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(5)\n23-0141\nMotion (Blumenfield - Krekorian - Park - Yaroslavsky) relative to 1) Directing the Department of City Planning (DCP) and the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS), in consultation with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), and the City Attorney, to prepare a report with an evaluation of recommendations to streamline and improve the ground mounted solar permitting and approval process found under Los Angeles Municipal Code 12.24.U.7 (Conditional Use Permits), in consideration of the Council Directed LA100 decarbonization and renewable energy objectives, and that this report include recommendations for an administrative process usable for the majority of structures solely supporting solar energy systems not otherwise permitted, and where appropriate require the conditional use permit process in order to protect all housing development, especially affordable and low income housing, trees and native plants, limit reductions in open space, while protecting wildlife corridors and hillside communities; and, 2) Directing the DCP, and LADBS, with the assistance of the LADWP, to include within the reports, an analysis of the California Solar Rights Act and subsequent legislation that has improved it.\nCommunity Impact Statement: None submitted\nMotion (Blumenfield - et al. -Yaroslavsky) dated 2-08-23