Around the Corner

This week in housing news 🗞️:

• Public land up for grabs: The failure of two pre-pandemic proposals for mixed-use developments will mean that two marquee sites controlled by CRA/LA will be declared surplus land (Angels Landing & Bethune Library sites)

• California’s strategies for the unsheltered reveal coordination issues: recent review of how California’s homelessness/unsheltered approaches are being implemented shows gaps in communication, timing, and collaboration between state and local agencies

The Week Ahead

LA Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) and City Council cancelled on Nov. 11 for Veterans’ Day

Nov 12 | East LA Planning Commission

• 3218 North Amethyst St, ZA-2023-4162-ZAD-HCA-1A: Appeal of construction, use, and maintenance of a new 25-foot five-inch, 1,607-sf single-family dwelling, including an attached one-car garage, a detached carport, and a 92-sf covered patio on a vacant 4,164-sf lot (4,098-sf net). There are no protected trees on site or trees in the adjacent public right-of-way; one non-protected tree on site will be removed. The proposed Project is one of five abutting single-family dwellings being concurrently developed by the Applicant. ENV-2023-4108-CE analyzes all five single-family dwellings as one project under CEQA.

Nov 12 | LA City Council

• 20012 Chase St, APCNV-2022-8497-VZC: Vesting Zone Change from the RA-1 (Residential Suburban Zone) to (T)(Q)RD4-1 (Restricted Density Multiple Dwelling Zone) across the entire property; in conjunction with a five-unit Small Lot subdivision for the demolition of an existing single-family residence for the construction of five, two-story, single-family dwellings with attached two-car garages, the single-family dwellings are proposed to be 2,028 sf each with a maximum height of 26-feet 10-inches, the development includes three shared guest parking spaces

Nov 13 | South Valley Planning Commission

• 13530 Moorpark St, TT-84517-CC-1A: Appeal of a Tentative Tract Map proposing the condominium conversion of an existing six-unit residential apartment structure to a six-unit residential condominium structure with eight off-street parking spaces on an existing 7,754 sf lot. The Project does not propose demolition, additions or new construction.

Week in Review

Highlighted Applications

Apologies for the continued delay in map updates on the platform. We're aware of the issue and it will be resolved soon. Thank you for your patience.

City of LA 

• 211 N Van Ness Ave, ADM-2025-6203-ADUH: Pursuant to AB 2299 and SB 1069 in the Windsor Square HPOZ Preservation Plan for the addition of fenestration doors, and floor area to accessory structures

• 643 Indiana Ave, DIR-2025-6195-CDP-MEL: Single Family Home Garage conversion to bedroom and patio conversion to ADU

• 5015 S Normandie Ave, ZA-2025-5923-CUB: Proposed new ADU of total 820 SF (attic conversion & 65 sf addition from existing unit #5017)

• 1339 Avenida De Cortez, ADM-2025-6192-CEX: Interior remodel, new exterior doors & windows. No new square footage added

• 6537 Bellingham Ave, ADM-2025-5877-WVR: SB 9 Two Unit Development

• 333 Culver Blvd, ADM-2025-5965-RBPA: Administrative clearance under the restaurant beverage program (RBP) to allow the sale and dispensing of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption in conjunction with a restaurant

• 6410 Platt Ave, ZA-2025-6183-CU1: Class 1 CUP for shared parking at an existing multiple tenant shopping center with 161 automobile parking spaces

• 930 Georgia St, CPC-2025-6110-CU3-SPPC-PAB-HCA: Construction of a 49-story, 631 ft in height mixed-use tower with 364 DUs, 334 hotel rooms, and entertainment uses

Highlighted Completions

City of LA

LA City Planning Weekly Completed Cases Report Empty for this Week. Instead list is based on completion and administrative clearance in ATC data.

• 7528 Bellaire Ave, ENV-2023-7895-MND: MND declaration for construction of 9 townhouse-style apartment units and approximately 227,000 sf of self storage on a vacant lot in the North Hollywood area. Applicant requesting a GPA and ZC

• 439 Talbert St, DIR-2025-562-CDP-MEL-HCA: Approved with Conditions the demo of a 2 car garage with attached storage. new 2 story SFD with 3 car garage, storage, and trellis, per SB 9 two unit development

• 2455 Lanterman Ter, ZA-2024-4074-ADJ: Approved with conditions the construction of a new detached two story ADU, garage and storage room, with 2 covered parking spaces

• 1312 Riviera Ave, DIR-2025-579-CDP-MEL-HCA: Addition of 2 new detached ADUs