CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY, IMMIGRATION, AGING AND DISABILITY COMMITTEE REPORT relative to requesting an Ordinance which would repeal Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) 14.3.1 (L) which currently imposes a series of requirements to re-establish eldercare facilities that have been abandoned or discontinued for a year.
Recommendation for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Raman – Yaroslavsky):
REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present an Ordinance, with the assistance of the Department of City Planning, which would repeal LAMC 14.3.1 (L) which currently imposes a series of requirements to re-establish eldercare facilities that have been abandoned or discontinued for a year so that the City can remove barriers to preserve eldercare facilities.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Tolling of Deadlines Prescribed in the Municipal Code
To further aid in our efforts to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, by virtue of
the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Los Angeles under the provisions of the
Los Angeles Administrative Code, Chapter 3, Section 8.29 to promulgate, issue, and
enforce emergency rules, regulations, orders, and directives, I hereby declare the
following order to be necessary for the protection of life and property and I hereby order,
effective immediately, until April 19, 2020, that:
All deadlines prescribed in the Los Angeles Municipal Code, including but not limited to
provisions in community, specific, or other similar plans, pertaining to public hearings
and decisions made by legislative bodies, zoning administrators, the Director of
Planning, the General Manager of the Department of Building and Safety, or other City
department general managers, including expiration dates for utilization of existing
approvals shall be tolled and suspended until further notice. This order shall apply,
without limitation, to the following non-exhaustive list of circumstances:
1. Expiration of Building and Other Related Permits and Plan Check
Applications. During the effective period of this order, toll all local municipal
code provisions regarding the expiration of permits, plan check, and slight
modifications or alternatives, including LAMC Sections 98.0602, 98.0603, and
98.0604 as well as LAMC 12.26 A.3(a).
2. Time to Act on Entitlement Applications. During the effective period of this
order, toll all Zoning Code provisions regarding the Time to Act on filed
applications. These actions shall be implemented consistent with State law
and/or any directive issued by the Governor.
3. Time Period for Effectuation & Utilization of Entitlements. Toll and extend
time limits by 6 months for effectuation and utilization of all entitlements already
approved and still valid, or approved during the effective period of this order.
4. Time Limits in the Cultural Heritage Ordinance. Toll all time limits included
within the Cultural Heritage Ordinance (Los Angeles Administrative Code Section
22.171 et. seq.).
Local decision-makers, including the Director of Planning and Zoning Administrator, are
hereby authorized to hold public hearings prescribed by the Los Angeles Municipal
Code in a manner consistent with the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20, and any
subsequent orders or published guidance, pertaining to local legislative bodies.
Nothing in this Order prohibits the applicable City Departments from continuing to
process applications in a reasonable and timely manner.
This order may be extended prior to April 19, 2020.
Tolling of Deadlines Prescribed in the Municipal Code
To further aid in our efforts to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, by virtue of authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of Los Angeles under the provisions of the Los Angeles Administrative Code, Chapter 3, Section 8.29 to promulgate, issue, and enforce emergency rules, regulations, orders, and directives, I hereby declare the following order to be necessary for the protection of life and property and I hereby order, effective immediately, until April 19, 2020, that:
All deadlines prescribed in the Los Angeles Municipal Code, including but not limited to provisions in community, specific, or other similar plans, pertaining to public hearings and decisions made by legislative bodies, zoning administrators, the Director of Planning, the General Manager of the Department of Building and Safety, or other City department general managers, including expiration dates for utilization of existing approvals, shall be tolled and suspended until further noti,ce. This order shall apply, without limitation, to the following non-exhaustive list of circumstances:
Expiration of Building and Other Related Permits and Plan Check Applications. During the effective period of this order, toll all local municipal code provisions regarding expiration of permits, plan check, and slight modifications or alternatives, including LAMC Sections 0602, 98.0603, and 98.0604 as well as LAMC 12.26 A.3(a).
Time to Act on Entitlement Applications. During the effective period of this order, toll all Zoning Code provisions regarding the Time to Act on filed applications. These actions shall be implemented consistent with State law and/or any directive issued by the
Time Period for Effectuation & Utilization of Entitlements. Toll and extend time limits by 6 months for effectuation and utilization of all entitlements already approved and still valid, or approved during the effective period of this
Time Limits in the Cultural Heritage Ordinance. Toll all time limits included within the Cultural Heritage Ordinance (Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 22.171 et. seq.).
Local decision-makers, including the Director of Planning and Zoning Administrator, are hereby authorized to hold public hearings prescribed by the Los Angeles Municipal Code in a manner consistent with the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20, and any subsequent orders or published guidance, pertaining to local legislative bodies.
Nothing in this Order prohibits the applicable City Departments from continuing to process applications in a reasonable and timely manner.
This order may be extended prior to April 19, 2020.
CF 17-0447-S2 AT PLUM 11/01/2022 CONTINUED FROM 10/18/22
Mitigated Negative Declaration, Errata, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, section 15074(b) and related CEQA findings and Report and Recommendations from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission for a draft Ordinance amending Los Angeles Municipal Code Sections 12.03, 12.20, 12.23, 12.24, and 13.01 to prohibit new oil and gas extraction and make existing extraction activities a nonconforming use in all zones. The proposed Ordinance would phase out all oil drilling activities in the City of Los Angeles by immediately banning new oil and gas extraction and requiring the abandonment of existing wells after an amortization period. (Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee waived consideration of the item. Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee approved as amended the item on October 6, 2022.)
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case No.: CPC-2022-4864-CA
Environmental Case No.: ENV-2022-4865-MND
Fiscal Impact Statement: No
Community Impact Statement: Yes
For:
United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council
Westwood Neighborhood Council
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10/18/2022 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to/for November 1, 2022.
10/17/2022 Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee waived consideration of item .
10/14/2022 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on October 18, 2022. Communication from Department of City Planning – Letter to PLUM 10/13/2022, Attachment to Communication dated 10-13-22 – Errata to the IS-MND 10/13/2022, Attachment to Communication dated 10-13-22 – Responses to Comments on the IDS-MND 10/13/2022, Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Amended Findings 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Environmental 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Mailing List 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Interested Parties Email List 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Proposed Ordinance 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Staff Report 09/26/2022
10/13/2022 Community Impact Statement submitted by Westside Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 17-0447-S2 Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Amended Findings,09/26/2022 Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Environmental 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Mailing List 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Interested Parties Email List 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Proposed Ordinance 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Staff Report 09/26/2022
10/06/2022 Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee approved as amended .
10/05/2022 Community Impact Statement submitted by United Neighborhoods Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 17-0447-S2
09/30/2022 Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on October 6, 2022. Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Amended Findings,09/26/2022 Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Environmental 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Mailing List 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Interested Parties Email List 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Proposed Ordinance 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Staff Report 09/26/2022
09/27/2022 Los Angeles City Planning Commission document(s) referred to Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee; Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee; Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Amended Findings,09/26/2022 Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Environmental 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Mailing List 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Interested Parties Email List 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Proposed Ordinance 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Staff Report 09/26/2022
09/26/2022 Document(s) submitted by Los Angeles City Planning Commission, as follows: Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Amended Findings,09/26/2022 Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Environmental 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Mailing List 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Interested Parties Email List 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Proposed Ordinance 09/26/2022, Attachment to Report dated 9-26-22 – Staff Report 09/26/2022
Los Angeles City Planning Commission report, dated September 26, 2022, relative to a proposed ordinance amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code to prohibit new oil and gas extraction and make existing extraction activities a nonconforming use in all zones.
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) and ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND RIVER (ECCEJR) COMMITTEES’ REPORTS and RESOLUTION relative to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC) as a trustee agency; consultation in regards to the Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Natural Resource Protection Plan, and a process for all future spatial habitat protection maps to ensure their protection and conservation.
PLUM COMMITTEE REPORT
Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Resolution (Blumenfield – et al. – Krekorian), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:
RECEIVE and FILE Resolution (Blumenfield – et al. – Krekorian) dated November 3, 2021.
ADOPT RESOLUTION (Blumenfield – et al. – Krekorian) dated September 6, 2022 with the following revised recommendations:
Remove ‘City of Los Angeles’ in the moving clauses, and replace it with ‘the Council, with the Concurrence of the Mayor.’
Instruct the Department of City Planning (DCP), the Bureau of Engineering (BOE), the Bureau of Street Services (BSS), in consultation with the City Attorney, to coordinate with all other City departments that are a ‘lead agency’ overseeing/approving the environmental clearance for a project, to consult with the SMMC prior to the release of any draft negative declarations and environmental impact reports under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and on projects that may affect natural resources within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as defined in the Conservancy Act (Public Resources Code Sections 21080.3, 21080.4, 21091, and 21153).
Instruct the DCP, BOE, BSS, in consultation with the City Attorney, to coordinate with other City departments, and take all necessary steps to ensure that the Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Natural Resource Protection Plan prepared by the SMMC will be considered by the City in the CEQA process to ensure the protection and conservation of sensitive habitat areas.
Instruct the DCP, BOE, BSS, in consultation with the City Attorney, to coordinate with other City departments, and develop a process to consider all future spatial habitat protection maps prepared by the SMMC.
Resolve that this Resolution will apply prospectively only and not to any discretionary CEQA approval published or sought from the City prior to the date this Resolution becomes effective.
Instruct the DCP, BOE, BSS, to report to the Council within 90 days on the status of the coordination efforts regarding the Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Natural Resource Protection Plan and a process for all future spatial habitat protection maps prepared by the SMMC.
ECCEJR COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:
RECEIVE and FILE Resolution (Blumenfield – et al. – Krekorian) dated November 3, 2021.
ADOPT the accompanying revised RESOLUTION attached to the ECCEJR Committee report that contains the amendments recommended by the ECCEJR Committee:
Consult with the SMMC on any draft negative declarations and environmental impact reports under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for any project within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as defined in the Conservancy Act, consistent with trustee agency consultations requirements in Public Resources Code Sections 21080.3, 21080.4, 21091, and 21153.
The Department of City Planning, the Bureau of Engineering (BOE), and the Bureau of Street Services (Urban Forestry Division), in consultation with the City Attorney, to coordinate with other City departments and take all necessary steps to ensure that Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Natural Resource Protection Plan prepared by the SMMC will be considered by the City in the CEQA process to ensure the protection and conservation of sensitive habitat areas.
The Department of City Planning, the BOE, and the Bureau of Street Services (Urban Forestry Division), in consultation with the City Attorney, to coordinate with other City departments and develop a process to consider all future spatial habitat protection maps prepared and adopted by the SMMC.
The Department of City Planning, the BOE, and the Bureau of Street Services (Urban Forestry Division) are to report to the City Council within 90 days of the adoption of this Resolution on the status of the coordination efforts regarding the Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Natural Resource Protection Plan and a process for all future spatial habitat protection maps prepared by the SMMC.
That the provisions of this Resolution shall apply prospectively only and shall not apply to any discretionary CEQA approval published or sought from the City prior to the adoption date of this Resolution, with the concurrence of the Mayor.
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: Tarzana Neighborhood Council
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11/18/2022 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on November 22, 2022. Report from Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee 11/03/2022, Resolution 09/06/2022
11/03/2022 Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee approved as amended . Resolution 09/06/2022, Resolution 11/03/2022
10/28/2022 Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on November 3, 2022. Resolution 09/06/2022, Resolution 11/03/2022
09/20/2022 Planning and Land Use Committee received and filed Resolution (Blumenfied – Raman – Bonin – Koretz – Krekorian); and Approved Resolution (Blumenfied – Raman – Koretz – De Leon for Bonin – Krekorian) with revised recommendations. Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee 09/20/2022, Resolution 09/06/2022, Resolution 11/03/2022
09/20/2022 Planning and Land Use Management Committee transmitted Council File to Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee.
09/09/2022 Corrected referral of the Resolution dated 11-3-2021 to include both Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee and the Planning and Land Use Management Committee per Council President. Resolution 11/03/2021
09/06/2022 Resolution referred to Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee; Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Resolution 09/06/2022
12/21/2021 Community Impact Statement submitted by Tarzana Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 21-1284
12/17/2021 Community Impact Statement submitted by Tarzana Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 21-1284
11/03/2021 Resolution referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Resolution 11/03/2021
Motion (Koretz – de León) relative to directing the Department of City Planning, in consultation with the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, Los Angeles Fire Department, Climate Emergency Mobilization Office, and other relevant City departments or agencies, and requesting the City Attorney to report back on drafting an Ordinance to amend the Los Angeles Municipal Code which would prohibit the building and permitting of any new gas, diesel, or other fossil-fuel pumps in the City of Los Angeles, and for any expansions of current gas stations to be limited to serving zero-emissions vehicles and providing non-fuel-related facilities.
