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RESOLUTION (HARRIS-DAWSON - BLUMENFIELD) relative to the
Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor dated January 7, 2025,
and Updated Declaration of Local Emergency by the Mayor dated
January 13, 2025, due to the windstorm and extreme fire weather
system and devastating wildfires in the City of Los Angeles (City),
pursuant to Los Angeles Administrative Code (LAAC) Section 8.27.
Recommendation for Council action:
ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION, dated January 14, 2025,
to:
1. Resolve that a local emergency exists resulting from ongoing
windstorm and extreme fire weather system and the devastating
wildfires in the City within the meaning of LAAC Section 8.21, et
seq., as set forth in the Mayor’s January 13, 2025 Updated
Declaration of Local Emergency, which incorporated the
declaration of emergency dated January 7, 2025, which the City
Council hereby ratifies.
2. Resolve that because the local emergency, which began on
January 7, 2025, continues to exist, there is a need to continue
the state of local emergency, which the City Council hereby
ratifies.
3. Instruct and request all appropriate City departments (including
proprietary departments), agencies, and personnel, in
accordance with LAAC Code Section 8.21 et seq., to continue
to perform all duties and responsibilities to represent the City in
this matter to respond to and abate the emergency and prevent
further harm to the life, health, property, and safety, and receive,
process; and, coordinate all inquiries and requirements
necessary to obtain whatever State and Federal assistance that
may become available to the City and/or to the citizens of the
City who may be affected by the emergency.
4. Instruct the General Manager, Emergency Management
Department, to advise the Mayor and City Council on the need
to extend the state of local emergency, as appropriate.
5. Resolve that, to the extent the public interest and necessity
demand the immediate expenditure of public funds to safeguard
life, health, or property in response to the local emergency and
to support the emergency operations of the City and its
departments (including its proprietary departments), agencies,
and personnel (including mutual aid resources) in responding to
the declared local emergency, the competitive bidding
requirements enumerated in City Charter Section 371, and
further codified in the LAAC, including LAAC Section 10.15 be
suspended until termination of the state of emergency and
solely with respect to purchases and contracts needed to
respond to the declared state of emergency.
6. Direct and request City departments and agencies making
purchases pursuant to the authority granted in paragraph five
(5), above, to report every two weeks to the City Council
regarding the purchases and contracts made during the prior
two week period on the reasons justifying why such purchase or
contract was necessary to respond to the emergency, including
why the emergency did not permit a delay resulting from a
competitive solicitation for bids or proposals, and why
competitive proposals or bidding was not reasonably practicable
or compatible with the City’s interests.
7. Request all City departments and agencies who have the
authority to investigate and/or enforce any/all forms of price
gouging, fraud, and theft by deceit, as described in the
California Penal Code, to do so to the fullest extent permissible
under federal, state, and local law.
8. Instruct the City Clerk, unless and until Council directs
otherwise or discontinues the state of emergency, to timely
agendize this matter so that Council may consider whether to
continue the state of emergency.
9. Instruct the City Clerk to forward copies of this Resolution
to the Governor of the State of California, the Director of
the Office of Emergency Services of the State of California,
the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management,
and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.
Items Called Special
Motions for Posting and Referral
Council Members' Requests for Excuse from Attendance at Council Meetings
Adjourning Motions
Council Adjournment
EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES - If you challenge a City action in court, you may be limited to raising only those
issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City
Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on
a matter will become a part of the administrative record.
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1094.5 - If a Council action is subject to judicial challenge pursuant to Code of Civil
Procedure Section 1094.5, be advised that the time to file a lawsuit challenging a final action by the City Council is limited by Code
of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 which provides that the lawsuit must be filed no later than the 90th day following the date on which
the Council's action becomes final.
Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System,
at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00-0000). |
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15-0694
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION and TRADE, TRAVEL AND
TOURISM COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the Sixth Amendment to
Concession Agreement No. LAA-8862 with Boingo Wireless, Inc.
covering wireless service at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
Recommendations for Council action:
1. CONCUR with the determination by the Board of Airport
Commissioners (BOAC) that this action is administratively
exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Article II, Section 2(f) of the Los Angeles City CEQA
Guidelines.
