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P A C I F I C P A L I S A D E S C O M M U N I T Y C O U N C I L
June 17, 2021
Richard H. Llewellyn, Jr., City Administrative Officer (CAO)
Matt Szabo, CAO appointee (effective 7/4/21) / current Deputy Chief of Staff to Mayor Garcetti
Via email and submission to City Clerk filing portal
Re: Council File 21-0350; CAO Feasibility Study – Use of Will Rogers State Beach Parking Lot for Homeless
Housing / Factors Demonstrating Infeasibility
Dear Mr. Llewellyn and Mr. Szabo:
Pacific Palisades Community Council (PPCC) brings to your attention the following news video, which aired on
KCAL 9 at 9pm and 10pm and on CBS 2 at 11pm on Tuesday evening, June 16, 2021:
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/video/5693996-homeless-couple-believed-responsible-for-dangerous-fire-ignited-in-the-center-of-palisades-bowl-mobile-home-park/
This reports on a dangerous fire at the Palisades Bowl mobile homes complex, which sits across PCH from the Will
Rogers State Beach (WRSB) parking lot. The residents believe that a couple experiencing homelessness walked into
the complex and deliberately started the fire. As we noted in our letter of June 10, 2021,1 the entrance to Palisades
Bowl is easily accessed from PCH; with good reason, residents of that complex are very concerned about their safety.
As we also noted in our June 10th letter, the Palisades area currently experiences fires caused by homeless individuals
on the beach and in our nearby bluffs. Whether on the beach, in bluffs or in the Palisades Bowl, these fires are
extremely dangerous. As LAFD can attest,2 fires can easily cause embers to fly into surrounding brush areas and
threaten the entire community – including the many homeless individuals who camp in the bluffs and are hidden in
the brush. Such fires can even spread into the wider region, as we have seen with the recent Palisades Fire. That is
the reason why, as explained in our June 10th letter, the multi-jurisdictional encampment task force initiative took
place on June 1 in Pacific Palisades, using the WRSB parking lot for their command post.
The risk to public safety caused by the proposal to place homeless housing at the WRSB parking lot is
completely unacceptable. Under no circumstances should homeless housing be sanctioned for any location in the
Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone.
Executive Committee, Pacific Palisades Community Council
David Card, Chair Christina Spitz, Secretary
David Kaplan, Vice-Chair John Padden, Organization Representative (P.R.I.D.E.)
Richard G. Cohen, Treasurer Joanna Spak, Elected Representative (Area 1; Castellammare, Paseo Miramar)
cc: City, County, State, Federal officials, and other relevant entities and individuals (on p. 2, following)
1 http://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/PPCC-Letter-to-CAO.pdf.
2 LAFD: “Flying embers from a wildfire can destroy homes up to a mile away.” https://www.lafd.org/ready-set-go
Post Office Box 1131, Pacific Palisades, California 90272 info@pacpalicc.org pacpalicc.org

Pacific Palisades Community Council
Richard H. Lewellyn, Jr., and Matt Szabo
June 17, 2021
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cc (via email):
City: Hon. Eric Garcetti, Mayor, City of Los Angeles; Hon. Mike Feuer, City Attorney; Hon. Ron Galperin, City Controller;
Hon. Nury Martinez, President, City Council; Hon. Joe Buscaino, President Pro Tempore, City Council; Hon. Gil Cedillo,
Councilmember, CD 1; Hon. Paul Krekorian, Councilmember, CD 2; Hon. Bob Blumenfield, Councilmember, CD 3; Hon.
Nithya Raman, Councilmember, CD 4; Hon. Paul Koretz, Councilmember, CD 5; Hon. Monica Rodriguez, Councilmember,
CD 7; Hon. Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Councilmember, CD 8; Hon. Curren D. Price, Jr., Councilmember, CD 9; Hon.
