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Los Angeles City Council Planning and Land Use Management Committee agenda, October 13, 2026

October 13, 2026, 2 p.m. · Updated October 10, 2026

On the agenda: The Los Angeles City Council's Planning and Land Use Management Committee meets at 2 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2026, with 18 items on its agenda, posted Oct. 9. They include a Planning report on a citywide plan for distributing the housing capacity SB 79 requires, a City Attorney correction to the Low-Rise Ordinance, a motion asking for reports on the cost and timing of the City's Zone 0 ember-resistant zone rules, a zone change for a 474-unit, two-tower project at 2117-2147 E. Violet St., and four appeals: two by the Studio City Residents Association and Save LA River Open Space against an 814-apartment project at 12501-12665 Ventura Blvd., one against a backup sewage pumping plant in Venice, and Emerson College's appeal of a design change at 6007 W. Sunset Blvd..

Agenda only. As of October 10, 2026, the October 13, 2026 meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee of the Los Angeles City Council has not happened yet and nothing on its agenda has been decided. Agendas can change.

Items are numbered as on the agenda, which the Clerk posted Oct. 9, 2026 for 2 p.m. in the John Ferraro Council Chamber, Room 340, City Hall. Members, per the Council President’s assignment letter: Bob Blumenfield (chair), Nithya Raman (vice chair), Ysabel Jurado, John Lee and Adrin Nazarian. The agenda lists the same five and says the committee takes public comment in person only.

Routine item, from the agenda:

• 5: a motion by Heather Hutt, seconded by John Lee, dated Sept. 29, 2026, to have the Department of Building and Safety waive the current fees, charges and accumulated interest on a property on South 6th Avenue in Council District 10 (CF 26-1371). The agenda lists no Community Impact Statement.

1. 2117-2147 E. Violet St.: zone change for a 474-unit, two-tower project

• What it does: A City Planning Commission report and draft ordinance for a vesting zone change that would amend the “Q” conditions of Zone Change Ordinance No. 187209 for a mixed-use project with 474 live/work units, 77 of them affordable, and 2,034 square feet of ground-floor commercial space in two towers on a 2.2-acre site at 2117-2147 E. Violet St. and 2118-2142 E. 7th Place. Building 1 would have 324 units in 30 stories and Building 2 150 units in 20 stories. Five existing buildings with 56,686 square feet of office, restaurant and warehouse space and six live/work units would stay, for 480 live/work units and 569,676 square feet of floor area in all. The agenda says the environmental review relies on a previously certified EIR (ENV-2017-438-EIR) with an erratum and two addenda (agenda).
• Who brought it: The applicant is ONNI Capital, LLC, represented by Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac, LLP. The Planning Commission’s report is dated Aug. 18, 2026, and the Clerk referred it to this committee Aug. 21 (CF 21-0784-S1).
• Money: The agenda marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes” (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 14 (CF 21-0784-S1).
• Neighborhood council positions: None submitted (agenda).
• What’s next: The Council’s time limit and last day to act are both Nov. 17, 2026 (CF 21-0784-S1).

2. Faster approvals for new condominium and ADU condominium projects

• What it does: The motion asks the Department of City Planning, with the Department of Building and Safety and the Bureau of Engineering, to draft within 30 days an ordinance using California Government Code Section 66428(b), which lets cities waive subdivision map requirements for some new-construction condominium projects. It asks for an administrative procedure to waive parcel, tentative and final map requirements, removal of duplicate reviews, and coordinated handling of subdivision, condominium plan, building permit and certificate of occupancy steps. The motion says the City rarely sees proposals for new for-sale housing because of elevated risks, construction costs and the City’s map review process, and that an otherwise by-right project becomes discretionary once it is a condominium.
• Who brought it: Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Imelda Padilla, on Sept. 16, 2026 (CF 26-1329).
• Neighborhood council positions: None submitted (agenda).

3. Zone 0 ember-resistant zone rules: what the City must decide

• What it does: The motion asks the Chief Legislative Analyst and City Administrative Officer for six reports within 60 days on the state’s “Zone 0” rule, which requires an ember-resistant zone within five feet of structures in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones: the decisions and deadline the City faces before drafting its own ordinance, how current brush clearance, landscaping and building codes would layer with Zone 0, the cost of compliance for single-family, multifamily and commercial owners and the resources available to them, the cost for City-owned property, with help from General Services, LADWP, the Zoo and Recreation and Parks, an exemption policy for historic structures and gardens with fire suppression, and the cost of outreach and enforcement. The motion says the state Board of Forestry adopted the rule Aug. 19, 2026, then withdrew its emergency filing in early September to make technical changes.
• Who brought it: Traci Park, seconded by Adrin Nazarian, on Sept. 16, 2026. The motion is also referred to the Public Safety Committee (CF 25-1428-S1).
• Who it affects: Property owners in the City’s Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, and City departments that own land there (motion).
• Neighborhood council positions: None submitted (agenda).