Community Impact Statement: Yes
For:
Westside Neighborhood Council
Silver Lake Neighborhood Council
Los Feliz Neighborhood Council
Echo Park Neighborhood Council
North Westwood Neighborhood Council
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03/31/2022 Community Impact Statement submitted by North Westwood Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 21-0533
09/14/2021 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to/for a date to be determined. Motion 05/18/2022
09/10/2021 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 14, 2021. Motion 05/18/2022
07/28/2021 Community Impact Statement submitted by Echo Park Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 21-0533
07/26/2021 Community Impact Statement submitted by Los Feliz Neighborhood Council,Los Feliz Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 21-0533
07/20/2021 Community Impact Statement submitted by Silver Lake Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 21-0533
06/11/2021 Community Impact Statement submitted by Westside Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 21-0533
05/18/2021 Motion referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Motion 05/18/2022
LOS ANGELES— Today, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (CPC) issued a unanimous recommendation in support of City Planning’s proposed land use recommendations that would prohibit new oil and gas extraction, and begin the phase out of existing operations.
“Today’s vote demonstrates what cities can do at the local level to address issues related to environmental justice and climate change,” stated Commission President Samantha Millman. “The Department and Commission have worked together with impacted communities to advance this initiative in alignment with the broader national and statewide discussions around L.A.’s Green New Deal.”
Traditionally, while some oil wells in Los Angeles have been situated in heavy industrial areas, many have been located within residential neighborhoods, nearby community parks and schools. As a result, City Planning prepared this ordinance to institute an outright ban on all future oil uses, while making extraction activities a nonconforming use in all zones to phase out of existing operations, and to better prioritize the health of its residents.
“Zoning in Los Angeles arose from a need to protect citizens’ health, safety, and welfare,” stated Commissioner Renee Dake Wilson. “You can imagine how proud it then makes me feel to be a part of a conversation on how zoning can address issues related to equity, considering how long our front line communities of color have had to live next to these drill sites.”
Following CPC’s recommendation, the ordinance will now advance to the City Council for their consideration and approval. Upon adoption, it will add to the list of other community protections that the City has instituted to improve land use compatibility at the neighborhood level while addressing Los Angeles’s goals around sustainability and resiliency.
Los Angeles’s Citywide Proposal to Ban Oil Drilling Advances to City Planning Commission on Sept. 22
LOS ANGELES— City Planning will present at the upcoming meeting of the City Planning Commission (CPC) their formal recommendation on a draft ordinance that would prohibit new oil and gas extraction citywide, in addition to phasing out existing extraction operations.
Consistent with the City’s policies on climate change, the Department has advanced a new ordinance at the direction of the Mayor and City Council that will improve the City’s livability, while addressing past injustices to frontline communities and communities of color who have been disproportionately affected by the health impacts associated with living next to drill sites.
The City Planning Commission meeting will take place at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 22, 2022. The agenda has been posted online as well as the Department’s fact sheet. To listen to the meeting by phone, dial (213) 621-2489 or (818) 904-9450. The meeting can also be accessed online via Zoom: Meeting ID: 883 0332 8150 | Passcode 057329.
Thank you for your feedback and participation throughout the development of the City’s Oil and Gas Drilling Ordinance (Oil Ordinance). Public input and engagement are critical to this process, and we appreciate your thoughts and comments. A full recording of the August 30, 2022 virtual presentation, Q&A, and public hearing has been posted on Los Angeles City Planning’s Oil Ordinance website.
City Planning has taken significant steps this week to advance the Oil Ordinance, releasing an updated version of the draft proposed Oil Ordinance, a Mitigated Negative Declaration (please see Environmental Case Number ENV-2022-4865-MND) which analyzes potential impacts on the environment, and a staff recommendation report to the City Planning Commission.
The recommended ordinance, dated September 2022, includes revisions made since the release of the August 2022 draft ordinance. These revisions clarify or correct language originally presented in the prior draft and reflect comments received from the public. The revised ordinance retains conditions listed in Los Angeles Municipal Code Sections 13.01 E and F, which apply to existing oil operations. It also incorporates language to allow actions that prevent or respond to threats to public health, safety, or the environment.
The Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Oil Ordinance is available for public review and comment and can be accessed on our Department’s website (please see Environmental Case Number ENV-2022-4865-MND). The 30-day comment period will end on October 17, 2022. Please submit your written comments (and include Environmental Case No. ENV-2022-4865-MND) via email or mail by 5 p.m. on October 17, 2022 to the following addresses:
Beyond the Mitigated Negative Declaration comment period, general public comments are also welcome continually until the Oil Ordinance is adopted by City Council.
The City Planning Commission (CPC) will consider the proposed Oil Ordinance at a public meeting on September 22, 2022. The agenda for this meeting is available at planning4la.org/hearings, and includes instructions on submitting comments directly to the CPC. Due to concerns over COVID-19, this public hearing will be conducted entirely on Zoom and will allow for remote public comment.
We thank you again for your continued participation.
Sincerely,
Los Angeles City Planning
Estimadas partes interesadas,
Gracias por sus comentarios y participación a lo largo del desarrollo de la Ordenanza de Perforación de Petróleo y Gas de la Ciudad (conocida también como la Ordenanza de Petróleo). Los aportes y la participación del público son fundamentales para este proceso, y apreciamos sus pensamientos y comentarios. Se ha publicado una grabación completa de la presentación virtual, las preguntas y respuestas, y la audiencia pública del 30 de agosto de 2022 en el sitio web de la Ordenanza de Petróleo del Departamento de Planeación de la Ciudad de Los Ángeles.
El Departamento de Planeación de la Ciudad ha tomado medidas significativas esta semana para avanzar en la Ordenanza del Petróleo, publicando una versión actualizada del borrador de la Ordenanza del Petróleo propuesta, una Declaración Negativa Mitigada (consulte el número de caso ambiental ENV-2022-4865-MND) que analiza los impactos potenciales al medio ambiente, y un informe de recomendación del personal a la Comisión de Planeación de la Ciudad.
La ordenanza recomendada, con fecha de septiembre de 2022, incluye revisiones realizadas desde la publicación del borrador de ordenanza de agosto de 2022. Estas revisiones aclaran o corrigen el lenguaje presentado originalmente en el borrador anterior y reflejan los comentarios recibidos del público. La ordenanza revisada conserva las condiciones enumeradas en las Secciones 13.01 E y F del Código Municipal de Los Ángeles, que se aplican a las operaciones petroleras existentes. También incorpora lenguaje para permitir ciertos tipos de actividades en pozos existentes. También incorpora lenguaje para permitir acciones que previenen o responden a amenazas a la salud pública, la seguridad, o el medio ambiente.
La Declaración Negativa Mitigada para la Ordenanza de Petróleo está disponible para revisión y comentarios públicos y se puede acceder en el sitio web de nuestro Departamento. El periodo de comentarios de 30 días finalizará el 17 de octubre de 2022. Envíe sus comentarios (e incluya el número de caso del estudio ambiental ENV-2022-4865-MND) por correo electrónico y correo postal antes de las 5 p.m. del 17 de octubre de 2022 a las siguientes direcciones:
Más allá del periodo de comentarios de la Declaración Negativa Mitigada, los comentarios del público en general también son bienvenidos continuamente hasta que el Concejal de la Ciudad adopte la Ordenanza del Petróleo.
La Comisión de Planeación de la Ciudad considerará la Ordenanza del Petróleo propuesta en una audiencia pública el 22 de septiembre de 2022. La agenda de esta audiencia está disponible en planning4la.org/hearings e incluye instrucciones sobre como enviar comentarios directamente a la Comisión de Planeación de la Ciudad. Debido a las preocupaciones sobre el COVID-19, esta audiencia pública se llevará a cabo completamente por Zoom y permitirá comentarios públicos remotos.
Le agradecemos nuevamente por su continua participación.
Sinceramente,
Departamento de Planeación de la Ciudad de Los Ángeles
The Urban Design Studio recently held virtual workshops to offer an update to the City’s Landscape Ordinance as part of the Healthy Buildings, Healthy Places Program. The virtual workshops provided attendees with the opportunity to offer feedback on the proposed strategies and contribute toward implementing healthy building design and climate-adapted site design.
At the workshops, City Planning shared strategies based on previous stakeholder feedback. This program, aimed at creating objective standards for landscape and site design, will reflect current best practices in addressing pressing climate needs and social factors, building upon the Plan for a Healthy Los Angeles and existing Citywide Design Guidelines in effect today.
Recordings of past presentations are available for viewing at the StoryMap linked below.
Read: SB 234 (This bill requires a large family daycare home to be treated as a residential use of property for purposes of all local ordinances)
Read: Report from Department of City Planning 05/25/2021
CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS, ARTS, AND RIVER and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to the Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs and approval process for childcare facilities.
Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Krekorian – Martinez):
INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP), with the assistance of the City Attorney, Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), and the Department of Building and Safety (LADBS), to report with recommendations on the following: Permitting childcare facilities by right in all areas of the City, except heavy industrial.
Creating an administrative approval process for childcare facilities if the applicant complies with licensing requirements and agrees to a set of standard conditions, such as the proposed standard conditions detailed in Motion (Krekorian – Martinez), attached to the Council file.
Implementing a pre-submittal review process with ECE providers such as the City of Santa Monica’s program.
INSTRUCT the DCP, with the assistance of the Department of Recreation and Parks, the City Attorney, and the CLA, to report to the Council with recommendations for the implementation of a pilot program that allows ECE providers to satisfy their outdoor space requirement for public parks, similar to the City of San Francisco’s program.
INSTRUCT the LADBS to report with recommendations on reducing or eliminating the change of use fee when single-family residences used as family child care homes or single-family child care homes are converted to child care facilities.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the CLA has submitted a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
(Continued from Council meeting of July 29, 2020)
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02/16/2022 Council adopted item forthwith. Motion (Lee – Krekorian) 02/16/2022, Report from Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee 01/25/2022
02/11/2022 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on February 16, 2022. Report from Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee 01/25/2022, Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee 08/10/2021
01/25/2022 Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee approved as amended . Report from Department of City Planning 05/25/2021; Amending Motion (Krekorian – Ryu) 08/12/2020
01/21/2022 Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on January 25, 2022. Report from Department of City Planning 05/25/2021; Amending Motion (Krekorian – Ryu) 08/12/2020
08/11/2021 Planning and Land Use Management Committee transmitted Council File to Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee. Transmittal Letter from Planning and Land Use Management Committee to Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee 08/11/2021
08/10/2021 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) , with instructions to the Community Investment for Families Department, with the assistance of the Department of City Planning, Department of Recreation and Parks, and the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, to create a comprehensive webpage to serve as a centralized Early Childhood Education hub and planning guide, similar to that of the City of Santa Monica; and, to report back to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee with specific recommendations for adoption. Report from Department of City Planning 05/25/2021
08/06/2021 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on August 10, 2021. Report from Department of City Planning 05/25/2021
06/01/2021 Department of City Planning document(s) referred to Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee; Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Report from Department of City Planning 05/25/2021
05/26/2021 Document(s) submitted by Department of City Planning, as follows: Report from Department of City Planning 05/25/2021
Department of City Planning report, dated May 25, 2021, relative to the Early Childhood Education Programs and approval process for child care facilities.
08/12/2020 Council action final.
08/12/2020 Council adopted item, as amended, forthwith. Amending Motion (Krekorian – Ryu) 08/12/2020, Report from Health, Education, Neighborhoods, Parks, Arts, and River Committee 06/26/2020
07/29/2020 Council continued item to/for August 12, 2020 Motion (May 27, 2020), Health, Education, Neighborhoods, Parks, Arts, and River Committee (June 26, 2020)
7/24/2020 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on July 29, 2020.07/02/2020 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) . Motion (May 27, 2020), Health, Education, Neighborhoods, Parks, Arts, and River Committee (June 26, 2020)
06/29/2020 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on July 2, 2020. Motion (May 27, 2020)
06/26/2020 Health, Education, Neighborhoods, Parks, Arts, and River Committee approved item(s) . Motion (May 27, 2020)
06/22/2020 Health, Education, Neighborhoods, Parks, Arts, and River Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 26, 2020. Motion (May 27, 2020)
05/27/2020 Motion document(s) referred to Health, Education, Neighborhoods, Parks, Arts, and River Committee; Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Motion (May 27, 2020)
Motion (Krekorian – O’Farrell) relative to instructing the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, in consultation with City Attorney and the Department of City Planning, to prepare and present an Ordinance that streamlines and expedites the permitting process for electric vehicle charging stations in compliance with the requirements of Government Code Sections 65850.7 and 65850.71.
