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CHIP Ordinance Timeline

Regularly updated notes on the review journey of this draft ordinance. City’s goal: to have this ordinance in place before the State Feb-2025 deadline re additional housing.

Our recent FYI posts

Our City’s Planning and Land Use Policy development process is complex and sometimes opaque, making it hard for Westchester-Playa stakeholders to understand what’s going on. These posts aim to improving public access to important general news and information.

CHIP Status Updates

Regularly updated notes on next steps for review of this draft ordinance, due to be finalized before the Feb-2024 State deadline re LA’s improved housing capacity.

Tags: 2021-2029 Housing Element, LA CHIP, LA Planning, Ordinance New

November 21, 2024

CHIP Ordinance Timeline

Regularly updated notes on the review journey of this draft ordinance. City’s goal: to have this ordinance in place before the State Feb-2025 deadline re additional housing.

Tags: 2021-2029 Housing Element, Featured, LA CHIP, LA Planning, Ordinance New

September 6, 2024

Resident Protections Ordinance

Quick overview: LA Planning Dept recently shared this new draft ordinance (with link): “The Resident Protections Ordinance would establish consistent protections for residents…”

Tags: 2021-2029 Housing Element, LA Planning, Ordinance New

August 30, 2024

Sites + Minimum Density Ordinance

Quick overview: LA Planning recently shared this information on this draft ordinance (with link) “intended to enact state housing element law for different types …”

Tags: 2021-2029 Housing Element, LA Planning, Ordinance New

August 30, 2024

Tutorial: CHIP Ordinance

Quick overview: Planning recently shared this information on this draft ordinance (with link). “The Citywide Housing Incentive Program (CHIP) Ordinance proposes several new programs that…”

Tags: 2021-2029 Housing Element, LA CHIP, LA Planning, Ordinance New, Tutorial

August 29, 2024

LAX Employee Housing Challenge

Westchester-Playa hosts LAX and manages a number of challenges related to the airport. Passenger traffic impacts are the most obvious. But there are other very significant…

Tags: Affordable, Employee Housing, LAX

August 28, 2024

Neighbors advocating for local

housing.

Building a Better Westchester-Playa (BaBWP) is a group of neighbors advocating for local housing and land use decisions that foster racial and socio-economic diversity, environmental sustainability and community well-being.