4. Entertainment Zones in downtown Los Angeles under SB 969

• What it does: The motion asks City Planning, with Transportation, Street Services, Engineering, Building and Safety, the City Attorney and the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, to report within 60 days on SB 969 (Wiener), a 2024 state law that lets cities create Entertainment Zones where people can buy alcohol from licensed businesses and drink it outdoors in the public right of way, and to recommend one or more zones in downtown Los Angeles. It also asks for public hearings with Council District 14 stakeholders, small businesses, business improvement districts and neighborhood councils. The motion says the law requires consulting local law enforcement, age identification for anyone holding alcohol in a zone, and a review every two years.
• Who brought it: Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martinez, on May 20, 2026 (CF 26-0756).
• Neighborhood council positions: None submitted. The agenda lists public communications on the file from May 22 through Oct. 7, 2026 (agenda).

6. Citywide inventory of vacant and nuisance properties

• What it does: The motion asks the Department of Building and Safety to report within 30 days on a Citywide Vacant and Public Nuisance Property Abatement Program; on the number, location and status of priority vacant and nuisance properties, sorted by Council district, with criteria for ranking them by public safety risk, how long the conditions have lasted and neighborhood impact, and the protocols and timelines for opening an abatement case; on the enforcement tools available, including cases before the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners; and, with the City Administrative Officer, on funding sources such as the Demolition and Repair Fund and ways to recover costs from owners through liens and penalties. The motion says Building and Safety counts more than 100 priority vacant nuisance buildings and that the Mayor asked the Council to restore $2 million to clean and secure them.
• Who brought it: Adrin Nazarian, seconded by Bob Blumenfield, Tim McOsker and Monica Rodriguez, on Sept. 4, 2026. The Public Works Committee approved the motion Sept. 22, 2026 (CF 26-1280). The file is related to CF 26-0600-S3, a pending funding motion the motion cites.
• Neighborhood council positions: For: North Hollywood Northeast (Sept. 23), Studio City (Oct. 7) and Empowerment Congress Central Area (Oct. 7, 2026), as the agenda lists them.

7. Release of pending nuisance abatement reports

• What it does: The motion asks the Chief Legislative Analyst and City Attorney to release all pending reports on CF 24-0196, including policy options and code amendments for nuisance abatement proceedings, a process for abatement orders where owners are willing but unable to do the work, the feasibility of higher fines for ignoring a Notice to Comply, and possible changes to state law.
• Who brought it: Tim McOsker, seconded by Adrin Nazarian, on Sept. 4, 2026. The Public Works Committee approved it Sept. 22, 2026 (CF 24-0196-S1).
• Neighborhood council positions: None submitted (agenda).

8. Fire Station 31 at 16300 W. Foothill Blvd.: plan amendment and zone change

• What it does: A City Planning Commission report, resolution and draft ordinance to change the General Plan land use designation of a 35,067-square-foot vacant lot at 16300 W. Foothill Blvd. from Limited Industrial to Public Facilities and its zone from [Q]M1-1 to (T)PF-1, so the Fire Department can build a new two-story Fire Station 31. The agenda lists a Class 32 categorical exemption under CEQA (agenda).
• Who brought it: The applicant is the Bureau of Engineering. The file began with an April 21, 2026 motion by Monica Rodriguez, seconded by John Lee; this committee reported on it May 12 and the Council’s action became final May 26, 2026. The Planning Commission’s report is dated Oct. 5, 2026 (CF 26-0580).
• Money: The agenda marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: No” (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 7 (CF 26-0580).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Sylmar Neighborhood Council filed a Community Impact Statement in support on May 30, 2026, after a 13-0 board vote on May 28 (CF 26-0580); the agenda’s position line for this item reads “None submitted” while listing that statement among the documents (agenda).
• What’s next: The time limit is Dec. 19, 2026, and the last day for Council action is Dec. 11 (CF 26-0580).

9. SB 79: an Accelerated Implementation Framework for higher opportunity transit areas

• What it does: The motion asks City Planning, alongside the SB 79 implementation approach the Council chose (“Option C1”), to recommend a later ordinance that would add zoning capacity on higher and moderate opportunity sites in Transit Oriented Development zones before the citywide Local Alternative TOD Plan is done, concentrating taller development along major corridors and near high-quality transit with a step-down in scale toward surrounding blocks. It asks for a preliminary framework and work plan within 90 days, including a method for matching density to infrastructure capacity by station area. The motion says the citywide plan is due to guide full implementation by 2030.
• Who brought it: Bob Blumenfield and Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Marqueece Harris-Dawson, on March 24, 2026 (CF 25-1083-S1).
• Neighborhood council positions: Against: Westside (April 9) and Palms (Sept. 7, 2026). For: North Westwood (May 12, 2026). Positions as the agenda lists them.

