On June 22, 2021, the City Council will consider the Processes and Procedures Ordinance (CF 12-0460-S4), which was recommended for adoption at the public hearing held by the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee on June 1st, 2021.
After consideration by the City Council, the proposed Ordinance will be referred to the City Attorney for form and legality review. Subsequently, the proposed Ordinance will be transmitted back to the City Council for consideration and adoption. 
The City Council meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. and be conducted via teleconference. The meeting agenda is available here (Item 13), and includes instructions on how to attend virtually. Any public comments submitted prior to the meeting should be directed to the City Clerk’s online public comment portal.  Further information can also be found on the Code Amendments page of City Planning’s website. Simply scroll down the page until reaching the section titled, “Processes and Procedures Ordinance.” Should you have any questions, contact Bonnie Kim at bonnie.kim@lacity.org or 213-978-1330. For media inquiries, please contact planning.media@lacity.org.
Thank you for your continued interest.

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CF 12-0460-S4-Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideline Sections 15378(b)(5), 15061(b)(3), and 15308 (Class 8); report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and proposed Ordinance amending Chapter 1 and adding Chapter 1A to the Los Angeles Municipal Code to comprehensively reorganize Zoning Code processes and procedures; and communication from the Department of City Planning relative to technical corrections to the proposed Ordinance.  Heard in PLUM 6-1-21 (Item 19) Passed.

No substantive discussion on the POLICY changes was included when Planning clearly stated that the purpose of the Chapter was to centralize all the various processes and procedures that existed throughout the various areas and chapters of the now-under revision code.  In addition, the notice for the PLUM hearing said that the approval was “relative to a technical correction” when, in fact, there were more than technical corrections considered within that part of the presentation.  There were substantive items included.

Proposed motion draft:

_______ Neighborhood Council requests that the Los Angeles City Council postpone consideration of Council File #12-0460-S4 (The Policies and Procedures Amendment to the City Charter) for a minimum of six months in order to enable further community presentations and feedback. The document in this file, including technical amendments and attachments, are over 900 pages. To date there have been approximately 3 meetings of 1.5 hours each for the Department of Planning to summarize this extensive document and receive limited feedback. Further, “technical amendments” were made prior to the PLUM committee’s June 1 consideration which incorporated more than just technical changes and that need review and feedback.

The language supporting the Neighborhood Councils’ charter-given authority to hold public hearings and provide public comment and feedback concerning matters of land use must be restored to the Processes and Procedures amendment sections to ensure it complies with the Los Angeles City Charter and the specific authority it grants to Neighborhood Councils.

The community engagement has been insufficient to conduct a full review of the substantial changes involving land use authority and procedures.

Further we encourage that the Los Angeles City Council obtain cumis council (independent council) to review the document in its entirety to ensure that no transfer of City Council authority occurs as a result of this document and that final decision regarding land use matters remains with the City Council pursuant to the City Charter. There are numerous instances where authority appears to be vested in the Director of Planning, an unelected official, which may be in violation of the City Charter.