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Request for Support

August 17, 2010 plancheckncla Comments 0 Comment

REQUEST FOR SUPPORT The City Department of Planning has posted the Negative Declaration for the adoption of Citywide Urban Design Guidelines (Guidelines) which has a comment deadline of August 25, 2010. These Guidelines will be an Appendix to the General Plan Framework Element for Multifamily Residential, Mixed-Use, Commercial and Industrial land uses (see project description below). The purpose of the Design Guidelines is twofold: to implement the design values in the 10 Urban Design Principles, a part of the Framework…

Urban Design Guidelines DRAFT to be released

August 16, 2010 plancheckncla Comments 0 Comment

Environmental notices are usually allowed comment up to and including the public hearing before the City Planning Commission met with surprise.

Meeting Report for May 8, 2010

May 16, 2010 plancheckncla Comments 0 Comment

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 This streamlining of the Zoning Code has been undertaken to update the outdated Zoning Code now in use.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…

CONTROLLER GREUEL RELEASES FOLLOW-UP AUDIT OF CITY’S PLANNING DEPARTMENT

April 2, 2010 plancheckncla Comments 0 Comment

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,…

DOT Transit Service Analysis

February 3, 2010 plancheckncla Comments 0 Comment

The Department of Transportation is conducting a transit service analysis toexamine all its transit services (DASH, Commuter Express, Cityride, CharterBus) and to determine what measures can be taken to meet the approximate$350 million budget shortfall over the next decade, $23 million in thefiscal year beginning July 1, 2010. Part of the analysis process includespublic comment and suggestions. Details about the analysis and the public hearing process are attached.Please share these brochures with your colleagues, neighbors, and othertransit users.