2. APPROVE the Sixth Amendment to Concession Agreement No.
LAA-8862 between Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and
Boingo Wireless, Inc. to extend the term through June 30, 2026,
covering wireless service at LAX.
3. CONCUR with the BOAC’s action on June 5, 2025, by
Resolution No. 28181, authorizing the Chief Executive Officer,
LAWA, or designee, to execute said Sixth Amendment to
Concession Agreement No. LAA-8862 with Boingo Wireless,
Inc.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Administrative Officer reports that
approval of the proposed Sixth Amendment to Concession Agreement
No. LAA-8862 with Boingo Wireless, Inc., for management and
operation of the wireless network in all terminals at LAX will have no
impact on the City’s General Fund. Revenue in the amount of
$1,400,000 is anticipated to be collected over the 12-month term
includes a base annual fee ($583,000) and 50 percent of gross
revenues of approximately $1,400,000 (anticipated to be $817,000).
The base annual fee is subject to yearly rate escalations triggered by
annual Consumer Price Index adjustments effective July 1st of each
year. Revenues collected during the lease term will be allocated to the
LAWA Revenue Fund. The recommendations in the report comply
with the LAWA’s adopted Financial Policies. |
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14-1064
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION and TRADE, TRAVEL AND TOURISM
COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the First Amendment to Airport
Concessions Agreement No. LAA-9173 with Lenlyn Limited dba ICE
Currency Services USA for currency exchange and business services
concessions.
Recommendations for Council action:
1. CONCUR with the determination by the Board of Airport
Commissioners (BOAC) that this action is categorically exempt
from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant
to Article III, Class 1(18)(c) of the Los Angeles City CEQA
Guidelines.
2. APPROVE the First Amendment to Concession Agreement No.
LAA-9173 between the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
and Lenlyn Limited dba ICE Currency Services USA to extend
the term through June 30, 2029, covering currency exchange
and business services concessions at the Los Angeles
International Airport (LAX).
3. CONCUR with the BOAC’s action on June 5, 2025, by
Resolution No. 28132, authorizing the Chief Executive Officer,
LAWA, or designee, to execute said First Amendment to
Concession Agreement No. LAA-9173 with Lenlyn Limited dba
ICE Currency Services USA.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The City Administrative Officer reports that
approval of the proposed First Amendment to Concession Agreement
No. LAA-9173 with Lenlyn Limited dba ICE Currency Services USA
will have no impact on the General Fund. Revenue in the amount of at
least $6 million is anticipated to be received during the extended twoyear term and deposited under LAWA’s Revenue Code 401070 –
Foreign Exchange & Services. The recommendations in the report
comply with the LAWA’s adopted Financial Policies. |
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25-0812
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to
enhancements to the Systematic Code Enforcement Program (SCEP),
Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP), and complaint-based
inspection processes.
Recommendations for Council action:
1. INSTRUCT the General Manager, Los Angeles Housing
Department (LAHD), or designee, to report to Council within
180 days on the following:
a. The implementation progress for the recommended
improvements for the SCEP and the REAP, including the
distribution of enhanced educational materials, updated
tenant rent escrow payment options, and revisions to the
current Release of Escrow policy, procedures, and Rent
Adjustment Commission (RAC) Regulations.
b. Recommendations for the resolution of mold and leadbased paint conditions identified during inspections,
including strengthening collaboration with the Los Angeles
County Health Department.
c. The SCEP cost recovery analysis, including REAP
administrative fees and penalty assessments, to ensure
that they reflect the program’s operational costs.
d. A list of problem properties within the REAP for
prospective buyers to purchase from willing owners when
feasible.
e. Documenting the process for a tenant to petition for
downward adjustments of rent.
f. Resources required to prepare and provide inspection
violation reports in a tenant's primary language, when
known and available to the LAHD.
g. Feasibility and resources needed to implement a
temporary relocation or mitigation program when intrusive
and extensive repairs are required.
