Category Archives: City
Street Lighting in Pacific Palisades and Prop. 218
If one lived in Pacific Palisades, one might expect that streets were cleaned, police patrolled streets, sidewalks were ADA accessible, potholes were filled and streetlights were regularly maintained by the Bureau of Street Lighting (BSL). No, No, No, No and...
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How the Acreage Vote Works – Prop. 218 and the MRCA
(Residents are required to vote on the ballot to pay for city lighting, Prop. 218. If you throw your ballot away, the City thinks you “mean yes.” It must be mailed back. This is the first in a series about...
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Viewpoint- Disaster Recovery District Will Add More Bureaucracy
Resident Jimmy Dunne “nailed it” in an April 26, email to CTN. “It’s truly astounding. In spite of all the Bass self-congratulating we’re in the same boat we were before the fire. Empty reservoir. Hydrants aren’t updated/fixed. No evacuation plan...
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Building Waivers for Rebuilds Goes Back to City Council
Most residents have a large gap between what insurance will pay and the cost of construction in Los Angeles. Building permit fees could range between $40,000 to more than $80,000. In April 2025, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive...
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Raman and Horvath Supported LAHSA, Until they Didn’t. LAHSA’s Audit
(Editor’s note: This article What Does LAHSA’s Latest Audit Tell Us? first appeared in the April 27 edition of CityWatch and is reprinted with the author’s permission.) By TIM CAMPBELL According to a recently completed annual audit of LAHSA’s fiscal...
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Palisades Need to Repair Their Own Streets, Apparently
By HANK WRIGHT A small confession: lost it a bit at Sunday’s [April 26] infrastructure meeting. Officials are working on a plan, they said — to fix the roads. Anyone who’s lived rural or semi-rural, I said, knows the rule:...
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Infrastructure Meeting “Safeguard Your Rebuild” Held April 26
By HANK WRIGHT The Ronald Reagan American Legion Post 283 was the site of “Safeguard Your Rebuild” information seminar on April 26. The two-hour session was hosted by Reza Akef, May Sung and Kambiz Kamdar, members of the Pacific Palisades...
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Viewpoint: In Mayor Bass’s Los Angeles, Taxpayers Pay More and Get Less
By CHRISTOPHER LEGRAS As millions of Angelenos and Californians struggle to keep roofs over their heads and food on their families’ plates, state and local governments continue to spend the people’s money like drunken sailors. Actually, that’s an insult to...
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Mark “No” and Mail it Back
Many Palisadians have already received an Official Assessment Ballot from the City of Los Angeles that would allow property owners to be charged to keep streetlights on. At first glance, residents may look at it and think it is a...
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Steyer’s Climate Tax Statement Infuriates Locals
Tom Steyer is the leading Democrat in the polls for California governor, since Eric Swalwell dropped out. On April 17, Steyer wrote on X “The people of Altadena and Pacific Palisades paid a climate tax last year. They lost their...
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