Category Archives: City
The Mayor Has Not Waived Rebuild Fees, Yet
In Mayor Karen Bass’ State of the City address on April 21, she said she is calling on the L.A. City Council to pass an ordinance to waive all plan check and permit fees so that rebuilding could be streamlined...
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L.A. City Finances in a Bad Way: Building Permit/Fee Waivers to Go to City Council
Palisades KI Rabbi Amy Bernstein was one of three spiritual leaders who offered a prayer before the Mayor’s State of the City Speech in City Hall on April 21. She spoke about the source of life, strength and hope at...
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Press Conference “Celebrates” 100 Days of Success for the Fires.
At the two-hour press conference held by State Senator Ben Allen at Will Rogers State Beach across from Palisades Bowl, a diverse assortment of officials gathered to help mark 100 days since the start of the Palisades Fire. All were...
Posted in City, News, Palisades Fire
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Hagerty Does What and For How Much Money?
Harrison Newton, a representative from Hagerty, a private consulting firm, appeared before the Pacific Palisades Community Council on April 10. The firm had been selected by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass on February 7 to assist with infrastructure restoration and environmental...
Posted in City, Community, County Supervisors, Palisades Fire
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LETTER-Waive Permit and Building Fees for Fire Victims
(Editor’s note: Reporters wonder why only four building requests have been approved. This letter sent to CTN, provides an explanation. All Palisades residents need to ask this question of every public official as often as possible. This editor asked that...
Posted in City, Palisades Fire
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Mayor Karen Bass Asks for Nearly $2 Billion from the State
L.A. Karen Bass and Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Councilman Bob Blumenfield, Councilman Adrin Nazarian, and Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky, chair of the budget committee, traveled to Sacramento on March 24 to ask for nearly $2 billion. Prior to the Palisades Fire,...
Posted in City, Community, Palisades Fire
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City Is in a Financial Sinkhole Because of Bad Management; Loses Its Cash Cow
People whose entire property and lives were either destroyed or damaged in the Palisades Fire on January 7 are hoping that there will be some sort of financial relief from the City of Los Angeles. Many are also upside down...
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L.A. City Needs to Waive Building Fees for Fire Victims
Circling the News has heard repeatedly from Palisades Fire Victims that have been told by L.A. City Building and Safety that neither the Mayor nor the City Council has approved waiving the building fees for those who are forced to...
Posted in City, Palisades Fire
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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...
Posted in City, City Councilmember Traci Park, Traci Park
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Park Advisory Board Meeting a Sh*t Show
The Palisades Fire gravely impacted the Recreation Center, destroying not only the tennis building, the large gym and some of the field dugouts, but also the landscaping. What was left? A 1950s brick building without heat, wifi or ADA bathrooms...
Posted in City, Parks
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