This article appeared in CityWatch PLANNING WATCH-I am indebted to Hydee Feldstein, Chief Legislative Director of Better Way California, for her detailed analysis of Senator Scott Wiener’s Senate Bill 902. After three previous defeats of his Senate Bills 827 and 50, this is Wiener’s last minute, Hail Mary pass to preempt local planning and zoning laws so Sacramento can bestow billions in untaxed upzoning gifts to fortunate property owners. At a time when the U.S. economy is in free fall…
City Planning COVID-19 Update: Public Counter Operations
COVID-19 Important Notices Regarding the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) City Planning greatly appreciates your flexibility as we adjust our practices to balance the needs of serving you while also complying with the Mayor’s directives to slow the spread of COVID-19. Unfortunately, these extraordinary measures to safeguard the health and safety of us all have resulted in the postponement of all regularly scheduled Commission and Board meetings, as well as community meetings, from now until at least April 16. However, hearings will resume…
Update: Vacation Rental Ordinance
Vacation Rental Ordinance: On Thursday, December 19th, the City Planning Commission considered a citywide ordinance to regulate Vacation Rentals or secondary residences. As proposed, the draft ordinance would allow a non-primary residence to serve as short-term lodging for visitors. In order to be permitted to list a home as a Vacation Rental, the home must be occupied on an occasional or intermittent basis by the owner, the dwelling unit must not be reserved for affordable or rent-stabilized housing and may…
New General Manager
Department of Neighborhood Empowerment New General Manager Raquel Beltran to visit PlanCheckNC’s November 9, 2019 meeting. Join us to hear the latest updates and some Q&A.
Congress 2019 Workshop – Huge Success
HOW TO RUN A PLANNING COMMITTEE Coordinator: Cindy Cleghorn, Chair, PlanCheckNCLA Speakers: Ron Ziff, Past President & Land Use Committee Chair, Sherman Oaks NC; Kevin Davis, President, Foothill Trails District NC Workshop included the history and overview of the Planning Pilot Program with City Planning; Planning & Land Use Committee member certification, sharing land use committee best practices including NC board approval.
The Passing of Ed Hunt
Today I heard that our great friend and PlanCheckNC Steering Committee member Ed Hunt passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019. Over this past weekend he was communicating with the City on quality of life issues in his neighborhood and as Ed would often do, he shared them with me. I have thought all day about the many times I’ve talked with Ed about the issues that never seem to be handled effectively by the City. At our second Saturday…
Citywide Design Guidelines
Comment period is open til May 24. Thank you Claire Bowen, Sr. City Planner, for fielding a lot of great questions from our PlanCheckNCLA participants at our April meeting. Do you have photos of building designs that YOU like? You can submit them to the Urban Design Studio and they may be included in the final document. https://planning.lacity.org/urb…/citywide_design_guidelines/
Planning 101 — Planning for the Environment
COMMUNITY CORNER • DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING • APRIL 2019 We look forward to seeing you in May at one of our Planning 101 trainings! This year’s theme, Planning for the Environment, will highlight the work of the Department to plan for a healthy and sustainable future and will cover the policies and regulations that guide the Department’s environmental analysis, including the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Please invite your colleagues and neighbors and remember to RSVP here: bit.ly/P101Env. If…
City Planning Update on State Housing Bills
Saturday, March 9, 2019 starting @ 10 a.m. @ LAPD Hollenbeck Community Room (see front page for more details) – City Planner Matthew Glesne will cover the following topics: Overview of recently adopted City Housing Policies Overview of the Housing Progress Report Housing State Bills – Highlights AB 2753: Density Bonus Application – The Density Bonus Law was originally enacted in 1979 to help address the affordable housing shortage by encouraging the development of Low and Moderate Income housing units….
CF 18-1222
To Housing Committee Direct relevant City Departments, in consultation with the City Attorney, to convene a working group with the goal of preparing a report and new departmental procedures relative to alleviating any barriers to expediting housing production.