Around the Corner

🗞️ Last week, LA City Council approved the first major overhaul of the Rent Stabilization Ordinance in nearly 40 years — tightening annual rent hikes for RSO units to a new 1%–4% cap tied to 90% of CPI. Here’s what changed.

The Week Ahead

Nov 17 | LA Planning and Land Use Mgmt Committee

Special Meeting

• Motion (Park - McOsker) instructing the Department of City Planning, with the assistance of the City Attorney, and in consultation with the California Coastal Commission, to prepare and present an Ordinance to amend ·Chapter 1A, Section 13B.9.1 (Coastal Development Permit) of the LAMC, to allow for ministerial review of applications for Accessory Dwelling Units within the Coastal Zone.

• Motion (Hutt, Soto-Martinez - McOsker) instructing the DBS of City Planning to report back within 60 days with options for a self-certification program to streamline permitting for outdoor dining and other improvements suitable for expedited review as it relates to outdoor dining.

• Department of City Planning report and recommendations relative to an analysis of the key provisions and impacts of Senate Bill (SB) 79 (Weiner), including local options for implementation, and resources needed by the DCP to effectuate the bill’s requirements.

• 23416 S President Ave, DIR-2024-7352-BSA-1A: (Option 1) Consideration of Veto and Remand. OR (Option 2) Consideration of the Determination and Findings of the LACPC, dated October 30, 2025, relative to the appeal filed by Concerned Residents of Green Meadows West - Harbor City, denying the appeal in part and sustaining the determination by the Zoning Administrator, on behalf of the Director of Planning, that a City-issued CUP is not required for a new recreational vehicle park as a Public Benefit Project; granting the appeal in part and finding that the DBS erred in preparing to issue Supplemental Building Permit because compliance with Performance Standard Nos. 3, 4 and 5, pursuant under LAMC was prematurely cleared; and recommending that DBS not issue a use of land building permit for a new recreational vehicle park as a Public Benefit Project until all of the required performance standards under LAMC have been satisfied or a CUP has been approved and that any project plans submitted

• 6464 Canoga Ave, CPC-2023-8233-DB-SPP-VHCA: 1) Determine that the Project falls within the Warner Center 2035 Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) scope, requiring no major revisions or additional EIRs, per CEQA Guidelines. 2) Approve a Density Bonus/Affordable Housing Incentive for a mixed-use Project with 276 units, including 21 for Very-Low Income Households, and grant the following: a) An Off-Menu Incentive for a residential floor level at 74 feet, b) Waivers for reduced Non-Residential Floor Area, c) Increased front setback, d) No landscape buffer along the eastern perimeter, and e) No tree planting requirement along the eastern perimeter. 3) Approve a Project Permit Compliance Review. 4) Adopt Conditions of Approval. 5) Adopt Findings for demolishing a 65,903 sf office building and constructing a 272,844 sf mixed-use development with 276 units, 21 for VLI Households, 264,252 sf Residential Floor Area, 8,592 sf Non-Residential Floor Area, 31,247 sf open space, 406 parking spaces, and 168 bicycle spaces.

Nov 17 | Ad Hoc Committee for LA Recovery

• City Administrative Officer report relative to Bureau of Engineering funding for the AECOM contract to provide as-needed project management, engineering support and other expert consulting services in response to the 2025 January Wind and Fire Storm event.

• Motion (Park – Harris-Dawson) relative to requesting the City Attorney to provide a report on the feasibility of implementing Mayor Bass' October 9, 2025 request to Council relative to granting the Director of Finance of the Office of Finance increased delegated authority to promulgate rules that grant a one-time Measure ULA tax exemption to owners of all residential properties in the Pacific Palisades that were destroyed in the Palisades Fire; and related matters.

Nov 17 | Santa Monica Architectural Review Board

• 1320 Pico Boulevard (25ARB-0210): Multi-Family Residential: Review the design, colors, materials, and landscape for the construction of an eight-story, 78’-10” tall, 134,869 square foot residential housing project consisting of 147 units (123 market rate units; 24 affordable units), above 2.5 levels of subterranean parking in the Neighborhood Conservation (NC) Zoning District. Staff Report

• Review and discussion of the Architectural Review Board’s FY 2024-2025 Boards & Commissions Report for Submittal to the City Council Pursuant to Resolution Number 11510 (CCS) Which Establishes Policies for City Boards, Commissions, and Committees. Draft Architectural Review Board Annual Report 2024-2025

Nov 19 | West LA Planning Commission

• 9860 South Sepulveda Blvd, APCW-2025-3846-SPPE-CLQ: Construction of a new pedestrian bridge, two elevator access structures and stairways, and associated support structures spanning at LAX and across South Sepulveda Boulevard on the north side of the intersection with West Century Blvd.

• 324 East Sunset Ave, ZA-2024-3173-CUB-1A: Review of appeal of Class 2 CUP for the on-site consumption of a full-line of alcoholic beverages in an existing 4,648 sf bakery, retail, restaurant and bar with outdoor dining. If the Planning Commission elects to grant the appeal and to overturn the Zoning Administrator’s determination, the Commission may also consider a Categorical Exemption from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, and may make a determination that there is no substantial evidence demonstrating that an exception to a categorical exemption applies.
  

Week in Review

Highlighted Applications

City of LA 

• 2415 Abbot Kinney Blvd, DIR-2025-6361-MEL-HCA: Mello Act review to convert existing attached garage to Accessory Dwelling Unit

• 3306 N Bonnie Hill Dr, DIR-2025-6318-DRB-SPPC-HCA: New single-family dwelling with pool, pool house with bathroom, and retaining walls

• 10201 Foothill Blvd, DIR-2025-6313-SPPC: Addition and renovation of two existing single-family homes located in the San Gabriel/Verdugo Mountains Scenic Preservation Specific Plan and the RA-1-K Zone

• 1132 Hyperion Ave, AA-2025-6287-PM-SL-HCA: Parcel Map for the subdivision of one (1) lot into four (4) small lots with the construction of four (4) new units

• 2727 S Vermont Ave, ADM-2025-6276-CLR: New 3-story 32 units mixed-use apartment to include 3 3-story type iiia apartment with parking/retail at the ground floor

Highlighted Completions

City of LA

• 23139 Collins St, ZA-2023-2926-ZAA-HCA: Approved with Conditions a parcel map to subdivide one RA-1 lot into two lots with no proposed construction

• 3012 E 2nd St, ZA-2025-3302-CU2: Change of use to (N) Child Care Facility for 125 children, from newborn to 5 years old

• 25900 S Frampton Ave, 1290 W Pacific Coast Highway: CPC-2021-9522-DB-VCU-CU-SPR-HCA: Demo of the existing structures for the construction of a mixed-use building including 1,500 sf of commercial space and 354 dwelling units with a max height of 80 ft in the [q]C2-1VL & [q] CM-1VL zones.

• 15829 W Valley Vista Blvd, AA-2024-4438-PM-HCA: A parcel map subdivision to permit the division of land from 1 lot into 2 single-family parcels (a & b)