2. INSTRUCT the LAHD to assist the RAC to amend the REAP
Regulations to implement the enhanced procedures as outlined
in the LAHD report dated July 23, 2025, attached to Council file
No. 25-0812.
3. INSTRUCT the LAHD to amend Page No. 7, Section VI.3,
entitled “Improved Inspector Training – In Process,” of the
LAHD report dated July 23, 2025, attached to the Council file, to
add language clarifying the LAHD’s photography process.
4. AMEND Page No. 7, Section C.2, entitled “Next Phase”, of the
LAHD report dated July 23, 2025, attached to the Council file,
respectively, to read as follows (change in bold):
Work with the RAC to revise REAP RAC Regulation 1200.00 to
require allow that a final inspection, including inspection of all
rental units, must be conducted prior to a property being
released from REAP.
5. AMEND Page No. 4, Section I, entitled “Outreach and
Education for SCEP and REAP’, of the LAHD report dated July
23, 2025, attached to the Council file, to add/create a “Next
Phase” section, respectively, and add the following under the
new section:
a. Standardize the process whereby tenants are informed at
the beginning of the process how to evaluate their new
rent using the rent reduction calculator.
b. Provide a public notification in a common area for tenants
upon acceptance into the REAP.
c. Provide tenant contact information to the outreach service
provider upon placement into the REAP that stem from
complaint-based inspections when contact information is
available.
6. AMEND Page No. 6, Section IV, entitled “Strengthen Resources
for Problem Properties’, of the LAHD report dated July 23,
2025, attached to the Council file, to add/create a “Next Phase”
section, respectively, and add the following under the new
section:
a. As part of an improved case management process,
ensure that new code violations discovered upon
inspections that are not listed in the initial REAP complaint
are cited and the REAP case is not closed until all
violations are corrected.
b. Establish a fast track process and prioritization for SCEP
inspections of an entire building if one unit enters the
REAP.
c. Ensure that the REAP Unit formally communicates code
violation complaints outside the scope of the REAP to all
relevant LAHD sections and other agencies with
enforcement authority.
7. AMEND Page No. 7, Section VI, entitled “Improved Inspector
Training – In Process,” of the LAHD report dated July 23, 2025,
attached to the Council file, to add/create a “Next Phase”
section, respectively, and add the following under the new
section:
a. Provide training to Housing Inspectors on the importance
of actively collaborating with outreach service providers
and owners as an integral part of the REAP process.
b. Provide training to Housing Inspectors to facilitate
collection of tenant contact information for the purpose of
sharing with outreach service providers.
c. Provide training to Housing Inspectors to verify Tenant
Protection postings at a property as required under the
Los Angeles Municipal Code during inspections.
8. AMEND the language on Page No. 6, Section V.B.1, entitled “In
Process”, of the LAHD report dated July 23, 2025, attached to
the Council file, respectively, to read as follows (change in bold):
When a pattern of denied consent for inspection is observed,
LAHD inspectors will inform tenants, outreach services
providers, and landlords that the inspections are required by
law, educate the tenants and landlords regarding the benefits of
the inspection, as well as the limited allowable reasons for
denying consent. This will also be incorporated in the “Last
Chance” letter described below.
9. AMEND Page No. 7, Section V.C, entitled “Next Phase”, of the
LAHD report dated July 23, 2025, attached to the Council file,
respectively, to add the following:
a. Immediately following the acceptance of a property into
the REAP, generate an automated email notification to the
appropriate Council Office.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The LAHD reports that there is no impact to
the General Fund. The SCEP and REAP program enhancements and
future implementation recommendations are supported through the
Systematic Code Enforcement Fee Fund No. 41M/43 and the Rent
Stabilization Trust Fund No. 440/43. |
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14-1371-S15
PERSONNEL AND HIRING and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
JOBS COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to resources to implement the
Citywide Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance (HMWO).