Community Impact Statement: Yes
For: Westside Neighborhood Council
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04/03/2022 Community Impact Statement submitted by Studio City Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 22-0120
03/04/2022 Council adopted item forthwith. Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee 03/01/2022
03/04/2022 Council action final. Council Action 03/04/2022
03/01/2022 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on March 4, 2022. Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee 03/01/2022
02/15/2022 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) . Motion 02/01/2022
02/11/2022 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on February 15, 2022. Motion 02/02/2022
02/10/2022 Community Impact Statement submitted by Westside Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 22-0120
02/01/2022 Motion referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Motion 02/01/2022
Environmental Impact Report (EIR), No. EIR No. ENV-2020-6762-EIR and State Clearinghouse (SCH) No. 2021010130, and related EIR Findings, Statement of Overriding Considerations, Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP), and related California Environmental Quality Act findings; reports from the Department of City Planning, Los Angeles City Planning Commission, and Mayor relative to the technical amendments to the Health Element (Plan for a Healthy Los Angeles), Resolution to certify the EIR and adopt the EIR Findings, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and MMP; and Resolution to amend the Health Element of the City’s General Plan, pursuant to City Charter Section 555 and the Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 11.5.6, to make clarifications in regards to recent State legislation and integrate new work programs. (Also referred to Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee)
Applicant: City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning
Case No. CPC-2021-5499-GPA
Environmental Nos. ENV-2020-6762-EIR; SCH. No. 2021010130
Related Case: CPC-2020-1365-GPA
Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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10/29/2021 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on November 2, 2021. Communication from Department of City Planning – Supplemental Transmittal 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – FEIR Appendix I – Updated Draft Housing Element Update 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – FEIR Appendix J – Updated Draft Safety Element Update 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – FEIR Appendix K – Listing of Amendments to the Plan for a Healthy LA 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) – October 2021 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal No. 1 – FEIR Appendix M1 – Center for Biological Diversity References (Comment Letter O-9) 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal No. 1 – FEIR Appendix M2 – Center for Biological Diversity References (Comment Letter O-9) 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – FEIR Appendix L – Bracketed Comment Letters 10/26/2021
Transmittal from Mayor – Department of City Planning Report 10/22/2021; Attachment to Transmittal dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 3 – Safety Heath Element Resolution 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit N – Draft EIR and Appendices 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit M – Draft EIR Resolution 10/20/2021; Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Staff Report 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Letter to City Council 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit Links 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit L – Health Atlas 2021 – Selected Draft Maps 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit K – SB 1000 Compliance Memo 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit J – Summary of Proposed Amendments 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit F – Draft Safety and Health Element Resolution 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Attachment 4 – EIR Resolution 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Attachment 2 Findings 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Attachment 1 Corrections 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Attachment 3 – Safety and Health Element Resolution 10/22/2021
10-26-21 Document(s) submitted by Department of City Planning, as follows: Communication from Department of City Planning – Supplemental Transmittal 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – FEIR Appendix I – Updated Draft Housing Element Update 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – FEIR Appendix J – Updated Draft Safety Element Update 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – FEIR Appendix K – Listing of Amendments to the Plan for a Healthy LA 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) – October 2021 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal No. 1 – FEIR Appendix M1 – Center for Biological Diversity References (Comment Letter O-9) 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal No. 1 – FEIR Appendix M2 – Center for Biological Diversity References (Comment Letter O-9) 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – FEIR Appendix L – Bracketed Comment Letters 10/26/2021
Communication from Department of City Planning, dated October 26, 2021 – Supplemental Transmittal relative to the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) and Appendices prepared for the update to the General Plan Housing Element for the period 2021-2029.
10/25/2021 Los Angeles City Planning Commission document(s) referred to Arts, Parks, Health, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee; Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit N – Draft EIR and Appendices 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit M – Draft EIR Resolution 10/20/2021; Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Staff Report 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Mailing List 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Mailing List 2 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Letter to City Council 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit Links 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit L – Health Atlas 2021 – Selected Draft Maps 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit K – SB 1000 Compliance Memo 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit J – Summary of Proposed Amendments 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit F – Draft Safety and Health Element Resolution 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Attachment 4 – EIR Resolution 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Attachment 1 Corrections 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Attachment 3 – Safety and Health Element Resolution 10/20/2021
10/25/2021 Los Angeles City Planning Commission document(s) referred to Housing Committee; Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Transmittal from Mayor – Department of City Planning Report 10/22/2021; Attachment to Transmittal dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 3 – Safety Helath Element Resolution 10/22/2021
10/22/2021 Document(s) submitted by Los Angeles City Planning Commission, as follows: Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit N – Draft EIR and Appendices 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit M – Draft EIR Resolution 10/20/2021; Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Staff Report 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Mailing List 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Mailing List 2 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Letter to City Council 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit Links 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit L – Health Atlas 2021 – Selected Draft Maps 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit K – SB 1000 Compliance Memo 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit J – Summary of Proposed Amendments 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Exhibit F – Draft Safety and Health Element Resolution 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Attachment 4 – EIR Resolution 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Attachment 1 Corrections 10/20/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-20-21 – Attachment 3 – Safety and Health Element Resolution 10/20/2021
Los Angeles City Planning Commission report, dated October 20, 2021, relative to a proposed amendment to the Health Element of the General Plan (Plan for Healthy of Los Angeles).
10/22/2021 Document(s) submitted by Mayor, as follows: Transmittal from Mayor – Department of City Planning Report 10/22/2021; Attachment to Transmittal dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 3 – Safety Heath Element Resolution 10/22/2021
Department of City Planning report, dated October 22, 2021, relative to proposed amendments to the Health Element of the General Plan (Plan for Healthy of Los Angeles).
Environmental Impact Report (EIR), No. EIR No. ENV-2020-6762-EIR and State Clearinghouse (SCH) No. 2021010130, and related EIR Findings, Statement of Overriding Considerations, Mitigation Monitoring Program (MMP), and related California Environmental Quality Act findings; reports from the Department of City Planning, Los Angeles City Planning Commission, and Mayor relative to the targeted update of the Safety Element, Resolution to certify the EIR and adopt the EIR Findings, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and MMP; and Resolution to amend the Safety Element of the City’s General Plan, pursuant to City Charter Section 555 and the Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 11.5.6, to ensure compliance with recent State legislation. (Also referred to Public Safety Committee)
Applicant: City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning
Case No. CPC-2021-5499-GPA
Environmental Nos. ENV-2020-6762-EIR; SCH. No. 2021010130
Related Case: CPC-2020-1365-GPA
Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: Yes
For:
Del Rey Neighborhood Council
West Hills Neighborhood Council
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11/29/2021 Council action final.
11/24/2021 Council adopted item forthwith.
11/19/2021 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on November 24, 2021.
11/19/2021 Public Safety Committee waived consideration of item .
11/05/2021 Planning and Land Use Management Committee transmitted Council File to Public Safety Committee. Transmittal Letter from Planning and Land Use Management Committee to Public Safety Committee 11/05/2021
11/02/2021 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) . Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee 11/02/2021, Attachment to Communication dated 11/01/2021 – CEQA Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations 11/01/2021, Communication from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 11/01/2021, Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal No. 1 – FEIR Appendix M2 – Center for Biological Diversity References (Comment Letter O-9) 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal No. 1 – FEIR Appendix M1 – Center for Biological Diversity References (Comment Letter O-9) 10/26/2021; Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – FEIR Appendix I – Updated Draft Housing Element Update 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – FEIR Appendix J – Updated Draft Safety Element Update 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – FEIR Appendix K – Listing of Amendments to the Plan for a Healthy LA 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) – October 2021 10/15/2021;
10/29/2021 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on November 2, 2021. Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal No. 1 – FEIR Appendix M2 – Center for Biological Diversity References (Comment Letter O-9) 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal No. 1 – FEIR Appendix M1 – Center for Biological Diversity References (Comment Letter O-9) 10/26/2021; Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – FEIR Appendix I – Updated Draft Housing Element Update 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – FEIR Appendix J – Updated Draft Safety Element Update 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – FEIR Appendix K – Listing of Amendments to the Plan for a Healthy LA 10/26/2021; Attachment to Communication from Department of City Planning dated 10-26-21 – Supplemental Transmittal – Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) – October 2021 10/15/2021;
Communication from Department of City Planning, dated October 26, 2021 – Supplemental Transmittal relative to the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) and Appendices prepared for the update to the General Plan Housing Element for the period 2021-2029.
10/25/2021 Los Angeles City Planning Commission document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee; Public Safety Committee. Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 4 – EIR Resolution 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 1 – Corrections to Exhibits 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Staff Report 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Letter to City Council 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Mailing List 2 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Mailing List 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit N – Draft EIR and Appendices 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit M – Draft EIR Resolution 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 -Exhibit I – Table of State Compliance 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit H – Local Hazard Mitigation Plan 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit F – Draft Safety Element and Health Element Resolution 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 3 – Safety and Health Element Resolution 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 2 – Findings 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit G – Safety Element Update 10/22/2021
10/25/2021 Department of City Planning document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee; Public Safety Committee. Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 4 – EIR Resolution 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 1 – Corrections to Exhibits 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Staff Report 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Letter to City Council 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Mailing List 2 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Mailing List 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit N – Draft EIR and Appendices 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit M – Draft EIR Resolution 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 -Exhibit I – Table of State Compliance 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit H – Local Hazard Mitigation Plan 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit F – Draft Safety Element and Health Element Resolution 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 3 – Safety and Health Element Resolution 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 2 – Findings 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit G – Safety Element Update 10/22/2021
10/22/2021 Document(s) submitted by Los Angeles City Planning Commission, as follows: Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 4 – EIR Resolution 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 1 – Corrections to Exhibits 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Staff Report 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Letter to City Council 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Mailing List 2 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Mailing List 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit N – Draft EIR and Appendices 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit M – Draft EIR Resolution 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 -Exhibit I – Table of State Compliance 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit H – Local Hazard Mitigation Plan 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit F – Draft Safety Element and Health Element Resolution 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 3 – Safety and Health Element Resolution 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 2 – Findings 10/22/2021; Attachment to Report dated 10-22-21 – Exhibit G – Safety Element Update 10/22/2021 :
Los Angeles City Planning Commission report , dated October 22, 2021, relative to a proposed update to the Safety Element of the General Plan.
10/22/2021 Document(s) submitted by Mayor, as follows: Transmittal from Mayor – Department of City Planning Report 10/22/2021; Attachment to Transmittal dated 10-22-21 – Attachment 3 – Safety and Health Element Resolution 10/22/2021
05/18/2021 Community Impact Statement submitted by West Hills Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 20-1213
01/05/2021 Community Impact Statement submitted by Del Rey Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 20-1213
11/12/2020 Council action final.
11/10/2020 Council adopted item forthwith.
11/06/2020 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on November 10, 2020.
11/05/2020 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved as amended .
11/05/2020 Community Impact Statement submitted by Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council.
10/30/2020 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on November 5, 2020. Report from Public Safety Committee 10/13/2020; Motion 09/22/2020
10/14/2020 Public Safety Committee transmitted Council File to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
10/13/2020 Public Safety Committee approved item(s) .
10/08/2020 Public Safety Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on October 13, 2020.
09/22/2020 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee; Public Safety Committee. Motion 09/22/2020
This email is to inform you of new documents and upcoming virtual meetings related to the Updates to the Housing Element and the Safety Element, as well as technical amendments to the Plan for a Healthy Los Angeles.
Final EIR
The Notice of Availability (NOA) for the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared for the Updates to the Housing Element and the Safety Element, as well as technical amendments to the Plan for a Healthy Los Angeles (collectively “Proposed Project”) has been posted online.
Beginning Friday, October 29th, copies of the Final EIR will also be available for review at the 9 LA Public Library branch locations listed in the NOA.
The Final EIR includes a response to comments and corrections to the Draft EIR based on input received.
The Final EIR will be submitted to the decision-maker for requested certification and action on the Proposed Project at an upcoming hearing.
Please note comments on the Final EIR are not required to be responded to by the City. If written comments are received, they will be provided to the City Council for consideration.
City Council Hearings
The proposed Housing Element was heard at the Housing Committee meeting on Wednesday, October 27th. The Final EIR and Proposed Project will be considered at upcoming hearings by the City Council, including the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee tentatively planned for Tuesday, November 2nd. Additional hearings by the decision-maker may occur, including a hearing by the full City Council, but are not scheduled at this time. Agendas to City Council and Committee meetings are posted at least 72 hours prior to a meeting and can be accessed online at: https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar, the posted agendas will provide additional information on public comment.
Council Files have been assigned as follows: Housing Element at CF 21-1230, Safety Element at CF 20-1213, and the Health Element at CF 15-0103-S3. To receive automatic notification of scheduled City Council meetings, subscribe to the Council Files for each plan.
Partes Interesadas,
Este correo electrónico es para informarle sobre nuevos documentos y próximas reuniones virtuales relacionados a las Actualizaciones del Elemento de Vivienda y el Elemento de Seguridad, como también para modificaciones al Plan para un Los Angeles Saludable.
