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We hope you enjoy the festivities this week!🗽

And Happy Canada Day tomorrow 🇨🇦 (from your fellow Canuck)

LA County leaders voted last week to continue the temporary ban placed on rent hikes of more than 10% after January’s wildfires until July 31.

California is poised to sign AB 609 into law as part of the state’s budget bill, AB 130. The legislation would exempt certain infill housing projects from review under CEQA, applying to infill sites that are either already developed or surrounded almost entirely by existing urban uses.

The Week Ahead

LA City Council is in recess as of July 2

July 2 | Santa Monica Planning Commission

• 1348 Pico Blvd, 25ENT-0064: Conditional Use Permit to allow for the ancillary sale of beer and wine for off-site consumption (Type 20 ABC license) in conjunction with the operation of an existing Convenience Market (Chevron Extra Mile) within the neighborhood Commercial Zoning District. Pursuant to Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.31.040(B), a Conditional Use Permit is required for the dispensation of alcoholic beverages for on- or off-site consumption. The Planning Commission will consider compliance under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), including whether the proposed project is exempt pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) of the CEQA Guidelines. Applicant: Jacques Massachi, Massco Investments, Inc. Staff Report.

• Sign Law Overview. See Report.

   

July 2 | West LA Area Planning Commission

• 2419 South Ocean Front Walk, APCW-2021-4850-CDP-SPE-SPP-ZAA-F: A 299 sf addition to an existing 3,833 sf, three-story, multi-family residential structure with a mezzanine, a new 844 sf roof deck, and over-in-height fences and gates resulting in a 4,132 sf, four-story duplex with two guest rooms with a roof deck, an eight-foot-tall perimeter fence, and a 13-foot-tall entryway arbor. Requested entitlements include:

  • Request for a Specific Plan Exception to allow:

    • a. A maximum height of 35 feet 10 inches for a Flat Roof, in lieu of 30 feet;

    • b. A front yard fence providing a maximum height of eight feet, in lieu of six feet;

  • A Project Permit Compliance Review for a Project located within the North Venice Subarea of the Venice Coastal Zone Specific Plan;

  • A Coastal Development Permit for a Project located in the Dual Permit Jurisdiction of the Coastal Zone;

  • A Zoning Administrator's Adjustments to allow:

    • a. Side yard setbacks of three feet, in lieu of five feet;

    • b. An enclosure over a portion of the southerly side yard, in lieu of a side yard open to the sky;

    • c. A southerly side yard fence entryway arbor providing a maximum height of 13 feet, in lieu of six feet;

    • d. A roof deck guardrail at the perimeter wall, in lieu of a five-foot setback.

  • A Zoning Administrator's Determinations regarding fences to allow:

    • a. A rear yard fence/gate providing a maximum height of eight feet, in lieu of six feet, as otherwise required;

    • b. A northerly side yard fence providing a maximum height of eight feet, in lieu of six feet.

July 3 | North Valley Area Planning Commission

• 20012 West Chase St, APCNV-2022-8497-VZC: Demolition of a single-family dwelling for the construction of five single family homes on five separate small lots. The residences will be accessed by a central common access driveway with one curb cut on Chase Street. The small lot homes will be a maximum of 26 feet 10 inches in height, and range in size from 2,145 sf to 2,170 sf. The project will provide 13 parking spaces.

• 15151- 15155 Mission Hills Rd, ZA-2021-832-ELD-ZAA-ZAD-SPR-1A: Appeal of approval of demolition of two vacant single family dwellings for the construction of a 370,500 sd Eldercare Facility containing 101 Senior Independent Living Units, 78 Assisted Living beds, 156 Memory Care beds, and a 98-bed Skilled Nursing facility in the "RA" Residential Estate and "A2" Agricultural Zones. The Eldercare Facility will consist of a lower campus and an upper campus. The upper campus will consist of a four-story building above a subterranean parking level and surface parking to include a total of 101 Senior Independent Living dwelling units. The Independent Senior Living units are one- and two-bedroom apartments and townhomes. The lower campus encompasses three-stories with a subterranean level of parking to include 234 beds for Assisted Living and Memory Care and 96 beds for Skilled Nursing Care.

Week in Review

Highlighted Applications

City of LA 

• 3984 Moore St, ADM-2025-3528-DB-RED1-VHCA: New, 5-story, 29-unit, 100% affordable residential building (23 LI, 5 MI)

• 263 S La Brea Ave, ZA-2025-3556-CUB: A CUB to allow the continued sale and dispensing of a full line of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption in conjunction with a 9,195 sq.ft. grocery store in the C2-1VL zone.

• 834 S Holt Ave, CPC-2025-3618-DB-VHCA: Proposed new 6-story, 47-unit, residential development

• 6033 De Soto Ave, PAR-2025-3606-AH-RED1: Construction, use, and maintenance of a 198,298 square foot, 207 DU 100% affordable multi-family residential project in a seven story, approximately 88' tall structure.

• 9800 National Blvd, CPC-2025-3587-SPPC-DB-CU3-VHCA: Demolition of existing 22 residential units and the construction of 65 new units in a 91,345 sf 8 story building with 9,907SF retail space, 6,082Sf open space and 62 parking spaces

• 530 Mateo St, ZA-2025-3580-MPA: A main plan approval for the sale and dispensing of a full-line of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption in conjunction with a new restaurant operating from 6am to 12am

City of Santa Monica

• 1217 Euclid St, 25ENT-0117: A deed restriction for a 100% affordable housing project entailing a 48-unit apartment building

• 711 San Vicente Blvd, 25ENT-0118: Sb 9 conformance review application for a lot split totaling 6,190.4 sf to be split into two parcels. Parcel 1 will be 3,714.2 sf and Parcel 2 will be 2,476.2 sf. Parcel 2 will be a new 2-story 2,250 sf SFD with a 2-story 800 sf ADU.

• 1437 6Th St, 25ENT-0115: An appeal of the Planning Commission decision on 6/18/25 regarding an 18-story, 172-unit residential building with 26 affordable units with 55 parking spaces and 88 bicycle spaces

Highlighted Completions

City of LA

• 12063 Summit Cir, DIR-2024-4655-SPPC-DRB-MSP: Approved with conditions an interior and exterior remodel of existing SFD, 2nd floor addition over garage, covered deck and pool remodel under the Mulholland Specific Plan

• 8325 Beverly Blvd, DIR-2024-7670-TOC-VHCA: Approved with conditions a 4 story TOC mixed used project with 12 units and ground floor commercial with one basement level

• 10770 Wilkins Ave, VTT-84293-CN-HCA: Approved with conditions a vesting tentative tract for condominium purposes in conjunction with a new 11-unit apartment building approved via a density bonus application

• 7418 Verdugo Crestline Dr, ZA-2024-4135-CU1-SPPC:Approved with conditions a 1,019 sf. addition to an existing 1,917 sf. SFD and a new 400 sf garage

• 2515 S Gaffey St, DIR-2024-3346-MEL: Coastal Exemption with Mello Act Compliance for Conversion of first floor to ADU