Month: July 2019

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Council and Committee Referrals – July 30, 2019

 

15-1249-S2
CD 5		 Nonrecurring special event at a private residence
To Public Safety Committee
Motion (Koretz – Rodriguez) relative to requesting the City Attorney, with the assistance of the Board of Police Commissioners, to prepare and present a draft ordinance amending Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 103.203 to remove the exception for a nonrecurring special event at a private residence, and to clarify that any valet parking service in a valet parking residential sensitive zone requires a one-day permit.
14-1174-S54
CD 2		 Chandler Bikeway Development Project
To Economic Development Committee
CRA/LA Bond Oversight Committee report 0111-31341-0122, dated July 29, 2019, relative to the recommendations to authorize the appropriation of funds in CRA/LA Excess Non-Housing Bond Proceeds from the North Hollywood Redevelopment Project Area for the Chandler Bikeway Development Project.

 

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Bel Air-Beverly Crest Hillside Construction Regulation Supplemental Use District / Amendments

CF 16-1472-S6      AT CITY COUNCIL 07/31/2019  Vote Given: (10 – 0 – 5)

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to amendments to the Bel Air-Beverly Crest Hillside Construction Regulation Supplemental Use District.

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Koretz – Ryu):

INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning, with the assistance of the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, Bureau of Engineering, and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, and in consultation with the City Attorney, and any other relevant City department, to prepare and present an Ordinance that incorporates the following amendments, as described in the Motion, to the Bel Air-Beverly Crest Hillside Construction Regulation Supplemental Use District:

Notification to hillside residents for both haul route and demolition permit activity.
Ensure that Neighborhood Councils have the opportunity to provide comment on haul routes.
Ensure that graded and hauling activity is not taking place in advance of a project being approved.
Earmark a funding source that will be used to make repairs and improvements to the hillside street infrastructure commensurate to the cumulative wear and tear that results from large construction-related vehicles.

Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

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  • 08/02/2019 Council action final.
  • 07/31/2019 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.   7/26/2019 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on July 31, 2019 .  07/31/2019 Council adopted07/31/2019 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51. item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51., Motion (April 2, 2019)
  • 07/02/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) .  Motion (April 2, 2019)
  • 06/28/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on July 2, 2019.  Motion (April 2, 2019)
  • 06/28/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on July 2, 2019.  Motion (April 2, 2019)
  • 04/02/2019 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.  Motion (April 2, 2019)
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SB 743 (Steinberg) / Los Angeles California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Transportation Thresholds Guide / State CEQA Guidelines / Appendix G / Resolution

CF 14-1169

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT, and RESOLUTIONS relative to updating the Transportation Section of the Los Angeles California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA) Thresholds Guide.

Recommendations for Council action:

DETERMINE, based on the whole of the administrative record, that the proposed action is not a project under CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(1) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15378, is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061 (b)(3) and 15308, and that none of the exceptions in Section 15300.2 apply.

ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION, pursuant to Senate Bill (SB) 743 and CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15064.3 and 15064.7(b), updating the City’s adopted transportation thresholds.
ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION to elect to be exempted from the Congestion Management Program (CMP) as described in California Government Code Section 65088 to 65089.10, pursuant to the provisions in Section 65089.3.

APPROVE the proposed CEQA Transportation Section update recommended by the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) in the Letter of Determination dated March 11, 2019, as amended to incorporate technical corrections presented by the Department of City Planning (DCP) in a document dated June 7, 2019, attached to the Council file.

ADOPT the accompanying Findings attached to the LACPC Letter of Determination dated March 11, 2019.

INSTRUCT the DCP and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) to report back annually for two years on status, and whether any additional changes are needed to meet the intent of SB 743.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The LADOT reports that this action will not impact the General Fund.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

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Refer to CF 14-1169  for prior to 2019    Report from Transportation Committee (October 5, 2020)

