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Planning and Land Use Management Committee

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Jun 25, 2026

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Briefing

May 26, 2026

Planning and Land Use Management Committee meeting summary

The Committee approved several Department of City Planning recommendations (including actions to advance a Revised Low‑Rise Ordinance and a Revised Phased Implementation Ordinance), adopted a motion instructing the Department of Building and Safety to pay to board the Hi Lite Motel and pursue recovery of costs, approved a Los Angeles City Planning Commission report and draft ordinance, and continued multiple project appeals including a Starbucks drive‑through appeal to August 25, 2026.

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Briefing

Apr 14, 2026

Planning and Land Use Management Committee meeting summary

The committee continued the Fourth & Central Project environmental review and related entitlements to May 12, 2026; adopted motions directing planning staff to report on land‑use controls for a San Pedro property and to study Port Master Plan permit rules; approved Department of Building and Safety permit fee updates, two historic‑cultural monument listings, a Harbor Area Planning Commission appointment, amendments to the Boyle Heights Community Plan, and denied several appeals sustaining prior planning or building decisions.

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Briefing

Mar 24, 2026

Planning and Land Use Management Committee meeting summary

Committee approved a City Planning report and asked the City Attorney to draft a Home‑Sharing ordinance clarification; approved a zone change and Mitigated Negative Declaration for an express car wash at 9119 N. De Soto Ave.; adopted a motion to extend Plan Check expiration time; approved an interim budget request for the Zoning Review Program transfer to DCP (as amended); and adopted motions on implementing SB 346 reporting for short‑term rental platforms and on options to increase fines for repeat party houses. All recorded votes were 5 Yes, 0 No.

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Briefing

Mar 10, 2026

Planning and Land Use Management meeting summary

The committee acted on a broad set of planning matters: fee and contract adjustments, housing‑related policies including an Affordable Housing Linkage Fee resolution, certification of environmental review and tract approvals for a large Hollywood mixed‑use project, initiation of a historic‑cultural review, and new directions to restrict public parking in agricultural/fire‑sensitive areas and curb illegal signage and blight.

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Briefing

Feb 24, 2026

Planning and Land Use Management Committee summary

The committee adopted multiple motions and ordinance actions including a definition of 'vacant site' to include golf courses in Very High Fire Severity Zones, approval of temporary One‑Stop Permit Center surcharge increases to fund the BuildLA development services system, adoption of the One San Pedro Specific Plan zone changes, several historic‑cultural monument listings, and received a Bureau of Engineering report on BuildLA metrics.

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Briefing

Feb 10, 2026

Planning and Land Use Management meeting summary

The committee adopted motions to investigate nuisance activity at two properties and authorized potential abatement; instructed City Planning to report on reducing concentrations of sober living homes and on environmental/public-health impacts of airport‑adjacent housing; approved a historic‑cultural listing for the Sunkist Growers headquarters; activated a streamlined Restaurant Beverage Program in Council District 7; asked the City Attorney to draft a technical ordinance correction; and denied an appeal, sustaining Planning Commission approval for a cold‑storage expansion in Wilmington.

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Briefing

Jan 27, 2026

Planning and Land Use Management Committee summary

The committee met and approved a General Plan Amendment and Height District change to allow a three-story mixed-use building (self-storage and retail) at 12681 West Jefferson Boulevard, and approved a zone change and five‑lot subdivision for a parcel at 10777 North Winnetka Avenue. The Committee adopted motions to investigate reported nuisance activities at three properties and authorized potential Administrative Nuisance Abatement proceedings, approved a mayoral appointment to the Cultural Heritage Commission, moved a historic nomination to Council without recommendation, and continued an appeal on a cold storage expansion to a later date.

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Briefing

Jan 13, 2026

Planning and Land Use Management meeting summary

The committee approved instructions to amend the Venice Land Use Plan to allow commercial uses on industrially designated land; approved transferring certain zoning plan-check responsibilities from the Department of Building and Safety to the Department of City Planning and asked the City Attorney to draft ordinances; advanced amendments to the Ventura-Cahuenga Specific Plan; approved supplemental actions for a West Los Angeles housing-element zone and height change (with environmental clearances); received a report on Van Nuys Airport outreach; approved an ordinance pathway to exempt certain 2028 Olympic projects from zoning requirements (with CAO cost‑recovery review); and continued historic‑monument and cold‑storage items to January 27, 2026.

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Briefing

Oct 14, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management Committee meeting summary

The committee approved multiple historic‑cultural monument nominations, authorized nuisance investigations at two properties, extended a temporary ban on new warehousing in the Cornfield Arroyo Seco area, adopted a Safety Element General Plan amendment incorporating the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, denied an appeal of a large warehouse project, and approved several administrative and jurisdictional actions.

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Briefing

Sep 30, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management meeting summary

The PLUM Committee approved demolition and rebuild permits for a mold-damaged home, advanced amendments to an Affordable Housing Streamlining Ordinance and asked the City Attorney to draft ordinances, approved zoning exemption reports for the Olympic/Paralympic Games, and approved a citywide interim control ordinance process related to Recreational Vehicle parks.

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Briefing

Sep 9, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management Committee meeting summary

The committee reviewed multiple development and planning items, continued a major warehouse EIR, upheld several planning commission approvals for housing and mixed-use projects, approved appointments to area planning commissions, adopted measures on nuisance investigations and sprinkler requirements, and authorized acceptance of a $1.1M coastal planning grant.

