Los Angeles City Planning is pleased to announce the Processes and Procedures Ordinance was adopted by the City Council at its regular meeting on December 7, 2022. As the Ordinance includes a 6-month operative date delay, the new processes and procedures are anticipated to be implemented by Summer of 2023.

City Planning will continue to provide updates in the coming months as the operative date approaches.

The Processes and Procedures Ordinance is part of a larger initiative to comprehensively update the City’s Zoning Code. This Ordinance focuses on creating a clear set of administrative procedures that will be used to consider and process requests for Zoning Code entitlements. As such, it lays the groundwork for a more user-friendly, transparent, and predictable set of zoning regulations while also maintaining public participation. 

As a reminder, the Council File also includes an ordinance implementation plan and a line-by-line processes comparison table which were prepared and submitted by City Planning on August 10, 2022. 

To receive future updates on this ordinance, please sign up to join the interested parties list: https://planning.lacity.org/about/email-sign-up Members of the public may also subscribe directly to the proposed ordinance’s Council File (12-0460-S4)

Thank you for your continued engagement with Los Angeles City Planning.