Recommendations for Council action:
1. AUTHORIZE employment by Resolution Authority, one
Assistant City Attorney position, Class Code 0598, within the
Office of the City Attorney for the implementation of the Citywide
HMWO.
2. NOTE and FILE the Joint Bureau of Contract Administration
(BCA) and City Attorney report dated March 5, 2025, attached
to the Council file.
Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the BCA or City
Attorney. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief
Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report. |
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25-0933
BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT relative to grant
funding from the California State Department of Industrial Relations for
the 2024-25 Workers’ Rights Protection Enforcement Grant (WREG)
Program.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL
OF THE MAYOR:
1. AUTHORIZE the City Attorney, or designee, to:
a. Retroactively apply for and execute the grant award
agreement between the California State Department of
Industrial Relations and the Office of the City Attorney,
subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form.
b. Accept the grant award in the amount of $317,543 for the
Workers’ Rights Protection Grant Program for a period of
August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025.
c. Issue a Request for Proposals to select an organization to
perform an independent program financial audit; and,
upon final selection, negotiate and execute a service
agreement up to the amount of $15,877.
2. AUTHORIZE the Controller to:
a. Establish a receivable within City Attorney Grants Fund
No. 368/12 for this program in the amount of $317,543.
b. Establish within City Attorney Grants Fund No. 368/12, a
new appropriation Account No. 12C790, Workers’ Rights
Protection FY24/25, in the amount of $317,543.
c. Upon receipt of grant reimbursements and approval of
expenses, transfer up to $231,439 from City Attorney
Grants Fund No. 368/12, Account No. 12C790, Workers’
Rights Protection FY24/25, to General Fund No. 100/12,
Revenue Source Code No. 5427, to reimburse for salary
expenses of two resolution position authorities.
d. Upon receipt of grant reimbursements and approval of
expenses, transfer up to $70,227 from City Attorney
Grants Fund No. 368/12, Account No. 12C790, Workers’
Rights Protection FY24/25, to General Fund No. 100/12,
Revenue Source Code No. 5346, Related Cost
Reimbursement – Grants, for related costs.
3. AUTHORIZE the City Attorney to prepare Controller instructions
for any necessary technical adjustments, subject to the
approval of the City Administrative Officer (CAO); and, authorize
the Controller to implement the instructions.
Fiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that the total cost of the
Fiscal Year 2024-25 Workers’ Rights Protection Enforcement Grant
Program administered by the City Attorney Criminal Branch and newly
formed Public Rights Branch is $387,383, of which $317,543 will be
reimbursed by the California State Department of Industrial Relations
for salaries, partial related costs, and contractual services for
procuring a financial auditor. Funding for the remaining related costs
of $69,840 is included in the City Attorney’s 2024-25 and 2025-26
Adopted Budgets. There is no matching funds requirement. There is
no General Fund impact and the recommendations in this report are
in compliance with the City's Financial Policies in that budgeted
appropriations will be balanced against grant award receipts.
The City’s Financial Policies require that the City pursue Federal,
State, and private grants, but strictly limit the financial support of
these programs to avoid commitments that continue beyond available
funding. The recommendations in this report are in compliance with
the City’s Financial Policies in that proposed funding is balanced
against grant revenue approved by Council actions and from Federal
and State grant receipts. All funding is subject to the availability of
grant funds and determinations by Mayor and Council. Accepting the
grant and approving the recommendations in this report are in
compliance with the City’s Financial Policies as the grant funds are
fully reimbursing the General Fund for grant eligible activities. |
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25-0002-S83
CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION (NAZARIAN – SOTOMARTINEZ) relative to establishing the City’s position on Assembly
Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 8 (Rivas - McGuire), Assembly Bill
(AB) 604 (Aguiar-Curry – Gonzalez), Senate Bill (SB) 280 (Cervantes
– Pellerin), and Proposition 50, collectively known as the Election
Rigging Response Act.
