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• Spotlighting our COTY & POP

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council is hosting a Holiday Dinner & Awards Gala on December 6th at the Draycott to celebrate 2023 honorees including Citizen of the Year and Pride of the Palisades recipients. The organization is seeking underwriting sponsorships and promoting a wine fundraiser to support the event and its charitable mission.

  

• Statements: Capt. Tom/Policing; PPCC EC/SB 9 & 10

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  Captain Jonathan Tom of LAPD West LA Area provided a statement addressing policing concerns in Pacific Palisades, explaining staffing challenges, personnel changes including Officer Jose Bermudez replacing Officer Rusty Redican on the Beach detail, and coordination efforts with community partners. The PPCC Executive Committee also issued a statement regarding SB 9 and 10, noting that these bills will eliminate single-family zoning in California without requiring affordable housing and lack exemptions for fire zones, creating public safety concerns for the Palisades.

  

• Supplemental Letter -- Beach/Homeless Motion; 5/13 Meeting Reminders

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  PPCC submitted a supplemental letter on May 11, 2021, opposing the Bonin motion in Council File 21-0350, which proposes using public state beaches and parking lots for homeless housing, citing overwhelming community opposition and statements from Supervisor Janice Hahn that the sites are not options at this time. The document also provides reminders for two meetings scheduled for May 13, 2021: a City Council Homelessness & Poverty Committee hearing on the motion and a PPCC Board meeting.

  

• Temporary Homeless Shelter in PP/PPCC EC Letter

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council Executive Committee wrote a letter to city officials regarding a proposed temporary homeless shelter in Pacific Palisades, stating support for homeless services but inability to take a position on the specific site without full board consensus, while outlining questions and requesting assurances about planning, community sharing, safety, and temporary status.

  

• Thanksgiving Greetings

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council issued Thanksgiving greetings expressing gratitude for community support and service during a difficult year as the community navigates recovery and renewal.

  

• The Holiday Dinner & Awards Gala is Sold Out

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council's Holiday Dinner & Awards Gala scheduled for December 6th at the Draycott is sold out. The organization is offering underwriting and sponsorship opportunities, hosting a Potrero Canyon Bridge meeting on December 5th, and promoting wine and gift fundraisers to support the council.

  

• The Longest Table & Move

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council announces several upcoming events including The Longest Table community gathering on October 5, a United Policy Holders Workshop on October 5, a Palisades Recreation Center Rebuild meeting on October 7, and a Coastal Commission hearing on the Gladstones Redevelopment Project on October 8. The PPCC expresses concerns about the Gladstones project plans not being previously shared with the community and plans to request a postponement of the hearing.

  

• Thursday Alerts -- PCH Lane Closure, PPCC Mtg/Neighborhood Prosecutor

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  Pacific Palisades Community Council alerts residents that one southbound lane of PCH will be closed to emergency vehicles only from noon to 10pm on June 9 due to a Summit of the Americas event at the Getty Villa, and that Deputy City Attorney Veronica de la Cruz-Robles will speak at the PPCC Board meeting that evening about court procedures and criminal prosecution.

  

• To Accommodate SOTU we will convene at 5PM

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting scheduled for March 7th has been moved to 5PM to allow attendees to watch the State of the Union address at 6PM, with project managers from Jacobs Engineering and the City's Bureau of Engineering presenting on the Potrero Canyon Bridge Project. A separate community meeting on March 14th will provide further discussion of the bridge project, and the outreach contractor outlined a three-round public engagement strategy including surveys, notifications in English and Spanish, and multiple communication channels.

  

• UPDATES - Shelter, Meals, Coronavirus, Meeting Cancellation

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  Pacific Palisades Community Council provided updates as of April 11, 2020 regarding a proposed homeless shelter at the Recreation Center, an ongoing Meals for Heroes program supporting frontline workers, new PCH parking restrictions, and cancellation of PPCC meetings scheduled for April 23 and May 9 due to extended Safer At Home orders through May 15.