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• Letter - Sep 16, 2019 (Amicus Support)

  Letter September 16, 2019

  Public SafetyPotrero CanyonMinutesHomeless Camping

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council expresses strong support for the Brentwood Community Council's amicus brief in City of Boise v. Martin, a Supreme Court case concerning regulation of homeless encampments on public property. The council cites severe homelessness impacts in Pacific Palisades, including fire hazards and public health concerns, as reasons for supporting the brief.

  

• PPCC Letter re JIB Site Project

  Letter August 24, 2019

  Land UseDevelopment Projects

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council unanimously opposed a proposed mixed-use development at 17346 Sunset Boulevard, citing violations of the California Coastal Act due to the project's incompatible height, density, and visual impact relative to surrounding structures, and requesting modifications including reduced building height and additional streetscape improvements.

  

• Letter to the Editor

  Letter July 13, 2019

  GovernancePotrero CanyonMinutes

  Christina Spitz clarifies facts about the PPCC Land Use Committee's June 27 meeting and its recommendation regarding a mixed-use project at the old Jack-in-the-Box site on Sunset Boulevard, explaining the committee's advisory role, the dissolution of ad hoc committees as of July 1, and her position that opposition should be based on the credible Coastal Act visual compatibility argument rather than demands for parking beyond legal requirements.

  

• PPCC Letter CCC re Coastal Map RedrawingR2

  Letter June 27, 2019

  Environment & Public SpacesCoastal

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council wrote to the California Coastal Commission on June 26, 2019, requesting clarification regarding reports that the Coastal Zone maps may have been redrawn to remove certain Pacific Palisades properties from the Riviera, Castellammare, and Palisades Highlands areas, and expressing concern about whether such changes were made without public notice and hearings.

  

• Message to Planning Staff 6-10-19R

  Letter June 10, 2019

  Land UseCommercial

  Pacific Palisades Community Council Secretary Chris Spitz submitted recommendations to Los Angeles planning staff regarding administrative guidelines for the Short-Term Rentals (STRs) Ordinance, requesting provisions for primary residence verification, liability insurance requirements, a complaint hotline, building code compliance verification, and disclosure requirements for hosts.

  

• PPCC letter re sign ordinance

  Letter May 27, 2019

  Land UseSignage

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council submitted a letter to the City Council Planning & Land Use Management Committee regarding Council File 11-1705 (Citywide Sign Ordinance), expressing support for Version B+ of the proposed ordinance to protect parks, scenic highways, and residential neighborhoods from visual blight caused by off-site signs and billboards. The council expressed concern about inadequate review time due to the hearing being scheduled immediately before a holiday weekend and urged adoption of Version B+ or continuation of the file for further review.

  

• PPCC Letter re Developer Contributions

  Letter May 21, 2019

  Land UseWracPlanning & DensityHomeless Camping

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council unanimously supports Council File 19-0046, which restricts developer and contractor contributions to Los Angeles City elected officials, with specified clarifications regarding eligible recipients, timing restrictions, covered parties, and enforcement by the City Ethics Commission.

  

• PPCC Letter Bloom re AB 1112 with linksR

  Letter May 19, 2019

  Public SafetyMinutesMotionsWracTraffic Safety

  Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes Assembly Bill 1112 and urges Assemblymember Bloom to vote against it, citing concerns that the bill would restrict local regulatory control over dockless mobility device providers and prevent cities from requiring providers to cooperate with law enforcement in injury cases. The opposition stems from a recent hit-and-run incident involving a scooter user in the Palisades where the provider refused to provide identifying information to police.

  

• SB 50 2019 letter

  Letter May 15, 2019

  Land UseWracPlanning & Density

  The Westside Regional Alliance of Councils, representing 14 neighborhood and community councils and nearly half a million residents on Los Angeles's Westside, opposed Senate Bill 50 in a letter to the California State Senate Committee on Appropriations, citing concerns about circumvention of local control over city planning and zoning decisions and the bill's failure to adequately address affordable housing shortages.

  

• PPCC re dockless scooters

  Letter May 13, 2019

  Public SafetyMinutesMotionsWracTraffic Safety

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council urges the City of Los Angeles to deny, suspend, or revoke business licenses and dockless mobility permits for providers that fail to cooperate with law enforcement following an incident where a pastor was struck by a dockless electric scooter user who fled the scene and the provider refused to identify the user. The council passed a resolution on May 9, 2019, calling for cooperation with law enforcement to be a mandatory condition of operating dockless mobility devices in Los Angeles.