“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education”

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Measure PF on the Ballot for June 2, 2026

There is an important ballot initiative for voters in Palos Verdes Estates. Measure E is expiring in 2027, and currently provides about $5 million in annual funding for the PVE Police Department. Measure PF is a citizen initiative to replace that and provide funding for public safety (police and fire departments). PVrrg is not taking a position on this, but we’d like to offer as a service to the Community information that we’ve received from both the “Yes” and “No” advocates.

Residents collected enough petitions to place this on the ballot, and 50+% is required for passage. Here is the Resolution from our City Council that accepts the petition and places this on the ballot. Had the City prepared the proposal, a 2/3 majority would be required, and that is still an option should Measure PF not pass.

Here is a calculation tool to help you understand what this ballot measure means for you, given the square footage of your house:

Home in sq. ft. Measure E (years 1-9) Measure PF (year 1) Measure PF (year 11)

1500 $ 642 $1,995 $2,762

2000 $ 742 $2,330 $3,225

2500 $ 842 $2,665 $3,689

3000 $ 942 $3,000 $4,153

3500 $1,042 $3,335 $4,616

4000 $1,142 $3,670 $5,080

4500 $1,242 $4,005 $5,544

5000 $1,342 $4,340 $6,008

Here are flyers that have been mailed to PVE residents pertaining to Measure PF:

“Yes” flyers:

“No” flyers

No on PF Residents First Tax flyer

Municipal Election to Elect Two City Council Members will be held November 5, 2024

Two of our current Council Members (Dawn Murdock and Jim Roos), will be completing their 4-year terms and have decided not to run again. We thank them for their service. To fill those two positions, there are three candidates (in alphabetical order):

Derek Lazzaro
Desiree Myers
Craig Quinn

Martin Peterson is the sole candidate running for City Treasurer.

To help voters be more informed, PVrrg assembled information on the issues and candidates for your consideration:

Statements from each Candidate describing why they’d like you to consider voting for them (as well as photo, bio and link to their website) — click here
Written Responses from each candidate to specific questions about recent issues that have been controversial — click here
Campaign funding disclosures — click here
Candidate flyers/mailers/ads — click here
Here is a Video of the PVE City Council Candidate Forum held on September 24th at La Venta Inn. The event was co-hosted by Co-hosted by: League of Women Voters of Palos Verdes Peninsula, AAUW Palos Verdes Peninsula, and Palos Verdes Peninsula Chamber of Commerce:

Here is a Video of the PVE City Council Candidate Forum held on October 9th at Palos Verdes Beach & Athletic Club:

Here is a Video of the PVE City Council Candidate Forum held on October 16th hosted by Palos Verdes Scenic Views Council:

For more information on this election — click here.

We are committed to informing the residents of Palos Verdes about local issues of interest. We are a non-partisan group of residents wishing to help improve our Community
(click here for the names of our Steering Committee)

For Information on past local elections:

2024 PVHA Board Election

2022 PVE City Council Election

2020 PVE City Council Election

2020 PVHA Board Election

2018 PVE City Council Election

For results of past surveys:

2020 Survey on Palos Verdes Estates Police for the 2020 City Councilmember Election

2020 Survey on Palos Verdes Estates Issues for the 2020 City Councilmember Election

2018 Poll on PVE Election and Measure E

2018 Malaga Cove Homeowners Poll

2017 Poll on PVE Election and Measure D (“Parcel/Fire Tax”)

2017 PVHA Election Feedback Poll

PVrrg Policy on Neutrality during Elections

The primary purpose of PVrrg is to provide PVE residents and members of our PVE City Government with factual information on local issues.

PVrrg’s policy during any election is to remain neutral or impartial. As an organization, PVrrg will not endorse or advocate for any candidates. However, individual members of PVrrg are free to exercise their First Amendment right to support any candidate as individuals.

During elections for City Council or the PVHA Board, PVrrg assembles information by

Obtaining information directly from the candidates for our website
Conducting public candidate forums during election campaigns and posting videos of those forums on our website

To ensure no one has an advantage, all communications between PVrrg and the candidates will be the same. All submissions collected from the candidates will be kept confidential until the publication date. Their unedited and complete submissions (adhering to word count limitations) will be posted on the website at the same time without exception.