Garcetti Responds to Beach Detail Inquiries | Pacific Palisades
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti provided updates about the future of the Palisades Beach Detail in a brief response letter penned to Assemblymember Richard Bloom.
“Thank you for your letter expressing your support for the Pacific Palisades Community Council’s request that the Palisades Beach Detail not be reassigned elsewhere,” Garcetti wrote in a letter dated November 13. “I recognize the valuable contributions made by the detail, including supporting the Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness.”
In response to ongoing news of the Los Angeles Police Department downsizing special units after a multi-million-dollar budget cut, the Pacific Palisades Community Council and Pacific Palisades Task Force on Homelessness had urged the city to continue funding the community’s beach detail in two letters penned toward the end of October. Bloom had written a letter to Councilmember Mike Bonin and Garcetti in support of the organizations’ efforts to keep the beach detail active.
Garcetti concluded his letter by sharing that his office is “monitoring those conversations closely” and that he “looks forward to an equitable resolution.”
PPTFH Co-Chair Sharon Browning previously said the organizations have been vocal about their message and are just waiting for December, when LAPD’s budget is formulated.
—SARAH SHMERLING
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service | Pacific Palisades
Kehillat Israel will be hosting a virtual Pacific Palisades Interfaith Thanksgiving Service on Monday, November 23, starting at 7 p.m.
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Though all of the congregations will be checking in remotely, the event is slated to follow the same type of format as in the past. The evening will include musical presentations, readings from scriptures or sacred texts, inspirational messages from each congregation leader, and a “theme of Thanksgiving and unity among the people of Pacific Palisades,” an event organizer shared ahead.
Participating congregations include Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Palisades United Methodist Church, Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church, Parish of St. Matthew Episcopal, Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation, Self-Realization Fellowship – Lake Shrine, Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints and Palisades Lutheran Church.
For more information or to RSVP, visit ourki.org/thanksgiving.
—SARAH SHMERLING
Civic League Meeting | Pacific Palisades
The Pacific Palisades Civic League will meet on Monday, November 23, at 7:30 p.m.
“Due to [the] current Stay at Home Order, the meeting will be held online,” a representative explained ahead of the meeting.
New business to be covered includes an ADU (ground floor expansion/garage renovation) on Swarthmore and a second-story addition/remodel on Las Casas. There are eight addresses listed under old business on the meeting agenda.
Those who wish to attend virtually can email office.ppcl@gmail.com for the Zoom meeting information.
—SARAH SHMERLING
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