Month: February 2024

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Council and Committee Referral – Friday, January 19, 2024

 

15-0389-S2 Neighborhood councils
To Neighborhoods and Community Enrichment Committee
To Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
Motion (Park – Hernandez) relative to instructing the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, with the assistance of the City Attorney, to explore the feasibility of granting community councils the same privileges as those afforded to neighborhood councils under the Los Angeles Administrative Code which should include an overview of legal and charter considerations, in addition to Brown Act compliance
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Four L.A. City Council members look to incentivize larger family housing

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Bullet MyNewsLA – February 9

Last Friday, four Los Angeles City Council members introduced a motion to incentivize developers to build more large-family housing across the city. Council President Paul Krekorian, alongside council members Nithya Raman, Eunisses Hernandez, and Katy Yaroslavsky are calling for an increase of rental units with three or more bedrooms for multi-generational families, and allow seniors who have adequate care to stay with their loved ones. If the full council approves the motion, the Department of City Planning will prepare an ordinance to establish a new density bonus for large-family units in multi-family buildings.

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Michael Newhouse / Los Angeles City Planning Commission / Commission Appointment

24-1200-S5     AT CITY COUNCIL  02.28.2024

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the appointment of Michael Newhouse to the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC).

Recommendation for Council action:

RESOLVE that the Mayor’s appointment of Michael Newhouse to the LACPC for the term ending June 30, 2024, is APPROVED and CONFIRMED. Appointee currently resides in Council District 11 and will fill the vacancy created by the departure of Samantha Millman. (Current composition: M = 2; F = 6; Vacant = 1)

Financial Disclosure Statement: Filed

Background Check: Pending

Community Impact Statement: None submitted

TIME LIMIT FILE – MARCH 25, 2024

(LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION – MARCH 22, 2024)

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Redevelopment Plan Procedures Reinstatement Ordinance

Dear Interested Stakeholder:
The Los Angeles City Council adopted the Redevelopment Plan Procedures Reinstatement Ordinance at its regular meeting on January 19, 2024. This Ordinance amends the Processes and Procedures Ordinance (Ordinance No. 187,712) to reinstate Section 11.5.14 (Redevelopment Plan Procedures) in Chapter 1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC). The Council’s adoption of the Ordinance will allow the City to continue processing applications within Redevelopment Project Areas.
Adopted in 2022, the Processes and Procedures Ordinance amended Chapter 1 of the LAMC and established Chapter 1A of the LAMC to reorganize the administrative processes and procedures related to zoning and land use entitlements. As part of this comprehensive update, Section 11.5.14 (Redevelopment Plan Procedures) was inadvertently omitted from Chapter 1 of the LAMC. This Ordinance is an administrative correction to reinstate Section 11.5.14 in Chapter 1 of LAMC and includes technical modifications to correct citations to processes and procedures that were updated and changed location by the Process and Procedures Ordinance. Lastly, the Ordinance removes references to the Chinatown and North Hollywood Redevelopment Plans, which have expired and are no longer enforceable.
As a reminder, additional information can be found in the fact sheet.
To access the Final Ordinance and to sign up to receive electronic notifications about the project, visit Council File: 12-0460-S7.
Thank you for your continued engagement with Los Angeles City Planning.

 

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Industrial Sector Paints a Mixed Outlook in 2024 and Beyond

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February 21, 2024

The industrial sector is going to be a mixed picture over the next three years. While development activity remains strong, supply is expected to grow faster than demand, signaling that new development will eventually begin to cool. E-commerce is currently a primary driver of new industrial development, with the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the corresponding demand for data center space becoming a rising influence, ahead of cold storage and electric vehicle facilities. Drew Emmel, Partner at Allen Matkins, and Chris Rising, Co-Founder & CEO of Rising Realty Partners, discuss the factors influencing these trends as part of the Winter 2024 Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey.

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City Council Motions – February 21, 2024

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pg. 7  Nuisance abatement-related enforcement in the City of Los Angeles has, over time, grown to include multiple layers of disjointed departmental review and responsibility in the matters relating to the enforcement of nuisance proceedings and abatement for vacant parcels, lots, uses, materials, buildings, and other circumstances. A clear understanding of which body has authority or involvement in various nuisance abatement proceedings can help the Council legislate ways to restructure and streamline this matter.

 

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Council and Committee Referral – Wednesday, February 21, 2024

 

24-0196 Nuisance abatement proceedings
To Public Works Committee
Motion (McOsker, et al. – Lee, Padilla) relative to requesting the City Attorney, in consultation with the Chief Legislative Analyst, report on the administration, enforcement, governance, implementation, and oversight of nuisance abatement proceedings in the Los Angeles Municipal Code and the Los Angeles Administrative Code.
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Council and Committee Referrals – Friday, February 16, 2024

 

23-1264-S1
CD 2		 Ordinances to establish the District NoHo Specific Plan.
To Planning and Land Use Management Committee
City Attorney report R24-0069, dated February 15, 2024, relative to draft Ordinances to establish the District NoHo Specific Plan.

 

14-1378-S1   Cultivation of produce for use on-site and sale, or distribution
To Trade, Travel and Tourism Committee
Motion (McOsker – Hernandez) relative to requesting the City Attorney to prepare and present a draft ordinance to amend Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.03 to allow for the cultivation of produce for use on-site and sale, or distribution on or off-site, restricted to every other week, on Saturday or Sunday, for no more than four hours.
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Council and Committee Referrals – Friday, February 09, 2024

 

24-1200-S5 Mr. Michael Newhouse to the Los Angeles City Planning Commission
To Planning and Land Use Management Committee
Mayor report, dated February 9, 2024, relative to the appointment of Mr. Michael Newhouse to the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, for the term ending June 30, 2024.

 

24-0147 New density bonus for large family units in multi-family buildings
To Planning and Land Use Management Committee
Motion (Krekorian – Raman, et al.) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning to prepare and present a Ordinance that would establish a new density bonus for large family units in multi-family buildings, and incorporate the provisions listed into the City’s Housing Element of the General Plan.

 

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Los Angeles City Planning Commission signs off on new zoning for the Harbor community plans

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Bullet Urbanize Los Angeles – February 8

After completing updates for four different community plans in 2023, the City of Los Angeles is looking to pick up the pace in 2024. On February 8, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission voted to approve the Harbor LA Community Plan update – the simultaneous amendments of the Wilmington and Harbor-Gateway community plans. The Planning Department expects that the new rules will accommodate up to 47,200 homes, versus 36,275 under current conditions. Growth in the Harbor plans would be steered into “Opportunity Areas,” which comprise approximately 6 percent of the total plan land area.

 

 

 

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Council and Committee Referral – Tuesday, February 06, 2024

 

24-0124 Constructed covenanted affordable housing units in unsubsidized, mixed income projects created through Transit Oriented Communities
To Housing and Homelessness Committee
Motion (Yaroslavsky, Raman – Harris-Dawson) relative to directing the Housing Department, with assistance from the Department of City Planning, to report on the procedures governing the marketing and tenant selection for newly constructed covenanted affordable housing units in unsubsidized, mixed income projects created through Transit Oriented Communities, Density Bonus and similar programs.