PlanCheck steering committee members had the pleasure of meeting with Gail just a few days after Gail announced her retirement. Gail has always been warm and friendly to PlanCheck and neighborhood council representatives and this meeting was no different. She says she’s not going anywhere and is looking forward to helping us if called upon. Many feel that Gail was not given the latitude and support to do the things necessary in City Planning. She is gone officially as of…
Simplification of the Zoning Code Guest Speakers. Tom Rothmann, City Planning Department. Contact Information: Tom.Rothmann@lacity.org Alan Bell, City Planning Department. Contact Information: Alan.Bell@lacity.org Tom Rothmann and Alan Bell of the City Planning Department provided an update on the four-Phase Code Simplification Program that is presently underway. The goal is to complete this program in September 2010. This streamlining of the Zoning Code has been undertaken to update the outdated Zoning Code now in use. Further, the simplification of the Code…
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,…