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• Vacation Rentals Letter

  Letter December 17, 2019

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council submitted a letter to the Los Angeles City Planning Commission regarding the proposed Vacation Rentals Ordinance, stating their opposition to legalizing short-term rentals in residential zones except for owner-occupied primary residences limited to 30 days per year, and requesting inclusion of a 24-hour complaint hotline similar to the one in the Home-Sharing Ordinance.

  

• Message to the Editor of the Palisadian Post

  Letter November 4, 2019

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  Pacific Palisades Community Council clarifies that its Land Use Committee recommended the Board not object to the Calvary Christian School land use application contingent on a specific condition, and that the Board took a position of non-objection rather than approval, emphasizing that PPCC acts only in an advisory capacity without authority to approve projects. The letter corrects media characterizations of the committee's and board's roles and actions regarding the application.

  

• Calvary Christian School Letter

  Letter November 2, 2019

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council held two public meetings on October 17 and October 24, 2019 regarding a discretionary planning application at 701 Palisades Drive and voted unanimously to not object to the application contingent on a condition limiting concurrent use of church and school facilities to six times per calendar year and requiring valet parking for events exceeding 564 attendees.

  

• PPCC Letter re JIB Site Project

  Letter August 24, 2019

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  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.

  

• Message to Planning Staff 6-10-19R

  Letter June 10, 2019

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  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

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  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

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  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.

  

• SB 50 2019 letter

  Letter May 15, 2019

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  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.

  

• More SB50 comments

  Letter May 8, 2019

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council submitted a letter to the California State Senate Committee on Appropriations opposing Senate Bill 50, arguing that the bill eliminates local control over planning and zoning decisions and threatens single-family neighborhoods while unfairly exempting certain coastal cities but not communities like Pacific Palisades that are located within larger cities.

  

• PPCC Letter re SB50.1

  Letter February 17, 2019

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council unanimously passed a motion on February 14, 2019, to oppose Senate Bill 50 and urges Councilmember Bonin to introduce a resolution opposing the bill and similar legislation that restricts local land use control.