Pacific Palisades was built by private people and civil society, in a California that existed before it was taken over by a quiet marxist revolution.
Now California is a socialist state, ironically fed by skimmings/taxes from Wall Street financialization, massive government debt and spending, all thanks to our printed, fiat money.
Now its all centrally-planned, and will all plans must be approved according to present politics, by apparatchiks in the capital.
The Beltway bureaucrats are busy gaming the leftists at this point. Same with the media.
It’s certainly a sad commentary on our society...