Downtown Los Angeles Community Plan Update

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Summer 2022 Next Steps and Public Participation
The Downtown Community Plan Update is in the adoption phase. The upcoming steps to complete adoption of the Downtown Community Plan are receiving the recommendations for approval from the City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee, and then the final approval from the full City Council.

Members of the public who wish to offer public comment to the PLUM Committee may submit written comments about the Downtown Community Plan Update online; the Council File number is CF 22-0617.

To receive future notice once the Plan is scheduled for PLUM Committee and City Council consideration, click the "Contact" tab above.

Próximos Pasos y Participación Pública en el Verano de 2022
El Plan Comunitario del Centro está en la fase de adopción. Los próximos pasos para completar la adopción del Plan Comunitario del Centro necesitan la recomendación de aprobación del Comité de la Administración de Planeación y del Uso de Suelo (PLUM por sus siglas en inglés), y luego la aprobación final del Consejo de la Ciudad.

Miembros del público que desean ofrecer sus comentarios públicos al comité de PLUM pueden enviar sus comentarios escritos sobre la actualización del Plan Comunitario del Centro por internet aquí: el número del archivo del consejo es CF 22-0617.

Para recibir avisos en el futuro cuando el Plan esté programado para la consideración del comité de PLUM y del Consejo de la Ciudad, haga clic en la sección “Contact” que se encuentra arriba.

Thank you to all who joined to participate in the City Planning Commission (CPC) meetings.

What happened at City Planning Commission?
At the September 23, 2021 City Planning Commission meeting, CPC recommended approval of the Downtown Community Plan and new Zoning Code. In case you missed it, an audio recording is available along with City Planning’s staff presentation and Supplemental Staff Report, Technical Modifications/Corrections (September), as well as comment letters from the public and elected officials.

Click here to see a list of CPC Recommended Modifications.

At the August 26, 2021 CPC meeting, Commissioners voted to continue deliberation of the Downtown Community Plan and new Zoning Code to September 23, 2021. City Planning notes that on August 3, 2021, Council Districts 1, 9, and 14 issued a letter requesting that the CPC continue further deliberation of the Downtown Community Plan and New Zoning Code to September 23, 2021 or later.

At the June 17, 2021 CPC meeting, City Planning presented a high-level overview of the Downtown Community Plan and new Zoning Code. This was followed by technical questions from Commissioners on the information presented. After that, Commissioners heard public comment. Lastly, before adjourning, Commissioners discussed topics for further discussion and specific requests for additional information from Planning staff. An audio recording is available along with City Planning’s staff presentation and Staff Report, Technical Modifications/Corrections (June) as well as comment letters from the public and elected officials.

What happens next?
On September 23, 2021, the CPC voted unanimously to recommend approval of the Downtown Plan and new Zoning Code. In the coming months several documents will be produced by City Planning that serve to advance the Downtown Plan and new Zoning Code to the City Council for final adoption. City Planning will prepare and publish the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR), the City Planning Commission’s Letter of Determination, and the Recommended Community Plan and Zoning Code. Each of these final components will be considered first by the City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee, and later, the full City Council in the months ahead.

For details on the draft plan and to view the proposed zoning click the “Draft Plan" tab above.

To sign up for future updates or contact staff with questions click the "Contact" tab above.

Los Angeles City Planning is partnering with the Downtown community to update the Central City and Central City North Community Plans. The Downtown Community Plan will describe a collective vision for Downtown’s future and include policies, plans, and implementation programs that frame the City’s long-term priorities. Downtown will have the first Community Plan in the City to apply new zoning tools developed as part of the comprehensive update to the City of Los Angeles’s Zoning Code.

The update of the Downtown Community Plan takes cues from the City’s General Plan, particularly from its Framework Element, which describes the City’s long-term growth strategy. The Framework Element lays out goals, objectives, and policies for the range of land uses throughout the City, including Downtown, and guides the development of Community Plans. The Framework Element describes Downtown as “the principal government and business center of the region, with a worldwide market,” “the highest-density center of the City,” and a “hub of regional transportation.”

The Plan will build on Downtown’s concentration of transit options. With support from Metro’s Transit Oriented Development Grant Program, the City is promoting Downtown’s role as the convergence point of regional transit lines that connect multiple cities across Los Angeles County.

What is a Community Plan? Why do we need to update it?

Click the button below to watch a short video about Community Plans.

Purpose

The ambition of the Downtown Community Plan is to create and implement a vision of the future for Downtown Los Angeles. Downtown is the birthplace of Los Angeles and the primary center of urban activity in the region. It remains the City's commercial, entertainment, cultural, and civic heart. Now enjoying a renaissance, Downtown is home to a diverse range of industries and a patchwork of distinct neighborhoods that sit at the center of an expanding regional transportation network. According to regional projections, by the year 2040, Downtown will be adding approximately:

+ 125,000 people

+ 70,000 housing units

+ 55,000 jobs

The Plan will strive to support and sustain the ongoing revitalization of Downtown, while thoughtfully accommodating this projected future growth.

A strong core is important to the health of the City.

The Plan will promote a dynamic, healthy and sustainable Downtown core that is tightly connected to its surroundings and supports the City of Los Angeles and the region.

The following core principles represent the long-term priorities for the Downtown Community Plan:

• Accommodate anticipated growth through 2040 in an inclusive, equitable, sustainable, and healthy manner, while supporting and sustaining Downtown's ongoing revitalization

• Reinforce Downtown's jobs orientation

• Grow and support the residential base

• Strengthen neighborhood character

• Promote a transit-, bicycle-, and pedestrian-friendly environment

• Create linkages between districts

• Create a world-class streets and public realm