Planning and Land Use Management Committee

Agenda — 18 items

1. 1 Previously certified Environmental Impact Report No. ENV-2017-438-EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2018051050), Erratum, First Addendum, second Addendum, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164, and related CEQA findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission; and draft Ordinance relative to a Vesting Zone Change to amend the Qualified "Q" Conditions of Zone Change Ordinance No. 187209; for a new mixed-use, two-tower development with 474 live/work units (including 77 affordable units) and 2,034 square feet of ground floor commercial space
2. 2 Motion (Yaroslavsky - Padilla, et al.) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning, with the assistance of the Department of Building and Safety, and the Bureau of Engineering, to draft an ordinance to utilize the City's authority under State law to establish simplified and expedited processing procedures for eligible new-construction condominium and Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) condominium projects; and related matters.
3. 3 Motion (Park – Nazarian) relative to instructing the: 1) Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) and the City Administrative Officer (CAO), with assistance from the City Attorney, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), and the Department of Building and Safety (DBS), to report on variables and adoption deadlines for the City's Zone 0 policy prior to drafting an implementation ordinance; 2) CLA and CAO, with assistance from the City Attorney, LAFD, and DBS, to report with an analysis of current City codes and regulations applicable to landscaping and structures in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zo
4. 4 Motion (Jurado - Soto-Martinez) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning in consultation with the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Street Services, Bureau of Engineering, the Department of Building and Safety, City Attorney, and State of California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, to report with the following: 1) an analysis and report on SB 969 (Wiener), including its requirements, limitations, and potential regulatory controls regarding Entertainment Zones; 2) recommendations for establishing one or more Entertainment Zones in Downtown Los Angeles, consistent w
5. 5 Motion (Hutt – Lee) relative to instructing and authorizing the Department of Building and Safety to waive all of the current fees, charges, and accumulated interest associated with the property located at 2331 South 6 th Avenue.
6. 6 Motion (Nazarian – McOsker, et al.) relative to instructing the Department of Building and Safety to report on the number, location, and status of priority vacant and public nuisance properties citywide, including properties that are vacant, unsecured, abandoned, fire-damaged, substantially deteriorated, littered with trash or debris, or associated with inactive construction, and establish criteria for prioritizing properties based on public safety risk, duration of nuisance conditions, surrounding community impacts, and other appropriate factors; data should be sorted by Council Districts, an
7. 7 Motion (McOsker – Nazarian) relative to requesting the Chief Legislative Analyst and City Attorney to immediately release any and all pending reports for Council File 24-0196, it should include the motion's request for policy options and code amendments to streamline matters related to the administration, enforcement, governance, implementation, and oversight of nuisance abatement proceedings as currently prescribed by the Los Angeles Municipal Code and the Los Angeles Administrative Code. (This item is referred to the Public Works Committee and Planning and Land Use Management Committee. The
8. 8 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Article 19, Section 15332, Class 32, and related CEQA findings; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission; Resolution for a General Plan Amendment to amend the land use designation from Limited Industrial to Public Facilities for the entire site; and draft Ordinance effectuating and Zone from [Q]M1-1 to (T)PF-1; for the construction, use, and maintenance of a new two-story Los Angeles Fire Department fire station(Station No. 31) on a 35,067 square-foot vacant property; locat
9. 9 Motion (Blumenfield – Yaroslavsky, Harris–Dawson) relative to instructing the Department of City Planning, concurrently with the implementation of Option C1, to report with recommendations for a subsequent ordinance to establish an Accelerated Implementation Framework, applicable to higher and moderate opportunity sites within Transit Oriented Development zones.
10. 10 Motion (Yaroslavsky - Blumenfield, et al.) relative to: 1) directing the Department of City Planning (DCP) to develop and present to the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee, a package of technical amendments to streamline development projects presented under Senate Bill (SB) 79, the amendments shall be designed to establish regulatory certainty and accelerate project approvals from the program's inception, and to align with and incorporate the City's Missing Middle LA; and 2) directing the DCP, in coordination with the Department of Building and Safety (DBS) and any other relevan
11. 11 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 Mary Clay School, located at 3911 West Adams Boulevard, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments.
12. 12 Department of City Planning (DCP) report and recommendations dated May 28, 2026; DCP, Bureau of Engineering, and Department of Transportation (DOT) joint report and recommendations dated November 26, 2025; and DCP and DOT joint report, recommendations and Exhibits A, B, and C, dated August 12, 2026, relative to the Public Access Study and Mitigation Measures for the Venice Coastal Zone prepared to assist Al Fresco operators with their Coastal Development Permit applications and maintaining public access to the Venice Coastal Zone.
13. 13 Statutorily Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.085(b), and were assessed in the Housing Element Environmental Impact Report No. ENV-2020-6762-EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2021010130), Addendum No. 1 (ENV-2020-6762-EIR-ADD1), and Addendum No. 2 (ENV-2020-6762-EIR-ADD2) and related CEQA Findings; City Attorney report and draft Ordinance relative to the Low-Rise Ordinance amending Sections 12.22 A.38 of Article 2, Chapter I of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to locally implement Senate Bill 79, "The Abundant and Affordable
14. 14 Previously assessed Venice Auxiliary Pumping Plant (VAPP) Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2015111038, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines 15162 and 15164, and Addendums dated October 29, 2021 and June 2024; report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC); and an appeal filed by Kenya Lee, from the determination of the LACPC in 1) approving, pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Chapter 1 Section 12.24 U.21, a Class 3 Conditional Use Permit to allow a pumping plant and a surface parking lot within the PF Zone; and 2) approving pursuant to LAMC Ch
15. 15 Statutory Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080.66, and related CEQA findings; Report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC); and appeals filed by: 1) Amy C. Minteer, on behalf of Studio City Residents Association & Save LA River Open Space; and 2) Marianne King, from the determination of the LACPC in denying the appeal, and sustaining the decision of the Deputy Advisory Agency dated April 15, 2026; and approving a two-phased Vesting Tentative Tract Map, VTT No. 84453, for the merger and re-subdivision of t
16. 16 Statutory Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to California Public Resources Code Section 21080.66, and related CEQA findings; Report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC); and an appeal filed by Amy C. Minteer, on behalf of Studio City Residents Association & Save LA River Open Space, from the determination of the LACPC in: 1) Approving a Project Review, pursuant to LAMC Chapter 1 Section 16.05 and Chapter 1A Section 13B.2.4, for a development project resulting in a net increase of 50 or more dwelling units and 50,000 gross square feet or mo
17. 17 Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Section 15301, Class 1, and related CEQA findings; report from the Department of City Planning (DCP); and an appeal filed by Emerson College (Los Angeles) (Representative: Paola M. Ferrer, Emerson College), from the determination of DCP in approving a Modification of Entitlements to modify Conditions of Approval Nos. 1 and 7.e; for the construction, use and maintenance of a new seven-story, 102,224 square-foot mixed-use building with 109 dwelling units (including 14 units – 15% of the base d
18. 18 Department of City Planning report dated October 6, 2026 relative to developing a Citywide Local Alt Plan and implementing an equitable strategy for Senate Bill 79 capacity distribution. (This item is referred to the Budget and Finance Committee and Planning and Land Use Management Committee.)

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