Westchester/Playa del Rey Neighborhood Council · Held

Westchester/Playa del Rey Neighborhood Council meeting, September 1, 2026

September 1, 2026, 6:30 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

On the agenda: The Westchester/Playa del Rey Neighborhood Council's board agenda for Sept. 1, 2026 had 26 items, including a resolution backing the City in Gerritsen v. City of Los Angeles over the Olvera Street cross and Nativity display, a letter asking CD 11 and City Planning to bar new driveways on the east side of Vista del Mar, and up to $4,300 in grants and sponsorships (our sum of items 8.8 to 8.10) plus up to $1,525 a month for outreach and newsletter vendors (our sum). Minutes were not posted on the City agenda index as of Oct. 1, 2026, so outcomes are not known.

Agenda only. As of October 2, 2026, minutes for the September 1, 2026 meeting of the Westchester/Playa del Rey Neighborhood Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.

4.5. Resolution on the Olvera Street cross and Nativity display

• What it asks: Support keeping the 1929 Olvera Street cross and the Christmas Nativity display at El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument, and support the City and the Olvera Street Merchants Association Foundation in Gerritsen v. City of Los Angeles in the Ninth Circuit (agenda).
• Who gets it: The motion authorizes the president to send the resolution to the Mayor, City Attorney, City Council, CD 11 and the Department of Recreation and Parks / El Pueblo (agenda).

4.6. Letter on driveways along Vista del Mar

• What it asks: Ask CD 11 and City Planning to prohibit any new ingress or egress on the east side of Vista del Mar from Culver Blvd. to Vista del Mar Lane and Waterview St., and to write that ban into the Community Plan update (agenda).

8.3. $2,000 in rollover funds for grants

• What it asks: Move $2,000 of 2025-26 rollover funds into neighborhood purpose grants for 2026-27, if the City Clerk and City Council approve (agenda).
• Amount: $2,000 (agenda).

8.4. Monthly outreach support from Moore Business Results

• What it asks: Pay Moore Business Results for agenda distribution, newsletters, community updates and website upkeep (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $650 a month, or up to $7,800 for the year, our calculation (agenda).

8.6. Monthly newsletter from Hometown News

• What it asks: Pay Hometown News for the council’s monthly newsletter (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $875 a month, or up to $10,500 for the year, our calculation. With item 8.5, monthly vendor costs total up to $1,590, our sum (agenda).

8.8. Up to $800 for the Westchester Arts and Music block party

• What it asks: Sponsor the block party on Sept. 19, 2026, noon to 7 p.m., on Emerson Ave. (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $800 (agenda).

8.9. Up to $1,500 grant to SOFESA

• What it asks: Fund SOFESA’s emergency outreach giving temporary shelter, food, gas and clothing to homeless single women and families in the area (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $1,500 (agenda).

8.10. Up to $2,000 grant to Friends of the Jungle

• What it asks: Help pay for a portable toilet, food and T-shirts at the group’s 50th beach and community cleanup on Trolleyway St., Playa del Rey, on Sept. 19, 2026 (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $2,000. Items 8.8 to 8.10 total up to $4,300, our sum (agenda).

Next meeting: October 6, 2026 · All meetings