new PPCC committees: the
Awards Selectio
n and
Awards Event Committees
(required for the 2025 Citizen of the Year Awards), and a new, important
Undergrounding Committee
(to study and present information and recommendations regarding  the undergrounding of utilities during the rebuild).
Motion:
-- The Board will vote on a motion sponsored by the Land Use Committee (LUC) to support a
motion by CW Park calling for a report on the impacts of SB 79
on the city of LA.  See item 11.3 on the agenda linked above.
Additional Matters & Announcements:
-- We will
thank outgoing organizational Board members
and the President will recognize the new members joining the Board as of October 1, 2025.
-- As always, we'll have
reports and announcements
from the President, Board members, government representatives and advisors.
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All are welcome at PPCC Board meetings!
What's upcoming?
At our
first
meeting in October, o
n
October 9,
we'll welcome a special guest speaker, Supervisor
Lindsey Horvath
, and have an update from the
Palisades Recovery Coalition
; in addition, new organizational Board members will be seated (start of the PPCC organizational members' term and of the PPCC fiscal year).
More News
Announcements from CW Traci Park / CD11
See the Councilwoman's informative
Palisades Update
HERE.
And see
additional
news from CD 11:
"LA
Recovery Ad Hoc Committee
– We held a meeting of our LA Recovery Ad Hoc Committee. If you missed it, you can watch it »
HERE
«.
"Understanding Your Rebuild and Permitting Options Webinar
–
We hosted a virtual webinar on Understanding Your Rebuild and Permitting Options . . . Click »
HERE
« to watch the recording, using Passcode: i*8)Gfx0).
"Single Family Home Standard Plans Pilot Program
–
The Los Angeles Department of Building & Safety is currently seeking interested parties to participate in their
Single Family Home Standards Plans Pilot Program
. . . .
Learn More Here »
"
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Recent Developments -- SB 79 and Zone Zero
SB 79
:
We are awaiting word on whether the Governor will sign or veto SB 79 (if he does neither by October 12, 2025, the bill will become law). Meanwhile, not onl
y
PPCC
,
but also
Mayor Bass
,
CW Park
and th
e
Westside Regional Alliance of Councils
(WRAC), have all requested that Gov. Newsom veto this
dangerous and unnecessary
bill.
We thank the Mayor and Councilwoman for their letters and support,
and we'll continue to monitor.
Zone Zero:
The State Board of Forestry Zone Zero Advisory Committee met at the Pasadena Convention Center last Thursday for more than six hours, with hundreds of in-person and online attendees, including several PPCC Board members and Palisades residents.
Public comments at the meeting
overwhelmingly
indicated support for fire safety through
local control and science-based rules
rather than the draconian proposed statewide Zone 0 regulations -- including comments from CW Park; see the Councilwoman's letter
HERE
.
See also the recent
PPCC letter,
as well as
a
comment letter from five
LA Councilmembers
and a critical
report
from LAFD and the LA Community Forestry Committee. There will be additional
online meetings before regulations are finalized and adopted by the end of the year.
We thank CW Park for her support.
Upcoming Events
Community Safety Call
Thursday
, September 25
9:30am via Zoom
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The PRC Advisory Group will host this online call at 9:30am with representatives of LAPD, CHP, USACE, and LAFD (brush clearance), to discuss public safety in the Palisades.  Zoom link for the meeting is
HERE
.
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A Busy Weekend Ahead!
Bluffs Visioning Charette
Saturday
, September 27
10am - 12n, 15234 Sunset Blvd.
Pacific Palisades
The PRC is sponsoring its 4th Charette focusing on
Palisades bluffs areas.
Register
HERE
for the event.
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Rebuild Ready Event - Prefab 101
Saturday
, September 27
2 - 5 pm at the American Legion Post 283
Pacific Palisades
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A free, informative event about
prefab options for Palisades and Altadena families,
to be held at the American Legion Post 283 on La Cruz Dr. -- sponsored by the nonprofit
Lotus Rising.
For more information visit
Ready Rebuild
.
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Shards and Chardonnay
Saturday
, September 27
4 - 6 pm
tn Venice, CA
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This special event, hosted by Team Palilsades, will take place at the Emeco House, 507 Boccaccio Ave., Venice 90020. Artist Cara Levine will present information about
Ash Print, a public art memorial project
in response to the Fires.  To see a slide deck of this unique project, visit
Ash Print Slides
.
Bring your own shards
if you wish, as directed in the flyer above!  RSVP
HERE
.
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Opera at the Pier!
Saturday
, September 27, 7pm
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See
West Side Story
live and in high def, presented  by LA Opera at the SM Pier.  A free event!  Concert at 7:pm, gates open at 5:30pm.
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Palibu Rebuild Expo
Sunday
, September 28
2 - 5pm
at the SM Woman's Club
A free
Rebuild Expo,
sponsored by the "Palibu" Chamber, for homeowners and businesses in Malibu and Pacific Palisades that were affected by the Palisades Fire. For more information about the event, visit
Rebuild Expo
.
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Looking
Forward
to October
. . .
The Longest Table
Sunday
, October 5
12-2pm, on Pampas Ricas
in the Huntington Palisades
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Team Palisades, along with CD 11 and the HPPOC, is hosting another unique event -- a
neighborhood picnic at a very long table!
-- on October 5 on Pampas Ricas in the Huntington.  All community members are invited.  RSVP (and see more info)
HERE
.
. . . to all who are celebrating!
.
See you at this week's PPCC meeting
on Thursday, Sept. 25th.
Palisades Strong!
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