What is the significance of the Cultural Heritage Commission?
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?
Historically, the profit margin from the sale of alcoholic beverages has helped restaurant owners stay afloat during sharp rises in rent and payroll costs.
What is a Community Plan?
Los Angeles’s General Plan Land Use Element is composed of 35 Community Plans that cover the entire 473 square miles of the City.
What is a StoryMap?
Combining interactive maps with multimedia content and text to impart information, City Plann
How Los Angeles Got Serious About Housing
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.
What Are the Major Types of Planning Review?
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.
Before Stonewall, Angelenos Demonstrated for LGBTQ+ Rights at The Black Cat
Written by: Steve M. Garcia
Women's History Month
The demography of Los Angeles City Planning’s workforce in 2020 is one mark of the advances
Los Angeles City Planning. We are #Planning4LA.
You may have noticed a few recent changes at Los Angeles City Planning. We’ve grown, we’ve planned, and we’ve transformed. Part of this transformation is creating a concise, consistent, lasting, and relevant brand — Los Angeles City Planning.
