The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), in partnership with the Department of City Planning and Fehr & Peers, has developed the City of Los Angeles Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Calculator to estimate project-specific daily household VMT per capita and daily work VMT per employee for land use development projects. This application, the VMT Calculator, […]
CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENTS OF CITY PLANNING (DCP) AND TRANSPORTATION (LADOT) CEQA TRANSPORTATION SECTION UPDATE AB 743 Bill FAQs (December 2018) LADOT Documents Refer to Prior Posts The Los Angeles Departments of City Planning (DCP) and Transportation (LADOT) are updating the City’s California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Transportation Section of the City’s California Environmental […]
The Departments of City Planning and Transportation are leading the effort. Over the last five years, the City of Los Angeles has prepared for a paradigm shift in how transportation impacts will be evaluated through the landmark California Environmental Quality Act. Hunter Kerhart Architectural Photography For decades, the transportation impacts of all projects subject to CEQA […]
Dear Interested Parties, On February 9, 2022, the City Council voted unanimously to adopt the Restaurant Beverage Program (RBP) Ordinance (No. 187,402), which creates two versions of the RBP, a general and an Alcohol Sensitive Use Zone (ASUZ) version, for sit-down restaurants to serve alcohol if they meet more than 50 eligibility criteria, performance standards, […]
SATT was recently asked what reviewers are most interested in. The following includes Posts and Views of items on SATT’s website. Posts/Items […]
Read: SATT Additional Infomation on 2023 New Regulations Dear Stakeholders, This email summarizes new housing-related State legislation signed into law by Governor Newsom that will take effect on January 1, 2023. Please note that this is not a comprehensive account of new State housing regulations, but a high-level summary of some of the major changes […]
Read: AB 2234 STATUS: Became law 09/28/22 Chaptered by Secretary of State – Chapter 651, Statutes of 2022 DCP, State Housing Update Assembly Bill (AB) 2234 | Post-Entitlement Phase Permits Adds requirements for cities during the post-entitlement phase, including posting of online information, digital processing, and new timelines for non-discretionary permits to be deemed complete […]
Read: AB 2334 Read about: SB 684 — Building Homeownership, California YIMBY DCP, State Housing Update Assembly Bill (AB) 2334 | Density Bonus: Very Low Vehicle Travel Areas Allows 100% affordable housing projects to receive added height and unlimited density if the project is located in an urbanized very low vehicle travel area, where at […]
Dear Stakeholders, We hope this message finds you well. We appreciate your continued interest and engagement with the Ventura-Cahuenga Specific Plan Amendment. As we announced in August of 2021, Los Angeles City Planning will address the implementation of the New Zoning Code on the Ventura-Cahuenga Corridor as part of the Community Plan Updates underway in […]
Dear Interested Parties, On May 10, 2022, the City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee approved seven proposed Resolutions relative to activating the provisions of the Restaurant Beverage Program (RBP) Ordinance (No. 187,402). As such, on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, the full City Council will consider three of the seven proposed Resolutions (Council […]
Dear Interested Parties, On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, the City Council will hold a public hearing on the proposed Restaurant Beverage Program (RBP) Ordinance. The RBP Ordinance would create two administrative clearance processes for sit-down restaurants to serve alcohol without a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) if they meet more than 50 eligibility criteria, performance standards, […]
Source: Department of City Planning, Also, refer to SATT Post Dear Interested Parties, On Tuesday, January 18, 2022, the City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee will consider the proposed Restaurant Beverage Program (RBP) Ordinance. The RBP Ordinance would create two administrative clearance processes for sit-down restaurants to serve alcohol without a Conditional […]
Live Streaming Option Added! While OPR’s upcoming webinars are full, a live stream option has been added for the upcoming dates: Thursday, April 16, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm Monday, April 20, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm During the webinar, the content will be available on OPR’s YouTube Channelfor viewing. Registration is not needed. As a reminder, each date will contain […]
OPR Implementing SB 743: What You Need to Know While Californians are rightfully focused on COVID-19 during this time, OPR has also received many questions about SB 743 implementation in the past few weeks. The requirement in CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3 to use vehicle miles traveled (VMT) as the metric for transportation analysis still takes […]
The Complete Streets Design Guide accompanies the Mobility Plan 2035, outlining the vision for designing safe, accessible, and vibrant streets in Los Angeles. The guide compiles design concepts and best practices that promote safe and accessible streets. The updated Streets Dimension Standard Plan (Standards S-470-1) reflects an expanded suite of street arterials and non-arterials to align with […]
CPC-2018-6577-MSC AT CITY PLANNING COMMISSION 02/28/2019 Council Districts: All CEQA: N/A Last Day to Act: 07-01-19 Plan Area: Citywide PUBLIC HEARING – Completed November 28, 2018; November 29, 2018; December 4, 2018; December 6, 2018 PROJECT SITE: Citywide PROPOSED PROJECT: An update to the Transportation Section of the Los Angeles CEQA Thresholds Guide to […]
Amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines have been approved by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and filed by the Secretary of State. The OAL approved the amendments on December 28, 2018 and the Secretary of State filed the Guidelines the same day. The amendments are now effective California Regulations. Several Updates […]
Notice of Open House and Public Hearing California Environmental Quality Act and Transportation Update You are invited to an Informational Open House and a Public Hearing regarding updates by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning and Department of Transportation to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process. The City of Los Angeles is updating […]
Full Text: Download Summary In December 2013, the Mayor issued Executive Directive 3, directing all City departments to post online data collected or generated to promote the transparency and accountability of all city government processes. Through the Mayor’s Performance Metric page and the City’s Open Data Portal, the public can track the progress of municipal […]
CF 14-1169 City Council 07/20/2019 Vote Given: (13 – 0 – 2) TRANSPORTATION and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES REPORTS relative to the impact of the State of California’s adoption of the amended California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) guidelines implementing Senate Bill (SB) 743. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT Recommendation for Council action, as initiated […]
Planning Land Use and Management consideration of the following: “On September 27, 2013, Governor Brown signed SB 743 into law, which requires the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) to create a process to change the manner in which transportation impacts are analyzed under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Currently, the environmental review […]