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Saturday, January 8, at 10:00 a.m.

Saturday, January 8, at 10:00 a.m.

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Join us and meet Claudia Rodriguez, the newly appointed City Planning Department Neighborhood Liaison ·      Update on status of Current Issues in City Planning  Community Care Ordinance, Code Studies and other current and projected code studies and planning projects. Alan Bell, Deputy Director, City Planning Department Claudia Rodriguez, Neighborhood Liaison, City Planning Department ·      Effective Advocacy and Land Use Planning Discussion and Workshop with Neighborhood Council and Community Activists. What is effective advocacy?  Learn what others are doing and share…

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City of L.A. Office of Historic Resources

City of L.A. Office of Historic Resources

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October Preservation E-Newsletter Now Available The City of Los Angeles’ Office of Historic Resources is pleased to send you the October 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://http://preservation.lacity.org/files/October%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…

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City Planning Commission Hearing- Oct 15

City Planning Commission Hearing- Oct 15

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The City Planning Commission held a public hearing for an entire day this past Thursday.  The main two topics were the Citywide Zoning Code Core Findings and the Citywide Community Care Facilities ordinances. Both have been postponed so more information can be reviewed. A subcommittee of the City Planning Commission, City Planning and the City Attorney regarding Community Care Facilities was formed If you haven’t already sent your concerns to City Attorney, Amy Brothers, please do so at Amy.Brothers@lacity.org and…

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Code Studies Workshops – revised schedule

Code Studies Workshops – revised schedule

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Good Morning Attached is a revised flyer for four upcoming informational meetings about the Core Findings and Community Care Facilities being offered by the City Planning Department.  As some of you have noted, the Valley meeting is on the same day as the PlanCheckNC program. I have discussed the potential for conflict with Tom Rothman and this schedule will not present a problem.  The Core Findings meetings are unstructured opportunities for community members to visit informational stations set-up within the…

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Metro IN THE WORKS!

Metro IN THE WORKS!

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Dear Transportation Partner: Metro’s transportation agenda is In The Works with the 30/10 Initiative to leverage Measure R revenues as collateral for long-term bonds and a federal loan to allow Metro to build key mass transit projects in 10 years, rather than 30 years. The initiative is gaining widespread support among labor, business, the media and mobility advocates throughout the region. Over the next six weeks, two of Metro’s significant Measure R projects will be hosting public hearings, and Metro…

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Citywide Design Guidelines and CDO Streamlining Amendment

Citywide Design Guidelines and CDO Streamlining Amendment

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The Department of City Planning invites you to attend one of three upcoming informational meetings about the proposed Citywide Design Guidelines and Community Design Overlay Code Amendment. For more information about both of these efforts including drafts of the proposals, please see the “What’s New” section of the Planning Department’s homepage: www.planning.lacity.org Meetings will be held on August 30th and 31st at the following times and locations. VALLEY August 30, 6-8 pm Marvin Braude Center 6262 Van Nuys Blvd. Los…

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Request for Support

Request for Support

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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…

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BHO goes to City Attorney

BHO goes to City Attorney

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Greetings All: The Planning & Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee of the City Council has officially recommended that the proposed Baseline Hillside Ordinance provisions be moved to the City Attorney’s Office for their review and preparation of an official Ordinance. The version that was moved forward essentially upholds the City Planning Commission recommendations with three technical changes as recommended by the Department of City Planning; two procedural changes that will enable the Department of Building & Safety to better implement…

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