Category Archives: City

City Councilmembers Try to Use Palisades Fire as Reason for Rent Freeze

(Editor’s note: this story first appeared in the Westside Current on January 30 under the title “Park Challenge Lack of Data as Tensions Flare Over Rent Freeze.”) By JAMIE PAIGE After a contentious seven-hour meeting filled with heated debate, shifting … Continue reading

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Viewpoint: The Road to Recovery: Hard Truths, Accountability, and the Leadership Los Angeles Needs Now

By FREDRIC ROSEN (Editor’s note: This viewpoint was initially printed in the Westside Current on January 28 and is reprinted with permission.) The harsh reality of the events of the last three weeks has started to sadly set in. Recovery … Continue reading

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Traci Park Will Chair Ad Hoc Committee on L.A. Recovery

Today the Los Angeles City Council approved the formation of the Ad Hoc Committee on L.A. Recovery, to address the unprecedented devastation caused by the Palisades Fire. Councilmember Traci Park, who represents Los Angeles’ Coastal District and Pacific Palisades, has … Continue reading

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People Are Calling for Bass to Resign

There is now a petition on Charge.org for the immediate recall of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. We, the undersigned residents of Los Angeles and concerned citizens, urgently call for the immediate recall of Mayor Karen Bass due to her … Continue reading

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Temescal River Flows Unabated

Many residents have complained about the “River” that has been flowing down four lanes of Temescal Canyon Road for about the last three weeks. One resident even speculated that the City is not repairing it in order to allow salmon … Continue reading

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Homelessness Programs: Could Things Get Any Worse?

(Editor’s note: This article first appeared in CityWatch on December 16 and is reprinted with permission.) By TIM CAMPBELL   Over the past few months, it seems there has been nothing but bad news about the performance of Los Angeles’ … Continue reading

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Mayor Bass Has a Beautiful Smile

Mayor Karen Bass has a beautiful Mona Lisa smile. It is the kind of benevolent look that assures Los Angeles residents that all will be well. But maybe Bass should take note of Arizona where voters overwhelmingly (nearly 60 percent) … Continue reading

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Food Trucks and Sidewalks Vendor Liability for County

Residents are unable to walk down some public sidewalks in Pacific Palisades because they are blocked by food vendors. Particularly egregious is the vendor that hauls food and a grill out of a dirty van and then strings up an … Continue reading

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LA’s Board of Transportation Votes Against City Parking Lot for Controversial Venice/Dell Project

(Editor’s note:  Just as Pacific Palisades, Venice residents have been fighting over land use issues, which makes this relevant to residents. In a February 2022 City Watch  story (“Sound the Alarm: Ignore the Venice Median Project at Your own Peril” … Continue reading

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No PLUM Decision on Tramonto Development

At the City Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee meeting on December 3, the four homes proposed to be built on the Tramonto landslide were not discussed. The Pacific Palisades Residents Association’s (PPRA) lawyer told President Jessica Rogers the … Continue reading

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