Short-Term Rentals / Preparation of Ordinance / Home Sharing Ordinance

CF 14-1635-S2  AT CITY COUNCIL 10/30/2019

CONSIDERATION OF and ACTIONS RELATED TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING relative to the Implementation and Outreach regarding the Home Sharing Ordinance, the Home Sharing Administrative Guidelines, and the Master Platform Agreement; a Resolution to approve Appendix A of the Guidelines, which pertains to Housing Platform Responsibilities; and, a Resolution to approve the Master Platform Agreement, which pertains to Housing Platform Responsibilities.

(Planning and Land Use Management Committee report to be submitted in Council. If a public hearing is not held in Committee, an opportunity for public comment will be provided)


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Refer to CF 14-1635-S2  for detail.

  • 11/01/2019 Council action final (November 1, 2019)
  • 10/30/2019 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51. PLUM Report (October 29, 2019)

Council and Committee Referral – Tuesday, October 29, 2019

 

93-1888-S1 Require automatic fire sprinklers for additions or alterations to a townhouse or one- or two-family dwelling
To Planning and Land Use Management Committee
City Attorney report R19-0338, dated October 16, 2019, relative to a revised draft Ordinance amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code to require automatic fire sprinklers for additions or alterations to a townhouse or one- or two-family dwelling

Homesharing Regulation / Primary Residences Subject to Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO) / Council District 13 / Pilot Program

CF 18-1245  AT CITY COUNCIL 10/30/2019

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a pilot program that would regulate homesharing in primary residences subject to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance.

Recommendation for Council action, as initiated by Motion (O’Farrell – Wesson):

INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning, with the assistance of the City Attorney, to submit recommendations for a Pilot Program that would regulate homesharing for owner-occupied residences that are subject to Rent Stabilization Ordinance. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: Yes.

For: Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council


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  • 11/05/2019 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.  Motion (November 1, 2019)
  • 11/01/2019 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on November 5, 2019 .   Motion (November 1, 2019)
  • 11/01/2019 Motion referred to Council (Tentatively scheduled for 11/5/19).   Motion (November 1, 2019)
  • 11/01/2019 Council action final.
  • 10/30/2019 Council adopted item as amended, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule: Amending Motion (October 30, 2019), PLUM Report Corrected (October 22, 2019)
  • 10/25/2019 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on October 30, 2019 .
  • 10/22/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved as amended .
  • 10/18/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on October 22, 2019.  Motion (December 11, 2018)
  • 06/18/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to/for a future meeting and requested Staff to report back.
  • 06/14/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 18, 2019.  Motion (December 11, 2018)
  • 12/11/2018 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.  Motion (December 11, 2018)

2021-29 Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) / Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) / Allocation Process / Fair Share Distribution / Funding Requirements / Projected Costs

CF 19-0773  AT PLUM 10/29/2019

Report from the Housing and Community Investment Department, Department of City Planning (DCP), and the Chief Legislative Analyst relative to the Motion (Ryu-Bonin) requesting recommendations on the Southern California Association of Governments’ (SCAG) Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) process, to ensure that the process will factor in a fair share distribution to ensure that all localities in the region receive equitable housing requirements, and to identify the projected costs and secure funding required to meet the City’s RHNA allocations; and, a Resolution to support the SCAG RHNA allocation methodology, if amended to incorporate the proposed revisions, and authorize the DCP to submit to SCAG as the City’s comments.

Fiscal Impact Statement: No.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

Read:  Los Angeles Times – Opinion: SoCal’s new housing plan is going to make traffic and air pollution worse for everyone

 


