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Los Angeles City Planning engages with community members on a variety of land use issues. In addition to hosting events and speaking at neighborhood council meetings, City Planning staff maintain a blog to share updates and insights on planning matters.

For additional information, contact: planning.media@lacity.org.

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How Does Transportation Demand Management Address Climate Change?
How Does Transportation Demand Management Address Climate Change?
2022-08-29

The most recent report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that the world’s governments have just three years to take radical action to curb the worst effects of climate change.

#ClimateChange, #Mobility, #Choices, #Affordable, #Infrastructure, #TDM, #Transportation, #Sustainability, #TransportationDemandManagement, #UrbanPlanning, #Transit, #Traffic, #Cars, #Commuter, #Transportation, #Travel, #Bus, #Biking, #Train, #Pollution, #GreenhouseGas, #Emissions, #SustainabilityGoals, #TransportationOptions

What is the Restaurant Beverage Program?
What is the Restaurant Beverage Program?
2022-06-17

Historically, the profit margin from the sale of alcoholic beverages has helped restaurant owners stay afloat during sharp rises in rent and payroll costs.

#RestaurantBeverageProgram #RBP #AlcoholicBeverages #restaurant #owners #bars #SmallBusinesses #covid19 #pandemic #framework #ordinance #FinancialRelief #support #local #EconomicGrowth #streamlined #ApprovalProcess #ApplyOnline

What is a Community Plan?
What is a Community Plan?
2022-05-17

Los Angeles’s General Plan Land Use Element is composed of 35 Community Plans that cover the entire 473 square miles of the City.

#CommunityPlans, #LandUse, #GeneralPlan, #LandUseElement, #CommunityPlanArea, #Planning, #LongRangePlanning, #Strategy, #Vision, #Neighborhoods, #DecisionMaking, #Housing, #Transportation, #Business, #UrbanDesign, #Mobility, #EconomicDevelopment, #Stakeholder, #CommunityInput, #PublicEngagement

How Los Angeles Got Serious About Housing
How Los Angeles Got Serious About Housing
2022-03-17

Our City—rich in industry and creativity—has gained the unfortunate notoriety of being a major epicenter in the California housing crisis. The fundamental reason for our crisis is the same as in most global cities: an extreme shortage of housing, which has left Angelenos to face overcrowding, punishing commutes, or, all too often, homelessness.

#Housing, #HousingElement, #planning4la

What is the New Zoning Code?
What is the New Zoning Code?
2022-01-24

City Planning is modernizing Los Angeles’s Zoning Code to align with contemporary planning needs. This is the first comprehensive update to the Code since 1946 and marks a major shift from strictly Euclidean zoning—the most common form of land use regulation in the United States—to a hybrid, or modular, zoning approach. 

#zoning, #environment, #policy, #Housing, #Equity

Wrapping Up the Visioning Phase/ Envolver la fase de vision
Wrapping Up the Visioning Phase
2020-10-30

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#HousingElement

What is a Specific Plan?
What is a Specific Plan?
2020-01-29

A Specific Plan is a planning document that implements the goals and policies of the General