10. SB 79: technical amendments and the Missing Middle LA program

• What it does: The motion directs City Planning to bring the committee, within 90 days, a package of technical amendments to streamline SB 79 projects and tie them to the Missing Middle LA work program, including ways to make for-sale condominium, townhome and small-lot projects feasible in Corridor Transition areas. It also asks Planning and Building and Safety for a strategy covering incentives for three- and four-bedroom units and deeper affordability, ministerial and by-right processing, pre-approved designs and objective standards for bungalow courts, townhomes and courtyard apartments, design protections for Historic Preservation Overlay Zones after the delayed effectuation period, an infrastructure capacity analysis at all 55 Opportunity Stations, project tracking dashboards, and “shot clock” deadlines for entitlement reviews.
• Who brought it: Katy Yaroslavsky, seconded by Bob Blumenfield and Eunisses Hernandez, on March 24, 2026 (CF 25-1083-S2).
• Neighborhood council positions: Against: Westside (April 9, 2026). For: North Westwood (May 12, 2026). Positions as the agenda lists them.

11. Mary Clay School as a Historic-Cultural Monument

• What it does: The Cultural Heritage Commission recommends that the Council add the Mary Clay School, 3911 W. Adams Blvd., to the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments. The commission voted 5-0 on July 16, 2026, on a motion by Commissioner Dominguez seconded by Commissioner Rubio, and found the designation categorically exempt from CEQA. The applicant is the City of Los Angeles; the owner is West Adams LLC (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 10 (CF 26-1043).
• Money: The agenda marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: No” (agenda).
• What’s next: The Council’s time limit and last day to act are both Oct. 14, 2026. The Clerk scheduled the item for the Council on Oct. 14, the day after this committee meets (CF 26-1043). The commission’s letter says an application the Council does not act on within its time limit is deemed denied (Cultural Heritage Commission report).

12. Al Fresco dining and public coastal access in Venice

• What it does: City Planning and the Department of Transportation recommend that the Council receive and file their public access study and mitigation measures for the Venice Coastal Zone, prepared to help Al Fresco outdoor dining operators with Coastal Development Permit applications, as guidance for departments and operators, and instruct the departments to use it in efforts to expand coastal access, including the LANow on-demand shared-ride service (CF 19-1519). The exhibits are a Venice public access, mobility and parking study, a mitigation measures implementation plan and a list of Al Fresco operators in the coastal zone. The agenda also lists department reports dated May 28, 2026, Nov. 26, 2025 and Aug. 12, 2026 (agenda).
• Who brought it: The file began with a motion by Traci Park, seconded by Tim McOsker, dated June 6, 2023. Planning transmitted the current report Aug. 20, 2026 (CF 20-1074-S5).
• Money: The agenda marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: No” (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 11 (agenda).

13. Correction to the Low-Rise Ordinance’s unit table

• What it does: The City Attorney’s report, dated Sept. 24, 2026, transmits a draft ordinance to fix an error in the base incentive table of Ordinance No. 188967, the Low-Rise Ordinance the Council adopted June 30, 2026 to implement SB 79 locally. The fix sets the maximum number of units in the LR-1 Eligibility Subarea at 10, with the LR-2 subarea covering projects of 11 to 16 units, which the City Attorney says matches the version the City Planning Commission approved. The report says the change makes no other modification to the ordinance.
• Who brought it: The file’s motion is by Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Imelda Padilla, dated June 5, 2026. The City Attorney referred the correction to this committee Sept. 24, 2026 (CF 25-1083-S3).
• Money: The agenda marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: No” (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: None submitted (agenda).

14. Venice auxiliary sewage pumping plant appeal

• What it does: An appeal of a Class 3 Conditional Use and Venice Specific Plan compliance approval for a two-story, 2,283-square-foot wastewater pumping plant to back up the existing Venice Pumping Plant, with a public parking lot and habitat restoration, at 128 to 139 E. Hurricane St. and 3813 to 3913 S. Esplanade (Planning transmittal, findings). The agenda adds that the project includes an amendment to the Venice Local Coastal Program land use map, from Low Medium II Residential to Public Facility (agenda).
• Who brought it: The applicant is the Bureau of Sanitation; a private individual appealed the City Planning Commission’s decision in case CPC-2024-2010 (Planning transmittal). City Planning filed an appeal response on Oct. 7, 2026 (CF 26-0734-S1).
• Who it affects: Council District 11. Planning’s findings say the existing plant has no room for required backup pumps and cite past sewage discharges near the Venice Canals and Ballona Lagoon (findings).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Venice Neighborhood Council filed a Community Impact Statement on the file on Oct. 6, 2026, which the agenda lists as “For” (agenda). Its summary says the council “continues to recommend denial of the project proposed at 128 Hurricane St” and supports the appeal of the City Planning Commission’s approval. The board approved it July 29, 2026, by 11 yes, 3 no, 1 abstention and 1 recusal (Community Impact Statement).
• What’s next: The Clerk scheduled the item for the Council on Oct. 14, 2026, the day after this meeting. The file’s time limit is Oct. 18, 2026, and the last day for Council action is Oct. 16 (CF 26-0734-S1).

