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West Hollywood officials report steady response times, new pilot inspections and Jewish community safety plan after Sydney attack

West Hollywood City Council · December 16, 2025
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Director Danny Rivas told council the community safety department is meeting most performance measures, advancing a multifamily inspection pilot, pursuing unarmed alternatives, and implementing a Jewish community safety plan with increased patrol checks after the Bondi Beach attack; council asked about communications staffing, drones and distracted driving data.

The West Hollywood community safety director delivered a semiannual update Dec. 15 outlining the department’s priorities, performance metrics and in‑progress programs, and described steps staff took after an international hate‑motivated attack.

Danny Rivas, director of community safety, said staff tracks 11 departmental priorities tied to performance measures and presented calls‑for‑service data back to 2019. ‘‘We’re in our second year of [the multifamily proactive inspection] pilot — staff has essentially gone through about 50% of multifamily properties in the city and we’re on track to complete the four‑year cycle,’’ Rivas said.

Rivas reviewed the Neighborhood and Business Safety division’s work on code enforcement, vacant…

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