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Public hearing on property abatement costs and special assessment confirmation.
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Join the public hearing on May 19, 2026, at Hesse Park Community Building.
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CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES April 30, 2026 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM at Hesse Park Community Building, 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard, Rancho Palos Verdes to consider the following: Report of All Abatement Work and Costs Associated with the Abatement of the Public Nuisance, and Confirmation of the Proposed Special Assessment on the Property, Located at: 2064 Galerita Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 ( APN: 7550004025 (Case No. CBLD20220027): Pursuant to Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code (RPVMC) � 8.24.130 ("Hearing on Proposed Assessment"), a hearing of the City Council shall be held to consider the report of the Code Enforcement Officer and any protests filed with the City Clerk regarding the City's property maintenance on the property in violation of RPVMC � 8.24.060(A)(3) and RPVMC � 8.24.060(A)(5), and to confirm the proposed special assessment of the City's costs, in the amount of $22,249.65, to recover all costs associated with the abatement. Pursuant to Government Code � 38773.5, the property may be sold after three years by the tax collector for unpaid special assessments. LOCATION: 2064 Galerita Drive (APN: 7550004025) PROPERTY OWNER: John A. McCowan, as Trustee of The John A. McCowan Trust Pursuant to RPVMC � 8.24.120(B), any interested person may file a written protest with the City Clerk any time prior to the hearing. Each such protest shall contain a description of the property in which the person signing the protest is interested and the grounds of such protest. The City Clerk shall endorse on every such protest the date and time of filing, and shall present such protest to the City Council at the time of the hearing. Accordingly, you may wish to omit personal information from your written protest as it may become part of the public record. The final staff report will be available on the City's website, https://www.rpvca.gov/772/CityMeetingVideoandAgendas on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, under "City Council Agenda". If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact Brittany Pena, Code Enforcement Officer at (310) 5445248 or via email at bpena@rpvca.gov. Brandy Forbes, AICP Director of Community Development NOTE: STATE GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65009 NOTICE: If you challenge this application in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised in written correspondence delivered to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes during the public review period described in this notice. Palos Verdes Peninsula News Published: 4/30/26