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Category Archives: BID–Business Improvement District
Chrysalis Is Funded by BID: Caruso Pays
Many Pacific Palisades residents appreciate the work that Chrysalis workers do in keeping the business area clean with sidewalk washing, weeding and trash pickup. One resident sent Circling the News a note last week, “It makes me crazy that Chrysalis … Continue reading
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Parking Problems in Pacific Palisades
The November 30 Musing about having to use an app to park in the Topa/Bank of America parking lot garnered a lot of attention. A REMINDER ABOUT CARUSO’S PROMISES: One woman wrote, “In the Alphabet Streets with permit parking, … Continue reading
Business Improvement District to Replace Two Ficus Trees on Sunset
In July, when the Pacific Palisades Business Improvement District hired Luis Casas of Legacy Tree Care to trim the trees along Sunset Boulevard and other areas in the district, his crew discovered that two of the Indian Laurel Ficus trees … Continue reading
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BID Pays for New Benches and Trash Cans in Town; Trim-Trimming Cost Is a Challenge
The Pacific Palisades Business Improvement District (BID) board met on Wednesday via Zoom. Certified by the City of L.A. five years ago, the BID group recently completed its first renewal process and won’t have to renew again until 2030. The … Continue reading
City Moves Forward with Digital Signs
If you like blinking signs and digital advertisements, you’ll love when the City installs them in the bus shelters at the corner of Carey and Sunset, the corner of Temescal Canyon and Sunset and in front of the high school … Continue reading
Hey, Pacific Palisades, Here’s Some Parking Meter Revenue Money (Just Kidding!)
In 2018, residents were informed by the City that Pacific Palisades, as part of a pilot program, would receive a portion of the town’s parking meter revenue to spend on various street beautification efforts in the business district. The money supposedly was set … Continue reading
One CTN Reader Takes Action Regarding Parking Meter Ticketing in Front of Local Restaurants
On March 17, Circling the News posted the following story in the Musings section: PICKING UP TAKEOUT, HIT WITH A PARKING TICKET: From CTN Adviser Bill Bruns: “Monday night [March 16] at about 7:30, I was walking through an almost … Continue reading
Youth Crime and Misbehavior Highlighted at Business Improvement District Meeting
At the quarterly Pacific Palisades Business Improvement District meeting on Wednesday at the Chamber office, Senior Lead Officer Michael Moore heard from two members who have been impacted by juvenile crime. Topa Property Group executive Kristina Shahidi told Moore that their … Continue reading
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U.S. Postal Service Spokeswoman Claims The Palisades Post Office ‘Is Not Understaffed’
Despite complaints by some residents about mail delivery issues in Pacific Palisades, a U.S. Post Office spokesperson says that the local office has sufficient staffing. A Palisades Optimist Club member told Circling the News that he had not received his … Continue reading
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Longtime Commercial Owner Elliott Zorensky Puts La Cruz/Sunset Property Up for Sale
Longtime resident and commercial property owner Elliott Zorensky of UDO Realty has listed his Sunset (15220-15240) and La Cruz properties (15230-15234) with CBRE realty. Zorensky, who was president of the Palisades Business Improvement District until his resignation in July, announced … Continue reading