This editor and her daughter spent a lovely Sunday morning in their living room.
HIVE COFFEE, INFORMAL:
So many Pacific Palisades residents have moved to Marina Del Rey after the Palisades Fire, that it seems like it might be good to get together. Tomorrow morning, Monday, February 3, at the Hive, 4242, Via Marina at ALMI (Apartment building) everyone is invited to stop by and say hi at 8 a.m. There is no structure, no agenda, stop by and chat with anyone else who might stop by.
FORMAL MEETING BY AND FOR RESIDENTS:
On a more formal note, Alphabet Residents Lou Kamer and Anthony Marguleas is hosting a Zoom meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 3 for all residents.
Initially, it was going to be an Alphabet meeting, but “I had numerous people reaching out to me wanting to expand to the whole Palisades, so I figured why not?”
The domain name palizoom.com is how to access the meeting. The meeting will be recorded and Zoom has an AI feature that will summarize the meeting notes.
This meeting is not hosted by government officials, but by residents, trying to get everyone “up to speed.”
Unfortunately, only 1,000 people will be allowed to enter because of the nature of Zoom, to add more people is prohibitively expensive.
From 6 to 6:15 p.m. Councimember Traci Parks will speak.
Organizers feel that the better residents can communicate, the quicker the Right of Entry forms can be completed and the faster the rebuild process can begin.
Kamer and Marguleas would like to help answer questions or find people who can answer them, as well as squelching misinformation.
It is time for the community to come together. Organizers say, “The Zoom will evolve and we will see what the community wants.”
When Mayor Karen Bass announced Pacific Palisades would be open to everyone on Friday, January 31, there was enough community outcry to stop it. Bass said she needed police in other areas of Los Angeles.
Saturday evening Bass reversed her decision, saying that Governor Gavin Newsom has offered the California Highway Patrol and the National Guard to take over some of the patrolling and the area would not be opened to outsiders.
One question this editor would like answered is how many additional staff has the County of Public Works added to ensure there is a timely evaluation of the thousands of Right of Entry papers that have been submitted? Without the ROE, the Army Corp of Engineers cannot start debris removal.
People seem to think the Army Corps is going to clean up the yards of standing homes with only smoke damage. Isn’t the Army Corps here to ONLY clean burned down houses or those that can’t be salvaged? Why would someone with a standing house and no debris do an opt in? Please clarify the scope of what the Army Corps does.
Same for EPA! My neighbors with only smoke damage are under the impression the EPA is coming to visit their yards! Please describe the scope of work for houses with only smoke damage.
Thank you!
Would you know where to find a list of businesses still offering discounts for fire victims? Maybe could be post somewhere. I still need so many small and large items. Also, where could I post needs. I need a keyboard for child to replace piano, some small appliances—microwave, coffee grinder, egg that hard boils, clothes. I can’t keep making the rounds of thrift shops hoping to find something in order to start living. I need to register for ROE and respond to insurance needs. I’m tired.
I’m really sorry I have to miss the Hive get together this morning. Please do this again. Sending love and prayers to all!
Some of us posed a question to the officials before signing the ROE form and did not get an answer back.
Simply put is the “Debris Cleaning by Army Core of Engineers” FREE? While the officials verbally said that in few meetings the form we are asked to sign has specific claw back clauses especially if the owner has ” Home Owners Insurance”
So what is it if we let them will they send us a bill?
Can we get an answer in writing from the the elected officials ?
Wendy,
The EPA only looks for environmental hazards–such as propane tanks, paints, etc. So those with standing homes, will not have EPA visit them.
The Army Corp will not remediate smoke damage in homes. They will removed the collapsed homes, the ashes, the debris left from fires. If a home is still standing, there will not remove it.
Sue
I have a keyboard. And I can deliver