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Briefing

Aug 26, 2025

Planning and Land Use Committee meeting summary

Committee approved technical corrections to the City building standards ordinance, advanced multiple zoning and development items (including actions for a large Flower Street project and Harbor LA community plan updates), and adopted motions directing city departments to study or prepare reforms on permitting, parking, ADUs, RV parks, ghost kitchens, and LADWP processes.

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Briefing

Aug 12, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management Committee meeting summary

The committee acted on multiple planning appeals and approvals, including denying several appeals that sustained prior planning determinations, listing Terminal Island Tuna Street buildings as Historic‑Cultural Monuments, remanding an RV park matter back to the City Planning Commission for further review, and approving code and process changes related to building safety and high‑value development project timing.

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Briefing

Jun 24, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management Committee summary

The committee approved multiple Los Angeles City Planning Commission reports and environmental findings enabling a high‑school campus expansion, several historic‑cultural monument listings, and large mixed‑use and housing projects; it denied appeals that would have overturned earlier planning approvals and extended a temporary demolition restriction in Boyle Heights.

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Briefing

Jun 10, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management Committee meeting summary

Committee approved multiple planning and zoning actions including a zone/height change for a Hyundai dealership, designation of The Du Barry as a Historic‑Cultural Monument, modified approvals for the 670 Mesquit and 1100 E 5th projects, and technical code amendments to align shelter rules with state law. The Committee authorized retroactive acceptance of up to $6,803,759 in REAP 2.0 grant funds for the Department of City Planning. Several appeals were denied or denied in part, one item was continued to August 12, 2025, and a correction resolution for the new zoning code was adopted.

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Briefing

May 27, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management Committee meeting summary

The Committee met May 27, 2025 and acted on multiple planning items: it approved a City Attorney report and draft ordinance (relocating LAMC provisions), confirmed a mayoral appointment to the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission, sustained several City Planning Commission approvals (denying appeals) for two development projects, sustained with modifications a TOC housing project appeal in West Sunset, and granted an appeal overturning a West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission determination for a multi-lot residential project in the Revello/Tramonto area.

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Briefing

May 13, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management Committee summary

Committee approved multiple land-use and environmental findings for large development projects, upheld several Planning Commission decisions on appeals, advanced a report to amend municipal code on erosion and flood hazards, approved a City Attorney draft to rescind the city’s prior oil-and-gas extraction ban, and approved an appointment to the South Los Angeles Area Planning Commission.

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Briefing

Apr 22, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management Committee meeting summary

The committee reviewed multiple planning reports and appeals, approved the Warner Center 2035 five‑year status report, denied several appeals thereby sustaining City Planning and Area Planning Commission determinations, and approved modified conditions for a residential tract map.

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Briefing

Apr 8, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management meeting summary

The committee approved multiple planning and land-use actions, including consultant contract amendments for historic preservation work, a zone change and related approvals for a self-storage project on De Soto Avenue, allocation of $8.78 million for BuildLA consultant services, and measures on inactive construction site accountability. The committee also approved two Cultural Heritage Commission reports adding properties to the Historic-Cultural Monuments list, continued the Oakdale Estates tract map appeal to April 22, 2025, noted and filed a motion on a cell tower hearing, and met in closed session on pending litigation.

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Briefing

Mar 25, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management meeting summary

The committee adopted several motions directing City departments to prepare reports and draft ordinances on contaminated (brownfield) site permitting, proposed Building Code changes to allow single‑exit, single‑stairway multifamily buildings up to six stories, and an interim control to halt oil well acid maintenance; it also approved a City Attorney report on a court writ and continued some project hearings.

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Briefing

Feb 25, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management meeting summary

The committee denied an appeal sustaining a Zoning Administrator decision affecting the Hi Lite Motel, continued a single‑family dwelling appeal to March 25, adopted motions to release a church covenant, to study and propose standards for storage containers in ‘K’ Overlay Zones, to update several municipal code sections with input from relevant departments, to initiate a Sign District for multiple downtown properties, approved $85,000 for Phase II outreach for the Environmental Justice Policy Program, and held a multi‑agency report on commercial infill housing for further revision.

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Briefing

Feb 11, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management meeting summary

Committee approved the Joint Department of City Planning and Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety report and adopted a related resolution; directed City Planning to draft an ordinance to exempt Olympic and Paralympic venues and associated facilities from certain city planning and zoning requirements to enable rapid deployment; considered multiple CEQA actions including historic‑cultural monument nominations and an appeal of a CEQA exemption for a proposed 163‑unit residential project.

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Briefing

Jan 28, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management Committee summary

The Committee approved an ordinance to speed permitting for electric vehicle chargers, added two sites to the Historic‑Cultural Monuments list, instructed city departments to prepare reports on remodel/renovation/demolition definitions and homeless‑shelter notification rules, authorized a fee waiver for one property, directed study of a citywide self‑certification permitting program, approved code changes to harmonize the definition of homeless shelter, and denied appeals sustaining two Los Angeles City Planning Commission approvals for housing projects.

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Briefing

Jan 21, 2025

Planning and Land Use Management Committee meeting summary

Committee held a special meeting and primarily moved to continue three land‑use matters for further review. Item 24‑1054 (a 327‑unit mixed‑use project with 41 Very Low Income units and an increase in FAR) and Item 24‑1064 (a 121‑unit mixed‑use infill project with 13 Extremely Low Income units) were continued to January 28, 2025. Item 24‑1273 (Zoning Administrator enforcement action regarding the Hi Lite Motel) was continued to February 25, 2025. Public comment was taken in person only; language interpretation and TRS information were provided.

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