Informe de Impacto Ambiental (EIR por sus siglas en inglés) Final
El documento de Disponibilidad de Aviso (NOA por sus siglas en inglés) para el Informe de Impacto Ambiental (EIR por sus siglas en inglés) preparado para las Actualizaciones del Elemento de Vivienda y el Elemento de Seguridad, como también para modificaciones al Plan para un Los Angeles Saludable (colectivamente el “Proyecto Propuesto”) ha sido publicado en el sitio web.
Los materiales del NOA y el EIR Final ya están disponibles para revisión en el sitio web de la Ciudad de Los Angeles aquí:
https://planning.lacity.org/development-services/eir/housing-element-2021-2029-update-safety-element-update-0
Empezando el viernes 29 de octubre, copias del EIR final también estarán disponibles para revisión en 9 librerías públicas de la ciudad, las cuales están notadas en el NOA.
El EIR Final incluye respuestas a comentarios y correcciones al borrador del EIR basadas en la contribución pública que recibió.
El EIR Final se le entregará a la parte responsable de tomar decisiones para las clarificaciones solicitadas y acción sobre el Proyecto Propuesto durante la próxima audiencia pública.
Por favor tome en cuenta que la Ciudad no está requerida a responder a comentarios sobre el EIR Final. Si se reciben comentarios escritos, estos serán enviados al Consejo de la Ciudad para su consideración.
Audiencias Públicas del Consejo de la Ciudad
El Elemento de Vivienda propuesto se escuchó durante la reunión de la Comisión de Vivienda el miércoles, 27 de octubre. El Consejo de la Ciudad también considerará el EIR Final del Proyecto Propuesto durante las próximas audiencias públicas, incluyendo el Comité de Planeación y el Uso de Suelo (PLUM por sus siglas en inglés) tentativamente prevista para el martes 2 de noviembre. Audiencias públicas adicionales dirigidas por la parte responsable de tomar decisiones, incluyendo el consejo de la ciudad, se pueden llevar a cabo, pero no están programadas todavía. Las agendas de las reuniones del consejo de la ciudad y los comités son publicadas por lo menos 72 horas antes de una reunión y se encuentran en el sitio web aquí: https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar, las agendas publicadas proveerán más información sobre el comentario público.
Los expedientes del consejo se han asignado de la siguiente manera: el Elemento de Vivienda se encuentra aquí CF 21-1230, el Elemento de Seguridad se encuentra aquí CF 20-1213, y el Elemento de Salud se encuentra aquí CF 15-0103-S3. Para recibir notificaciones automáticas sobre reuniones del Consejo de la Ciudad programadas, suscríbase a los Archivos del Consejo de cada proyecto.
Read Office of Zoning Administration March 2, 2022, ZA Memo 138
Motion (Krekorian – Martinez) relative to requesting the City Attorney, with assistance from the Department of City Planning and any other supportive City departments, to prepare and present an Ordinance to amend Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 12.22 and any other provisions of the LAMC concerning Large Family Day Care Homes to comport with California Senate Bill 234.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
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10/13/2021 Council adopted item forthwith. Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee 10/05/2021
10/08/2021 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on October 13, 2021. Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee 10/05/2021
10/08/2021 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for Council on October 13, 2021. Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee 10/05/2021
10/05/2021 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) . Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee 10/05/2021 Motion 08/03/2021
10/01/2021 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on October 5, 2021. Motion 08/03/2021
08/03/2021 Motion referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Motion 08/03/2021
REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present an Ordinance to establish a fee schedule, included as Attachment 1 of the City Administrative Officer (CAO) report, dated May 6, 2021, attached to the Council file, for inspection services provided by the Bureau of Street Services, Urban Forestry Division, in relation to the Protected Tree Ordinance.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that the staff assigned to the permitting effort do not work full time on the permitting process given the estimated number of annual permits. The proposed new fee structure fully covers the cost of the overall permitting process based on the time and effort required to process the permit even though it cannot cover the full cost of the employees involved. Therefore, the proposed fee is in compliance with the City’s Financial Policy in that the fee fully recovers the cost to process the permits. Time spent by the employees on non-permit activities is covered by other budgeted resources. The impact to the General Fund is approximately $374,000. The first year cost of the positions identified in the report to support the tree removal permit process is $691,401 ($269,720 in direct costs and $421,681 in indirect costs). The 2021-22 estimated revenue from the proposed permit fee is $317,000.
Financial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the recommended action complies with the City’s Financial Policies in that the fees proposed in said CAO report are based on the full cost of operations.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
(Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration of the above matter)
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05/21/2021 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on May 25, 2021.
05/20/2021 Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration of item . Report from City Administrative Officer 05/06/2021
05/12/2021 Public Works Committee transmitted Council File to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Report from City Administrative Officer 05/06/2021
05/12/2021 Public Works Committee approved item(s) . Report from City Administrative Officer 05/06/2021
05/07/2021 Public Works Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on May 12, 2021. Report from City Administrative Officer 05/06/2021
05/06/2021 City Administrative Officer document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee; Public Works Committee. Report from City Administrative Officer 05/06/2021
05/06/2021 Document(s) submitted by City Administrative Officer, as follows:
City Administrative Officer report 0220-05850-0000, dated May 6, 2021, relative to revising the Protected Tree permit fee.
01/19/2021 Community Impact Statement submitted by Wilshire Center Koreatown NC. Refer to CF 13-1339
12/30/2020 Council action final.
12/30/2020 Ordinance posted/published. Ordinance effective date: February 4, 2021.
12/28/2020 Mayor transmitted Council File to City Clerk
12/16/2020 City Clerk transmitted Council File to Mayor. Last day for Mayor to act is 12/28/2020. Action 12/16/2020
12/16/2020 Council action final.
12/15/2020 Council adopted item forthwith. Report from City Attorney 12/11/2020, Attachment to Report dated 12/11/2020 – Draft Ordinance 12/11/2020, Report from Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee 12/09/2020
12/14/2020 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on December 15, 2020.
12/11/2020 City Attorney document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee; Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee. Report from City Attorney 12/11/2020, Attachment to Report dated 12/11/2020 – Draft Ordinance 12/11/2020
12/11/2020 Document(s) submitted by City Attorney, as follows: Report from City Attorney 12/11/2020, Attachment to Report dated 12/11/2020 – Draft Ordinance 12/11/2020
City Attorney report R20-0332, dated December 11, 2020, relative to a draft Ordinance amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code, to include the Mexican Elderberry and Toyon shrubs in the class of protected trees and shrubs.
12/03/2020 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee transmitted Council File to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Transmittal from PWGR 12/03/202
12/02/2020 Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration of item . Report from Public Works: Street Services 10/14/2020
12/02/2020 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee approved as amended . Report from Public Works: Street Services 10/14/2020, Proposed Ordinance 05/04/2018, Attachment to Report dated 5/4/18 – Interested Parties 05/04/2018, Attachment to Report dated 5/4/18 – Environmental 05/04/2018, Attachment to Report dated 5/4/18 – Staff Report 05/04/2018, Attachment to Report dated 5/4/18 – Findings 05/04/2018, Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 05/04/2018
11/27/2020 Community Impact Statement submitted by Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 13-1339
11/25/2020 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on December 2, 2020. Report from Public Works: Street Services 10/14/2020, Proposed Ordinance 05/04/2018, Attachment to Report dated 5/4/18 – Interested Parties 05/04/2018, Attachment to Report dated 5/4/18 – Environmental 05/04/2018, Attachment to Report dated 5/4/18 – Staff Report 05/04/2018, Attachment to Report dated 5/4/18 – Findings 05/04/2018, Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 05/04/2018
10/21/2020 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee continued item to/for . Report from Public Works: Street Services 10/14/2020, Communication from Department of City Planning 05/17/2019,
0/16/2020 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on October 21, 2020. Report from Public Works: Street Services 10/14/2020, Communication from Department of City Planning 05/17/2019, Attachment to Report dated 5/4/18 – Proposed Ordinance 05/04/2018, Attachment to Report dated 5/4/18 – Interested Parties 05/04/2018, Attachment to Report dated 5/4/18 – Environmental 05/04/2018, Attachment to Report dated 5/4/18 – Staff Report 05/04/2018, Attachment to Report dated 5/4/18 – Findings 05/04/2018, Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission 05/04/2018
10/15/2020 Public Works: Street Services document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee; Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee.
10/14/2020 Document(s) submitted by Public Works: Street Services, as follows: Report from Public Works: Street Services 10/14/2020
Bureau of Street Services and Office of Forest Management joint report, dated October 14, 2020, relative to amending the draft Ordinance to protect the Mexican Elderberry and the Toyon, to ensure the City’s ability to fulfill replacement requirements when off-site replacements are necessary.
04/17/2020 Community Impact Statement submitted by Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 13-1339
12/06/2019 Community Impact Statement submitted by Encino Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 13-1339
10/14/2019 Community Impact Statement submitted by Greater Valley Glen Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 13-1339
09/17/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee transmitted Council File to Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee without recommendations.
09/13/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 17, 2019. Communication from City Planning (May 17, 2019), Proposed Ordinance (May 4, 2018), Environmental (May 4, 2018), Findings (May 4,2014), Report from City Planning Commission) (May 4, 2018)
05/25/2019 Community Impact Statement submitted by Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 13-1339
05/07/2018 Los Angeles City Planning Commission document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee; Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee. Proposed Ordinance (May 4, 2018), Interested Parties (May 4, 2018), Environmental (May 4, 2018), Staff Report (May 4, 2018), Findings (May 4,2014), Report from City Planning Commission) (May 4, 2018)
05/04/2018 Document(s) submitted by Los Angeles City Planning Commission, as follows: Proposed Ordinance (May 4, 2018), Interested Parties (May 4, 2018), Environmental (May 4, 2018), Staff Report (May 4, 2018), Findings (May 4,2014), Report from City Planning Commission) (May 4, 2018)
Los Angeles City Planning Commission report, dated May 4, 2018, relative to amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code to include the Mexican Elderberry (Sambucus Mexicana) and Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) in the list of Protected Trees or Shrubs and to update regulations.
05/02/2018 Community Impact Statement submitted by Granada Hills North Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 13-1339
04/29/2018 Community Impact Statement submitted by Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 13-1339
04/11/2018 Community Impact Statement submitted by Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 13-1339
03/07/2017 Community Impact Statement submitted by Greater Valley Glen Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 13-1339
01/27/2015 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51. Report from Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee (January 20, 2015)
01/20/2015 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on January 27, 2015 . Report from Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee (January 20, 2015), Motion (October 8, 2013)
01/20/2015 Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration of item Motion (October 8, 2013)
2/04/2013 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee transmitted Council File to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Motion (October 8, 2013)
12/04/2013 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee approved item(s) . Motion (October 8, 2013)
11/27/2013 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on December 4, 2013. Motion (October 8, 2013)
10/08/2013 City Clerk transmitted Council File to Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee. Motion (October 8, 2013)
10/08/2013 Motion referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee; Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee. Motion (October 8, 2013)
CF 20-0065Adopted as Amended, (14); Absent: Harris-Dawson (1)
CONSIDERATION OF MOTION (MARTINEZ – O’FARRELL) relative to an Ordinance to extend interim regulations prohibiting the construction or operation of private detention centers, and community detention facilities, for unaccompanied minors in the city.
Recommendation for Council action:
REQUEST the City Attorney, in consultation with the Department of City Planning, to prepare and present an Ordinance to extend interim regulations prohibiting the construction or operation of private detention centers, and community detention facilities, for unaccompanied minors in the city for a period of one year.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
(Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration of the above matter)
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12/15/2020 Council adopted item, as amended, forthwith. Amending Motion (Martinez – Cedillo) 12/15/2020, Motion and Resolution 11/24/2020
12/14/2020 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on December 15, 2020. Motion and Resolution 11/24/2020
11/24/2020 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Motion and Resolution 11/24/2020
03/03/2020 Council action final.
03/03/2020 Council adopted item forthwith.
02/28/2020 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on March 3, 2020. Department of City Planning 02/27/2020 , Resolution 02/26/2020
02/28/2020 Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration of item . Department of City Planning 02/27/2020
02/27/2020 Department of City Planning document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Resolution 02/26/2020
02/27/2020 Document(s) submitted by Department of City Planning, as follows: Report from Department of City Planning 02/27/2020
Department of City Planning report, dated February 27, 2020, relative to an extension of private detention centers Interim Control Ordinance.
02/26/2020 Resolution document(s) referred to Council. Resolution 02/26/2020
02/05/2020 Council action final.
02/04/2020 Ordinance posted/published. Ordinance effective date: February 4, 2020.
02/04/2020 Council adopted item, as amended, forthwith.
