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Los Angeles City Planning Commission agenda, November 12, 2026
On the agenda: The Los Angeles City Planning Commission's agenda for Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026 lists public hearings on three citywide ordinances from City Planning's Missing Middle LA program. They would update accessory dwelling unit (ADU) rules and let qualifying ADUs be sold as condominiums, put state lot-split and starter home rules into City code with a local Starter Home Bonus Program, and set Lot Amenity Space rules for developments of fewer than six units. The agenda asks the Commission to recommend that the City Council adopt them. The agenda has eight items.
Agenda only. As of November 4, 2026, the November 12, 2026 meeting of the City Planning Commission has not happened yet and nothing on its agenda has been decided. Agendas can change.
| Where | Los Angeles City Hall, John Ferraro Council Chamber, Room 340, 200 N. Spring St., and by Zoom |
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| Agenda | Official agenda (posted November 3, 2026) |
The three cases are related and share the same environmental review. Each asks the Commission to find that the ordinances were covered by the 2021 Housing Element environmental impact report (ENV-2020-6762-EIR) and its addenda, to adopt Addendum No. 5, and to find the ordinances exempt from CEQA under several state housing laws. The agenda lists Dec. 31, 2026 as the last day to act on each case (agenda).
6. ADU rules and SB 9 lot splits (CPC-2025-4421-CA)
- What it does: Updates the City’s accessory dwelling unit rules, lets qualifying ADUs be sold separately as condominiums under state law AB 1033 through a map waiver process, and sets local ADU incentives and size limits. It also writes the HOME Act (Senate Bill 9) standards for two-unit developments and urban lot splits into City code, with “greater flexibility in how urban lots may be split” (agenda).
- What the agenda asks: That the Commission recommend that the City Council adopt an updated ADU Amendment Ordinance and a new HOME Act Ordinance, amending Chapters I and 1A of the Municipal Code (agenda).
- Who brought it: The City of Los Angeles, as part of the Missing Middle LA program, which the agenda says would carry out the City’s 2021-2029 Housing Element (agenda).
- Who it affects: The whole city (agenda).
- Neighborhood council positions: The Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council’s board voted 14-1 on Sept. 9, 2026 to oppose the Missing Middle LA program (minutes).
- What’s next: A Commission recommendation would go to the City Council (agenda).
7. Starter homes and small lot subdivisions (CPC-2025-4430-CA)
- What it does: Updates the small lot subdivision rules, writes the state Starter Home Revitalization Act’s standards into City code, sets up an optional local Starter Home Bonus Program, adds rules for subdivisions that state law requires the City to approve without discretionary review, and extends design standards to Starter Home Bonus projects (agenda).
- What the agenda asks: That the Commission recommend that the City Council adopt a new Starter Home Ordinance, an updated Small Lot Subdivision Amendment Ordinance, and Starter Home and Small Lot Design Standards, which the Commission could amend later (agenda).
- Who brought it: The City of Los Angeles, as part of Missing Middle LA (agenda).
- Who it affects: The whole city (agenda).
- What’s next: A Commission recommendation would go to the City Council (agenda).
8. Lot Amenity Space (CPC-2026-4383-CA)
- What it does: Updates the open space rules. It sets Lot Amenity Space standards for developments with fewer than six units and extends Outdoor Amenity Area rules to single-family zones and all other zones that allow homes (agenda).
- What the agenda asks: That the Commission recommend that the City Council adopt a Lot Amenity Ordinance amending Municipal Code Sections 12.03 and 12.21 (agenda).
- Who brought it: The City of Los Angeles, as part of Missing Middle LA (agenda).
- Who it affects: The whole city (agenda).
- What’s next: A Commission recommendation would go to the City Council. The agenda says the Commission next meets in a special meeting on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026 (agenda).
Every item
| # | Item | Districts |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Missing Middle LA: citywide ADU rule update, sale of qualifying ADUs as condominiums, and SB 9 two-unit and lot-split rules | |
| 7 | Missing Middle LA: citywide Starter Home Ordinance with a local Starter Home Bonus Program and updated small lot subdivision rules | |
| 8 | Missing Middle LA: Lot Amenity Space rules for developments under six units and outdoor amenity areas in single-family zones | |
| 1 | Director's report and commission business | |
| 2 | Neighborhood council statements on agenda items | |
| 3 | General public comment | |
| 4 | Reconsiderations | |
| 5 | Consent calendar (no items) |