Dear Neighbor, We’re writing to you today to help us in the effort to stop a new State Bill that will threaten our neighborhoods. State Bill 79 will allow 65-75 ft high apartment developments in single-family and light industrial areas that are within a half mile of a light rail or bus stops. That will affect large areas of our City! If we do not amend this bill we will not be able to stop 6-7 story apartment buildings next…
LA CITY COUNCIL MEETING Friday, February 21, 2025 AGENDA: https://lacity.primegov.com/Portal/Meeting?meetingTemplateId=137999 ACTION ALERT RE: ITEM # 5 Council File 15-0989-S47: https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm?fa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=15-0989-S47 LINK to Public Comment page: https://cityclerk.lacity.org/publiccomment/?cfnumber=15-0989-S47 CF 15-0989-S47: This motion, if adopted as is, will allow any so-called Olympic and Paralympic projects to be constructed without regard to CEQA, any existing specific plans, Conditional Use Permits, Site Plan Review requirements, height limits, setbacks, etc. WRITTEN COMMENTS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED ASAP AND PHONE CALLS MADE TO COUNCILMEMBERS TO URGE THEM TO OPPOSE…
A new generation of vehicular headlights are extremely bright and have caused many drivers being unable to see when approached by these blinding lights. The Soft Light Foundation is circulating a petition that asks Congress, the Dept. of Transportation, NHTSA, and the FDA to address this issue and to prohibit blinding LED headlights. They seek signers. If you would like to help on this public safety measure, go to: https://chng.it/65mxkh6Vz2
City Council TODAY 2/7 is considering amendments to various Housing Element items. There are staff reports and changes that have apparently been made. 21-1230-S5 To Planning and Land Use Management CommitteeCity Planning report, dated January 31, 2025, relative to revised recommended actions, findings, and Appendix 5 for the Citywide Housing Incentive Program Ordinance. 21-1230-S6 To Planning and Land Use Management CommitteeCity Planning report, dated January 31, 2025, relative to revised recommended actions, findings, Appendix 5, and…
“LA is all in on rebuilding the Palisades” LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass today marked one month following the start of the Palisades Fire and the launch of the largest disaster recovery operation in the history of the City of Los Angeles. The Mayor outlined progress including the completion of assessments of all 15,000+ structures in the Palisades, and announced coming actions including the opening of an in-person permit assistance center next week. Watch the press conference here. “It has…
Dear Trees Committee and Friends. Rec and Parks (RAP) is addressing parks needs Thursday morning right after the regular RAP commissioners meeting. RAP is in the process of preparing a Park Needs Assessment, and this will be discussed at a meeting of the Facility Repair & Maintenance Commission Task Force on Thursday, February 6, at approx. 10:00 am. The meeting will be held at the Chevy Chase Recreation Center, 4165 E. Chevy Chase Drive. The Task Force will only take…
Sharing this meeting opportunity… Dear Trees Committee and Friends, By special request from the City, CFAC will be doing a 45 minute advisory session tomorrow onurban forestry educational materials and resources that CFAC views as beneficial in light of the recent local disaster. I attached the agenda. Today I received from Nurit Katz, the DWP Commissioner who is also Chief Sustainability Officer at UCLA, a hot off the press expert piece from UCLA and UCSB regarding fire myths and responses to them. https://sustainablela.ucla.edu/fuels-management-jan-2025 (fyi…
Hi Everyone, We are all more than a bit stunned at what has happened to many of our neighbors and to the city as a whole over the last few days. We have been trying to figure out ways we can help our neighbors during these unprecedented times. There are so many resources out there offering help to anyone in need. We felt providing links to these sites might be helpful. We are also offering “tech support” for anyone that doesn’t know…
Thank you to all who attended and participated in our PlanCheckNC Meeting January 11, 2025. Special thanks to Erick Lopez and Haydee Urita-Lopez for their presentations and participation with PlanCheckNC attendees. We appreciate you very much. Thank you to Sandra Robles, City Planning Liaison. The links to the Zoom recording, audio recording, transcript and chat are linked below. Topics suggested for the future are: Zoning Code Rebuilding Change of Use Mills Act Status If you have other ideas for topics,…
Outdoor dining was about to expire in L.A. this month. Why it just got a last-minute reprievehttps://www.latimes.com/food/story/2024-12-12/outdoor-dining-last-minute-extension-for-2025-for-los-angeles