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  • 10/30/2019 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on November 5, 2019 . Joint Report Revised Resolution (October 30, 2019), PLUM Report (October 29, 2019),  Joint Report from Housing and Community Investment Department, Department of City Planning and Chief Legislative Analyst (October 24, 2019)
  • 10/29/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved as amended .  Joint Report from Housing and Community Investment Department, Department of City Planning and Chief Legislative Analyst (October 24, 2019)
  • 10/25/2019 Chief Legislative Analyst document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management:  Joint Report from Housing and Community Investment Department, Department of City Planning and Chief Legislative Analyst (October 24, 2019)
  • 10/25/2019 Chief Legislative Analyst document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.   Joint Report from Housing and Community Investment Department, Department of City Planning and Chief Legislative Analyst (October 24, 2019)
  • 10/25/2019 Document(s) submitted by Chief Legislative Analyst, as follows:  Joint Report from Housing and Community Investment Department, Department of City Planning and Chief Legislative Analyst (October 24, 2019)

Housing and Community Investment Department, Department of City Planning and Chief Legislative Analyst joint report dated October 24, 2019, relative to recommendations regarding the Southern California Association of Government Regional Housing Needs Assessment process.

  • 10/04/2019 Council action final.
  • 10/02/2019 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.  PLUM (September 17, 2019)
  • 9/26/2019 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on October 2, 2019 .  PLUM (September 17, 2019)
  • 09/17/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) . Motion (July 3, 2019)
  • 09/13/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 17, 2019.   Motion (July 3, 2019)
  • 7/03/2019 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Motion (July 3, 2019)

6150 Laurel Canyon Boulevard / 12001 West Oxnard Street / Sign District

CF 18-0634-S1 

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR), ADDENDUM, PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT, and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to amending the NoHo West Sign District.

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

FIND, based on the independent judgment of the decision-maker, after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, the project was assessed in the previously certified Environmental Impact Report No. ENV-2015-888-EIR, certified September 9, 2016, and Addendum dated December 8, 2016, and pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, and the Addendum, no major revisions are required to the EIR and no subsequent EIR or negative declaration is required for approval of the project.

ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission as the Finding of Council.

PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE dated October 16, 2019, amending the NoHo West Sign District to: (1) make all outward facing signs for on-site advertisement only; (2) reduce the total number of outward facing Supergraphic Signs; (3) reduce the maximum individual sign area square footage for the outward facing Supergraphic Signs and Digital Displays; (4) change the sign reduction provisions for Advertising Kiosks, Supergraphic Signs, and Digital Displays; and (5) make other minor clarifications and corrections, as modified by the PLUM Committee.
NOT PRESENT and ORDER FILED the Ordinances dated August 21, 2019 and July 24, 2019.

Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the City Attorney. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

10 VOTES REQUIRED ON SECOND READING


Refer to CF 18-0634-S1 for detail

Citywide Design Guidelines

CPC-2019-1098-MSC Council District: ALL     Heard October 24, 2019 

CP-4056      Citywide Design Guidelines
CP-4057      Citywide Design Guidelines  SAMPLE

CEQA: ENV-2019-1099-CE-ND Last Day to Act: N/A
Plan Area: Citywide

PROPOSED PROJECT:

The Project involves the adoption of the proposed Citywide Design Guidelines. The proposed
Guidelines will supersede the existing Residential, Commercial and Industrial Guidelines that were
previously adopted in June 2011 and consolidate them into a single document.
City Planning Commission 4 October 24, 2019

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

1. Recommend that the Commission determines, based on the whole of the administrative
record, that the proposed guidelines are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15305 and 15308, and there is no substantial
evidence demonstrating that an exception to a categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines Section 15300.2 applies; direct staff to file the Notice of Exemption with the County
Clerk’s office (see Exhibit B.1);
2. Recommend that the Commission find, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15074(b), after
consideration of the whole of the administrative record, including the Negative Declaration,
No. ENV-2019-1099-CE-ND (“Negative Declaration”) (Exhibit B.2), and all comments
received, there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the
environment; find the Negative Declaration reflects the independent judgment and analysis of
the City; and adopt the Negative Declaration;
3. Recommend the adoption of the proposed Citywide Design Guidelines (Exhibit A); and
4. Recommend that the Commission direct the Department to update the “best practices”
sections of the Guidelines on an as-needed basis to reflect up-to-date design practices.

