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• WRAC motion Drill Site

  Motion May 26, 2023

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council passed a motion on May 25, 2023, calling on the City of Los Angeles to uphold its February 28 Letter of Determination requiring additional and modified conditions for the Murphy Oil Drill Site to protect neighborhood health, safety, and welfare.

  

• Community Plan Updates Requests

  Motion

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  Multiple Westside neighborhood councils, including Pacific Palisades Community Council, passed a motion requesting that the City disclose its methodology for allocating RHNA housing numbers and density goals before completing Community Plan updates, and urging the Planning Department to substantively incorporate community input into the final plans with a report-back mechanism. The motion also seeks clarification on the role of the Westside Community Plan Advisory Group to ensure local stakeholder voices are not overshadowed.

  

• Minimize Light Pollution

  Motion

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  A motion to minimize light pollution was proposed in May 2023 and formally adopted by WRAC in September 2023, requesting that the City Council implement the Five Principles of Responsible Outdoor Lighting and codify these principles through municipal codes and community plans. The motion was passed by nine neighborhood councils and community councils across the Westside, including Pacific Palisades Community Council.

  

• Oppose IKE (interactive kiosk) program (CF 22-1154)

  Motion

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  Multiple neighborhood councils, including Pacific Palisades Community Council, opposed the IKE interactive kiosk program (CF 22-1154) citing concerns about lack of competitive bidding, missing financial and environmental analysis, visual pollution, sidewalk space reduction, and driver distraction conflicts with Vision Zero policy. The opposition was formally adopted by WRAC in January 2023 and passed by ten neighborhood councils with some modifications.

  

• Request for Audit of STAP Program

  Motion

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  Multiple Westside neighborhood councils, including Pacific Palisades Community Council, adopted a motion in 2023 requesting that the City Controller and CAO audit the STAP program's revenues and expenditures under new contractor Tranzito-Vector due to concerns about the program's status and management. The motion was formally proposed in February 2023 and adopted by WRAC in May 2023.

  

• Request re RSO Housing Replacements

  Motion

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  A motion proposed on February 20, 2023 requests that the Los Angeles Housing Department presume all RSO units demolished under the Ellis Act are inhabited by low-income households and require 100% of replacement units to be rented at corresponding low-income rates, with alternative income verification methods for elderly, disabled, or undocumented tenants. The motion failed to be adopted by a majority of councils before the September 2023 deadline but was passed by five neighborhood councils including Bel Air-Beverly Crest, Palms, West LA-Sawtelle, Westside, and Westwood.

  

• Support for Director’s Determination re Murphy Drill Site

  Motion

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  Multiple Westside neighborhood councils, including Pacific Palisades Community Council, passed a motion supporting the City of Los Angeles's February 28, 2023 Letter of Determination that imposed additional conditions on the Murphy Oil Drill Site in West Adams to protect residents from pollution and noise, in response to an operator appeal filed in March 2023. The motion calls on the City to uphold the determination and urges member councils to submit comment letters to the South LA Area Planning Commission before the postponed appeal hearing.

  

• Support for Position re Ordinance 187427 (Speed Limit Reductions)

  Motion

  GovernanceWrac

  This document outlines a position of support for Ordinance 187427 regarding speed limit reductions, proposed by Matt Wersinger and WRAC MTC in July 2022 and formally adopted by WRAC in January 2023. The position supports LA City Council's passage of speed limit reductions and recommends that future reductions be planned as neighborhood or regional improvements coupled with traffic calming measures, with ongoing engagement between Council and Westside Councils.

  

• Support for Public Park/Skateboard Facility at West LA Commons

  Motion

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  Multiple Westside community councils passed a motion supporting the inclusion of a public park and skateboard facility at the West L.A. Commons project, which would serve both the project's residents and nearby low-income neighborhoods lacking park access. The motion was proposed in September 2023 and formally adopted by WRAC in December 2023, with Mar Vista Community Council supporting a modified version that excluded the skateboard facility.

  

• Westside Regional Alliance of Councils

  Motion

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  The Westside Regional Alliance of Councils (WRAC) is a cooperative coalition of 14 neighborhood and community councils on Los Angeles's Westside that meets monthly to discuss regional issues and advocate for member councils' positions to government officials and decision-makers. WRAC's leadership board consists of volunteer representatives appointed by member councils who work to address major Westside issues and facilitate communication among member councils.