Related Palos Verdes Estates Stories

02/19/10 Portraits Of Hope Public Art Project To Transform Beach Lifeguard Towers

11/03/09 Knabe To Announce $12.9 Million In South Bay Projects

05/12/09 Funding Continues For The Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority Shuttle Service

05/06/09 South Coast Botanic Gardens Will Receive New Security Fencing To Prevent Graffiti

Don Knabe. Working for palos verdes estates.

Palos Verdes Estates Accomplishments

2010

Releasing Palos Verdes Blue Butterflies
Supervisor Don Knabe joined community leaders for the release of endangered Palos Verdes blue butterflies into restored coastal sage scrub habitat at Deane Dana Friendship Community Regional Park and Nature Center (Friendship Park) in San Pedro. The Palos Verdes blue butterfly is a small, colorful, thumbnail-sized butterfly that was federally listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1980. The release of endangered Palos Verdes blue butterflies at Deane Dana Friendship Park is one component of ongoing multiple partnership efforts to recover this endangered native species in southern California.
 

Transforming Lifeguard Towers on County Beaches
This summer more than 100 of the Los Angeles County beach lifeguard towers will be visually transformed as part of a massive public art and civic project developed by Portraits of Hope, in cooperation with the Los Angeles County Lifeguard Association. The project and exhibition has been approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles County Fire Chief and the Los Angeles Department of Beaches and Harbors.

2009

Continuing Funding for the PVPTA Shuttle Service

The Board of Supervisors approved the disbursement of $408,200 to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority to continue public transit services for the Fiscal Year 2009-2010. The funds for the disbursement come from the Fourth Supervisorial District's allocation of Proposition A Local Return Transit Program funds.

2008

Continuing Funding for the PVPTA Shuttle Service

The Board of Supervisors approved the disbursement of $408,200 to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority to continue public transit services for the Fiscal Year 2008-2009. The funds for the disbursement come from the Fourth Supervisorial District's allocation of Proposition A Local Return Transit Program funds.

Preventing Graffiti at South Coast Botanic Gardens

The South Coast Botanic Gardens on the Palos Verdes Peninsula will receive a new chain link fence along Rolling Hills Road and the horse trail. The Security Fencing Graffiti Prevention Project will increase security and make the garden less accessible to graffiti and vandalism. The estimated total project cost is $101,000, and is funded by Proposition A Competitive Excess Grant Funds in the amount of $85,000 with the remaining $16,000 coming from the South Coast Botanic Gardens Special Development Fund.

2007

Overhauling the Outdated Irrigation System at Los Verdes Golf Course
More than $2.6 million was invested into renovating the irrigation system at the County’s Los Verdes Golf Course on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The new system will include a weather station and computer system to fully automate irrigation of the golf course. In addition to gauging water needs, the new system will also be capable of injecting fertilizer into the turf.
 

Continuing Funding for the PVPTA Shuttle Service
The Board of Supervisors approved the disbursement of $408,200 to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority to continue public transit services for the Fiscal Year 2007-2008. The funds for the disbursement come from the Fourth Supervisorial District's allocation of Proposition A Local Return Transit Program funds.

2006

Supervisor Knabe secured $428,250 in the County's 2006-2007 Budget to fund 24-hour staffing for Los Angeles County Lifeguards at Baywatch Cabrillo. Funding will provide 24 hour lifeguard coverage on the coastline from San Pedro all the way up to the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

South Coast Botanic Garden Improvement Project.

Funded greater transit options for residents of the Palos Verdes Peninsula with grant to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority.

2005

Provided funding to the Palos Verdes Land Conservancy for the Portuguese Bend Nature Preserve.

Funded greater transit options for residents of the Palos Verdes Peninsula with grant to the Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority.

2004

Donation of Park funds towards the new Civic Center Park.

2001.

South Coast Botanical Gardens Improvement Project – Structural upgrades to repair settlement of auditorium building and adjacent walkways, renovation to building interior including kitchen and restroom, new ADA entry to building complex