City Council Committees for 2023
January 3, 2023Holly WolcottLos Angeles City Clerk200 N. Spring Street, Room 360Los Angeles, CA 90012Re: New Committee AssignmentsDear Ms. Wolcott:In my capacity as Council President, I am making new committee assignments as specifiedin the list below. These assignments are subject to the Council’s approval of a resolutionthat I will introduce next week pursuant to Charter Section 242(b) to establish thecommittees and their respective jurisdictions.I anticipate that some of the existing committee names will be changed, as follows:● Immigrant Affairs, Civil…
Permanent Al Fresco Ordinance – outdoor dining on private property
Los Angeles City Planning invites you to participate in a Virtual Information Webinar and Public Hearing on the draft of the proposed Permanent Al Fresco Ordinance for outdoor dining on private property. In response to City Council instructions (CF 20-1074), City Planning released the proposed Ordinance for public review and comment on November 30, 2022. The Ordinance aims to clarify and streamline Zoning Code regulations regarding outdoor dining on private property. Separate but related efforts are underway by the Department of Transportation (LADOT) to permit in-street…
CPC Determination Letter: CPC-2022-3413-CA & CPC-2022-3712-ZC (Wildlife Ordinance)
Please see the attached letter of determination for the above-mentioned cases. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact the assigned planning staff by emailing: ourla2040@lacity.org
December 10, 2022 PlanCheckNC Meeting Links
Google Drive Folder with Meeting Recordings https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QnZhDK2BRgBJMWOoznVnkUaVIZGKeHGt?usp=share_link
Processes & Procedures Ordinance passes City Council 12-7-22 to implement by Summer 2023
Los Angeles City Planning is pleased to announce the Processes and Procedures Ordinance was adopted by the City Council at its regular meeting on December 7, 2022. As the Ordinance includes a 6-month operative date delay, the new processes and procedures are anticipated to be implemented by Summer of 2023. City Planning will continue to provide updates in the coming months as the operative date approaches. The Processes and Procedures Ordinance is part of a larger initiative to comprehensively update…
Court Rules CEQA Determinations Must be Included on Public Meeting Agendas
Land Use 11.01.22 California’s Second District Court of Appeal recently issued an important decision clarifying that the Ralph M. Brown Act applies to CEQA decisions, including CEQA exemption determinations, discussed or voted upon during the regular meetings of the legislative bodies of local agencies, meaning that such items of business must be listed on those meeting agendas at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. (G.I. Industries v. City of Thousand Oaks, 2d Civ. No. B317201, October 26, 2022.) In…
Permanent Al Fresco/Outdoor Dining Draft Ordinance Release
Dear Al Fresco Participants and Interested Stakeholders, In May 2020, the City introduced LA Al Fresco to allow for expanded outdoor dining activities for qualifying food establishments. Through the Mayor’s local emergency powers, this temporary program offered a pathway to create outdoor dining areas in the public right-of-way and on private property without requiring most of the current regulations in the Zoning Code. This served as a lifeline for those restaurants adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic due to the…
TCN Program on 12/1 Metro Board Agenda
Last month’s TCN Project presentation was a hot topic, and so just wanted to flag that the LA Metro Board will be considering approval of the TCN project this week on Thursday, 12/1. The agenda is available here, and TCN is Item 13, and will be considered on consent. Please share with any interested parties who would like to participate. I am also attaching a PDF of the proposed sites, which is available as part of the item report. Thank you…
CPC decided to continue the Wildlife Ordinance to December 8, 2022
The proposed Wildlife Ordinance (case numbers CPC-2022-3413-CA, CPC-2022-3712-ZC, and ENV-2022-3414-CE) was scheduled to be heard by the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (CPC) today, Thursday, November 17, 2022. However, at the start of today’s meeting, the CPC decided to continue the item to be heard at the regularly scheduled meeting on December 8, 2022. The agenda for this meeting will be made available ten days before the hearing, on Tuesday, November 29, and will be posted at planning4la.org/hearings. Due to…