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Empowerment Congress North Area Neighborhood Development Council special meeting agenda, October 14, 2026

October 14, 2026, 6:30 p.m. · Updated October 10, 2026

On the agenda: The Empowerment Congress North Area Neighborhood Development Council's Policy Committee meets jointly with the board online on Oct. 14, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.; the agenda says only committee members vote and the board takes no action. It lists USC's proposed Blavatnik Center at 625 W. 32nd St., a 20,000-square-foot building that needs a General Plan amendment and zone change (case CPC-2026-4696-GPA-ZC-HD-BL), a project at 902 W. Washington Blvd. with 109 for-sale condominiums and 14 very low-income rental units, a plan approval for alcohol sales at the CVS at 3335 S. Figueroa St., and Council File 20-1376-S5, a proposed Municipal Code 41.18 amendment covering fire stations, police stations and post offices. The agenda has 10 items.

Agenda only. As of October 10, 2026, the October 14, 2026 meeting of the Empowerment Congress North Area Neighborhood Development Council has not happened yet and nothing on its agenda has been decided. Agendas can change.

The agenda sets the joint meeting of the Policy Committee and the board for Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. by Zoom webinar, and says the meeting is held virtually under Senate Bill 707 and Council File 23-1114. It says the meeting is noticed as a special joint meeting because a majority of board members may attend, that “No Board action will be taken on behalf of the Board at this meeting of the Committee,” and that only committee members vote. The agenda lists Jean Frost as the committee’s chair and John Noyola as co-chair. Public comment is two minutes per speaker. The agenda was posted on Oct. 9 (City agenda index). It lists the next Policy Committee meeting for Nov. 18, 2026, and the next general board meeting for Nov. 5, 2026 (agenda).

4. USC’s Blavatnik Center at 625 W. 32nd St.

• What it asks: Action or discussion on case CPC-2026-4696-GPA-ZC-HD-BL: construction, use and maintenance of a 20,000-square-foot, 48-foot-tall university building on the USC campus, on land the agenda says is zoned R3-1-O and [Q]C2-1VL-O. The request is a General Plan amendment changing the four westerly parcels from Medium Residential to Community Commercial and a zone change to C2-2-O (agenda).
• Who brought it: The agenda lists Steve Wesson and Brian Eck of USC as presenters (agenda).
• Records: The agenda prints the case number as CPC-2025-4696 in its text and as CPC-2026-4696 in its link to City Planning (agenda). City Planning’s case record lists CPC-2026-4696-GPA-ZC-HD-BL for 625 W. 32nd St., filed Sept. 10, 2026 and assigned to staff on Oct. 1, 2026, with the same project description, no hearing date and no action.

5. 109 condominiums and 14 affordable rentals at 902 W. Washington Blvd.

• What it asks: Action or discussion on a project to demolish a 12,335-square-foot commercial building and its surface parking lot and build 109 for-sale condominium units and 14 very low-income affordable rental units, as 30 townhomes and a 93-unit multifamily building. The agenda lists the site as 902 and 910 W. Washington Blvd., 1909 to 1939 S. Oak St. and 903 to 919 W. 20th St., zoned C2-1VL-HPOZ-CPIO. It gives no case number (agenda).
• Who brought it: The agenda lists Jim Kostoryz of Anastasi Development LLC as presenter (agenda).

6. Bus shelter at 1688 W. Adams Blvd.

• What it asks: Action or discussion on problems with the bus shelter at the southeast corner of 1688 W. Adams Blvd. and solutions, including possible removal. The agenda lists Melissa Ramirez of Council District 8 for the item and gives no further detail (agenda).

7. Alcohol sales at the CVS at 3335 S. Figueroa St.

• What it asks: Action or discussion on case ZA-2010-918-CUB-CU-PA2, a plan approval for the continued sale of a full line of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption under a Type 21 ABC license at the existing CVS pharmacy, store 2396, at 3335 S. Figueroa St., Suite Q (agenda).
• Who brought it: The agenda lists R. “Bruce” Evans of the law firm Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson for the item (agenda).

8. Council File 20-1376-S5, 41.18 at post offices, fire stations and police stations

• What it asks: Action or discussion on CF 20-1376-S5. The agenda does not state a position; it links a MyNewsLA story of Oct. 6, 2026 on the Council committee hearing (agenda).
• What the file does: The file is titled “Unlawful Sitting, Lying, Sleeping / Unlawful Personal Property Storage, Use, Maintenance / Personal Property / United States Post Offices / Fire Stations / Police Stations / Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 41.18 / Amendment” (CF 20-1376-S5). The Board of Fire Commissioners’ Oct. 6, 2026 report describes the motion as calling on the City Attorney to draft an ordinance amending Section 41.18 to designate fire stations, police stations and U.S. post offices as “sensitive use” locations (report).
• Who brought it: Traci Park, seconded by John Lee and Imelda Padilla, on May 16, 2025 (CF 20-1376-S5).
• Where it stands: The Council’s Public Safety Committee took up the file on Oct. 6, 2026 and continued it to a date to be determined (CF 20-1376-S5; our page on that meeting). The file is also pending in the Homelessness and Health Committee. A Board of Fire Commissioners report dated Oct. 6, 2026 says the board “supported the recommendation” at its meeting that day and records its support for the file; the attached proposal would have Section 41.18(c)(5) designate a “Public Safety Facility,” defined as a City facility regularly used for fire, rescue, emergency medical, law enforcement, dispatch or emergency operations, with a 500-foot zone around it. The report gives no vote tally. It was referred to both committees on Oct. 8 (report; CF 20-1376-S5).
• Neighborhood council positions: Six neighborhood councils have filed statements: North Westwood (June 8, 2025), Arleta and Los Feliz (June 25, 2025), Studio City (July 1, 2025), South Robertson (Aug. 7, 2025) and Mar Vista (Nov. 12, 2025). None from the Empowerment Congress North Area council appears on the file as of Oct. 10, 2026 (CF 20-1376-S5).

9. Objective Design Standards in Historic Preservation Overlay Zones

• What it asks: A status report and discussion on City Planning’s work to create citywide Objective Design Standards for Historic Preservation Overlay Zones. The agenda gives no further detail (agenda).

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