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• Message to Councilmember Mike Bonin re sign ordinance

  Letter September 24, 2019

  Public SafetySign Ordinance

  Pacific Palisades Community Council sent a message to Councilmember Mike Bonin opposing a proposed Citywide Sign Ordinance that would allow digital signs in parks, scenic highways, and areas outside designated Sign Districts, and urging support for strong opt-out provisions to allow the Brentwood-Pacific Palisades Community Plan area to exclude digital signs from these locations.

  

• 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 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.

  

• 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.

  

• Bonin re Rule 415(c)

  Letter March 19, 2019

  Public SafetyStreet FurnitureSign Ordinance

  Pacific Palisades Community Council unanimously passed a motion on March 14, 2019, opposing the legalization of video advertisements on taxicabs and for-hire vehicles, and supporting Councilmember Blumenfield's motion to change Taxicab Rule 415(c). The council expressed strong opposition to digital signage on any vehicles and urged the Transportation Committee to approve the motion.

  

• Letter - Sep 18, 2017 (Wracposition SB Cell Tower)

  Letter September 26, 2017

  Public SafetyPotrero CanyonMinutesCell Tower Regulation

  The Westside Regional Alliance of Councils, representing 13 neighborhood and community councils on Los Angeles's Westside, urges Governor Jerry Brown to veto SB 649, which would remove local city control over the placement of small cell wireless telecommunications facilities in public rights-of-way and on city property. Twelve of the thirteen member councils have voted to oppose the measure, joining the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, and hundreds of other municipalities in their opposition.

  

• PPCC letter SB649-LGcmtee

  Letter June 20, 2017

  Public SafetyPotrero CanyonMinutesCell Tower Regulation

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes SB 649, legislation that would restrict local government authority to regulate small cell wireless telecommunications facilities in public rights of way. The council argues the bill strips cities and counties of regulatory power over location and aesthetics of wireless facilities in sensitive areas including residential zones, parks, and schools.

  

• Letter - May 8, 2017 (Vision Zero Motion Position)

  Letter May 11, 2017

  Public SafetyMinutesMotionsWracCrime & Enforcement

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council expresses support for the City's Vision Zero Initiative to eliminate traffic deaths by 2020, following a traffic fatality in their community and in response to LAPD's plan to form a strategic team to address local traffic safety concerns. The council pledges to work with city departments and encourages collaborative efforts between the LAPD, LADOT, and community councils to implement effective solutions to traffic problems.

  

• Beach detail and motion

  Letter April 25, 2017

  Public SafetyMinutesMotionsWracHomeless Camping

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council requests that the Los Angeles Police Department establish a year-round, budgeted beach patrol as a fixed line item to address homelessness and maintain enforcement continuity along the Los Angeles shoreline. The council reports success with their two-pronged approach combining services and enforcement, with approximately 40 people in interim housing or off the streets and over 30 enrolled in services.

  

• PLUM Sign Ordinance Letter

  Letter May 19, 2016

  Public SafetySign Ordinance

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council submitted a letter to the Los Angeles City Council PLUM Committee on May 19, 2016, expressing support for Sign Ordinance Version B+ and outlining six specific requirements including prohibiting off-site signage in parks, restricting new signs to designated commercial zones, and establishing takedown ratios for existing billboards.