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Month: April 2010

Baseline Hillside Ordinance continued to May 13, 2010 City Planning Commission Meeting

Baseline Hillside Ordinance continued to May 13, 2010 City Planning Commission Meeting

The City Planning Commission received a lot of useful comments yesterday and has decided to continue the discussion at their Thursday, May 13, 2010 meeting.  The meeting is scheduled to start at 8:30 AM and will be located at: City Hall, 10th Floor200 N. Spring St.Los Angeles, CA 90012(Google Maps) They have asked Planning staff to return with more information on the comparison of regulations of the other jurisdictions, as well as suggestions for possible changes to the guaranteed minimums,…

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Baseline Hillside Ordinance at CPC on 4-22-10 – 8:30 a.m.

Baseline Hillside Ordinance at CPC on 4-22-10 – 8:30 a.m.

Greeting All, This is email to confirm that the Baseline Hillside Ordinance (CPC-2010-581-CA) will go before the City Planning Commission on Thursday, April 22, 2010 (Item No. 7).  The meeting will start at 8:30 AM and will he located at: Van Nuys City Hall, Council Chamber, 2nd Floor 14410 Sylvan Street Van Nuys, CA 91401 (Google Maps) You can download the following documents by following the links: Staff Report: http://cityplanning.lacity.org/StaffRpt/InitialRpts/CPC-2010-581.pdf CEQA Negative Declaration: http://cityplanning.lacity.org/staffrpt/mnd/ENV-2010-582.pdf April 22, 2010 CPC Agenda: http://planning.lacity.org/MeetingsNHearings/dsp_viewFileDetail.cfm?filename=35997 If you cannot attend the meeting in person,…

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April 2010 – PlanCheckNC Meeting Report

April 2010 – PlanCheckNC Meeting Report

Tom Rothmann, LA City Planning Code Studies gave an update on the  following: Zoning Code Simplification – City Planning has been doing an in-depth analysis to revise the Zoning Code.  They expect to have it to the City Planning Commission in the summer.  They are working on the 12.36 section of the Code that involves “multiple approvals”. There will be workshops on this long-in-process revision to the municipal code.  Tom Rothmann and Alan Bell will be at PlanCheckNCLA on May…

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Bud Ovrom & Gail Goldberg Together May 12 – Studio City

Bud Ovrom & Gail Goldberg Together May 12 – Studio City

Hello all – I’m proud to let you know that the new Director of the Department of Building & Safety and Gail Goldberg, Department of City Planning have agreed to participate at the next Land Use Committee Meeting of the SCNC. May 12, 2010     7:00 PM CBS Studio Center  4024 Radford Avenue, Studio CityI’ll issue the agenda in about two weeks, but I wanted everyone to have a heads up with plenty of time to make arrangements to attend.See you…

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City Controller – $10.3 Million City Housing Loan Mishandling

City Controller – $10.3 Million City Housing Loan Mishandling

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                          Contact:        Ben Golombek April 7th, 2010                                                                                                            (213) 595-2650 CONTROLLER GREUEL TO RELEASE AUDIT SHOWING $10.3 MILLION CITY HOUSING LOAN WAS MISHANDLED Department Proceeded With Project, Knowing That a Development Partner Was Under Federal Investigation (Los Angeles) – City Controller Wendy Greuel will release her Waste, Fraud and Abuse team’s audit of how the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) managed a $10.3 million City loan to a developer, which had a major financial partner under federal investigation for misusing public funds, on Thursday, April…

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LANI Conference is May 13

LANI Conference is May 13

Join us at LANI’s 8th Annual Community Forum!  May 13, 2010 at USC Davidson Conference Center Register Now   http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HX6ZXDH                               Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI)   900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1128 Los Angeles, CA 90017 (213) 627-1822 www.lani.org

Office of Historic Resources

Office of Historic Resources

April Preservation E-Newsletter Now Available The City of Los Angeles’ Office of Historic Resources is pleased to send you the April 2010 issue of our quarterly E-Newsletter. Click below to read this month’s issue.The E-Newsletter is available directly on the Office of Historic Resources web site, at:http://www.preservation.lacity.org/files/April%202010%20Newsletter.pdf.Please help us spread the word to others who are interested in historic preservation. New subscribers may sign up to receive future issues by visiting our web site, http://www.preservation.lacity.org, where you may also learn more…

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CONTROLLER GREUEL RELEASES FOLLOW-UP AUDIT OF CITY’S PLANNING DEPARTMENT

CONTROLLER GREUEL RELEASES FOLLOW-UP AUDIT OF CITY’S PLANNING DEPARTMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                              April 2nd, 2010                                                        CONTROLLER GREUEL RELEASES FOLLOW-UP AUDIT OF CITY’S PLANNINGDEPARTMENTMajority of Recommendations From 2005 Audit Found to be Unimplemented (Los Angeles) –City Controller Wendy Greuel released a follow-up audit today of how the City’s Planning Department handles case processing.  The audit was a follow-up from a 2005 audit which looked at time and efficiency that the Planning Department handles land-use applications from Angelenos. “Out of all of the audits I have done so far, this is among the most disappointing,…

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