Category Archives: City Councilmember Traci Park
Tahitian Terrace and Our Struggle to Return: Fighting for a Mobile Home Community By the Sea
(Editor’s note: This article first appeared in Lotus Rising on February 17 and is reprinted with author’s permission.) By CHRIS RUSSO For most of my life, I aspired to own my own home — a little house with a yard,...
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Put Traci Park on the Primary Ballot
There will be a table with petitions in front of the Garden Café from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, February 7. The goal of the petitions is to collect 1,000 signatures with a valid CD11 address in order...
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Democratic Club Meeting this Sunday, February 1
The Palisades Democrats annual meeting will be held at Playa Vista’s CentrePoint Club or on Zoom, from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 1. (Zoom opens at 1:30.) This is open to all Palisades residents regardless of political affiliation....
A Slap in the Face to Palisades Residents: Building Permit Waivers Still Not Approved
One resident who is trying to find the funds to rebuild said he thought the City would pass a building permit waiver for people who lost everything in the Palisades Fire today during the December 2 meeting. “Why wouldn’t they?”...
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Palisadian Jim Cragg Honored as Veteran of the Year at City Hall
Jim Cragg, a 30-year Army veteran and commander of American Legion Post 283, was named Citizen of the Year during a ceremony attended by city officials and residents at City Hall on November 14. Lt. Colonel Cragg, a retired Army...
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ACE Clears Last Lot: Officials Absent
The Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) cleared the last residential property for both the Palisades and Eaton Fires, on Tramonto in the Castellammare section of Pacific Palisades today. Nolan West, who was 93 in July, spoke about his home on...
Los Angeles City Council Votes to Oppose Senate Bill 79
The Los Angeles City Council voted 8–5 to oppose Senate Bill 79, the controversial statewide density bill authored by San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener, today August 19. A resolution was introduced by Councilmembers Traci Park and John Lee. Community leaders,...
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Deaths Will Continue Unless the County/City Make Plans
When the Palisades and Eaton Fire roared through local communities, there were 29 deaths, making those fires among the deadliest in California’s history. According to the Los Angeles County medical examiner’s preliminary report, 93 percent of those people, who died...
City Responds Quickly to Mud Cleanup
Thanks to the efforts of Councilmember Traci Park and her field deputy Arus Grigoryan, the field of mud that filled city streets in the Santa Monica and Rustic Canyons in Pacific Palisades were cleared last week. The homes in the...
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Traci Park Will Chair Ad Hoc Committee on L.A. Recovery
Today the Los Angeles City Council approved the formation of the Ad Hoc Committee on L.A. Recovery, to address the unprecedented devastation caused by the Palisades Fire. Councilmember Traci Park, who represents Los Angeles’ Coastal District and Pacific Palisades, has...
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