Source:  Los Angeles City Planning

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles City Planning staff has revised its Staff Recommendation Report to the City Planning Commission May 13 regarding how to best preserve and expand the number of affordable dwelling units in the Coastal Zone. The proposed ordinance update would add a code section to the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to implement California Government Code Section 65590-65590.1, also known as the Mello Act.

Updates to the ordinance are on page 2 and include clarification edits, consistency edits (per state Mello guidelines) on conversion/ demolition and new developments, plus ordinance modifications.

The ordinance aims to protect existing residential units while increasing the current supply of affordable housing along the City’s Coastal Zone, in Coastal neighborhoods such as Pacific Palisades, San Pedro, and Venice. The ordinance would institute permanent regulations on the demolition and construction of housing projects. It would also implement new requirements for housing projects that apply for a change of use, or require planning approval for the conversion or subdivision of land.

In conformity with the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 (March 17, 2020) and due to concerns over COVID-19, the City Planning Commission meeting will be conducted using Zoom webinar and telephonically. City Planning Commission meetings can be listened to by dialing (213) 621-2489 or (818) 904-9450. You can also view the meeting online via Zoom at: https://planning-lacity-org.zoom.us/j/81395804021 and use meeting ID: 813 9580 4021 and meeting passcode: 237044.

Members of the public who wish to participate in the meeting and offer public comment to the City Planning Commission, can either access the link located above or call (213) 338 8477 or (669) 900-9128 and use Meeting ID No. 813 9580 4021 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. You may use the meeting passcode: 237044.

For more information, visit the project’s most recent and previous fact sheets.