Recommendation for Council action, pursuant to Resolution
(Nazarian – Soto-Martinez), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF
THE MAYOR:
RESOLVE to include in the City’s 2025-26 State Legislative Program
SUPPORT for ACA 8 (Rivas – McGuire), AB 604 (Aguiar-Curry –
Gonzalez), SB 280 (Cervantes – Pellerin), and Proposition 50,
collectively known as the Election Rigging Response Act, which
would require the State of California to temporarily use new
congressional district maps for the elections held from 2026 through
2030. |
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25-0775
CD 15
Related to Council file No. 25-0774
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR), ENV-2019-3379EIR AND STATE CLEARINGHOUSE (SCH) NO. 2019080248, FINAL
EIR, AND RELATED EIR FINDINGS; MITIGATION MEASURES,
STATEMENT
OF
OVERRIDING
CONSIDERATIONS,
and
MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM (MMP); PLANNING AND
LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT and
RESOLUTIONS relative to the Harbor Gateway Community Plans.
Recommendations for Council action:
1. ADOPT the FINDINGS contained in the Department of City
Planning (DCP) Staff Recommendation Reports, in the
document identified as "Exhibit A: Staff Recommendation
Report and Technical Modifications", dated February 8, 2024;
and, in the document identified as "Exhibit B: City Charter, Los
Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), and General Plan Findings",
dated February 8, 2024; attached to the Council file.
2. FIND that the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC)
reviewed and considered the Draft EIR (City EIR No. ENV2019-3379-EIR and SCH No. 2019080248).
3. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION contained in the
document identified as "Exhibit C: Resolution Certifying the EIR
and Adopting General Plan Elements", dated February 8,
2024, attached to the Council file, to certify the EIR; and,
ADOPT the Mitigation Measures, the EIR Findings, a Statement
of Overriding Considerations, and a MMP.
4. INSTRUCT the Director of Planning, DCP, to amend the
Environmental Protection Measures pursuant to Division 4C.13
(Environmental Protection) of the New Zoning Code as
appropriate to implement the MMP.
5. INSTRUCT the Director of Planning, DCP, to adopt the
proposed Environmental Protection Measure as detailed in the
document identified as "Director of Planning Technical Memo
to PLUM", dated August 20, 2025, attached to the Council file,
into the Chapter 1A Environmental Protection Measure
Handbook, pursuant to Division 4C.13 (Environmental
Protection) of the New Zoning Code, to implement the adopted
MMP.
6. AUTHORIZE the DCP to finalize the necessary General Plan
land use designation maps, zone ordinances to be presented to
the City Council; and, to make additional, non-substantive text
edits to the plan policy documents and land use designation
maps to correct typographical errors, and make other technical
corrections/ modifications to the zoning ordinances as
necessary.
7. AUTHORIZE the DCP, as the City is adopting several
ordinances and resolutions as part of the Harbor Community
Plan Update, to update the ordinances and resolutions as
follows, within a year of the effective dates of the ordinances
and resolutions:
a. As deemed necessary by the Director of Planning, the
DCP may prepare technical corrections to the ordinances
and resolutions adopted through Council file No. 25-0775
in order to correct citations and typographical errors that
do not result in substantive changes to the policies
adopted by the City Council through Council file No. 250775 in their approval of the final ordinances and
resolutions, in consultation with the City Attorney. Such
technical corrections may include:
i. Corrections to typographical errors and citations.
ii. Stylistic and formatting consistency edits.
iii. Corrections
provisions.
to
ensure
consistency
between
iv. Corrections to clarify the implementation of a
provision.
v. Updates to illustrations or graphics to align with the
text of the ordinance or resolution.
vi. Corrections to map errors.
b. The DCP will bring those corrections to the City Council
for final approval.
8. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION contained in the
document identified as "Exhibit C: Resolution Certifying EIR and
Adopting General Plan Elements", dated February 8, 2024,
attached to the Council file, to do the following:
a. Adopt the new Harbor Gateway Community Plan policy
document identified as "Exhibit C1: Community Plan
Policy Document", dated February 8, 2024, attached to
the Council file.
b. Adopt the General Plan Land Use Map for the Harbor
Gateway Community Plan, inclusive of Symbols,
Footnotes, and Corresponding Zone and Land Use
Nomenclature; located in the document identified as
"Exhibit C3: Proposed General Plan Land Use
Map", dated February 8, 2024; and, the General Plan
Land Use Change Maps and Matrices located in the
document identified as "Exhibit C4: General Plan Land
Use Change Maps and Matrices", dated February 8, 2024;
attached to the Council file.
c. Amend the Citywide General Plan Framework Element, as
detailed in the document identified as "Exhibit C5: General
Plan Framework Amendments", dated February 8, 2024,
attached to the Council file.
d. Amend the Mobility Plan 2035 to reclassify selected
streets and Enhanced Networks, as detailed in the
document identified as "Exhibit C6: Mobility Plan 2035
Amendments", dated February 8, 2024, attached to the
Council file.
9. REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present the
following ordinances for the City Council adoption:
a. The proposed Chapter 1A Zoning Code ordinance,
located in the document identified as "Exhibit E1:
Ordinance Amending Chapter 1A of the LAMC”, dated
April 20, 2023; and, the proposed Chapter 1 A Zoning
Code Maps, located in the document identified as "Exhibit
E2: Zoning Code Maps", dated February 8,
2024; attached to the Council file.
i. Include amendments identified in said Director of
Planning Technical Memo to PLUM, attached to the
Council file, inclusive of the Live-Work Neighborhood
(IX6) Use District as prepared by the Harbor LA
Community Plans, as detailed in Appendix I to
supersede the previously presented version of the
IX6 Use District as introduced by the Boyle Heights
Community Plan Update (Council file No. 23-0861),
and to all concurrent form and legality review.
ii. If the Council adopts a citywide ordinance banning
oil wells during the form and legality review process
for the Harbor zoning ordinances, then the City
Attorney is further requested to revise the Harbor
zoning ordinances accordingly to align with the
citywide ordinance.
b. The proposed Hazardous Sites Map, as shown in the
document identified as "Exhibit D2: Hazardous Sites
Map", dated February 8, 2024, attached to the Council
file.
c. The proposed Conservation District and Individual Historic
Resources Supplemental District and Map, as shown in
the document identified as "Exhibit D3: Protected Historic
Resources: Conservation District and Individual Historic
Resources Map", dated February 8, 2024, attached to the
Council file.
d. The proposed Harbor Gateway Local Affordable Housing
Map, as shown in the document identified as "Exhibit D4:
Local Affordable Housing Map", dated February 8, 2024,
attached to the Council file.
10. CONSIDER the proposed Ordinance dated February 8, 2024,
attached to the Council file, amending Section 12.04 of the
LAMC effectuating Zoning District Changes in the Harbor
Gateway Community Plan Area; and, INSTRUCT the DCP to
transmit the ordinance, with the following modifications, back to
the City Council to be considered for adoption when the
ordinances are considered at City Council:
a. Amend the Zoning Map to change the areas identified
said Director of Planning Technical Memo to PLUM,
attached to the Council file.
11. CONSIDER modifications to the enabling language of Exhibit
D1: Zoning Maps and Matrices as described in said Director of
Planning Technical Memo to PLUM, attached to the Council
file; and, INSTRUCT the DCP to transmit the ordinance, with
the following modifications, back to City Council to be
considered for adoption when the ordinances are considered at
City Council.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case No. CPC-2018-6404-CPU
Environmental Nos. ENV-2019-3379-EIR; SCH No. 2019080248
Fiscal Impact Statement: The LACPC reports that there is no General
Fund impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees. |
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Related to Council file No. 25-0775
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR), ENV-2019-3379EIR AND STATE CLEARINGHOUSE (SCH) NO. 2019080248, FINAL
EIR, AND RELATED EIR FINDINGS; MITIGATION MEASURES,
STATEMENT
OF
OVERRIDING
CONSIDERATIONS,
and
MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM (MMP); PLANNING AND
LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT and
RESOLUTIONS relative to the Wilmington-Harbor City Community
Plan.
