Los Angeles
City Council
Agenda Item 7
(7) 26-0861
CD 5 CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA), AND RELATED CEQA
FINDINGS; COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES CITY
PLANNING COMMISSION (LACPC); AND APPEALS filed by: 1) Jack
Zakariaie and Nilou Zakariaie; and 2) Mona Cohen - Concerned Bel Air
Park Homeowners (Representative: Robert L. Glushon, Luna &
Glushon), from the determination of the LACPC in: 1) Approving a
Conditional Use, pursuant to Chapter 1 Section 12.24 U.24 and
Chapter 1A Section 13B.2.3 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code
(LAMC) in the RE Zone; and, 2) Approving a Project Compliance and
Design Review, pursuant to LAMC Chapter 1 Sections 11.5.7 and
16.50 and Chapter 1A Section 13B.4.3, with the Mulholland Scenic
Parkway Specific Plan for the use and maintenance of an existing
school facility for a private high school; for the reuse of an existing
university campus facility (American Jewish University) for the
operation of a Private High School (Milken Community School) with a
maximum student enrollment of 900 students, no new construction,
exterior renovations, or additional square footage is proposed,
proposed interior-only renovations reconfigure existing square footage,
increasing the classroom count from 25 classrooms to a total of 40
classrooms, proposed hours of operation are weekdays Monday to
7:30 p.m. for extracurricular activities including after-school sports, a
limited number of faculty and students will have access to the campus
on Saturdays and Sundays for extracurricular activities during both the
regular school year and the summer, summer school and summer day
camp hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through
will last until 10:00 p.m. in the evening and may occur on weekdays or
weekends, the site is in the Inner and Outer Corridors of the
Mulholland Scenic Parkway Specific Plan and is upslope and Visible
from the Mulholland Drive right-of-way, the Project does not propose
any tree removals or grading; for the properties located at 2785, 2845,
and 2791 North Casiano Road, subject to modified Conditions of
Approval; and adoption of project findings.
Applicant: Tarryn Breskal - CFO/COO, Milken Community School
Representative: Mark Armbruster, Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac
LLP
Case No. CPC-2025-3449-CU3-SPPC-DRB-MSP-1A Environmental
No. ENV-2025-3450-CE
Related Case No. CPC-2025-3449-CU3-SPPC-DRB-MSP