Civic Issues
Topics getting the most attention in Rancho Palos Verdes public meetings, ranked by how frequently they are discussed.
3 issues in development with medium priority
Civic Center Campus Master Plan
The city is waiting on FEMA and GSA to lift federal deed restrictions so the emergency operations center components can be built, and is lobbying Congress to acquire the Coast Guard's Battery Barnes property — with a long-shot idea of rebuilding Wayfarers Chapel there.
Trump National Golf Club maintenance review frequency
The tract's stricter-than-code setbacks blocked a homeowner's balustrade wall and firepit; the council unanimously relaxed CUP conditions L.5 and Z.32 to let both stand. Nobody in the public opposed it.
Second-story ADU addition at 6917 Starstone Drive
A homeowner wants to convert a garage into an ADU and add a second story, making the house the largest in the neighborhood. Commissioners worried about height (about 9 feet above what state law requires), the awkward placement over the garage, and losing covered parking. They gave the applicant two weeks to revise the design rather than deny outright.