01/31/2020 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on February 4, 2020. Report from City Attorney 01/31/2020, Attachment to Report dated 01/31/2020 – Draft Ordinance 01/31/2020, Report from Department of City Planning 01/30/2020
01/31/2020 Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration of item . Report from City Attorney 01/31/2020, Attachment to Report dated 01/31/2020 – Draft Ordinance 01/31/2020, Report from Department of City Planning 01/30/2020
01/31/2020 City Attorney document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Report from City Attorney 01/31/2020, Attachment to Report dated 01/31/2020 – Draft Ordinance 01/31/2020
01/31/2020 Document(s) submitted by City Attorney, as follows: Report from City Attorney 01/31/2020, Attachment to Report dated 01/31/2020 – Draft Ordinance 01/31/2020
City Attorney report R20-0034, dated January 31, 2020, relative to a draft Interim Control Ordinance establishing a moratorium on the issuance of permits or entitlements issued under the Los Angeles Municipal Code for the construction, operation, establishment or expansion of private detention facilities and community detention facilities for unaccompanied minors.
01/31/2020 Document(s) submitted by Department of City Planning, as follows: Report from Department of City Planning 01/30/2020
Department of City Planning report, dated January 30, 2020, relative to the proposed private detentions centers Interim Control Ordinance.
01/22/2020 Council action final.
01/22/2020 Council adopted item urgent forthwith. Motion 01/17/2020
01/17/2020 Motion referred to Council (tentatively scheduled for January 22, 2020). Motion 01/17/2020
01/17/2020 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on January 22, 2020. Motion 01/17/2020
CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION (RODRIGUEZ – MARTINEZ) relative to establishing the City’s position regarding any legislation or administrative action that would shut down the Whiteman Airport and mitigate the public safety and health risks the Whiteman Airport poses to the surrounding City residents, including the performance of a full environmental analysis of airport activity.
Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:
ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION to include in the City’s 2021-22 State and Federal Legislative Programs SUPPORT for any legislation or administrative action that would shut down the Whiteman Airport and mitigate the public safety and health risks the Whiteman Airport poses to the surrounding City residents, including the performance of a full environmental analysis of airport activity.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
(Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee waived consideration of the above matter)
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12/03/2020 Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee waived consideration of item . Resolution 11/24/2020
11/24/2020 Resolution document(s) referred to Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee. Resolution 11/24/2020
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to initiating consideration of a General Plan Amendment (GPA) and accompanying Zone Change (ZC) for the properties located at 3031 South Hauser Boulevard, and 5461 West Jefferson Boulevard.
Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Harris-Dawson – Koretz for Wesson – Bonin):
APPROVE initiating consideration of a GPA and accompanying ZC for the properties located at 3031 South Hauser Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90016 and 5461 West Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90016, to reconcile its existing Open Space zoning and land use designation with the long-standing Commercial Manufacturing use of the site.
INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning to process the GPA and ZC for the properties located at 3031 South Hauser Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90016 and 5461 West Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90016, to address the ongoing and future viability of the site given its current use and proximity to two light rail transit stations.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
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08/12/2020 Council action final.
08/12/2020 Council adopted item forthwith. Report from Public Works and Gang Reduction and Planning and Land Use Management Committees 07/28/2020
08/07/2020 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on August 12, 2020. Motion (October 17, 2018)
07/28/2020 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) .
07/24/2020 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on July 28, 2020. Motion (October 17, 2018)
07/06/2020 Community Impact Statement submitted by Greater Valley Glen Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 15-0499-S1)
12/04/2019 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee approved item(s) . Motion (October 17, 2018)
12/04/2019 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee transmitted Council File to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Motion (October 17, 2018)
11/27/2019 Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on December 4, 2019. Motion (October 17, 2018)
07/15/2019 Community Impact Statement submitted by Sherman Oaks NC. Refer to CF 15-0499-S1)
04/10/2019 Community Impact Statement submitted by Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 15-0499-S1)
02/01/2019 Community Impact Statement submitted by Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 15-0499-S1)
01/26/2019 Community Impact Statement submitted by Encino Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 15-0499-S1)
12/18/2018 Community Impact Statement submitted by Hollywood United Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 15-0499-S1)
10/17/2018 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee; Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee. Motion (October 17, 2018)
To Council
Chief Legislative Analyst report, dated March 25, 2020, relative to approving that the President of the Council may grant applications and issue orders for the transfer of funds within the Council’s Budget for the protection of life and property and to assist those in need; and authorizing the Controller to transfer Council discretionary funds based on a schedule to be provided by the Chief Legislative Analyst.
To Council
City Attorney report R20-0090, dated March 25, 2020, relative to draft Ordinances adding articles 4-72J-A and 4-72J-B to Chapter XX of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to provide a right of recall and job retention protections to workers laid off during the covid-19 pandemic.
To Council
City Attorney report R20-0093, dated March 25, 2020, relative to a draft Ordinance amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code to afford tenant protections during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency Declaration.
To Council
City Attorney report R20-0090, dated March 25, 2020, relative to a draft Ordinance adding Articles 4-72J-A and 4-72J-B to Chapter XX of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to provide a right of recall and job retention protections to hotel workers laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To Council
Chief Legislative Analyst report 20-03-0321, dated March 25, 2020, relative to requesting the City Attorney to prepare and present an ordinance requiring employers within the City that are not already doing so to provide all employees with paid sick leave in order to achieve two weeks (10 days) of COVID-19-related paid leave to the extent permitted by law, as outlined in this report.
To Council
City Attorney report R20-0091, dated March 25, 2020, relative to a draft Ordinance adding Article 5-72HH to Chapter XX of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to provide supplemental sick leave to workers affected by COVID-19.
To Council
City Attorney report R20-0090, dated March 25, 2020, relative to a draft Ordinance adding Articles 4-72J-A to Chapter XX of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to provide a right of recall and job retention protections to workers laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To Council
City Attorney report R20-0092, dated March 25, 2020, relative to a draft Ordinance adding Article 3-72MM to Chapter XX of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to provide workers of grocery, drug retail, and food delivery platforms with added protections during COVID-19 pandemic.
To Council
City Attorney report R20-0094, dated March 25, 2020, relative to a draft Ordinance amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code to require retail food stores to dedicate one hour of customer business exclusively to the elderly and the disabled.
It’s believed COVID-19 started in a wet market in China. These markets are outdoor stalls squeezed together to form narrow lanes, live and dead animals and ripe produce are purchased. A stall selling caged chickens may abut a butcher counter, where meat is chopped. Wet markets put people and live and dead animals — dogs, chickens, pigs, snakes, civets, and more — in constant close contact. Poorly regulated, wet markets mixed with illegal wildlife create opportunity for viruses to spill over from wildlife hosts into the human population (Wildlife Conservation Society).
The following is from a UC Berkely study that explains COVID-19, which is caused by a coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in people and many different species of animals, including camels, cattle, cats, and bats. Rarely, animal coronaviruses can infect people and then spread between people such as with MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV, and now with this new virus (named SARS-CoV-2)
A study of cultured bat cells shows that their strong immune responses, constantly primed to respond to viruses, can drive viruses to greater virulence. Modelling bat immune systems on a computer, the researchers showed that when bat cells quickly release interferon upon infection, other cells quickly wall themselves off. This drives viruses to faster reproduction. The increased virulence and infectivity wreak havoc when these viruses infect animals with tamer immune systems, like humans.
This makes bats a unique reservoir of rapidly reproducing and highly transmissible viruses. While the bats can tolerate viruses like these, when these bat viruses then move into animals that lack a fast-response immune system, the viruses quickly overwhelm their new hosts, leading to high fatality rates.”Some bats are able to mount this robust antiviral response, but also balance it with an anti-inflammation response,” said Cara Brook, a postdoctoral Miller Fellow at UC Berkeley and the first author of the study. “Our immune system would generate widespread inflammation if attempting this same antiviral strategy. But bats appear uniquely suited to avoiding the threat of immunopathology.”The researchers note that disrupting bat habitat appears to stress the animals and makes them shed even more virus in their saliva, urine and feces that can infect other animals.”Heightened environmental threats to bats may add to the threat of zoonosis,” (See Note definition below)
There is a term I use in teaching others about how trout differ. Stock,wild,native are categories related to the degree of change humans have made upon trout. The term is anthropogenic, which designates an effect or object resulting from human activity.
The study above states “the researchers note that disrupting bat habitat appears to stress the animals and makes them shed even more virus in their saliva, urine and feces that can infect other animals.” This means human activity including climate change distrupts bat habitats. Maybe we are the cause of COVID-19.
Note: “Animals can sometimes carry harmful germs that can spread to people and cause illness – these are known as zoonotic diseases or zoonoses. Zoonotic diseases are caused by harmful germs like viruses, bacterial, parasites, and fungi. These germs can cause many different types of illnesses in people and animals, ranging from mild to serious illness and even death. Animals can sometimes appear healthy even when they are carrying germs that can make people sick, depending on the zoonotic disease. Zoonotic diseases are very common, both in the United States and around the world. Scientists estimate that more than 6 out of every 10 known infectious diseases in people can be spread from animals, and 3 out of every 4 new or emerging infectious diseases in people come from animals. Because of this, CDC works 24/7 to protect people from zoonotic diseases in the United States and around the world.”
Will COVID-19 change how cities are designed? Michele Acuto of the Connected Cities Lab talks about density, urbanization and pandemic preparation.
Disease shapes cities. Some of the most iconic developments in urban planning and management, such as London’s Metropolitan Board of Works and mid-19th century sanitation systems, developed in response to public health crises such as cholera outbreaks. Now COVID-19 is joining a long list of infectious diseases, like the Spanish flu of 1918 in New York and Mexico City or the Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa in 2014, likely to leave enduring marks on urban spaces.
For Michele Acuto, professor of global urban politics in the School of Design at the University of Melbourne, the intersection of urban design and public health is an increasingly critical territory. He’s the director of the Connected Cities Lab, a leading center for advancing urban policy development; he’s worked on urban health in a number of capacities, including with the European Commission and the World Health Organization’s Western Pacific Regional Office. While the University of Melbourne scrambles to accelerate a COVID-19 vaccine, the Lab is working to understand the urban planning dimensions of pandemic preparedness.
CityLab spoke to Acuto about why COVID-19 could change how we study cities — and how we live in them.
Much of the coverage of the new coronavirus feels unprecedented, as if this is the first time urban spaces and global movement of goods and people have given rise to the threat of pandemic. But the stories of cities have always also been those of infectious disease.
Anyone you talk to on the urban or medical side would tell you this is not new. You can do parallels between COVID-19 and many other epi- and pandemics, from the plague to SARS and Ebola. The line of caution we need here is not to draw too many parallels or rushed conclusions without evidence. COVID-19 is not as deadly as Ebola, which had a mortality rate of 60%, or SARS and MERS at 30%.
But if the risk of death is lower, transmission is much higher, and that makes it challenging globally. Quarantines only work insofar as you can identify all dangerous cases, and with COVID-19’s symptoms and delayed onset, you can’t spot it that easily. In that way this is much more similar to the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic, which inflected 500 million and killed up to 50 million.* The question is whether we are prepared to avoid that.
Looking back, did we miss something in the way we were thinking about the intersection of urbanization and infectious disease? Were we looking in the wrong places?
Yes, to a degree. We have perhaps been a bit too biased toward global cities. COVID-19 is really a story of peri-urban and rural-to-urban connections, in places that are often not on the global map. Roger Keil, Creighton Connolly and Harris Ali recently argued for this suburban view. They tell the story of how the spread to Germany starts with a car [parts] factory in the outskirts in Wuhan. A person travels from Wuhan to Germany to help with training. This is a story of peri-urban Wuhan to semi-suburban, tertiary-city Bavaria. So sure, you have some of the global connections at airports, but it’s a much more complex urban system.
This is a rich point. It’s easy to look at these major cities and global supply chains, and say of course we have an epidemic — this is how globalization plays itself out. But you’re telling a different story — one about non-global cities, tertiary cities and peri-urban areas.
Yes, it’s actually about a much wider set of urban areas. This is the story in Washington state [where COVID-19 first emerged in Snohomish County], or the Italian story, which is still largely suburban.
Part of the history of urbanization is building and managing your way out of infectious diseases, such as cholera outbreaks in the middle of the 19th century. Here’s Richard Sennett on how Joseph Bazalgette and his colleagues went about developing London’s response: “They were not practising an exact science. They did not apply established principles in particular cases, there were no general policies that dictated best practices.” They experimented and learned as they went along, he argues. How do you conceive of the design approach to managing outbreaks in everything from global to tertiary cities?
It’s a bit early to take on lessons learned from COVID-19, but you’d probably have a big conversation about the value versus the risks of densification. Clearly densification is and has been the problem with some of this. COVID-19 puts a fundamental challenge to how we manage urbanization. Hong Kong has 17,311 people per square mile. Rethinking density management is a key for long-term survival in a pandemic world, really.