  • 10/14/2020 Council action final.
  • 10/13/2020 Council adopted item forthwith.  Report from Transportation Committee (October 5, 2020)
  • 10/09/2020 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on October 13, 2020. Report from Transportation Committee (October 5, 2020)
  • 09/21/2020 Transportation Committee approved item(s) . Report from Dept. of Transportation (September 16, 2020)
  • 09/18/2020 Information, Technology, and General Services Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 21, 2020.   Report from Department of Transportation (September 16, 2020)
  • 09/17/2020 Department of Transportation document(s) referred to Transportation Committee. Report from Department of Transportation (September 16, 2020)
  • 09/16/2020 Document(s) submitted by Department of Transportation, as follows:
    Department of Transportation report, dated September 16, 2020, relative to the first annual report back on California Environmental Quality Act Transportation Section Update Implementing Senate Bill 743.  Report from Department of Transportation (September 16, 2020)
  • 07/31/2019 Council action final.
  • 07/30/2019 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.  Report from Transportation Committee (June 25, 2019)
  • 07/26/2019 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on July 30, 2019 .  Report from Transportation Committee (June 25, 2019)
  • 06/12/2019 Transportation Committee approved as amended to incorporate technical amendments dated June 7, 2019, and to instruct the Department of City Planning and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to report on status, and whether any additional changes are needed to meet the intent of SB 743.  Report from City Planning (June 7, 2019), Suggested Technical Corrections (June, 2019),  Report from Department of Transportation (June 5, 2019),  Report from City Planning Commission (March 19, 2019), Resolution (March 19, 2019), Findings (March 19, 2019),  Staff Report (March 19, 2019), Proposed Transportation Thresholds (March 19, 2019)
  • 06/10/2019 Department of City Planning document(s) referred to Transportation Committee. Report from City Planning (June 7, 2019), Suggested Technical Corrections (June, 2019)
  • 06/07/2019 Document(s) submitted by Department of City Planning, as follows:
    Department of City Planning report, dated June 7, 2019, relative to the suggested technical corrections and clarifications to the proposed California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Transportation Section Update.
  • 06/07/2019 Transportation Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 12, 2019.
  • 06/07/2019 Department of Transportation document(s) referred to Transportation Committee.  Report from Department of Transportation (June 5, 2019)
  • 06/05/2019 Document(s) submitted by Department of Transportation, as follows:
    Department of Transportation report, dated June 5, 2019, relative to CEQA Transportation Section update implementing Senate Bill 743.  Report from Department of Transportation (June 5, 2019)
  • 03/20/2019 Los Angeles City Planning Commission document(s) referred to Transportation Committee.  Report from City Planning Commission (March 19, 2019), Mailing List (March 19, 2019), Resolution (March 19, 2019), Findings (March 19, 2019), Interested Parties (March 19, 2019), Staff Report (March 19, 2019), Proposed Transportation Thresholds (March 19, 2019)
  • 03/19/2019 Document(s) submitted by Los Angeles City Planning Commission, as follows:
    Los Angeles City Planning Commission report, dated March 19, 2019, relative to the Resolution to adopt California Environmental Quality Act transportation thresholds.  Report from City Planning Commission (March 19, 2019), Mailing List (March 19, 2019), Resolution (March 19, 2019), Findings (March 19, 2019), Interested Parties (March 19, 2019), Staff Report (March 19, 2019), Proposed Transportation Thresholds (March 19, 2019)
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Council and Committee Referral – July 2, 2019

 

19-0753 Alternative construction models to lower total development costs associated with various homeless and affordable housing projects.
To Homelessness and Poverty Committee 
Motion (Harris-Dawson – O’Farrell) relative to instructing the Bureau of Engineering, Department of General Services, and Housing and Community Investment Department, with the assistance of relevant City departments, to report with alternative construction models to lower total development costs associated with various homeless and affordable housing projects.

 

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SB 592 (Wiener) / Housing Accountability Act / Amendment

CF 19-0002-S117    AT CITY COUNCIL 07/03/2019

CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION (KORETZ – HARRIS-DAWSON) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding Senate Bill (SB) 592 (Wiener), which would amend the Housing Accountability Act.

Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:

RESOLVE to include in the City’s 2019-20 State Legislative Program, OPPOSITION to SB 592 which would amend the Housing Accountability Act by reducing local control of housing land use decisions and allow developers who prevail in court over the rejection of a housing development to receive compensatory damages.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

  • 08/14/2019 Community Impact Statement submitted by PICO Neighborhood Council.  Refer to CF 19-0002-S117 
  • 07/15/2019 Council action final.
  • 07/15/2019 Mayor transmitted Council File to City Clerk.
  • 07/12/2019 Community Impact Statement submitted by Sherman Oaks NC.  Refer to CF 19-0002-S117 
  • 07/05/2019 City Clerk transmitted file to Mayor. Last day for Mayor to act is July 15, 2019.
  • 07/03/2019 Council adopted item forthwith07/01/2019 Chief Legislative Analyst document(s) referred to Council .  Report from Chief Legislative Analyst (June 28, 2019)
  • 06/28/2019 Document(s) submitted by Chief Legislative Analyst, as follows:  Resolution (June 26, 2019)

Chief Legislative Analyst report 19-06-0695, dated June 28, 2019, relative to Resolution (Koretz — Harris-Dawson) to include in the City’s 2019-20 State Legislative Program its position on SB 592 (Wiener), which would amend the Housing Accountability Act by reducing local control of housing land use decisions and would allow developers who prevail in court over the rejection of a housing development to receive compensatory damages.

  • 06/27/2019 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on July 3, 2019 .  Resolution (June 26, 2019)
  • 06/26/2019 Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee waived consideration of item .  Resolution (June 26, 2019)
  • 06/26/2019 Resolution document(s) referred to Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.  Resolution (June 26, 2019)

 

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Licensed and Unlicensed Addiction Rehabilitation Facilities / Mitigation of Adverse Impacts / Residential City Neighborhoods

CF 19-0401 

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to sober living homes, community care facilities, group homes, and other alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities.

