Relocation Assistance / Rent Stabilization Ordinance / Municipal Code Loophole Closure

CF 14-0268-S8 at AT PLUM 06/06/2017 CONTINUED FROM 11/8/16

Motion (Huizar – O’Farrell – Fuentes) relative to requesting the City Attorney, with the assistance of the Housing and Community Investment Department (HCID), and the Department of City Planning (DCP), to prepare and present an ordinance that will eliminate loopholes in the Los Angeles Municipal Code that allow project applicants to file for the subdivision / conversion of Rent Stabilized Ordinance (RSO) units to condominiums, and thereafter, develop the property to an entirely different use in order to circumvent the payment of relocation assistance; and, instructing the HCID, with the assistance of the DCP, and in consultation with the City Attorney, to prepare a report on any State laws that require the City to exempt property owners of RSO housing units that will be subdivided / converted to condominiums to pay relocation assistance.

Community Impact Statement: Yes.
For: Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council

  • 06/02/2017 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 6, 2017. Motion (July 1, 2016)
  • 12/21/2016 Community Impact Statement submitted by Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council.  (Refer)
  • 11/08/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to/for a date to be determined. Motion (July 1, 2016)
  • 11/04/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on November 8, 2016. Motion (July 1, 2016)
  • 07/01/2016 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.   Motion (July 1, 2016)

Municipal Code Section 12.32 D(3) / Time for Appellate Decision / 75 Day Appeal Period Timeline

CF 16-0297       CPC 2016-4515-CA   CITY COUNCIL ACTION 03/28/2017   Vote Action: Adopted
Vote Given: (12 – 0 – 3)

Report from the City Attorney and draft Ordinance relative to adding Section 11.5.12 to Article 1.5 of Chapter One of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to allow the City Council President, or designee, to consent to the extension of time for the Council’s consideration of appeals, and determination that adoption of the Ordinance is not a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act.

Fiscal Impact Statement: No

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.


  • 03/28/2017 Council adopted item forthwith.  Draft Ordinance (February 1, 2017)
  • 03/28/2017 City Clerk transmitted file to Mayor. Last day for Mayor to act is April 7, 2017.
  • 03/23/2017 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on March 28, 2017 . Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee (March 21, 2017) , Draft Ordinance (February 1, 2017),
  • 03/21/2017 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) .Draft Ordinance (February 1, 2017), Report from City Attorney (February 1, 2017)
  • 03/17/2017 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on March 21, 2017. Attachment to Report data 02/01/2017 – Draft Ordinance (February 1, 2017), Report from City Attorney (February 1, 2017)
  • 02/01/2017 City Attorney document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Attachment to Report data 02/01/2017 – Draft Ordinance (February 1, 2017), Report from City Attorney (February 1, 2017)
  • 02/01/2017 Document(s) submitted by City Attorney, as follows:

City Attorney report R17-0035, dated February 1, 2017, relative to a draft ordinance adding Section 11.5.12 to the Los Angeles Municipal Code to allow the Council President or designee to consent to the extension of time for the consideration of legislative and quasi-judicial land use appeals.   Attachment to Report data. 02/01/2017 – Draft Ordinance (February 1, 2017)

  • 11/29/2016 Council Action.  (November 23, 2016)
  • 11/23/2016 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.Vote Action: Adopted
    Vote Given: (10 – 0 – 5)
  • 11/16/2016 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on November 23, 2016.
  • 11/01/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved as amended to request City Attorney to prepare a new Ordinance.
  • 10/28/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on November 1, 2016.  City Attorney Report R16-0316, Draft Ordinance (September 3, 2016)
  • 09/30/2016 City Attorney document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
  • 09/30/2016 Document(s) submitted by City Attorney, as follows:

City Attorney Report R16-0316, dated September 30, 2016, relative to a draft ordinance amending 12.32 D(3) of the Municipal Code to allow the Council President or designee to consent to the extension of time relative to appeals of legislative land use actions.  Draft Ordinance (September 30, 2016)

  • 08/03/2016 Council Action.      (August 3, 2016)
  • 08/02/2016 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.  Adopted, (14); Absent: Cedillo (1)
  • 07/27/2016 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on August 2, 2016 .
  • 06/28/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) . (June 28,2016)
  • 06/24/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 28, 2016.
  • 03/15/2016 Motion referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.  (March 15, 2016)

Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Wesson – Huizar):  REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare an Ordinance to delegate authority to the Council President, or his Councilmember designee, to extend the 75 days appellate decision timeline for land use planning cases, and which is currently vested with the City Council per Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 12.32D(3), Time for Appellate Decision.

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