ENVIRONMENTAL: Neighborhood Wildlife Webinar + LA Biodiversity Symposium + Ridgeline Protection Ordinance Webinar
Messages from Councilmember Paul Koretz:
Please join LA Animal Services via Zoom on Tuesday, November 17th for an educational session on the wild animals you may encounter in your neighborhood! To sign up for the Wildlife Workshop, please visit laanimalservices.com, and then click "Events" in their menu to register for the webinar through their calendar.
Rabbit Roundtable
Please join LA Animal Services' next Rabbit Roundtable via Zoom where rabbit families can ask questions and get advice from LA Animal Services staff and volunteers. And once our calendar loads, click on the event for Rabbit Roundtable on Wednesday, November 18th at 5 p.m., and sign up here.
Join Councilmember Koretz, Planning and Landscaping Design Experts and LA Environmental Scientists for a 5-day Virtual LA Biodiversity Symposium
Biodiversity hotspots are home to unique flora and fauna, many of which are endemic to a particular environment. The City of Los Angeles is fortunate to be one of only 36 Biodiversity Hotspots on the planet. This designation also means that biodiversity here is threatened, and Councilmember Koretz and staff have been working with the Biodiversity expert panel to come up with protective strategies to safeguard our area’s resilience and sustainability. The symposium, which will unfold over the course of the week, will illustrate the vital importance of an integrated ecosystem of natural biodiversity and sustainable urban landscapes.
The forum is conducted by leading area scientists to inform landscape designers, architects, builders, nurseries, growers, and homeowners on the significance of biodiversity in the Los Angeles area which is severely threatened by urban development. We hope this forum will aid in building an understanding of how we can affect a change in practices and achieve the goal of “a no-net-loss” biodiversity strategy.
Our well-being fundamentally depends on nature and we must act quickly to take action with protective strategies to safeguard this unique area that we live in. We can make a difference! Please join this community symposium to protect our biodiversity hotspot by clicking here to register for an individual panel discussion or for the entire symposium from November 16th through November 20th from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Garden by garden, and park by park, we can take the steps to change the narrative of environmental degradation.
Los Angeles City Planning invites you to participate in a webinar on a proposed Ridgeline Protection Ordinance.
The Ridgeline Protection Ordinance would be introduced into the Los Angeles Municipal Code as a new Supplemental Use District (SUD) and applied to an initial geography in the hillside area of the Bel Air-Beverly Crest Community Plan and a portion of the Hollywood Community Plan. Application of this Supplemental Use District will offer enhanced protection for some of the City’s most prominent ridgelines; these are the natural crests of the mountains that bisect and surround the City. The proposed ordinance is designed to offer additional tools to help manage development in potentially sensitive ridgeline areas in order to protect and preserve these ecological and scenic resources.
During the webinar, City Planning staff will present the proposed Ridgeline Protection Ordinance concepts and take in your comments and questions. Please use the link below to register for the webinar. A Spanish translation of the presentation will be available on our website on the day of the meeting.
We thank you for your interest and look forward to the discussion!
To RSVP, click here.