"LADWP Virtual Builder Town Hall –My office hosted a Virtual Builder Town Hall with LADWP to walk residents through rebuilding programs and utility restoration. If you missed it, you can watch the full recordingHERE.
"Team Palisades Building Products Fair – Rebuilding after the fire means doing it stronger and safer. On Thursday, September 12, from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Pacific Design Center (Suite B-504, 8687 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood), Team Palisades will host a Building Products Fair showcasing fire-resilient materials and technologies to help our community rebuild smarter.
"LADWP Billing Resumes –The LADWP has resumed meter reading and billing in the Palisades. Customers will not be billed for water usage between the fire and the current meter read, and refuse collection fees will be credited in future bills. Electric bills will reflect usage since the fire, but only up to three billing cycles. Importantly, no accounts in ZIP 90272 will be subject to collection activity for the remainder of 2025, and flexible payment options remain available. More information is postedHERE.
"Voter Registration & Eligibility–You can keep your Palisades voter registration active. If you've been displaced by the Palisades Fire and are temporarily living elsewhere, you can keep your voter registration tied to your original home address and you can still vote in your local elections as a Palisadean. To check and update your voter information, visit:https://www.lavote.gov/vrstatus/."
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City Council Restricts Disaster Tourism
in Pacific Palisades
Credit: NBCLA
The LA City Council voted unanimously on August 27 to restrict disaster tour bus operations in the Palisades burn area, pursuant to a motion by CW Park. PPCC strongly supported the ban and CW Park's motion. SeeJune 29th PPCC letter.
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Coffee & Conversation
at the American Legion - Sept. 3
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Join the American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 283, for coffee and conversation tomorrow,September 3,from 8:30am-10:30am and on the 1st Wed. of every month, at the American Legion Post at 15247 La Cruz Dr. in the Palisades! A free continental breakfast is provided.
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Theatre Palisades Play "The Wisdom of Eve"
Opens Sept. 5
Graphic redit: TP
Theatre Palisades is staging a new play, The Wisdom of Eve
(a stage version of the classic film All About Eve), at the Blue Door
Theater in Culver City. The run starts this coming Friday evening, September 5, and continues through Sunday, Sept. 21 with performances on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. For more information and to order tickets, visitPLAY.
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Palisades Community Renewal Center Grand Opening - Sept. 6
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All are invited to the grand opening of the new Palisades Community Renewal Center (PCRC), this coming Saturday,September 6, from 1pm - 5pm, 3212 Nebraska Ave., SM. "Come celebrate the opening of the PCRC - created to support recovery, resilience and community!"
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Upcoming PPCC Board Meetings -- September
1st Meeting of the month: September 11, 2025,6pm via Zoom
Agenda topics: Presentations by the Friends of the Palisades Library (library update) and the City Bureau of Engineering (BOE/current and future Palisades infrastructure projects); 1st Distribution of proposed Bylaws Amendments (including to add a new organizational member, the Malibu-Palisades Chamber of Commerce, aka "Palibu"!); Board approval of grants recommended by the PPCC Grants Committee, for worthy community initiatives.
2nd Meeting of the month: September 25, 2015, 6pm via Zoom
Agenda topics: Marvin Braude Trail Restoration update (County Board of Public Works); presentation on thenew Palisades Long Term Recovery Group (LTRG); vote on proposed Bylaws amendments; a preview of the 2025 "Citizen of the Year" awards nominations & event (to be held in December)!.
Mark your calendars!
Reminder: PPCC grants applications continue to be accepted. Visit PacPaliCC for links to the application Guidelines and Conflict of Interest Rules.