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Blumenfield – Smith):

INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP), with the assistance of the City Attorney, to prepare a report relative to sober living homes, community care facilities, group homes, and other alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities that addresses the following issues:

City, County, State, and Federal laws that define the human and legal rights of drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation patients or define the rights of the drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities, licensed, unlicensed, or integrated.

County, State, or Federal laws that allow, restrict or prohibit a city from regulating or banning these licensed or unlicensed facilities, any aspect of their operations, or any aspect of their impacts on surrounding communities.

County, State, or Federal laws that allow, restrict or prohibit a city from regulating the overconcentration of licensed and unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities.
Efforts by other cities to regulate drug and alcohol addiction facilities, such as Newport and Costa Mesa, and the outcome of any legal challenges in those cities.

The legality of integral programs and similar associations between licensed and unlicensed facilities.

How the occupancy rules, including but not limited to Uniform Housing Code’s Section 503.2 as well as State and local fire codes, relate to the number of patients and workers on-site at a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facility.

Whether 24/7 staff on-site counts towards the practical occupancy rate of a house beyond the occupancy rate outlined in City, State, and Federal laws.

Whether anything in the codes for building and safety address the existence of two dwellings on one property, such as accessory dwelling units and accessory living quarters, which would allow or prohibit these facilities to circumvent laws related to the number of people living on a property, lot, and/or structure.

The legality of operating a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facility’s administrative office on residentially zoned property of a facility, in an accessory dwelling unit, in an accessory living quarter, or in a converted garage unit functioning as a commercial business.

Recommendations for the purpose of determining if licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities are operating in a manner appropriate to businesses in commercially zoned lots rather than small-businesses permissible in residential lots.

Suggest opportunities and options for what the City can do to address this issue in a more comprehensive manner.

Recommendations on issues related to administrative uses by licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities within residential zones that are not related to direct patient care.

INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to report on the number of calls for service related to licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities.

INSTRUCT the LADBS to coordinate with DCP on zoning and building code questions for licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities.
INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Fire Department to coordinate on questions related to occupancy for licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities.
INSTRUCT the DCP, LADBS and LAPD to report within 90 days.

Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

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  • 08/24/2020 Community Impact Statement submitted by Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council.   Refer to CF 19-0401 
    05/21/2020 Fire Department document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.   Report from Fire Department 05/21/2020
    05/21/2020 Document(s) submitted by Fire Department, as follows:  Report from Fire Department 05/21/2020

Los Angeles Fire Department report, dated May 21, 2020, relative to supplementing recommendations in the Department of City Planning report, dated February 20, 2020, with regard to sober living homes, community care facilities, group homes, and other alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities.

  • 02/20/2020 Department of City Planning document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
  • 02/20/2020 Document(s) submitted by Department of City Planning, as follows: Report from City Planning (February 20, 2020)

Department of City Planning report, dated February 20, 2020, relative to sober living homes, community care facilities, group homes, and other alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities.

  • 07/05/2019 Council action final
  • 06/28/2019 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on July 3, 2019  Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee (June 18, 2019), Motion (April 16, 2019)
  • 06/18/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved as amended . Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee (June 18, 2019), Motion (April 16, 2019)
  • 06/14/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 18, 2019.  Motion (April 16, 2019)
  • 04/16/2019 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.  Motion (April 16, 2019)

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Council and Committee Referrals – June 26, 2019

 

19-0723 Shutdown of nuisance properties that are being used for housing purposes.
To Housing Committee
Motion (Price – Harris-Dawson) relative to instructing relevant City departments to report on how the City can better coordinate efforts to expedite the shutdown of nuisance properties that are being used for housing purposes.

 

19-0002-S117 SB 592 (Wiener) which would amend the Housing Accountability Act
To Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
Resolution (Koretz – Harris-Dawson) relative to the City including in its 2019-20 State Legislative Program its position on SB 592 (Wiener) which would amend the Housing Accountability Act by reducing local control of housing land use decisions and would allow developers who prevail in court over the rejection of a housing development to receive compensatory damages.
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Motion No. 4 / Budget and Finance Committee / Mayors Proposed 2019-20 Budget / Funding / Planning and Land Use Committee / Increased and Unique Technical/Legal Workload / Amendment

CF 19-0600-S134    AT CITY COUNCIL 07/02/2019

CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (WESSON – HARRIS-DAWSON) relative to providing funding to support the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee for increased and unique technical and legal workload demand.

Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:

TRANSFER $160,000 from the Department of City Planning’s Salaries General Account to the City Clerk’s Salaries General Account to support the PLUM Committee with technical and legal workload demands.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Budget and Finance Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

(Continued from Council meeting of June 25, 2019)

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  • 06/25/2019 Council continued item to/for July 2, 2019 .  Motion (May 28, 2019)
  • 06/19/2019 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on June 25, 2019 . Motion (May 28, 2019)
  • 06/19/2019 Budget and Finance Committee waived consideration of item . Motion (May 28, 2019)
  • 05/28/2019 Motion document(s) referred to Budget and Finance Committee.  Motion (May 28, 2019)