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Los Angeles City Planning Commission meeting, August 13, 2026

August 13, 2026, 8:30 a.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From official records: On Aug. 13, 2026, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission approved an eight-story, 379-unit building with 42 extremely low-income units at 3190-3240 S. La Cienega Blvd. (Urbanize LA, Aug. 14, 2026) and a six-story, 39-unit building at 10535 Missouri Ave. (Urbanize LA, Aug. 19, 2026), Urbanize LA reported. The stories do not give the votes, and City Planning's case records showed no action on either case as of Oct. 1, 2026. The case record for 7528 Bellaire Ave. in North Hollywood shows the Commission approved with conditions a general plan amendment and zone change for about 218,000 sq. ft. of self-storage and eight homes (Bellaire case). Minutes were not posted as of Oct. 1, 2026 (agenda).

As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the August 13, 2026 meeting of the City Planning Commission come from official records posted so far, such as council files, recorded votes and filed statements. Some results may be missing until the full minutes are posted and read.

Item 5a, the Chippingford School at 900 S. Hilgard Ave., is listed on the Aug. 27 consent calendar as continued from Aug. 13. On Aug. 27 the Commission approved the conditional use permit and the waiver of dedications 5-0: Klein moved, Saitman seconded, Chavez, Lawshe and Rosenstein yes, Choe recused, Diaz, Johnson and Zamora absent (determination letter, mailed Sept. 8, 2026). The North Westwood Neighborhood Council’s July 1 agenda had a possible Community Impact Statement on the case (agenda).

5b. 379 units at 3190-3240 S. La Cienega Blvd.

• What it does: An eight-story, 90-foot-6-inch, 304,000 sq. ft. residential building with 379 units, 42 of them extremely low-income for 99 years, and 322 parking spaces. It asks for a 120 percent density increase instead of 35 percent and a floor area ratio of 5.96:1 instead of 3:1 under the West Adams-Baldwin Hills-Leimert overlay (agenda).
• Who brought it: S. D. Abraham, Mesa Rim, LLC, represented by Gary Benjamin of Alchemy Planning + Land Use (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 10; the case record lists the West Adams Neighborhood Council area.
• Coverage: Urbanize LA reported that the Commission approved the project, that it was filed in August 2025, and that the applicant earlier sought approval for a seven-story, 254-unit building with 242 parking spaces on the site (Urbanize LA, Aug. 14, 2026). The Real Deal, citing Urbanize, reported the approval and dated the earlier 254-unit proposal to 2020 (The Real Deal, Aug. 17, 2026).
• What happened: The agenda lists Aug. 13 as the last day to act. The case record shows no action as of Oct. 1, 2026, and the case does not appear on a later Commission agenda. Urbanize LA reported that the Commission approved the project; the story does not give the vote (Urbanize LA, Aug. 14, 2026).

6. 39 units at 10535 Missouri Ave.

• What it does: A six-story, 73-foot-6-inch building with 39 units, three very low-income and three moderate-income, replacing a duplex and a house, with 66 parking spaces and 6,600 cubic yards of soil export. It asks for a floor area ratio of 4.35:1 instead of 3:1 and a CEQA exemption under AB 130 (agenda).
• Who brought it: David Hanasab, represented by Matthew Hayden of Hayden Planning; continued from March 26 (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 5; the case record lists the Westside Neighborhood Council area.
• Coverage: Urbanize LA reported that the project cleared the Commission and identified the applicant’s firm as Jenson Capital and the designer as Mika Design Group (Urbanize LA, Aug. 19, 2026). The Real Deal, citing Urbanize, reported the approval and that the applicant is building through an LLC named 1330 Early Bird Square (The Real Deal, Aug. 21, 2026).
• What happened: The agenda lists Aug. 13 as the last day to act. The case record shows no action as of Oct. 1, 2026. Urbanize LA reported that the project cleared the Commission; the story does not give the vote (Urbanize LA, Aug. 19, 2026).

7. Self-storage and homes at 7528 Bellaire Ave.

• What it does: About 217,827 sq. ft. of commercial floor area and eight homes (13,150 sq. ft.) on a site with a vacant house. It needs a general plan amendment to Commercial Manufacturing, a zone change from RA-1, R1-1 and R2-1 to CM-1, a conditional use for household storage within 500 feet of homes, site plan review, and up to a 20 percent parking reduction (agenda).
• Who brought it: Brett Henry, Trojan Storage of North Hollywood; continued from June 25 (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 2; the case record lists the North Hollywood West Neighborhood Council area.
• Coverage: Before the hearing, Urbanize LA reported that the plan put about 220,000 sq. ft. of storage at the back of the site next to the Hollywood Freeway and nine townhomes along Bellaire Avenue, designed by Jordan Architects, with construction expected to start in 2026 and finish by 2027 (Urbanize LA, Oct. 12, 2025).
• What happened: The case record lists the Commission’s action as “approved with conditions” on Aug. 13, 2026, with an appeal period ending Aug. 28 (case record). No determination letter or vote was posted as of Oct. 1, 2026.
• What’s next: A search of the City Clerk’s council file system for the address found no council file for the general plan amendment and zone change as of Oct. 1, 2026.

Minutes for Aug. 13 were not posted on City Planning’s meeting index as of Oct. 1, 2026. Audio is posted.

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