Los Angeles

City Council

March 25, 2026 Item #16

Agenda Item 16

(16)\n17-0274-S5\nPREVIOUSLY ADOPTED NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. ENV-2016-\n3432-ND, PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE\nREPORT and RESOLUTION relative to the Affordable Housing\nLinkage Fee Market Areas.\nRecommendations for Council action:\n1. FIND, in the independent judgment of the decisionmaker,\nbased on the whole of the record the project was\nassessed in the Affordable Housing Linkage Fee\nEnvironmental Negative Declaration No. ENV-2016-3432-\nND adopted on February 23, 2017 and pursuant to the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines\nSection 15162, no subsequent EIR is required based on a\nchange to the project, change to circumstances or new\ninformation; and determine that pursuant to CEQA\nGuidelines Section 15378(b)(4) the Affordable Housing\nLinkage Fee Five Year Map Update is not a CEQA project.\n2. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION, to adopt the\nupdated Market Area Maps included in Figure A.3 and A.5\nof the Department of City Planning (DCP) Staff Report\ndated January 21, 2026.\nFiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the DCP. Neither the City\nAdministrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed\na financial analysis of this report.