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In accordance with Mayor Bass’s Revised COVID-19 City Updates Memo, Brown Act bodies will resume meeting in person as of March 1. As City Planning staff noted important growth and depth of participation once we began virtual meetings, City Planning will conduct meetings in a hybrid format that preserves the option for remote participation for public comments. Commissioners and board members will attend in person, as will applicants, appellants, and staff members.

City Planning’s Brown Act bodies comprise nine commissions (the City Planning Commission (CPC), the Cultural Heritage Commission, and seven area planning commissions), 21 Historic Preservation Overlay Zone (HPOZ) boards, 12 design review boards, and one plan review board. Of these bodies, only CPC will meet in the City Council chambers in Downtown and Van Nuys, which are outfitted with specialized audiovisual equipment.

While the meetings of the area planning commissions, design review boards, CPC, and HPOZ boards will adopt a hybrid model, please note that the Office of Zoning Administration, hearing officer, and subdivision public hearings will remain fully virtual.