Code Simplification Work Program
Code Simplificiation Work Program
PlanCheck Meeting – May 8, 2010 – 10:00 a.m.
The program will consist of two parts as follows:. Land Use and Planning Policies, Ordinances and Enforcement Update on proposed ordinances for STREAMLINING THE ZONING CODE and other current code studies projects . This is a work in progress and now is the time to make your comments to be part of the process. Guest Speakers — Tom Rothmann and Alan Bell of the City Planning Department L.A.’s Planning Crisis and What Should be Done About it. Guest Speaker —…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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,…