Part of this means thinking about decentralization of essential services. Singapore had to shut down its main hospitals during SARS. Many countries such as Italy are considering door-to-door testing. But we need to also rethink the ways, perhaps digital ones, we test and contain. How would we manage to do door-to-door testing even just in Melbourne alone, with 5 million residents, and in giants like Shanghai and London with upwards of 10 million dwellers? Bubbling up are some core questions about what we’ve been told is desirable urbanization versus what makes sense from an infectious disease perspective.
Here’s a difficult question. Even Le Corbusier, who prized efficiency and movement, understood the value of people bumping into each other. It gives cities their energy and cosmopolitanism its effect. I wonder if you think this decentralized city — a London of villages, Mayor Hidalgo’s 15-minute Paris — will be part of our response in urban form?
Here’s a way to think about it. SARS got some people to think about cities and their connectivity as a fundamental factor. Fast-forward to Ebola and that got people to think about the coexistence of cities in the Global North and South, and the ferocity of the city itself — the impossibility of just cordoning it off. The city is not a thing: it’s an amorphous blob.
Fast forward to now, and we’ve moved beyond Global North-Global South thinking. It’s one very large system, given it’s really about that connection between, for example, [the Italian village of] Codogno and the outskirts of Wuhan. Hopefully this gets us to think about some fundamental principles.
We need to begin with a new imagination of the urban data we rely on. The best thing a professional probably looks at in this moment is Johns Hopkins’s CSSE aggregator of information. It splashes together data sources from WHO, NHS, and so on. Many national governments’ “official” numbers lag, so there’s better information by aggregating different sources of information.
But this also brings into play the current digital revolution and the challenges of evidence that has different levels of legitimacy. Had this happened not, say, in China but in some place like India with very strong informal settlements, you’d potentially be arguing that something like Slum Dwellers International, which uses local mapping and communities to source data, would probably be the best-suited entity to support the collection of information. You’ve gotten something there about the legitimacy of different types of urban knowledge and the need to rethink who are the right sources of it.
Moving from that information to changes within the built environment again, we know the management of water and waste helped remake cities. Can you predict the area where we might see a radical transformation coming out of this?
We must remember you will be weighing such changes in the context of climate change and sustainability as well. If you spread the city rather than densify, that would have to go with much better connectivity of public transport. What should change — the decentralization of services, better managing of supplies, nets of smaller entities in food delivery, for instance — is different from will. Will market forces sway the things we do towards what’s marketable and economically profitable versus saying this clearly is a call for redundancy in public health and public transport?
One thing I’ve barely heard talked about is the digital response here, which didn’t exist at all at the time of most of our historic parallels. It existed a bit during Ebola, but not in the same size as this. Major services like Tencent and AliBaba can tell you who is sick in your neighborhood, and people are making daily decisions based on the whole digital infrastructure. I come from an hour from the “red zone” in Italy, and family and friends make a lot of decisions based on digital connectivity information.
Modern planning and civil engineering were born out of the mid-19th century development of sanitation in response to the spread of malaria and cholera in cities. Digital infrastructure might be the sanitation of our time.
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the feasibility of updating the Ridgeline Ordinance.
Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Koretz – Ryu):
INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP) to prepare a report with updated cost information to prepare a Ridgeline Ordinance with development standards, inasmuch as the prior estimates were prepared in 2011 (Council file No. 11-1441), and that the DCP also report on the feasibility of a Ridgeline Ordinance as part of the current Fiscal Year 2015-16 DCP work program.
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: Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council
Glassell Park Neighborhood Council
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11/27/2019 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on December 4, 2019 . Motion (November 26, 2019)
11/26/2019 Motion document(s) referred to Council (tentatively scheduled for December 3, 2019). Motion (November 26, 2019)
03/01/2018 Community Impact Statement submitted by Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 11-1441-S1
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PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to sober living homes, community care facilities, group homes, and other alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities.
Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Blumenfield – Smith):
INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP), with the assistance of the City Attorney, to prepare a report relative to sober living homes, community care facilities, group homes, and other alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities that addresses the following issues:
City, County, State, and Federal laws that define the human and legal rights of drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation patients or define the rights of the drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities, licensed, unlicensed, or integrated.
County, State, or Federal laws that allow, restrict or prohibit a city from regulating or banning these licensed or unlicensed facilities, any aspect of their operations, or any aspect of their impacts on surrounding communities.
County, State, or Federal laws that allow, restrict or prohibit a city from regulating the overconcentration of licensed and unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities.
Efforts by other cities to regulate drug and alcohol addiction facilities, such as Newport and Costa Mesa, and the outcome of any legal challenges in those cities.
The legality of integral programs and similar associations between licensed and unlicensed facilities.
How the occupancy rules, including but not limited to Uniform Housing Code’s Section 503.2 as well as State and local fire codes, relate to the number of patients and workers on-site at a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facility.
Whether 24/7 staff on-site counts towards the practical occupancy rate of a house beyond the occupancy rate outlined in City, State, and Federal laws.
Whether anything in the codes for building and safety address the existence of two dwellings on one property, such as accessory dwelling units and accessory living quarters, which would allow or prohibit these facilities to circumvent laws related to the number of people living on a property, lot, and/or structure.
The legality of operating a drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facility’s administrative office on residentially zoned property of a facility, in an accessory dwelling unit, in an accessory living quarter, or in a converted garage unit functioning as a commercial business.
Recommendations for the purpose of determining if licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities are operating in a manner appropriate to businesses in commercially zoned lots rather than small-businesses permissible in residential lots.
Suggest opportunities and options for what the City can do to address this issue in a more comprehensive manner.
Recommendations on issues related to administrative uses by licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities within residential zones that are not related to direct patient care.
INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to report on the number of calls for service related to licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities.
INSTRUCT the LADBS to coordinate with DCP on zoning and building code questions for licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities.
INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Fire Department to coordinate on questions related to occupancy for licensed or unlicensed drug and alcohol addiction rehabilitation facilities.
INSTRUCT the DCP, LADBS and LAPD to report within 90 days.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
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08/24/2020 Community Impact Statement submitted by Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 19-0401
05/21/2020 Fire Department document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Report from Fire Department 05/21/2020
05/21/2020 Document(s) submitted by Fire Department, as follows: Report from Fire Department 05/21/2020
Los Angeles Fire Department report, dated May 21, 2020, relative to supplementing recommendations in the Department of City Planning report, dated February 20, 2020, with regard to sober living homes, community care facilities, group homes, and other alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities.
02/20/2020 Department of City Planning document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
02/20/2020 Document(s) submitted by Department of City Planning, as follows: Report from City Planning (February 20, 2020)
Department of City Planning report, dated February 20, 2020, relative to sober living homes, community care facilities, group homes, and other alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities.
06/28/2019 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on July 3, 2019 Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee (June 18, 2019), Motion (April 16, 2019)
06/18/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved as amended . Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee (June 18, 2019), Motion (April 16, 2019)
06/14/2019 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 18, 2019. Motion (April 16, 2019)
04/16/2019 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Motion (April 16, 2019)
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the authority needed for the City of Los Angeles to post No Truck Idling signs and to enforce truck idling parking restrictions.
Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Buscaino – Koretz):
INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), with the assistance of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, the City Attorney’s office, and other departments, as needed, to report with options that would grant the necessary authority to the City of Los Angeles to post No Truck Idling signs and enforce any truck idling parking restrictions, including those that have been posted by the California Air Resources Board.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the CLA has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES COMMITTEE relative to negotiating and executing a master lease or license agreement with Kounkuey Design Initiative, for no monetary rent, to implement the Adopt-A-Lot Pilot Program for temporary uses of up to ten vacant lots to serve the residents of the City.
(Information, Technology, and General Services 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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12/12/2018 Council adopted item forthwith. Report from Information, Technology, and General Services Committee 12/11/2018
12/11/2018 Information, Technology, and General Services Committee approved item(s) . Report from Municipal Facilities Committee (November 28, 2018), Motion (June 27, 2018)
12/10/2018 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on December 12, 2018. Report from Municipal Facilities Committee (November 28, 2018)
12/07/2018 Information, Technology, and General Services Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on December 11, 2018. Report from Municipal Facilities Committee (November 28, 2018)
11/28/2018 Municipal Facilities Committee document(s) referred to Information, Technology, and General Services Committee. Report from Municipal Facilities Committee (November 28, 2018)
11/28/2018 Document(s) submitted by Municipal Facilities Committee, as follows: Report from Municipal Facilities Committee (November 28, 2018)
Municipal Facilities Committee report 0220-05166-0002, dated November 28, 2018, with Department of General Services report, dated November 15, 2018, relative to a master license agreement with Kounkuey Design Initiative, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, for use of up to ten City-owned vacant lots in the Adopt-A-Lot Pilot Program.
06/27/2018 Motion document(s) referred to Information, Technology, and General Services Committee. Motion (June 27, 2018)
A market at Les Grands Voisins in Paris, formerly the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul hospital. Photograph: –
Hospitals are rarely places of cheer and creativity, but the former Saint-Vincent-de-Paul hospital in Paris’s 14th district is one of the most exciting places on the left bank. Former ambulance bays and car parks now house allotments, a boules court, a makeshift football pitch and an urban campsite, and up to 1,000 visitors a day come to browse its market, eat at its cafes or catch a free live performance.
Renamed Les Grands Voisins, or The Great Neighbours, the site is a magnet for Parisians and tourists alike, its former treatment rooms, A&E building and wards now a hub of social and commercial enterprise. Alongside a hostel providing 600 beds for the homeless are artisan studios, pop-up shops and startups.
“It’s like a village, an inclusive space with social areas and job opportunities where different people can interact,” says William Dufourcq, director of Aurore, the charity that runs the homeless shelter. “We were overwhelmed with its success.”
Closed since 2011, the hospital is slated for redevelopment into a new neighbourhood with eco credentials, private and social housing, shops, commercial and public facilities and green space. Planning, clearance and construction on such a large scale takes time and, rather than leave the 3.4-hectare site empty for years, the developer, Paris Batignolles Aménagement, opened it to local organisations rent-free. The lease was scheduled to end this year, but has been extended until mid-2020 while construction begins on other parts of the site.
Parisians enjoy the sunshine at Les Grands Voisins
Les Grands Voisins is an example of a “meanwhile space”: a disused site temporarily leased or loaned by developers or the public sector to local community groups, arts organisations, start-ups and charities. Calls for making use of such spaces in other crowded urban centres are getting louder. A report published in October by the thinktank Centre for London highlights both the need for and positive possibilities of utilising empty urban sites and how this could transform the landscape of cities around the globe.
“The aim was to show the value ‘meanwhile use’ can add in cities where there is pressure on space,” says Nicolas Bosetti, one of the report researchers. He says public and private operators in Paris are more ambitious than those in London in exploring the use of disused buildings from metro stations to former nightclubs for short-term use as charity and cultural venues.
Other meanwhile spaces in Paris include Exelmans, a former police residence repurposed as a shelter for the homeless and refugees, run by Aurore on a two-year lease, and the Parmentier electricity substation, where the art collective La Générale has operated since 2008.
The substation, which is soon to be redeveloped, was included in Paris Reinvented, an initiative from the mayor’s office currently in its second year. Disused public sites are put up for auction to developers and architects who compete with plans for their redevelopment. “Les Grands Voisins showed how something like this can change an area and help plan future urban projects,” says Marion Waller, adviser to Paris’s deputy mayor for urban planning. “We didn’t want to sell buildings to the highest bidder but to the most innovative solution.”
The idea of loaning empty urban spaces to worthwhile causes is gaining ground elsewhere, with thriving projects in the Danish city of Aarhus and Philadelphia in the US, where it’s called “temporary urbanism”. However, in space-squeezed London, urban sites can remain empty for years, mainly because they have no obvious commercial potential or are waiting for permission to be developed.
The Centre for London found that an estimated 24,400 commercial properties in London are currently empty, with around half having been unused for more than two years. The total available vacant space, 6.5m sq metres, is equivalent to 27 times the footprint of Westfield London, Europe’s largest shopping centre. The majority of such places are owned by local authorities and developers. “Only one of 33 London borough councils publishes a database of vacant property and only one council keeps a list of groups interested in vacant spaces,” says Bosetti.
Bosetti thinks property owners could do more to match available sites with needy groups but says local authorities are afraid of squatters or allowing in destructive elements. “One of the main barriers to meanwhile use is the perception that hoarding a site is safer,” he says. “Often the opposite is true. Opening a site to a community and encouraging interaction with residents usually sees a reduction in antisocial activity.”
Squatting and vandalism are more likely if a building remains empty for too long, so one benefit of temporary tenants is the reduction in security costs. Another, according to Simon Hesketh, director of regeneration with the British developer U+I, is the connection a meanwhile space can forge with the community prior to redevelopment.
“We’ll try to organise events in temporary spaces for the widest cross-section of residents, to get their views and ask what they’d like and what works,” he says. “Not just to smooth the planning process, but because we can learn what we might include in our proposals.”