 

Staff: Claire Bowin, Senior City Planner
claire.bowin@lacity.org
(213) 847-3710

Council and Committee Referrals – October 23, 2019

 

19-1289
CD 6, 7
Transit Oriented District Specific Plan for neighborhoods along the alignment for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project
To Planning and Land Use Management Committee
Motion (Rodriguez – Martinez – Blumenfield) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning, with assistance of relevant City departments, to prepare a report identifying costs for staffing needs, consultant fees for economic analysis and a community engagement process, and a timeline fo development of a Transit Oriented District Specific Plan for neighborhoods along the alignment for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project

Council and Committee Referral – Tuesday, October 22, 2019

 

18-1226-S1 Analysis of Senate Bill (SB) 50, SB 592, and any other pending or adopted housing legislation
To Planning and Land Use Management Committee
Motion (Wesson – Koretz – et al.) relative to an instruction to the Department of City Planning, with assistance of relevant City departments, to report within 45 days with further analysis of Senate Bill (SB) 50, SB 592, and any other pending or adopted housing legislation in the current legislative session, detailing its potential impacts to the City’s population capacity and growth, infrastructure, and potential cost to the City.

Homesharing Regulation / Primary Residences Subject to Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO) / Council District 13 / Pilot Program

CF 18-1245     AT PLUM 10/22/2019 

Also Refer to: CF Nos.  14-1635-S219-1096, 18-1247

Motion (O’Farrell – Wesson) instructing the Department of City Planning, with the assistance of the City Attorney, to develop recommendations for a Pilot Program in Council District (CD) 13 that would regulate homesharing in primary residences subject to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance; and to prepare a report with recommendations on any displacement, enforcement and budgetary issues associated with the CD 13 Pilot Program, at least one month before the sunset date of the Pilot Program provisions.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


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  • 10/18/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on October 22, 2019.   Motion (December 11, 2018)
  • 6/18/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to/for a future meeting and requested Staff to report back
  • 06/14/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 18, 2019.  Motion (December 11, 2018)
  • 12/11/2018 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Motion (December 11, 2018)

Council and Committee Referrals – Friday, October 18, 2019

 

14-1635-S2 Resolution on Hosting Platform responsibilities
To Planning and Land Use Management Committee
Department of City Planning report, dated October 18, 2019, relative to the Resolution on Hosting Platform responsibilities (Appendix A of the Administrative Guidelines) and discussion of the Master Platform Agreement

 

14-1635-S2 Implementation and outreach of the Home-Sharing Ordinance
To Planning and Land Use Management Committee
Department of City Planning report, dated October 17, 2019, relative to initial implementation and outreach of the Home-Sharing Ordinance.

Housing Crisis Act of 2019 – SB-330

Housing Crisis Act of 2019 – SB-330

The Housing Accountability Act, which is part of the Planning and Zoning Law, prohibits a local agency from disapproving, or conditioning approval in a manner that renders infeasible, a housing development project for very low, low-, or moderate-income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes specified written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record. The act specifies that one way to satisfy that requirement is to make findings that the housing development project or emergency shelter is inconsistent with both the jurisdiction’s zoning ordinance and general plan land use designation as specified in any element of the general plan as it existed on the date the application was deemed complete. The act requires a local agency that proposes to disapprove a housing development project that complies with applicable, objective general plan and zoning standards and criteria that were in effect at the time the application was deemed to be complete, or to approve it on the condition that it be developed at a lower density, to base its decision upon written findings supported by substantial evidence on the record that specified conditions exist, and places the burden of proof on the local agency to that effect. The act requires a court to impose a fine on a local agency under certain circumstances and requires that the fine be at least $10,000 per housing unit in the housing development project on the date the application was deemed complete.

 

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Diagram, 2020 California Housing Legislation Highlights, Alfred Twu, March 2020

AB 1482, Chiu. Tenant Protection Act of 2019: tenancy: rent caps.

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ZIMAS:   You may see this Note in the Housing dropdown menu item – “The property is subject to AB 1482 only if the owner is a corporation, limited liability company, or a real estate investment trust.”

