Planning and Land Use Management Committee

Agenda — 16 items

1. 1 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 Fox Apartments, located at 10251 - 10257 West Santa Monica Boulevard; and 1749 - 1755 South Ensley Avenue, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments.
2. 2 Financial Disclosure Statement : Pending
3. 3 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes
4. 4 Motion (Nazarian – Blumenfield) relative to instructing the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety in consultation with the Los Angeles Fire Department , Department on Disability, and the City Attorney to report on an analysis of best practices and feasibility for requiring that residential and commercial buildings exceeding a certain number of stories (e.g., 10, 15, or 20) maintain more than one operational elevator at all times; and related matters.
5. 5 Motion (Nazarian – Padilla) relative to requiring housing developers to provide transit passes for tenants as a condition of utilizing housing incentives. (This item is referred to the Housing and Homelessness Committee, Planning and Land Use Management Committee, and Transportation Committee.) (The Transportation Committee approved the matter on March 11, 2026.)
6. 6 Motion (Nazarian – Blumenfield) relative to identifying and reporting on potential funding sources that could be utilized to fund the preparation of the requested traffic and emergency access analyses, including legally permissible cost-recovery mechanisms, and to advise Council on the feasibility of deploying such funds for this purpose; and related matters.
7. 7 Motion (Padilla – Lee) relative to requesting a report on establishing a program to allow the Los Angeles Fire Department to proactively demolish high-risk abandoned structures. (This item is referred to the Public Safety Committee and Planning and Land Use Management Committee.) (The Public Safety Committee approved the matter on April 22, 2026.)
8. 8 Motion (McOsker - Nazarian) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning, in coordination with the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, the Los Angeles Fire Department, the City Attorney, and any other relevant departments, to immediately evaluate and report on any and all actions available to the City of Los Angeles, including pursuant to the City's police powers to limit, discontinue, phase out, revoke or withhold permits for, declare a public nuisance, or otherwise curtail operations at Rancho LPG and/or JCI; and related matters.
9. 9 Motion (Park – Blumenfield) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning, in consultation with the City Attorney, to prepare and present a Resolution for a General Plan Amendment and Zone Change Ordinance to reclassify the land acquired by Will Rogers State Historical Park in the land swap and lot line adjustment completed in 2000, as "Open Space" in the General Plan and "OS-1XL" in the Zoning Code, and reclassify the land acquired by the Private Parcel for the property located at 14217 West Sunset Boulevard, as "Minimum Residential" in the General Plan with the corresponding "RE-40
10. 10 Motion (Jurado – Padilla) relative to requesting the City Attorney, with support from the Department of City Planning, to consider adding the Low-Rise Ordinance a Low-Rise Bonus that grants any project in the Low-Rise Incentive Area a form limited density, 3.0 Floor Area Ratio, and up to 4 stories in height in exchange for an affordability set aside of either 8 percent extremely low income units, 12 percent low income units, or 50 percent moderate income units, pursuant to Exhibit 2B: Recommendations for Deeper and More Affordability Pursuant to Amending Motion 4C, attached to the Los Angeles
11. 11 Previously assessed Venice Auxiliary Pumping Plant Environmental Impact Report State Clearinghouse No. 2015111038, Addendums dated October 29, 2021 and June 2024; California Environmental Quality Act Findings; reports from the Mayor and the Los Angeles City Planning Commission relative to a Resolution for a General Plan Amendment to amend the: 1) Venice Community Plan General Plan Land Use Map to amend the land use designation of the subject site from Low Medium II Residential to Public Facility; 2) Certified Venice Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan (LUP) map to amend the land use designatio
12. 12 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Article 19, Section 15332, and related CEQA Findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC); and an appeal filed by Marianne King, from the determination of the LACPC in approving, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code Chapter 1 Section 13.08 E and Chapter 1A Section 13B.2.5, a Director Determination; for the construction, use, and maintenance of a three-story, 39-foot six inch in height, 34-unit, 13,937 square foot Residential Care Facility for the Elderly on a 7,503
13. 13 Statutory Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act as a Sustainable Communities Project pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21155.1, and an Appeal filed by Holland Partner Group, on a portion of the determination of the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners dated June 2, 2026, solely to Condition C.1 (Hauling Operations), for the demolition of 2 structures, and the construction of a 6 story mixed-use 166-unit apartment building with 24 Very Low Income units, ground floor parking and 2 levels of subterranean parking; for the properties located at 1911, 1915, 1921-1931
14. 14 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15303 and 15332, and related CEQA Findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC); and an appeal filed by Richard Garvey from the determination of the LACPC in: 1) Approving, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Chapter 1A Section 13B.9.1, a Coastal Development Permit for the proposed project on a lot located within the Single Permit Jurisdiction of the Coastal Zone, 2) Approving, pursuant to LAMC Chapter 1A Section 13B.4.2, a Project Compliance for th
15. 15 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Article 19, Section 15303, Class 3 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures), and related CEQA Findings; report from the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission (WLAAPC); and an appeal filed by Elise Slifkin-McClure, Dennis McClure and Patrick Kane Dossett, from the determination of the WLAAPC in: 1) Approving, pursuant to Section 11.5.7 F. of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a Specific Plan Exception from the Coastal Bluffs Specific Plan to allow: a) A height of 15 feet w
16. 16 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes