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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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What is the significance of the Cultural Heritage Commission?
What is the significance of the Cultural Heritage Commission?
2022-07-26

The Cultural Heritage Commission (CHC) is a five-member, mayoral-appointed commission that considers nominations of sites as City Histor

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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.

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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.

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What is a StoryMap?
What is a StoryMap?
2022-04-18

Combining interactive maps with multimedia content and text to impart information, City Plann

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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

Planning Website on the Application Page
What Are the Major Types of Planning Review?
2021-05-19

Los Angeles City Planning receives thousands of project applications every year, varying in scale and complexity from something as large as a multi-block development to something as small as a retaining wall at a private residence.

#Application, #DevelopmentServices, #DSC, #Approvals, #Ministerial, #Administrative, #Discretionary, #projects

PRIDE
Before Stonewall, Angelenos Demonstrated for LGBTQ+ Rights at The Black Cat
2020-06-10

Written by: Steve M. Garcia

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