City Council Meeting Highlights

Highlights from the May 6, 2025 City Council meeting:

• After reviewing the Peafowl Census, an annual count of peacocks and peahens in RPV, the Council voted to conduct limited, humane trapping in the Portuguese Bend, Vista Grande, and Sunnyside Ridge neighborhoods.
• Limited to no trapping has occurred in RPV since 2019 due to relatively low numbers. However, this year, the City saw a 31% average population increase compared to 2024.
• Trapped peafowl will be relocated off the Peninsula to homes that have been screened by the trapping vendor and reviewed by the City to ensure the individuals adopting them have some avian experience and adequate space for peafowl to roam freely. Under no circumstances will the trapped peafowl be euthanized or treated inhumanely.
• The Council received an update on wireless telecommunications facilities and efforts to improve cell service throughout the City.
• City staff has been working with wireless carriers and installers to advance existing projects, begin new ones, and identify potential changes to the municipal code that would result in improvements in service and reliability.
• City staff gave an update on the landslide emergency and the latest land movement data showing continued deceleration.
• The Council allocated another $500,000 toward the maintenance and operation of the City’s deep dewatering wells through the end of June, as several wells have sheared or are anticipated to.
• Finally, the Council renewed for 60 days the local emergencies in the landslide area and the temporary prohibition of motorcycles and bicycles along a two-mile stretch of Palos Verdes Drive South.

For all City Council actions from the meeting, watch video at rpvca.gov/agendas.