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Happy New Year! 🥂

As we kick off 2026, we’ll be wrapping up the year with a full end-of-year rundown next week.

As I head into a new chapter professionally, next week will be one of the final editions of the newsletter published through ATC. I’ve decided to continue the newsletter independently on Substack so I can keep sharing consistent, grounded updates without interruption. If you’ve found these weekly notes useful, I’d love for you to come with me!

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The Week Ahead

LA City Council and Other City Meetings in Recess for the Holidays

Week in Review

Highlighted Applications

City of LA 

• 5416 Thornburn St, PAR-2025-7115-AHRF: Proposed 4-story, 23-unit apartment building, over basement garage, per CHIP, LAMC 12.22 A.37. Using base and on-menu incentives, assigning 4 units to very low-income

• 2958 Valle Vista Dr, DIR-2025-7112-CDO: Cypress Park & Glassell Park Community Design Overlay for a 768 sf attached addition and a 270 sf attached carport

• 5950 Hollywood Blvd, VTT-83987-VHCA-2A: Second appeal from CREED LA of approvals of Vesting Tentative Tract Map after certified EIR for the
  merger and re-subdivision of an approximately 3.7-acre site into one ground lot and nine airspace lots; and a Haul Route for the export of up to 252,000 cubic yards of soil. The previous appeal by CREED was denied.

• 5926 York Blvd, ZA-2025-7060-CUB: Sale & dispense of full line alcohol for on-site consumption with 2,503 sf restaurant with 76 interior, 1,245 sf patio with 60 on rear private property, & 165.75 sf front sidewalk w/18 seats

• 13760 Fenton Ave, AA-2025-7047-PM-HCA: Subdivision to turn 1 existing lot into 4 RE11-1 lots

• 21815 Sherman Way, DIR-2025-7039-CDO: Change of use from retail to restaurant, TI, facade upgrades, Al Fresco dining area, wall & pole signage on existing pole sign, demo of existing 1-story detached storage building for new construction of 2-story storage building, and new loading space w/perimeter fence

• 16863 W Sunset Blvd, ADM-2025-7053-CCB: 2025 wildfire eligible project for new detached 1-story accessory dwelling unit per ca 66323(a)(2) NFPA 13r

Highlighted Completions

City of LA

• 13355 Ventura Blvd, ADM-2025-6670-RBPA: Authorized administrative clearance under the restaurant beverage program to allow the sale and dispensing of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption in conjunction with a restaurant, Malama Pono Restaurant

• 7022 S Vista Del Mar, APCW-2023-4039-SPE-CDP-ZAD-ZAA-MEL-HCA: Approved new construction of primary and secondary SFD on undeveloped lot (new 2-story SFD with attached garage over basement per SB9 two-unit development)

• 266 Mabery Rd, DIR-2023-3193-CDP-MEL-HCA: Terminated coastal development permit and Mello Act compliance for the demo of an SFD for the construction of an SFD with an accessory dwelling unit, swimming pool, grading, and retaining wall

• 2330 Cloy Ave, DIR-2024-5027-CDP: Approved addition of 420 sf to an existing 1-story SFD with major interior remodel and new roof within the Venice coastal zone specific plan

• 2412 Frey Ave, DIR-2025-2925-CDP-MEL-HCA: Approved demo of an existing SFD & construction of new 2-story SFD in the single permit jurisdiction

• 3107 Beverly Blvd, ADM-2025-6418-RBPA: Authorized administrative clearance under the restaurant beverage program to allow the sale and dispensing of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption in conjunction with a restaurant. Includes converting a former day care center to a parking lot

• 5119 Eagle Rock Blvd, DIR-2025-3215-SPPC-DRB: Approved with conditions, change of use from the existing retail to day care in a 1,183 sf tenant space with a new bathroom inside and play area at the rear