Mark Ridley-Thomas, Councilmember, CD 10; Hon. Mike Bonin, Councilmember, CD 11; Hon. John Lee, Councilmember,
CD 12; Hon. Mitch O’Farrell, Councilmember, CD 13; Hon. Kevin de León, Councilmember, CD 14; Ralph M. Terrazas,
Chief, and Armando Hogan, Deputy Chief & West Bureau Commander, LAFD; Michel R. Moore, Chief, and Jonathan Tom,
Captain III & West Division Commanding Officer, LAPD; Patricia J. Huber, Asst. CAO and Executive Officer; Ben Ceja,
Asst. CAO; Yolanda Chavez, Asst. CAO; Meg Barclay, CAO’s office/Homeless Strategy; Paula Gerez, President,
Neighborhood Council of Westchester/Playa
County: Hon. Hilda Solis, Chair, County Board of Supervisors; Hon. Sheila Kuehl, County Supervisor, CSD 3; Hon. Janice
Hahn, County Supervisor, CSD 4; Hon. Kathryn Barger, County Supervisor, CSD 5; Hon. Holly J. Mitchell, County
Supervisor, CSD 2; Daryl L. Osby, Chief, County Fire Dept.; Gary Jones, Director, and Kerry Silverstrom, Chief Deputy
Director, County Beaches & Harbors Dept.; Cris Liban, Chair, Beach Commission; Clark Stevens, Executive Officer, and R.C.
Brody, President, Board of Directors, Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains
Joint City/County: Heidi Marston, Executive Director, LAHSA; Wendy Greuel, Chair, LAHSA Commission
State: Hon. Gavin Newsom, Governor, State of California (via Jason Elliott, Senior Counselor for Housing & Homelessness);
Hon. Ben Allen, State Senator, SD 26; Hon. Henry Stern, State Senator, SD 27; Hon. Richard Bloom, State Assemblyman,
AD 50; Jack Ainsworth, Executive Director, and Steve Hudson, District Director, California Coastal Commission; Sam
Schuchat, Executive Director, and Megan Cooper, Regional Manager, California State Coastal Conservancy; Guangyu Wang,
Chief Administrative Director, Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission; Wade Crowfoot, Secretary for Natural Resources,
and Angela Barranco, Undersecretary for Natural Resources, California Natural Resources Agency; Armando Quintero,
Director, and Jerry West, Angeles District Superintendent, California State Parks; Rue Mapp, Chair, State Park and Recreation
Commission; Jennifer Lucchesi, Executive Officer, State Lands Commission; Joseph T. Edmiston, Executive Director,
MRCA and Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy; Tony Tavares, Director, Caltrans District 7
Federal: Hon. Diane Feinstein, U.S. Senator (via Peter Muller, Deputy State Director); Hon. Alex Padilla, U.S. Representative
(via Lauren Gallant, Sr. Field Representative); Hon. Ted Lieu, U.S. Representative, 33rd District (via Janet Turner, Field
Supervisor); Judge David O. Carter, U.S. District Court Judge, Central District of California; Cindy Orlando, (Acting)
Regional Director, Interior Region 8, National Park Service; David Szymanski, Superintendent, Santa Monica Mountains
National Recreation Area; Tom Ford, Director, Santa Monica Bay National Estuary Program
Other: Hon. James Bozajian, Mayor, City of Calabasas; Hon. Paul Grisanti, Mayor, City of Malibu; Carrie Carrier,
President, Topanga Town Council; Guillermo Rodriguez, State Director, The Trust for Public Land; Morgan Goodwin, Sr.
Chapter Director, Sierra Club/Angeles Chapter; Shelley Luce, President & Chief Executive Officer, Heal the Bay; Tom Ford,
Executive Director, The Bay Foundation; Bruce Reznik, Executive Director, LA Waterkeeper; Graham Hamilton, LA Chapter
Coordinator, Surfrider Foundation; Matt Wersinger, Chair, Westside Regional Alliance of Councils; Sharon Browning and
Sharon Kilbride, Co-Presidents, Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness
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