15. Studio City 814-unit project: tract map and CEQA appeal

• What it does: Appeals of the vesting tentative tract map (VTT-84453) and statutory CEQA exemption for three seven-story, 84-foot buildings with 814 apartments, 46 of them for very low income households, about 75,968 square feet of commercial space, 1,800 parking spaces in four underground levels, and export of about 521,000 cubic yards of dirt (Planning transmittal, findings). The agenda describes the map as a two-phased merger and re-subdivision of the site into two ground lots, three residential airspace lots, five commercial airspace lots and eight parking airspace lots, with a haul route approval (agenda).
• Who brought it: The applicant is Studio City Sports Center, LLC. Appellants are the Studio City Residents Association and Save LA River Open Space, represented by attorney Amy Minteer, and a private individual (Planning transmittal). The agenda lists a City Planning staff response to the appeal dated Oct. 5, 2026 and nine attachments from the applicant’s representative dated Oct. 7 (agenda).
• Money: The agenda marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes” (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 4; the project removes all existing uses on the 261,485-square-foot site (findings).
• What’s next: The time limit and last day for Council action are both Oct. 23, 2026 (CF 26-1081).

16. Studio City 814-unit project: plan review and specific plan appeal

• What it does: An appeal of the plan review, specific plan project compliance and CEQA exemption for the same project (CPC-2025-5697). The density bonus is final and not before the Council (Planning transmittal). The agenda puts the project at 744,906 square feet, with 1,040 residential and 766 commercial parking spaces, 89,937 square feet of open space, and removal of 240 non-protected trees on the site and three street trees (agenda).
• Who brought it: Studio City Residents Association and Save LA River Open Space (Planning transmittal). The agenda lists a City Planning supplemental transmittal dated Oct. 8, 2026 with a staff response to the appeal, a Fire Department report, a fire protection technical memo and a biologist’s report (agenda).
• Money: The agenda marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes” (agenda).
• What’s next: Time limit Oct. 23, 2026 (CF 26-1081-S1).

17. 6007 W. Sunset Blvd.: Emerson College appeal of a parking-floor change

• What it does: Emerson College appeals a Planning decision that let the developer of a 109-unit density bonus project, with at least 14 very low income units, lower the minimum floor-to-floor height of its above-grade parking levels from 11 feet to 10 feet (Planning transmittal, Planning determination). The agenda describes the building as seven stories and 86 feet, with 102,224 square feet, 14,657 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and 196 parking spaces (agenda).
• Who brought it: Appellant Emerson College (Los Angeles); applicant 6007 Sunset (LA) OZ, LLC (Planning transmittal). The agenda lists a City Planning appeal summary and staff response dated Oct. 8, 2026 (agenda).
• Who it affects: Council District 13, on Sunset Blvd. between Gordon St. and La Baig Ave. (Planning transmittal).
• What’s next: The time limit is Oct. 24, 2026, and the last day for Council action is Oct. 23 (agenda).

18. SB 79: a citywide Local Alternative Plan and how to distribute the housing capacity

• What it does: A Department of City Planning report dated Oct. 6, 2026 on developing a citywide Local Alternative Plan under SB 79 (Wiener), the state law that requires more housing capacity near major transit stops, and on an equitable strategy for distributing that capacity. The item is also referred to the Budget and Finance Committee (agenda).
• Who brought it: The file began with a Sept. 16, 2025 motion by Traci Park, seconded by John Lee and Monica Rodriguez, asking for a comprehensive report on SB 79’s effects on City infrastructure and utilities. The Clerk referred the new report to both committees Oct. 6, 2026 (CF 25-1083). The documents on the agenda show the Council took up the file on March 24, 2026, with Motion 4A (Blumenfield - Harris-Dawson - Yaroslavsky), Amending Motions 4B, 4C and 4D, and Amending Motion 4E (Soto-Martinez - Raman), which the Clerk’s document title marks “Failed of Adoption” (agenda).
• Money: The agenda marks the item “Fiscal Impact Statement: No” (agenda).
• Neighborhood council positions: The agenda lists For: South Robertson and Studio City; Against: Arts District Little Tokyo, Westchester-Playa Del Rey and Greater Wilshire; Neutral: Van Nuys; For if amended: Sherman Oaks (agenda). The council file lists 31 Community Impact Statements from 25 neighborhood councils since October 2025 (CF 25-1083).

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