Category Archives: City
VOTING: Palisadians Need to Know for Upcoming June Primary
Many people have temporarily relocated out of Pacific Palisades, either because their homes have been destroyed or because they have not been able to get insurance money for remediation. This matters for voting purposes. If you want to vote in...
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Viewpoint- US President Donald Trump Signs Wildfire Executive Order – Got It Wrong
In a January 27 executive order released by the White House, U.S. Donald Trump “Addresses State and Local Failures to Rebuild Los Angeles after Wildfire Disasters.” The Order directs “the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the...
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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....
Optimistic Report of Problem-Plagued MacArthur Park – But Tomorrow the Lake Is Being Searched for Bodies
Today, in the Los Angeles Times, columnist Gustavo Arellano spent an hour with Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez in MacArthur Park. Even though he wrote that there were people lying on sidewalks and overflowing trashcans, he proclaimed the park a Rorschach test...
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Small Win for Palisades Fire Victims: Fee Waivers Go Back to Full Council
Pacific Palisades residents who are rebuilding after the Palisades Fire are one step closer to having building fees waived. In April, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass signed an executive order to waive building fees in the Palisades, much of which had...
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Palisadian Spencer Pratt Announces He’s Running for Mayor
At the “Let It Burn Rally” in Pacific Palisades today, January 7, long-time resident and one of the town’s most vocal advocates announced he was running for Mayor in the June 2026, primary. At the rally attended by thousands, Pratt...
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An Open Letter to Mayor Bass: Tell the Truth
(Editor’s note: This January 4, 2026 letter was posted on Tim Campbell’s Substack. Campbell is a resident of Westchester who spent a career in public service and managed a municipal performance audit program. He focuses on outcomes instead of process...
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Repaving Damaged Palisades Streets Not Likely for Several Years
Residents of Pacific Palisades spoke to L.A. Street Services at the street fair held by the PaliBu Chamber of Commerce on November 23. They specifically asked about Albright and Charm Acres. After the January 7 Palisades Fire, that street like...
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Internal Homeless Corruption Needs to be Dismantled
By TIM CAMPBELL A common reaction to the many scandals surrounding homelessness in LA is that they reflect the corruption that permeates the entire system. Terms like “homeless industrial complex” are used to describe the web of interconnected leadership that...
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Entrance to Pacific Palisades “Do-Over”
The beautifully landscaped corner of Temescal Canyon Road and Pacific Coast Highway was burned to a crisp. No vegetation survived, neither did the wooden fence. The entryway to Pacific Palisades by the pump station was known as the Rotary Corner ...
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