City Council

(22)\n23-0623-S1\nPREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL\nIMPACT REPORT (EIR) NO. ENV-2020-6762-EIR, STATE\nCLEARINGHOUSE (SCH) NO. 2021010130, ADDENDUM NO. 1\n(ENV-2020-6762-EIR-ADD1), AND ADDENDUM NO. 2 (ENV-2020-\n6762-EIR-ADD2) AND RELATED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL\nQUALITY ACT (CEQA) FINDINGS, and PLANNING AND LAND USE\nMANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT relative to amending\nChapter I, and Chapter 1A of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC)\nto establish procedures and performance standards for the\nadministrative approval of one hundred percent affordable housing\nprojects, also known as the Affordable Housing Streamlining Program.\nRecommendations for Council action:\n1. FIND, in the independent judgement of the decision maker,\nbased on the whole of the record, including the Housing\nElement EIR No. ENV-2020-6762-EIR, SCH No. 2021010130\ncertified on November 29, 2021, and Addendum No. 1 (ENV-\n2020-6762-EIR-ADD1) adopted on June 14, 2022; and\nAddendum No. 2 (ENV-2020-6762-EIR-ADD2) adopted on\nDecember 10, 2024, that the draft Ordinances were analyzed in\nthe EIR and Addenda, and no subsequent or supplemental EIR\nis required pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and\n15164 to adopt the draft Ordinances; and no changes to the\nproject, circumstances, or new information will require a major\nrevision of the EIR due to the involvement of new significant\nimpacts or more severe significant impacts than those identified\nin the EIR. Public Resources Code 21166, CEQA Guidelines\n15162 and 15164.\n2. ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning\nCommission, as the Findings of Council.\n3. REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present revised\ndraft ordinances, reviewed as to form and legality, for Chapters I\nand 1A, that are retroactive to the date of November 18, 2025,\nso that the operation of the Affordable Housing Streamlining\nProgram policies apply as of November 18, 2025, in order to\ncoincide with the Mayor’s lifting of the declaration of a local\nemergency on homelessness that date (Council file No. 22-\n1545), and include the following amendments: Amendment to\nChapter 1, LAMC 12.22 A.40 (h)(7) (Affordability Criteria) as\nfollows:\nAffordability Criteria. The affordable rents must either all be\nset to be affordable to Lower Income households with rents\nor housing costs that are affordable to Lower Income\nhouseholds, or at least 20 percent of all restricted affordable\nunits in the project shall be set per California Health and Safety\nCode Section 50053, and affordable rents for the remaining\nunits shall be set an amount consistent with the maximum rent\nlevels for Lower Income households as determined by the\nCalifornia Tax Credit Allocation Committee. For sale units, the\naffordable housing costs are defined by California Health and\nSafety Code Section 50052.5.\nAmendment to LAMC 9.4.8c.1.a.ii of Chapter 1A of the LAMC,\nas follows:\nThe affordable rents must be either all be set to be affordable\nto Lower Income households with rents or housing costs\nthat are affordable to Lower Income households, or at least\n20 percent of all restricted affordable units in the project shall be\nset per California Health and Safety Code Section 50053, and\naffordable rents for the remaining units shall be set at an\namount consistent with the maximum rent levels for Lower\nIncome households as determined by the by the California Tax\nCredit Allocation Committee. For sale units, the affordable\nhousing costs are defined by California Health and Safety Code\nSection 50052.5\nFiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the City Attorney. Neither\nthe City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has\ncompleted a financial analysis of this report.