Existing law specifies that a hiring of residential real property, for a term not specified by the parties, is deemed to be renewed at the end of the term implied by law unless one of the parties gives written notice to the other of that party’s intention to terminate. Existing law requires an owner of a residential dwelling to give notice at least 60 days prior to the proposed date of termination, or at least 30 days prior to the proposed date of termination if any tenant or resident has resided in the dwelling for less than one year, as specified. Existing law requires any notice given by an owner to be given in a prescribed manner, to contain certain information, and to be formatted, as specified.

This bill would, with certain exceptions, prohibit an owner, as defined, of residential real property from terminating a tenancy without just cause, as defined, which the bill would require to be stated in the written notice to terminate tenancy when the tenant has continuously and lawfully occupied the residential real property for 12 months, except as provided. The bill would require, for certain just cause terminations that are curable, that the owner give a notice of violation and an opportunity to cure the violation prior to issuing the notice of termination. The bill, if the violation is not cured within the time period set forth in the notice, would authorize a 3-day notice to quit without an opportunity to cure to be served to terminate the tenancy. The bill would require, for no-fault just cause terminations, as specified, that the owner, at the owner’s option, either assist certain tenants to relocate, regardless of the tenant’s income, by providing a direct payment of one month’s rent to the tenant, as specified, or waive in writing the payment of rent for the final month of the tenancy, prior to the rent becoming due. The bill would require the actual amount of relocation assistance or rent waiver provided to a tenant that fails to vacate after the expiration of the notice to terminate the tenancy to be recoverable as damages in an action to recover possession. The bill would provide that if the owner does not provide relocation assistance, the notice of termination is void. The bill would except certain properties and circumstances from the application of its provisions. The bill would require an owner of residential property to provide prescribed notice to a tenant of the tenant’s rights under these provisions. The bill would not apply to residential real property subject to a local ordinance requiring just cause for termination adopted on or before September 1, 2019, or to residential real property subject to a local ordinance requiring just cause for termination adopted or amended after September 1, 2019, that is more protective than these provisions, as defined. The bill would void any waiver of the rights under these provisions. The bill would repeal these provisions as of January 1, 2030.

AB-1763 Planning and zoning: density bonuses: affordable housing. (2019-2020)

Read:  AB 1763

STATUS: Became law 10/09/19 Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter 666, Statutes of 2019.

The existing law, known as the Density Bonus Law, requires a city or county to provide a developer that proposes a housing development within the jurisdictional boundaries of that city or county with a density bonus and other incentives or concessions for the production of lower-income housing units, or for the donation of land within the development, if the developer agrees to construct a specified percentage of units for very low income, low-income, or moderate-income households or qualifying residents and meets other requirements. Existing law provides for the calculation of the amount of density bonus for each type of housing development that qualifies under these provisions.

This bill would additionally require a density bonus to be provided to a developer who agrees to construct a housing development in which 100% of the total units, exclusive of managers’ units, are for lower-income households, as defined. However, the bill would provide that a housing development that qualifies for a density bonus under its provisions may include up to 20% of the total units for moderate-income households, as defined. The bill would also require that a housing development that meets these criteria receive 4 incentives or concessions under the Density Bonus Law and, if the development is located within ½ of a major transit stop, a height increase of up to 3 additional stories or 33 feet. The bill would generally require that the housing development receive a density bonus of 80%, but would exempt the housing development from any maximum controls on density if it is located within ½ mile of a major transit stop. The bill would prohibit a housing development that receives a waiver from any maximum controls on density under these provisions from receiving a waiver or reduction of development standards pursuant to existing law, other than as expressly provided in the bill. The bill would also make various nonsubstantive changes to the Density Bonus Law.

Council and Committee Referral – October 04, 2019

 

 

18-0311
CD 1, 13
Inclusionary housing requirements of the CCW Specific Plan
To Planning and Land Use Management Committee
City Attorney report R19-0330, dated October 3, 2019, relative to a draft Ordinance amending the Central City West (CCW) Specific Plan (Ordinance No. 180983) and Section 19.18 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to modify the inclusionary housing requirements of the CCW Specific Plan and make them consistent with citywide affordable housing regulations