Planning and Land Use Management Committee

Agenda — 12 items

1. 1 Continued from February 25, 2025
2. 2 Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND), No. ENV-2022-8611-MND, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, and related Environmental findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC), a draft Ordinance effectuating a Zone Change and Height District Change from C4-1LD and P-1LD to (T)C2-2; and an appeal filed by West Valley Alliance for Optimal Living (Representative: Jamie T. Hall, Channel Law Group, LLP) from the LACPC’s determination in: 1) approving pursuant to the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 11.5.7 F, Specif
3. 3 Motion (Hernandez - Price - Harris-Dawson) relative to instructing the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, Department of City Planning, Bureau of Engineering, Department of Sanitation, Los Angeles Fire Department, and Los Angeles Department of Transportation, in consultation with the City Attorney, to prepare a report with recommendations requiring coordination with any County, State, or Federal agency with jurisdiction over contaminated sites, including but not limited to the Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Air Resources Board, and the Los Angeles Regional Water
4. 4 Motion (Raman - Yaroslavsky - Blumenfield) instructing the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, in consultation with the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Department of City Planning, and with requested input from Livable Cities Initiative and the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles, to present within 90 days modifications to the City’s Building Code to allow for single-exit, single-stairway, multifamily unit residential buildings up to six stories; and related matters.
5. 5 Motion (Yaroslavsky - McOsker - Soto-Martinez) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning with the assistance of the Los Angeles Fire Department, Petroleum Administrator and City Attorney, to prepare an interim control ordinance that would halt the practice of oil well acid maintenance; and related matters. (Also referred to the Energy and Environment Committee)
6. 6 City Attorney report relative to a court-issued Writ of Mandate and court judgement commanding the City Council to set aside, vacate, and annul the City Council’s October 13, 2023 action adopting the Planning and Land Use Management Committee’s report denying the appeal filed by 8217 Winnetka LLC & Bedrock Properties Group, LLC c/o Leon Benrimon and sustaining the determination of incompleteness by the Department of City Planning under the Permit Streamlining Act for the property located at 8217 North Winnetka Avenue.
7. 7 Motion (McOsker - Padilla) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning and the Chief Legislative Analyst, with the assistance of the City Attorney and the Los Angeles Housing Department, to report on language that best incorporates the State labor standards specified in Assembly Bill 785, Assembly Bill 2011, Senate Bill 4, Senate 423 and the labor standards of United to House Los Angeles, into the draft Affordable Housing Streamlining Ordinance (CPC-2023-5273-CA) pending under Council file No. 23-0623-S1. (Also referred to the Housing and Homelessness Committee)
8. 8 Motion (Hernandez - McOsker - Blumenfield) relative to instructing the Board of Public Works' Office of Petroleum and Natural Gas Administration and Safety, with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer, and in consultation with, but not limited to, the Department of City Planning, the Los Angeles Fire Department, and the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, the City Attorney, and any Council Office/Mayor's Office, to report on recommendations on instituting best practices regarding to oil and gas uses in the land use regulatory process, in addition to solutions to protect t
9. 9 Previously Certified Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. ENV. 2021-10633-EIR [State Clearinghouse (SCH) No. 2021010117], and related Environmental findings, reports from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and the Mayor; Resolution relative to General Plan Amendments to the San Pedro Community Plan to change the land use designation from Low Medium II Residential to Community Commercial for a portion of the project site; to add the OSP Zone as a corresponding zone to the Community Commercial land use designation, and to the Transportation Element of the General Plan (Mobility Plan 2035)
10. 10 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article 19, Section 15308, Class 8, and Article 19, Section 15331, Class 31 of the State CEQA Guidelines, and report from the Cultural Heritage Commission relative to the inclusion of Amasis Apartments, located at 747 North Wilcox Avenue, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments.
11. 11 Continued from February 11, 2025
12. 12 Categorical Exemption, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15332, Class 32, report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC), and appeal filed by Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility (SAFER) (Representative: Hayley Uno, Lozeau Drury LLP) from the LACPC’s determination in: 1) approving a Categorical Exemption as the environmental clearance for the project; 2) approving, pursuant to the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 12.22 A.25, a Density Bonus Compliance Review to permit a residential development project consisting