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MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                          Contact:        Ben Golombek April 7th, 2010                                                                                                            (213) 595-2650 CONTROLLER GREUEL TO RELEASE AUDIT SHOWING $10.3 MILLION CITY HOUSING LOAN WAS MISHANDLED Department Proceeded With Project, Knowing That a Development Partner Was Under Federal Investigation (Los Angeles) – City Controller Wendy Greuel will release her Waste, Fraud and Abuse team’s audit of how the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) managed a $10.3 million City loan to a developer, which had a major financial partner under federal investigation for misusing public funds, on Thursday, April…

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Greetings All, **Please note that this is a courtesy notification of the upcoming Public Hearings.  Feel free to forward this email or attached file to anyone you feel might be interested.** The City of Los Angeles will conduct an Open House and Public Hearing regarding proposed Code Amendments affecting single-family residential hillside neighborhoods. Monday, April 5, 2010Marvin Braude Building6262 Van Nuys Blvd., Room 1A and 1BVan Nuys, CA 91401Open House: 5:00 – 6:00 PMPublic Hearing: 6:30 – 8:00 PM Thursday, April 8,…

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From: Chris Spitz ppfriends3@hotmail.com Pacific Palisades Residents AssociationP.O. Box 617 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 To Downtown LA NC Dear Mr. Brown, Mr. Doizaki and Ms. Berman: I am vice president of Pacific Palisades Residents Association (PPRA) and a member of Pacific Palisades Community Council (PPCC).  We have been investigating issues involving cell tower proliferation and regulation in Los Angeles for over a year. I am writing to give you an update on the significant and growing city-wide movement to effect comprehensive reform of…

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Greetings Everyone: The Hillside Area Ordinance (the definition and map, NOT the Baseline Hillside Ordinance) has been signed by the Mayor’s Office and will become effective on Monday, May 3, 2010; it is Ordinance No. 181,128. Just to clarify for all, any property zoned R1, RS, RE, or RA which is having the Hillside Area designation removed will be subject to the Baseline Mansionization Ordinance beginning on May 3, 2010. Any property zoned R1, RS, RE, or RA maintaining its…

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TThe Truck Gardening ordinance [CPC-2010-0445-CA; CEQA: ENV-2010-0446-CE] will be presented at the Regular Meeting of the City Planning Commission on THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010, 8:30 A.M. at VAN NUYS CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBER, 2ND FLOOR, 14410 SYLVAN STREET, VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA 91401 The proposed ordinance amending Sections 12.03, 12.04.09, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.07.01, 12.07.1, 12.08, 12.09.3 and 12.17.5 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to clarify permitted truck gardening and farming uses in each zone, and create consistency between…

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Greetings Everyone.   We have finally confirmed the date and location for the requested sixth additional meeting, more accessible for the Southeast Valley and Hollywood areas; please note the new date and earlier start time:   Monday, February 22 – Hollywood Meeting (4 to 7 PM) Hollywood United Methodist Church6817 Franklin Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90028 (Google Maps) There is limited parking on-site, and additional pay parking is available at the Hollywood & Highland complex.   The revised workshop invitation has been attached the this email.     …

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CalRecycle Local Jurisdiction Interested PartiesOn January 12th, 2010, the State Building Standards Commission (BSC) unanimously adopted updates to the California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) which will go into effect on January 1, 2011. CALGreen is a comprehensive and uniform regulatory code for all residential, commercial and K-14 school buildings.The California Green Building Standards Code will require: – A minimum 50 percent diversion of construction and demolition waste from landfills, increasing voluntarily to 65-75 percent for new homes and 80 percent…

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Reminder — Take the survey — send link to your neighbors too. PlanCheckNCLA invites you to participate in a very important survey.  As announced in earlier posts on this blog, the development of standards for Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Alternatives in the City of Los Angeles has been placed hold indefinitely.  PlanCheckNCLA is hosting this survey and will provide the results to the Department of City Planning in the near future. This survey will only take a few minutes of…

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The City of Los Angeles’ Department of Transportation and its consultant (TMD) have completed their analysis and made preliminary recommendations to address the substantial funding shortfall in LADOT’s transit programs over the next decade.  The financial deficit in LADOT’s transit programs is projected at $350 million  over the next decade, including a projected $23 million shortfall in Fiscal Year 2010-11.  Each of the four areas receiving LADOT transit services is affected, including DASH, Commuter Express, Cityride, and Charter Bus. The Department requests your assistance in informing riders…

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The information and community plan area maps the Planning Department presented to the City Council on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 are now available on the Department’s web site.  To access this information and maps, visit  www.planning.lacity.org  and click on “medical marijuana” under “what’s new.”  The Council is scheduled to reconsider this issue on Wednesday, January 13, 2010.