U+I, one of the sponsors of the Centre for London report, has already leased several sites awaiting redevelopment to small businesses and community organisations for temporary use. Hesketh acknowledges property owners worry about reclaiming the space when the tenancy ends but says everyone involved needs to be clear that the situation is temporary.
The Migration Museum in Lambeth is currently occupying part of the former engine workshop for the London fire service. “Having this site has been totally transformative for us,” says director Sophie Henderson. “It has allowed us to prove the concept of what we’re doing, while we look for a permanent home.”
The building is slated for redevelopment by U+I into a mixed-use scheme but is still going through the planning process. Until construction starts, the museum is one of several thriving community organisations granted the option to use it. “It’s been a tremendous gift,” says Henderson. “We couldn’t possibly have done what we have in the past year without it.”
Study of the zoning and land use for religious institutions
To Planning and Land Use Management Committee
Department of City Planning report, dated October 1, 2018, relative to a follow-up study of the zoning and land use for religious institutions in the South Los Angeles Community Plan area.
CF 10-1832 AT CITY COUNCIL 04/17/2018 Vote Action: Adopted, Vote Given: (13 – 0 – 2)
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, NEGATIVE DECLARATION, PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to allow discretionary approval of Certified Farmers’ Markets.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
FIND based on the whole of the administrative record, the Ordinance is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15303(c), 15304(e), 15311(c), 15332 and City CEQA Guideline Class 4; and there is no substantial evidence demonstrating that an exception to a categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 applies.
FIND, having considered the whole administrative record and exercising its independent judgment, that the Council determine the City has complied with all of the procedural requirements related to the preparation, noticing and distribution of the Notice of Intent to adopt a Negative Declaration, the Negative Declaration and the initial study supporting the determination of a Negative Declaration, as set forth in Public Resources Code Section 21091 and CEQA Guidelines Sections 15071, 15072 and 15073; there is no substantial evidence the project will have a significant effect on the environment; and the Negative Declaration reflects the City Council’s independent judgment and analysis; and, ADOPT the Negative Declaration.
PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE dated March 13, 2018, disapproved by the Director of Planning on behalf of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, amending Section 12.24 and Section 14.00 of the LAMC to allow for discretionary approval of Certified Farmers’ Markets in Residential Zones and ministerial approval in the A, C, M and P Zones as a Public Benefit.
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.
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04/25/2018 Council action final. Final Ordinance No.185,514 (June 4, 2018), Mayor Concurrence (April 25,2018)
04/25/2018 Ordinance posted/published. Ordinance effective date: June 4, 2018.
04/23/2018 Mayor transmitted Council File to City Clerk.
04/18/2018 City Clerk transmitted Council File to Mayor. Last day for Mayor to act is 04/30/2018.
04/17/2018 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51. Report from PLM (March 27, 2018), Draft Ordinance (March 15, 2018)
04/04/2018 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on April 17, 2018 . Report from PLM (March 27, 2018)
03/27/2018 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) . Report from City Attorney (March 15, 2018), Draft Ordinance (March 15, 2018), City Planning Department Report (March 15, 2018)
03/23/2018 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on March 27, 2018. Report from City Attorney (March 15, 2018), Draft Ordinance (March 15, 2018), City Planning Department Report (March 15, 2018)
03/16/2018 City Attorney document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Report from City Attorney (March 15, 2018), Draft Ordinance (March 15, 2018), City Planning Department Report (March 15, 2018)
03/15/2018 Document(s) submitted by City Attorney, as follows: Report from City Attorney (March 15, 2018), Draft Ordinance (March 15, 2018), City Planning Department Report (March 15, 2018)
City Attorney report R18-0073, dated March 15, 2018, relative to a revised draft Ordinance amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code to allow for discretionary approval of Certified Farmers’ Markets in Residential zones and ministerial approval in other zones as a public benefit.
02/27/2018 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item, with amendments to expand the hours of allowable operation in non-residential zones, requested for City Attorney to submit final ordinance to Council, and instructed the Department of City Planning to initiate a separate ordinance allowing Certified Farmers’ Markets by-right on parking lots of approved institutions.
02/23/2018 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on February 27, 2018. Report from City Planning (February 22, 2018) , Report from City Attorney (September 28, 2017), Draft Ordinance (September 28, 2017)
02/23/2018 Department of City Planning document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Report from City Planning (February 22, 2018)
02/22/2018 Document(s) submitted by Department of City Planning, as follows: Department of City Planning report, dated February 22, 2018, a report back on Farmers’ Market Code Amendment. Report from City Planning (February 22, 2018)
12/05/2017 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to/for a date to be determined.
12/01/2017 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on December 5, 2017.
10/03/2017 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) , and requested the City Attorney to amend the final Ordinance to incorporate revisions for removing the annual review requirement, allow acceptance of electronic benefit transfer, and an administrative process to modify hours of operation. Communication from Deputy City Clerk (November 9, 2017)
09/29/2017 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on October 3, 2017. Communication from Department of City Planning (September 19, 2017), Report from City Attorney (September 28, 2017), Draft Ordinance (September 28, 2017)
09/29/2017 City Attorney document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Report from City Attorney (September 28, 2017), Draft Ordinance (September 28, 2017)
09/28/2017 Document(s) submitted by City Attorney, as follows: Report from City Attorney (September 28, 2017), Draft Ordinance (September 28, 2017)
City Attorney report R17-0338, dated September 28, 2017, relative to a draft ordinance amending Sections 12.24 and 14.00 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to allow for discretionary approval of Certified Farmers’ Markets in Residential zones and ministerial approval in other zones as a public benefit.
05/09/2017 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to/for a date to be determined.
05/05/2017 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on May 9, 2017. Communication fro Councilman Huizar (May 5, 2017)
05/05/2017 Councilmember document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
05/05/2017 Document(s) submitted by Councilmember Huizar, as follows:
Communication from Councilmember Huizar, dated May 5, 2017, relative to the Department of City Planning and the City Attorney to present a report regarding farmers’ markets be permitted in residential zones.
01/10/2012 Community Impact Statement submitted by Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council.
11/17/2011 Council Action.
11/15/2011 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
11/03/2011 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on November 15, 2011 .
10/25/2011 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) .
10/22/2011 Community Impact Statement submitted by Studio City Neighborhood Council.
10/21/2011 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on October 25, 2011.
10/07/2011 Los Angeles City Planning Commission document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
10/07/2011 Document(s) submitted by Los Angeles City Planning Commission, as follows:
City Planning Commission report, dated October 6, 2011, relative to the proposed ordinance amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code to allow farmers markets in all residential zones, etc.
05/13/2011 Council Action.
05/11/2011 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
05/06/2011 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on May 11, 2011 .
04/26/2011 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) .
04/21/2011 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on April 26, 2011.
04/12/2011 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to/for April 26, 2011 .
04/05/2011 City Planning document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
04/05/2011 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to/for April 12, 2011 .
04/01/2011 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on April 5, 2011.
04/01/2011 Document(s) submitted by City Planning, as follows:
City Planning report, dated April 1, 2011, relative to the feasibility of allowing farmers’ market by-right in residential zones.
11/19/2010 Motion referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
According to a new study by the National Forest Service, it’s not just the untamed reaches of the U.S. that we need to protect. Because city footprints are expanding at a rapid rate, we need to both plan and protect forests in urban areas, too.
The crux of the study is that U.S. urban footprints are going to almost double over the next 40 years, from 95.5 million acres of land in 2010 to 163 million acres of land in 2060. That would equate to a block of concrete the size of Montana if urban planners aren’t careful about protecting tree-filled green space. And so far, many aren’t: Over the past five years, urban green cover has declined while “impervious” cover (or surfaces that don’t absorb rainwater) have increased.
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Council Districts: All
CEQA: ENV-2017-3361-SE Last Day to Act: N/A
Plan Areas: All Continued From: 12-14-17
PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED
PROJECT AREA: Citywide
PROPOSED ORDINANCE:
An ordinance enacting restrictions on commercial advertising of cannabis, cannabis products,
commercial cannabis activity, or businesses engaged in any commercial cannabis activity on signs.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
1. Determine that based on the whole of the administrative record, the project is exempt from
CEQA pursuant to California Business and Professions Code Section 26055(h) on the basis
that the project will adopt ordinances, rules and/or regulations that will require discretionary
review under CEQA to approve licenses to engage in commercial cannabis activity in the City of
Los Angeles;
2. Approve and Recommend that the City Council adopt the proposed Ordinance;
3. Adopt the Staff Report as the Commission’s Report on the subject; and
4. Adopt the Findings.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Staff: Niall Huffman, City Planning Associate
niall.huffman@lacity.org
(213) 978-3405
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The Commercial Cannabis Signage Ordinance is a proposed Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) amendment that would establish restrictions on advertising of cannabis and cannabis products on signs in the City.
The purpose of the ordinance is to limit children’s exposure to advertising of cannabis and cannabis products, to reduce the illegal purchase and consumption of cannabis by children, and to reduce the likelihood of children suffering potential negative impacts as a result of consuming cannabis at an early age.
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NEGATIVE DECLARATION, EXEMPTION, and RULES, ELECTIONS, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) establishing location restrictions for commercial cannabis activity.
Recommendations for Council action:
REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the Department of City Planning (DCP), the Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR), and the Chair of the Rules, Elections, and Intergovernmental Relations (REIR) Committee, to make the following changes, additions, or deletions to the CPC-2017-2260-CA Proposed Ordinance relative to the Commercial Cannabis Location Restriction Ordinance as follows, and transmit a new draft Ordinance to the City Council by Wednesday November 22, 2017:
Delete Section 105.02 (A)(4) in its entirety relative to Mixed Light Commercial Cannabis Activity and list such licenses under Sec. 105.06 (B).
Delete Sections 105.02 (A)(1)(A)(5), 105.02 (A)(2)(A)(3), 105.02(A)(3)(A)(3), 105.02 (A)(5)(A)(3), 105.02 (A)(6)(A)(3), 105.02 (A)(7)(A)(5), 105.02 (A)(8)(A)(5) relative to the Alameda District Specific Plan Zone and any other references and prohibit all commercial cannabis activity in the Alameda District Specific Plan.
Delete Sections 105.02 (A)(1)(A)(7), 105.02 (A)(2)(A)(4), 105.02(A)(3)(A)(4), 105.02 (A)(5)(A)(4), 105.02 (A)(6)(A)(4), 105.02 (A)(7)(A)(6), 105.02 (A)(8)(A)(6) relative to the Los Angeles International Airport Specific Plan Zone and any other references and prohibit all commercial cannabis activity in the Los Angeles International Airport Specific Plan.
Modify Section 105.02 (A)(1)(A)(10) relative to the Paramount Pictures Specific Plan Zone to remove the main lot and delete Sections 105.02 (A)(2)(A)(5),105.02(A)(3)(A)(5), 105.02 (A)(5)(A)(5), 105.02 (A)(6)(A)(5) relative to the main lot in their entirety.
Modify Sections 105.02 (A)(1)(B) and 105.02(A)(2)(B) relative to sensitive uses to change the buffer to a 750 foot radius. Furthermore, add language to these sections that will prohibit businesses with on-site sales to the public from abutting a day care center for children as defined by the State of California.
Add language to 105.02 (A)(1) relative to retailer commercial cannabis activity to include Type 9- Non-Storefront Retailer to the types of licenses for Retailers.
Add language to 105.02 (A)(2)(A)(1) relative to micro business commercial cannabis activity to include the MR1 Restricted Industrial Zone and the MR2 Restricted Industrial Zone and shall not include retail uses.
Add language to 105.02 (A)(3) relative to indoor commercial cannabis cultivation activity to include Type 1 C – Specialty Cottage Small (Indoor Only) and Processor to the types of licenses for indoor cultivation.
Add language to 105.02 (A)(5) relative to Level 1 manufacturing commercial cannabis activity to include Type N – Infusion and Type P – Packaging to the types of licenses for manufacturing.
Add language that will prohibit all commercial cannabis activity in the Port of Los Angeles Community Plan in its entirety.
Add language that will require a 600 foot buffer from schools for all non-retail businesses conducting commercial cannabis activity, including non-retail delivery businesses.
Replace the language of Section 105.02 (B) with the following: The distance specified in this section between businesses shall be the horizontal distance measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the closest exterior actual wall of each business. The distance between any business and any school, public park, public library, alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility shall be the horizontal distance measured in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures, from the closest exterior structural wall of the business to the closest property line of the school, public park, public library, alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility.
Add language to Section 105.02 (A)(6) relative to Level 2 Manufacturing that would require a 200 foot sensitive use buffer from residential zones.
Modify Section 105.01 relative to the definition of Alcoholism or Drug Abuse Recovery or Treatment Facility to include in the definition permanent supportive housing developments where services are provided on site that has received entitlement approvals or a building permit from the City.
