City of Los Angeles Planning Department - Annual Increase to Planning Applications and Affordable Housing Linkage Fees - On July 1, 2024, the annual increases to the Planning and Land Use Fees and the Affordable Housing...more
CITY OF LOS ANGELES - Site Plan Review Exemption for Affordable Housing - On June 30, 2023, the city council adopted an amendment to the Site Plan Review Ordinance to exempt deed-restricted affordable housing units from...more
Los Angeles City Planning and Department of Building and Safety - COVID-19 Emergency Public Order on Tolling and Time Limits Rescinded - On March 21, 2020, then-Mayor Eric Garcetti issued a COVID-19 emergency public order to...more
County and City of Los Angeles - Los Angeles City and County Ordinances to Ban Oil and Gas Drilling - There are 26 oil and gas fields and more than 5,000 oil and gas wells (active and idle) across the City of Los Angeles. On...more
City of Los Angeles - State Approves the City’s Housing Element Update for the 6th Cycle (2021–2029) - On June 29, 2022, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) informed the City of Los Angeles...more
Los Angeles Department of City Planning - Affordable Housing Linkage Fee The Affordable Housing Linkage Fee - (AHLF) schedule, adopted June 29, 2018, places a fee on certain new market-rate residential and commercial...more
Our Land Use Team reviews new California laws that affect affordable housing programs and allow some projects to avoid California Environmental Quality Act review.
Today, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a package of...more
Land Use Matters provides information and insights into legal and regulatory developments, primarily at the Los Angeles City and County levels, affecting land use matters, as well as new CEQA appellate decisions.
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Land Use Matters provides information and insights into legal and regulatory developments, primarily at the Los Angeles City and County levels, affecting land use matters, as well as new CEQA appellate decisions.
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At its October 27, 2015, meeting, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to create a new dedicated Affordable Housing Program budget unit and approved setting aside $100 million for the creation and operation of both...more
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