City Council

(7) 26-1247 PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the preparation of draft ordinances to amend Chapters I and 1A of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) to maintain conformance with the City Charter, including Measure PL, which introduces several changes related to planning and land use matters. Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Blumenfield - McOsker): 1. REQUEST the City Attorney, in consultation with the Department of City Planning (DCP), to prepare and present a draft ordinance that amends Chapter I and 1A of the LAMC, applicable overlays, and other zoning regulations, and environmental clearance language, as necessary to implement and conform those provisions to the Charter amendments contained in the Charter Ballot Resolution dated June 29, 2026 relating to the DCP (Council File No. 26-1100-S12) contingent upon approval of the applicable Charter amendments by the voters at the November 3, 2026 election. 2. REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the DCP, to include in the ordinance amendments necessary to create consistent references throughout the LAMC, and applicable zoning regulations to the revised Charter Section 552, and any other code amendments needed as necessary, including the following, if Measure PL is approved by the voters: a. Remove references to the Area Planning Commissions as decision-making or appellate authorities and replace those references with the Neighborhood Appeals Commission. b. Preserve geographic representation corresponding to the seven existing Area Planning Commission areas in establishing the composition and geographic representation of the Neighborhood Appeals Commission. c. Provide that any appeals of decisions made by the City Planning Commission or Neighborhood Appeals Commission be heard by the City Council where procedures for second level appeals are required. 3. REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the DCP to include the necessary environmental clearance language in the ordinance that is consistent with the proposed amendment to Charter Section 555, wherein a General Plan Amendment is not acted upon within 75 days, the General Plan Amendment shall be deemed approved by operation of law, and that all requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code Section 21000, et seq.) shall be complied with and nothing therein is intended to eliminate the right of any interested party to appeal a CEQA determination pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21151(c) or anything in LAMC Chapter 1A, Section 13B.11.1.F, adopted to implement Section 21151(с). 4. REQUEST the City Attorney, in consultation with the DCP, include language in the ordinance to remove from the LAMC (Chapter I and Chapter 1A) any outdated references to repealed Charter Sections 562, 563, 564, and 565. 5. REQUEST the City Attorney, in consultation with the DCP to include language in the ordinance that expressly provides that its operative provisions are contingent upon voter approval of Measure PL, and that if the measure is not approved by the voters, this Ordinance shall not be made operative. 6. REQUEST the City Attorney, in consultation with the DCP, include language in the ordinance that finds that the ordinance is intended to establish consistency between the City Charter, the LAMC, Chapter I and 1A, and other applicable zoning regulations and overlays, and does not constitute an action subject to the procedures in Charter Section 558, and therefore referral to the City Planning Commission for a report, and recommendation is not required. Accordingly, the ordinance shall proceed directly to the Council for consideration and action, in the event that Measure PL is approved by the voters on November 3, 2026. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.