Recommendations for Council action:
1. ADOPT the FINDINGS contained in the Department of City
Planning (DCP) Staff Recommendation Reports, in the
document identified as "Exhibit A: Staff Recommendation
Report and Technical Modifications", dated February 8, 2024
and January 23, 2025; and, in the document identified as
"Exhibit B: City Charter, Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC),
and General Plan Findings", dated February 8, 2024 and
January 23, 2025; attached to the Council file.
2. FIND that the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC)
reviewed and considered the Draft EIR (City EIR No. ENV2019-3379-EIR and SCH No. 2019080248).
3. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION contained in the
document identified as "Exhibit C: Resolution Certifying the EIR
and Adopting General Plan Elements", dated February 8, 2024
and January 23, 2025, attached to the Council file, to certify the
EIR; and, ADOPT the Mitigation Measures, the EIR Findings, a
Statement of Overriding Considerations, and a MMP.
4. INSTRUCT the Director of Planning, DCP, to amend the
Environmental Protection Measures pursuant to Division 4C.13
(Environmental Protection) of the New Zoning Code as
appropriate to implement the MMP.
5. INSTRUCT the Director of Planning, DCP, to adopt the
proposed Environmental Protection Measure as detailed in the
document identified as "Director of Planning Technical Memo
to PLUM", dated August 20, 2025, attached to the Council file,
into the Chapter 1A Environmental Protection Measure
Handbook, pursuant to Division 4C.13 (Environmental
Protection) of the New Zoning Code, to implement the adopted
MMP.
6. AUTHORIZE the DCP to finalize the necessary General Plan
land use designation maps, zone ordinances to be presented to
the City Council; and, to make additional, non-substantive text
edits to the plan policy documents and land use designation
maps to correct typographical errors, and make other technical
corrections/ modifications to the zoning ordinances as
necessary.
7. AUTHORIZE the DCP, as the City is adopting several
ordinances and resolutions as part of the Harbor Community
Plan Update, to update the ordinances and resolutions as
follows, within a year of the effective dates of the ordinances
and resolutions:
a. As deemed necessary by the Director of Planning, the
DCP may prepare technical corrections to the ordinances
and resolutions adopted through Council file No. 25-0774
in order to correct citations and typographical errors that
do not result in substantive changes to the policies
adopted by the City Council through Council file No. 250774 in their approval of the final ordinances and
resolutions, in consultation with the City Attorney. Such
technical corrections may include:
i. Corrections to typographical errors and citations.
ii. Stylistic and formatting consistency edits.
iii. Corrections
provisions.
to
ensure
consistency
between
iv. Corrections to clarify the implementation of a
provision.
v. Updates to illustrations or graphics to align with the
text of the ordinance or resolution.
vi. Corrections to map errors.
b. The DCP will bring those corrections to the City Council
for final approval.
8. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION contained in the
document identified as "Exhibit C: Resolution Certifying EIR and
Adopting General Plan Elements", dated February 8, 2024 and
January 23, 2025, attached to the Council file, to do the
following:
a. Adopt the new Wilmington-Harbor City Community Plan
policy document identified as "Exhibit C1: Community
Plan Policy Document", dated February 8, 2024 January
23, 2025, attached to the Council file.
b. Adopt the General Plan Land Use Map for the WilmingtonHarbor City Community Plan, inclusive of Symbols,
Footnotes, and Corresponding Zone and Land Use
Nomenclature; located in the document identified as
"Exhibit C3: Proposed General Plan Land Use
Map", dated February 8, 2024 and January 23, 2025; and,
the General Plan Land Use Change Maps and Matrices
located in the document identified as "Exhibit C4: General
Plan Land Use Change Maps and Matrices", dated
February 8, 2024 and January 23, 2025; attached to the
Council file.
c. Amend the Citywide General Plan Framework Element, as
detailed in the document identified as "Exhibit C5: General
Plan Framework Amendments”, dated February 8, 2024,
attached to the Council file.
d. Amend the Mobility Plan 2035 to reclassify selected
streets and Enhanced Networks, as detailed in the
document identified as "Exhibit C6: Mobility Plan 2035
Amendments", dated February 8, 2024, attached to the
Council file.
