Community Plan Update

Westchester-Playa’s Planning Process News & Resource

CPU Approval Timeline (Updated)

Special hearings April 29-May 16, 2025 to determine new City budget, changes in local CPU timeline.

Our recent CPU posts

Currently LA City Planning is putting the entire Westside—including Westchester-Playa—through a Community Plan Update (CPU) process. When approved by City Council (projected for 2026-2027), the final Westchester-Playa CPU legally memorializes updated land use policy and zoning codes. These posts aim to improve stakeholder access to important CPU news and information.

CPU Approval Timeline (Updated)

Special hearings April 29-May 16, 2025 to determine new City budget, changes in local CPU timeline.

Tags: Community Plan Update, CPU Draft 3 Maps, CPU EIR, Featured

April 29, 2025

LA’s Housing Target

Ultimately what’s driving LA’s push to up-zone more land parcels to create more housing units in the future?…

Tags: 2021-2029 Housing Element, CPU Draft 3 Maps, General Plan, RHNA Targets

August 27, 2024

Current Community Plan (2004)

Here you’ll find links to the active Westchester-Playa Community Plan Update, completed in 2004…

Tags: CPU 2004

August 27, 2024

CPU Draft 3 Maps Access

Currently, Westchester-Playa is part of LA Planning Department’s larger effort titled Planning the Westside…

Tags: Community Plan Update, CPU Draft 3 Maps

August 13, 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.