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Happy Labor Day! We hope you survive this week’s heat wave!

🥵 You know what’s still heating up? ED1. August saw 25 ED1 applications approved, for a total of 1,739 new units.

🏡 We’re continuing our series on LA’s Housing Element Rezoning Program with a breakdown of the revised Adaptive Reuse Ordinance. Are the changes big enough to make a difference? Read here.

August in Review 

City of LA Applications:

• Executive Directive 1 (ED1): 15 ADM (+50 Pre-Application Reviews, or PAR)

• Conditional Use Beverage-Alcohol (CUB) or Restaurant Beverage Program-Alcohol (RBPA): 30

• Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC): 3 (1 appeal at 638 S Berendo St)

  • All 3 cases located in Wilshire

• Appeals: 9

  • Appeal of 917 N Everett St, 327-unit development near Dodger's Stadium

Highlighted Applications

City of LA

• Washington Marina Apartments, a split-jurisdiction project between LA and Culver City, from Pk: Architecture. Project Plans.

  • Culver City - 13476 Washington Blvd, P2024-0192: new 7-story mixed-use development, including 18 dwelling units, 1,868 sf of commercial, eight ground floor and subterranean parking spaces (sb 330)

  • City of Los Angeles - 13481 Beach Ave, PAR-2024-2822-AHRF-PHP: 7-story mixed-use, including 64 dwelling units, 777 sf commercial, 48 ground floor, and subterranean parking spaces

• 10354 Wilshire Blvd, DIR-2024-5040-DRB-SPPC-P: Design review board for demolition of a 2-story 40-unit multi-family building and new construction of an 18-story, 136-unit senior living structure with 42 memory care guest rooms and an adjacent 28-unit affordable housing (VLI) multifamily development. Located in Westwood CDO.

• 1879 W Slauson Ave, ADM-2024-5048-RDP-ED1: Proposed demolition of existing 1-story auto repair shop for new 5-story, 85 unit (67 LI, 18 MI) 100% privately funded affordable housing development in South Los Angeles

• 2330 S Cloy Ave, DIR-2024-5027-CDP: Addition of 420 sf to an existing 1-story SFD with major interior remodel and new roof within the Venice Coastal Zone Specific Plan and in R1 zone

City of Santa Monica

• 1557 7Th St, 24ENT-0161: Proposed 16-story building with 226 units, retail space on the ground floor, and four levels of underground parking

• 1933 Wilshire Blvd, 24ENT-0160: SB 330 Preliminary Application for an 8-story mixed-use building with 255 units, 9,825 sf of ground retail, and three levels of subterranean parking

City of LA Completions:

📣 New feature: Search by completion date as well as filing date! Combine completion date range with project types, determinations, and more.

• Executive Directive 1 (ED1): 25 approved, 1,739 units

  • Unit breakdown: 832 in South LA, 3 in Wilshire, 260 in Hollywood, 156 in Wilshire, 38 in Palms-Mar Vista-Del Rey

• Conditional Use Beverage-Alcohol (CUB) or Restaurant Beverage Program-Alcohol (RBPA): 22

• Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC): 9 approved, 720 units

  • Unit breakdown: 556 in Wilshire, 50 in Silverlake, 40 in South LA

Completions

• 364 N Mccadden Pl, ZA-2023-5890-ZAA: Side yard setback reduction

• 4360 Mclaughlin Ave, ADM-2024-1627-DB-VHCA-ED1: Approved construction, use, and maintenance of a new five-story, 15,842 square foot apartment building, consisting of 39 residential dwelling units, 38 units reserved for restricted affordable housing

• 1902 Marengo St, ADM-2024-4902-RDP-ED1: Approved remodel/change of use of a portion of existing 2-story office/retail to a homeless shelter (29 beds total) in Boyle Heights

• 1346 Albany St, ZA-2024-3638-CU2: Approved change of use from a vacant bank note building to self-storage and remodel of interior space

• 505 Landfair Ave, CPC-2023-7720-DB-DRB-SPP-HCA: Withdrawn construction of a 7-story multifamily building with one level of below-grade parking. 56 total units, zoning code floor area of 54,585 sf in North Westwood

• 866 S Western Ave, DIR-2024-1873-TOC-PR-VHCA: Approved demolition of an existing 20,518 square-foot retail building and the construction of a new 129,128 square-foot (3.75 far), six-story, 73-foot, eight 3/8-inch mixed-use building with 157 dwelling units in Koreatown

The Week Ahead

LA Planning and Land Use Mgmt (PLUM) Committee and Planning Commissions canceled this week.

Sept 4 | Santa Monica Planning Commission

• Adoption of Resolution Numbers 24-012 (PCS), Resolution of Intention declaring the intention of the Planning Commission to consider recommending to the City Council that the Council Amend the Text of the Zoning Ordinance to implement the Amended Safety Element of the City’s General Plan. Staff Report.

• Amendment to the Municipal Code to increase the Max. Allowed Height of Fences, Walls, and Hedges in the Front Setbacks of R2, R3, and R4 Zoning Districts to a Maximum Height of 72 Inches and to Address the Rules for Measuring the Heights of Fences, Walls, and Hedges Located on Top of Retaining Walls. Staff Report.