Tracking 2025-2026 City Budget Crisis Impact on Planning
Monitoring City budget cuts and their impact on future affordable housing plus Community Plan Update processes.
Chart: Planning Dept Processes for Three Types of Affordable Housing
Planning application processing for affordable housing projects has gotten a bit more confusing with ED1. This chart clarifies how it works.
Local ED1 Pipeline as of 30-Jan-2025
Updated on 30 Jan 2025. This map shows current and possible ED1 projects for 90045. At this time, no ED1 project applications have been submitted for PDR, Ladera or PV.
How to Find ED1 Planning Dept Project Files Online
Mayor Bass’s Executive Directive 1 (ED1) 100% affordable residential projects proposed to the Planning Department can be found online. This is a quick tutorial on how to navigate to those records.
CHIP Status: Moves from City Council to City Attorney
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.
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.
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…”
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 …”
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…”
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…