And the only way to do that is to lead by example, not by skullduggery. As the Website addresses for the daily news are recycled everyday, we have stopped list the links. Helped cityhood push When the Los Angeles City Council approved the expansion of the Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades, it proved that neighborhood councils will be powerless in the face of special interests in City Hall. Its recommendation was ignored by its council member, the Planning Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals, the City Council and it is anticipated by the mayor also. That is nothing new and par for the course.
Neighborhood councils can never prevail against special interests.
Brentwood had the Getty Museum and the Archer School, among other things, jammed down its throat. The Palisades has had the Getty Villa and the Village School, among many other things, jammed down its throat, despite local council opposition. The approval of the Getty Villa expansion made the day for the Committee to Form the City of Rancho San Vicente. It made believers out of many residents of Brentwood, Sawtelle and Pacific Palisades that the only way we can control our own destiny is to join the Valley and San Pedro in forming our own city. Thank you, Getty.