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🖤 Our thoughts are with those affected by the LA fires

Los Angeles holds a special place for us as the first market where we built our platform. It’s a city that means so much to us. If our data can assist in rebuilding or planning for the future, we are here to help.

Yesterday, Gov. Newsom issued an executive order to expedite the rebuilding of homes and businesses destroyed by the fires. The order suspends CEQA and Coastal Act reviews and instructs state agencies to identify permitting requirements that can be streamlined.

The Week Ahead

Jan 14 | LA Planning and Land Use Mgmt Committee

• 555 East Universal Hollywood Dr, CPC-2017-5423-VZC-HD-CUB-CUX-SPR: Vesting Zone Change and Height District Change for the Hilton Universal City Project, which involves the construction of an approximately 300,000 sf 18-story Hotel Expansion Building addition to the existing 24-story Hilton Universal City Hotel; the Expansion Building would be comprised of 395 guestrooms, a spa, restaurants, an indoor/outdoor bar, two pools, a single-level lobby lounge/bar, a meeting room addition to the ancillary building, and an expansion of the existing three-level parking garage. Upon completion, the Project would provide 890 guestrooms and 696,609 sf of floor area, resulting in a FAR of 2.2:1.

• Department of City Planning Memo and Corrected Resolution relative to fixing typographical errors in Article 5 (Use) of the New Zoning Code

Jan 15 | West LA Area Planning Commission

• 2010 South Canal St, DIR-2024-1072-CDP-MEL-HCA-1A: An appeal of an approved conversion of a two-car garage into an attached 372 sf Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) within an existing two-story duplex resulting in a lot with a duplex and an attached ADU, providing one parking space on-site in Venice.

Jan 15 | Santa Monica Planning Commission

• 2024 California Legislative Session Housing Law Updates

• 1901 Wilshire Blvd: A Conditional Use Permit, Development Review Permit, Waiver, and Minor Modification to allow for the construction of a new Tier 2, three-story, 23,634 sf medical office building with Mixed-Use Boulevard (MUB) zoning district. The proposed Waiver and Minor Modification requests are to allow for a reduction of the minimum upper-story stepback and loading space dimensional requirements, respectively.

Week in Review 

Highlighted Case Applications

Los Angeles

• 519 N Soto St, ADM-2025-166-CLR: New 3 story multifamily. to include a 2 car garage and 8 units. and a two-story building to include 3 car garage and 2 ADUs

• 3501 W 3Rd St, ADM-2025-132-DB-SPPC-VHCA-RED1: Demo of the existing uses and construction of 9-story 100% affordable housing with 168 residential dwelling units.

• 750 E Manchester Ave, ADM-2025-141-RDP: Legalize existing addition to building of 1,800sf

• 1031 Enchanted Way, CPC-2024-8146-DB-VHCA: Remodel and addition to an existing SFD and new attached ADU

• 10133 San Fernando Rd, ZA-2025-81-CUB: A CUB to allow the sale and dispensing of beer and wine for off-site sales in conjunction with an existing 3,001 sq. ft. convenience store operating 24 hours daily

• 1905 Canal St, DIR-2025-47-CDP-MEL-HCA: Conversion of existing attached 487 sq. ft. rec./storage room into new attached adu (no sq. ft. added)

Highlighted Completions

Did you know we now have a completed date filter for LA in ATC? You can also check a project's status using the new status filter. For example, many of the cases below have been approved but have a status of “In appeal period.”

Los Angeles

• 2033 Wollam St, DIR-2024-5616-SPPC-HCA: Approved with conditions Addition of 2nd story to existing one-story SFD, 2nd-floor balcony, attached ADU addition at the first floor, and an interior remodel of the existing first floor

• 5025 Klump Ave, DIR-2024-5900-TOC-VHCA: Approved with conditions demo of the existing structures for the construction of a 6-story, 67-foot, 34200 sf, 40-unit apartment bldg with 36 vehicular parking spaces in the R4-1VL zone

• 16161 Ventura Blvd, DIR-2024-3932-SPPC: Approved with conditions fabrication and installation of (1) wall sign, (1) projecting sign and (2) information signs.

• 1131 S Bedford St, ZA-2024-484-CU-SPP: Approved with conditions new 13-unit apartment building over subterranean parking consisting of five residential stories and roof deck. Three incentives to the Tier 2 TOC is requested.

• 9033 W 3Rd St, DIR-2021-9883-TOC-VHCA: Terminated construction of a new 6-story 50-unit multi-family TOC apartment building with five units set aside for ELI and 38 parking stalls

• 4119 Roma Ct, DIR-2023-8164-CDP-ADJ: Approved with conditions the addition of 1400 sf to existing 3 story 5093 sq ft SFD. Existing footprint and basement remain "as is". Additions were made to the existing 1st and 2nd floors. Adding 3rd floor.