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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 Online Commerce Capabilities Does City Planning Offer?
What Online Commerce Capabilities Does City Planning Offer?
2022-11-17

City Planning has expanded its online commerce capabilities to improve customer service and offer seamless access to City Planning’s functions from just about anywhere. 

#DevelopmentServiceCenters, #DSC, #AffordableHousing, #Appeals, #Virtual , #HousingCrisis , #Resources , #RestaurantBeverageProgram, #OAS, #OnlineApplicationService , #CustomerService, #SmallBiz, #SmallBusiness, #VirtualDSC

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 do I access application requirements online?
How do I access application requirements online?
2020-11-19

Applying for an entitlement application can be a lengthy process with various steps and levels of review involved along the way. The best way to ensure the process goes as smoothly as possible is by submitting a complete application package for City Planning to review. 

#DSC, #DevelopmentServices, #FeeEstimator, #SocialDistancing, #Application

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What is the Records Management Unit?
2020-10-27

The difficult task of tracking all newly filed and completed cases is the responsibility of the Records Management Unit, whose dedicated staff works to ensure cases are easily accessible to planners, the public, and the media. 

#Records, #RecordsManagement, #PDIS

Why Is City Planning Using Webinars for Outreach?
Why Is City Planning Using Webinars for Outreach?
2020-05-21

Even though our City Planning staffers are taking every precaution to slow the spread of the coronavirus, their work has not slowed down. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy relies on the essential functions of government—including the services of city planners—to keep moving. 

Public Relations, Engagement, External Affairs, COVID-19, Webinars, Events, Event Calendar, Communications, Outreach

How Does Planning Support Small Business Interests During COVID-19?
How Does Planning Support Small Business Interests During COVID-19?
2020-04-22

City Planning serves four million Angelenos across 35 communities. Ever since Mayor Garcetti announced the Safer At Home order to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Department has been adapting new methods of engagement to continue providing public service as seamlessly as possible while working to flatten the infection curve of the coronavirus.

COVID-19, Small Business, Support