Replace the language of Section 105.03 (A)(2) and (B)(2) relative to Limited Grandfathering for Proposition D businesses to read: Limits on-site cultivation to not exceed the size of the EMMD’s existing square footage of the building space on the Business Premises as documented by a lease entered into or Certificate of Occupancy issued prior to March 7, 2017, to be consistent with the language proposed under Section 104.07(G)(3).
INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Housing and Community Investment Department, with the assistance of the DCP and Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, to report monthly beginning Tuesday January 2, 2018 and on the first business day of every month with a list of addresses and parcel numbers of permanent supportive housing developments where services are provided on site that has received entitlement approvals or a building permit from the City, including the date of such approvals.
AUTHORIZE the City Attorney, with the assistance of the DCR and the Chair of the REIR Committee, to make any technical modifications and/or legal corrections to the draft Ordinances, draft Resolutions, draft Ordinance requests, and any other related actions listed above in order to further the objectives as described in these recommendations.
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.
Foothill Trails District Neighborhood Council
East Hollywood Neighborhood Council
Studio City Neighborhood Council (Communication)
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RULES, ELECTIONS, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS (REIR) COMMITTEE REPORT relative to amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to add Article 4 to Chapter X of the LAMC to regulate commercial cannabis activities in the City of Los Angeles and establish rules and regulations.
Recommendations for Council action:
REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the Department of City Planning, the Department of Cannabis Regulation (DCR), and the Chair of the REIR Committee, to make the following changes, additions, or deletions to the Draft Ordinances adding Article 4 to Chapter X of the LAMC to regulate commercial cannabis activities in the City of Los Angeles and establishing rules and regulations in support of Article 4 of Chapter X of the LAMC, and transmit new draft Ordinances and regulations to the City Council by Wednesday November 22, 2017:
Modify Sections 104.02 (A)(1) and (A)(2) relative to Retail and Delivery for Retailer Commercial Cannabis Activity to include Type 9 – Non-Storefront Retailer as the license for delivery services that do not include retail on-site.
Add language to Section 104.02 (4) relative to Cultivation Commercial Cannabis Activity to include Type 1 C – Specialty Cottage Small (Indoor Only) and Processor to the types of licenses for indoor cultivation.
Add language to Section 104.03 (5) relative to Manufacture Commercial Cannabis Activity to include Type N – Infusion and Type P – Packaging to the types of licenses for manufacture.
Add language to create a definition of employee in the draft Ordinances and regulations that includes contract employees and seasonal employees as part of the definition of employee.
Add language to Section 104.03 (C) relative to a person ineligible to apply for a license to include:
Any owner, business entity, or individual convicted of violating any State or local law involving distribution or sales of tobacco or alcohol to minors for a period of five years from the date of conviction.
Any owner, business entity, or individual with a felony convicted of violating any State or local law involving the importation, exportation, manufacture, distribution or sales of illegal drugs, other than cannabis, for a period of five years from the date of conviction.
Any owner, business entity, or individual with a felony convicted of violating any State or local law involving violent crimes, sex trafficking, rape, crimes against children, gun crimes, and hate crimes will be banned from commercial cannabis activity within the City of Los Angeles for a period of 10 years from the date of conviction.
Delete Section 104.07 (G)(2) relative to Proposition M Priority Processing.
Add language to Regulation 3 (A)(3) relative to application requirements to include an applicant’s Federal Employer Identification Number and Business Tax Registration Certificate (BTRC) Number as part of the application requirements. If an applicant does not have a BTRC issued yet, the applicant will attest to providing their BTRC Number within five business days of temporary approval or licensure.
Modify the language of Regulation 10 (D)(4) relative to Hours of Operation to be consistent with the State of California Code of Regulations Title 16, Division 42, Chapter 3, Section 5403 and continue to require patrons to exit the premises 15 minutes after closing.
Remove the language of Regulation 4 (B)(2) relative to Delivery for Retailer Commercial Cannabis Activity to be consistent with the Type 9- Non-Storefront Retailer license.
Modify the language of Regulation 3 (A)(14) relative to submission of a radius map to include horizontal lines and labeling of any sensitive uses that are applicable to the license being applied for. For an existing medical marijuana dispensary applying for Proposition M Priority Processing, the radius map shall include the sensitive uses required under Proposition D as well.
Create a new section within the draft Ordinances and rules and regulations that would give priority processing to applicants for Type 8 – testing licenses at any time and accept applications for testing laboratories on the first date that applications are available from the DCR, including during the Proposition M Priority Processing time period.
Add language to Section 104.14 to prohibit the establishment and operation of a medical marijuana collective, as well as participation in such a collective, excepting collectives of three qualified persons or less.
Add language to Section 104.14 which prohibits unlicensed commercial cannabis activity.
Modify language to Regulation 3(A)(13) to ensure that an applicant attests that they will not sell alcoholic beverages or tobacco products on the premises.
Modify the language of Section 104.03 (C)(5) relative to ineligible applicants to clarify that the conviction should be for illegal commercial cannabis activity.
Modify the language of Section 104.10 (B) relative to manufacturing to be consistent with the State of California Code of Regulations.
Add language to Section 104.10 relative to mandatory requirements that requires an applicant and business to designate a supervisor, manager, or person-in-charge at all times during regular business hours.
Modify the language of Section 104.08 relative to Non-Retail Commercial Cannabis Activity to create an application window for processing that begins at the discretion of the DCR and closes at 5 p.m. Pacific Time on April 1, 2018.
Remove the term Police Commission anywhere referenced in the draft Ordinances and Regulations and replace with Police Department.
Remove the term Police Department from Regulation 3 (A)(8), Regulation 10 (A)(30), and Regulation 10 (E)(16).
Replace the language of Regulation 10 (E)(4) relative to age verification for deliveries to read: Electronic age verification shall be utilized to determine the age of any individual attempting to purchase cannabis goods for delivery and shall be required at each point-of-sales location. All employees shall be instructed in its use. Cannabis products shall not be sold to the public without electronic age verification.
INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer (CAO), the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, City Attorney, and DCR, to report back with recommendations on establishing a cannabis event organizer license and a temporary cCannabis event license pursuant to State of California Code of Regulations Title 16, Division 42, Chapter 5 Cannabis Events.
REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the DCR, to report as quickly as possible with recommendations on technical amendments to all cannabis-related Ordinances and rules and regulations to ensure consistency with the State of California Code of Regulations.
REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present a Resolution that would extend the provisions of Proposition D until April 1, 2018 under the provisions of LAMC Section 45.19.7.1.
AUTHORIZE the City Attorney, with the assistance of the DCR and the Chair of the REIR Committee, to make any technical modifications and/or legal corrections to the draft Ordinances, draft Resolutions, draft Ordinance requests, and any other related actions listed above in order to further the objectives as described in these recommendations.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the CAO nor the CLA has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: Yes.
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What is the purpose of the Collection Bins Code Amendment? The purpose of the Collection Bins Code Amendment is to establish regulations related to permitting, maintenance, and placement of Collection Bins, as well as penalties for violations of these regulations.
What are Collection Bins? Collection Bins, or donation bins as they are sometimes called, are receptacles used for collecting salvageable personal property, such as clothing, shoes, books or housewares. The items collected are typically resold either for profit or to raise funds for charitable causes.
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CEQA: ENV-2017-2261-ND; ENV-2017-3361-SE Last Day to Act: N/A
Plan Areas: All
PUBLIC HEARING – Completed June 29, 2017
PROJECT SITE: Citywide
PROPOSED PROJECT: An amendment to the Los Angeles Municipal Code establishing location restrictions for commercial cannabis activity consistent with Measure M adopted by Los Angeles City voters on March 7, 2017.
REQUESTED ACTIONS:
1. Find, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15074(b), after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, including Negative Declaration No. ENV-2017-2261-ND (“Negative Declaration”), and all comments received, that there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the environment; 2. Determine that based on the whole of the administrative record, the project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to California Business and Professions Code Section 26055(h) on the basis that the project will adopt ordinances, rules and/or regulations, that will require discretionary review under CEQA to approve licenses to engage in commercial cannabis activity in the City of Los Angeles. 3. Recommend that the City Council adopt the proposed Ordinance; 4. Adopt the staff report as the Commission’s report on the subject; and 5. Adopt the Findings.
Staff: Niall Huffman, City Planning Associate, niall.huffman@lacity.org, (213) 978-3405
OAKLAND — In Oakland, California, the Google cars that collect maps and photographs of city streets have also been collecting air, and measuring pollution block by city block.
Melissa Lunden is the chief scientist for Aclima, the company that built the pollution sensing equipment added to Google’s Street View cars.
“These are sampling gases like ozone, NO, NO2, CO2, methane,” Lunden says. “You see the traffic, you see the streets, you can see the air pollution. That data is uploaded to the internet in real time.”
The result is a detailed map that shows exactly where the air in Oakland is most polluted.
“This hot spot is around a 100 meters of that road, persistent over a year,” Lunden says.
In the future, this technology could provide city maps with pollution levels in the same way we can now see traffic jams on smartphones.
“You could also take this kind of data and give a biking route or a walking route or a route to school, where you minimize your exposure to pollutants,” Lunden says.
Steve Hamburg is the chief scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, which helped pay for the pollution mapping project. He says detailed pollution maps could even impact real estate prices.
“We now have an ability to really make that pollution visible to everybody,” Hamburg says.
“You don’t right now know what you’re buying. This will make it transparent, and that puts more pressure, again, let’s fix these problems,” he says.
It’s a technology that makes visible what is now mostly invisible, and when it comes to air pollution, what you can’t see can hurt you.
ORDINANCE SECOND CONSIDERATION amending Section 12.03 of Article 2 of Chapter 1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to add a definition for the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone (UAIZ) Program and adding a new Chapter 17 to Division 19 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code implementing the Los Angeles City UAIZ Program to promote urban agriculture in exchange for reduced property tax assessments in accordance with California Government Code Sections 51040 et seq., and County of Los Angeles Planning and Zoning Code Sections 22.52.3400 et seq., commonly known as the UAIZ Act.
(Categorical Exemption, Planning and Land Use Management Committee Report adopted in Council on June 13, 2017)
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06/13/2017 Council adopted item (vote: 10-0); Ordinance held over for second reading on June 20, 2017. PLUM report (May 30, 2017), Draft Ordinance Sec. 12.03 (May 4, 2017), Draft Ordinance Sec. 19.170 (May 5, 2017)
06/06/2017 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on June 13, 2017 . PLUM report (May 30, 2017), Draft Ordinance Sec. 12.03 (May 4, 2017), Draft Ordinance Sec. 19.170 (May 5, 2017)
05/30/2017 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) . Form Contract (May 4, 2017), Report from City Attorney (May 4, 4017), Draft Ordinance Sec. 12.03 (May 4, 2017), Draft Ordinance Sec. 19.170 (May 5, 2017)
05/05/2017 City Attorney document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Form Contract (May 4, 2017), Report from City Attorney (May 4, 4017), Draft Ordinance Sec. 12.03 (May 4, 2017), Draft Ordinance Sec. 19.170 (May 5, 2017)
05/26/2017 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on May 30, 2017. Form Contract (May 4, 2017), Report from City Attorney (May 4, 4017), Draft Ordinance Sec. 12.03 (May 4, 2017), Draft Ordinance Sec. 19.170 (May 5, 2017)
05/05/2017 City Attorney document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Form Contract (May 4, 2017), Report from City Attorney (May 4, 4017), Draft Ordinance Sec. 12.03 (May 4, 2017), Draft Ordinance Sec. 19.170 (May 5, 2017)
05/04/2017 Document(s) submitted by City Attorney, as follows: Form Contract (May 4, 2017), Report from City Attorney (May 4, 4017), Draft Ordinance Sec. 12.03 (May 4, 2017), Draft Ordinance Sec. 19.170 (May 5, 2017)
City Attorney report R17-0140, dated May 4, 2017, relative to a draft ordinance amending section 12.03 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to add a definition for Urban Agriculture incentive zone and adding a new Chapter 17 to Division 19 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code to establish an Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone
Los Angeles City Planning Commission report, dated December 6, 2016, relative to an Ordinance amending Section 12.03 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to add a definition for Urban Agricultural Incentive Zone and establish an Urban Agricultural Incentive Zone program.
To Rules, Elections, Intergovernmental Relations, and Neighborhoods Committee
Motion (Wesson, Jr. – Koretz – Price, Jr. – Harris-Dawson – Huizar) – Instruct the Chief Legislative Analyst, with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer, the Department of City Planning, the City Attorney’s office, the Los Angeles Police Department, and any other department as needed, to solicit a social equity analysis of cannabis regulations aimed at promoting equitable ownership and employment opportunities in the cannabis industry.
