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Category Archives: City
City Return and Rebuild Webinar for Palisades. Valuable?
Last night, September 17, 2025, a webinar “Return and Rebuild” was hosted by the City of Los Angeles, the Office of Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Traci Park, to explain the ease and simplicity of obtaining a building permit. According...
Posted in City, Community
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A Multi-Million-Dollar Cleanup Budget, and L.A. Still Looks Like a Dump
(Editor’s note: this story was first published on September 11 and is reprinted with permission.) By JAMIE PAIGE Retirees clean every day. Caltrans says it’s cleaning more than ever. Los Angeles is still filthy. CANOGA PARK — On a recent...
Posted in City
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Ramada Homeless Project Nears $20M After 3 Years Vacant — No Construction in Sight
By ANGELA MCGREGOR Launched under former councilmember Mike Bonin with no clear plan, the Venice Ramada project displaced unhoused residents, burned through nearly $20M, and remains vacant years later with no timeline for housing. The Venice Ramada Inn served as...
Posted in City, City/Councilman Mike Bonin, Homelessness
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LETTER: Join Palisadians Writing the Governor about SB 79
(Editor’s note: Realtor Michael Edlen sent the message below to Governor Gavin Newsom in response to the passage of SB 79 by the state legislature. Many Palisadians don’t realize this could affect Pacific Palisades because people say we don’t have...
Posted in City, Community
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State Leadership Plays Roulette with Residents
(Editor’s Note: Tim Campbell recommended this great story by Chris LeGras, noting that this is “a great piece on Scott Weiner and his obsession with high density housing, which I’m sure is related to the $900,000+ he’s received in campaign...
Posted in City, Community
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SB 79 Waiting for the Governor’s Signature. Call Him
San Francisco Democratic Senator Scott Wiener wrote on X around 4 p.m. “SB 79 — our bill allowing more housing near public transportation — just received final approval by the Senate & IS ON ITS WAY TO THE GOVERNOR!” Senate...
Posted in City, Community, News
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Local Events to Commemorate the 24th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks
Tomorrow, September 11, local events will take place to mark the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In 2001, suicide attackers seized U.S. airline jets and crashed them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center skyscrapers. Another plane...
Posted in * Fact or B.S., City, History
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Palisades Residents Report Problems in Other Areas of L.A.
Palisades residents took pride in the community. Residents picked up trash, covered up graffiti and reported quality of life issues to 311 or to Councilmember Traci Park’s Office. Those residents continued advocating for their community until officials acknowledged the problem....
Posted in City, Community
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Chromium 6 Found in Some Hot Spots in Palisades
The January 7 Fires in Pacific Palisades and Altadena produced enormous amounts of ash and debris from burned buildings, cars and landscaping. A consortium of researchers from 10 universities, including UCLA, Stanford, Yale, Harvard, USC and UC Davis are testing...
Posted in City, Community, Palisades Fire
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Homelessness in L.A. Not Decreasing. Why?
By TIM CAMPBELL Union Rescue Mission CEO Mark Hood used an excellent visual model to describe just how small a reduction has been made in LA’s homeless population, if LAHSA’s latest PIT (Point in Time) count is to be believed....
Posted in City, County Supervisors, Homelessness
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