9. REQUEST the City Attorney to prepare and present the
following ordinances for City Council adoption:
a. The proposed Chapter 1A Zoning Code ordinance,
located in the document identified as "Exhibit E1:
Ordinance Amending Chapter 1A of the LAMC", dated
April 20, 2023; and the proposed Chapter 1 A Zoning
Code Maps, located in the document identified as "Exhibit
E2: Zoning Code Maps", dated February 8, 2024 and
January 23, 2025; attached to the Council file.
i. Include amendments contained in the document
identified as “Director of Planning Technical Memo to
PLUM”, dated August 20, 2025, attached to the
Council file, inclusive of the Live- Work
Neighborhood (IX6) Use District as prepared by the
Harbor LA Community Plans, as shown in Appendix
I to supersede the previously presented version of
the IX6 Use District as introduced by the Boyle
Heights Community Plan Update (Council file No.
23-0861), and to all concurrent form and legality
review.
ii. If the Council adopts a citywide ordinance banning
oil wells during the form and legality review process
for the Harbor zoning ordinances, then the City
Attorney is further requested to revise the Harbor
zoning ordinances accordingly to align with the
citywide ordinance.
b. The proposed Hazardous Sites Map, as shown in the
document identified as "Exhibit D2: Hazardous Sites
Map", dated February 8, 2024, attached to the Council file.
c. The proposed Conservation District and Individual Historic
Resources Supplemental District and Map, as shown in
the document identified as "Exhibit D3: Protected Historic
Resources: Conservation District and Individual Historic
Resources Map", dated February 8, 2024, attached to the
Council file.
d. The proposed Wilmington-Harbor City Local Affordable
Housing Map, as shown in the document identified as
"Exhibit D4: Local Affordable Housing Map," dated
February 8, 2024, attached to the Council file.
e. The proposed ordinance to amend the Clean Up Green
Up
(CUGU)
Ordinance,
as
detailed
in
the
document identified as "Exhibit D5: Clean Up Green Up
(CUGU) Overlay Amendment", dated February 8, 2024,
attached to the Council file.
10. CONSIDER the proposed Ordinance dated February 8, 2024
and January 23, 2025, amending Section 12.04 of the LAMC
effectuating Zoning District Changes in the Wilmington-Harbor
City Community Plan Area, attached to the Council file; and,
INSTRUCT the DCP to transmit the ordinance, with the
following modifications, back to the City Council to be
considered for adoption when the ordinances are considered at
City Council:
a. Amend the Zoning Map to change the areas identified in
said Director of Planning Technical Memo to PLUM,
attached to the Council file.
11. INSTRUCT the Director of Planning, DCP, to adopt the "Hillside
Area Maps" of the New Zoning Code pursuant to Section
1.5.1.B.1 (Adoption and Maintenance of Zoning Code Maps) of
Chapter 1A of the LAMC, shown in said Director of
Planning Technical Memo to PLUM, attached to the Council
file, to enable hillside regulations of Chapter 1A, attached to the
Council file.
12. CONSIDER modifications to the enabling language of Exhibit
D1 - Zoning Maps and Matrices as described in said Director of
Planning Technical Memo to PLUM, attached to the Council file;
and, INSTRUCT the DCP to transmit the ordinance, with the
following modifications, back to Council to be considered for
adoption when the ordinances are considered by the
City Council.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case No. CPC-2018-6402-CPU
Environmental Nos. ENV-2019-3379-EIR; SCH No. 2019080248
Fiscal Impact Statement: The LACPC reports that there is no General
Fund impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees. |
September 09, 2025
LA County
Los Angeles
City Council
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