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CCA's Urban Design Committee Discusses Downtown Design Guidelines CCA's Urban Design Committee, chaired by Peter Devereaux , Harley Ellis Devereaux , and Paul Danna , DMJM H&N/ AECOM , met with City officials to discuss proposed design guidelines for Downtown. The City has been working on the guidelines for months, headed by a team with Emily Gabel-Luddy and Simon Pastucha of Planning's new Urban Design Studio, Greg Fischer of Councilwoman Jan Perry's office, Karen Yamamoto and Lillian Burkenheim of the CRA, Jay Kim and Mike Bagheri of LADOT, Clark Robins of the City's Bureau of Engineering, and consultants Pat Smith and Allyn Rifkin . CCA is very appreciative of the integrated approach that the City departments took in drafting these guidelines. CCA has been advocating for cohesive design guidelines as a means to create a more pedestrian-friendly Downtown.
CCA's Urban Design Committee provided initial comments on the guidelines at the meeting and will be closely reviewing the draft in the coming weeks.
Ellis Item Hearing: May 15th
The hearing on Council President Eric Garcetti's amendment to a motion that would extend rent control to newly constructed rental units built on the site of demolished, rent stabilized buildings has been rescheduled to this
Tuesday, May 15th.
The amendment would give developers the option of constructing a new, rent stabilized building, or replacing the lost rent stabilized units one-for-one with units that would be affordable to households at or below 80% of the area median income, up to 20% of the newly constructed units. CCA opposes the extension of rent control to demolitions and is lobbying to have this issue included in the Los Angeles Housing Department's year-long study on rent control.
CCA has led the opposition against the motion and formed a coalition of business organizations and other stakeholders, including developers, land use attorneys, and apartment owners, to oppose the item. In addition,
CCA's Vice President of Legislative Affairs, Veronica Perez Becker, has met with a number of Council offices on this issue.
Please help us oppose this item at
the May 15 HCED meeting, which will take place
Tuesday, May 15
at
8:30 a.m.
in
Room 1010, City Hall
. If you have any questions, please call Veronica Perez Becker at 213-624-1213.
The amendment would give developers the option of constructing a new, rent stabilized building, or replacing the lost rent stabilized units one-for-one with units that would be affordable to households at or below 80% of the area median income, up to 20% of the newly constructed units. CCA opposes the extension of rent control to demolitions and is lobbying to have this issue included in the Los Angeles Housing Department's year-long study on rent control.
CCA has led the opposition against the motion and formed a coalition of business organizations and other stakeholders, including developers, land use attorneys, and apartment owners, to oppose the item. In addition, CCA's Vice President of Legislative Affairs, Veronica Perez Becker, has met with a number of Council offices on this issue.
Please help us oppose this item at the May 15 HCED meeting, which will take place Tuesday, May 15 at 8:30 a.m. in Room 1010, City Hall . If you have any questions, please call Veronica Perez Becker at 213-624-1213. |
• CCA's President & CEO Carol Schatz testified in support of State Senator Cedillo's SB 2 at Council's Intergovernmental Relations Committee. SB 2 requires local jurisidictions in California to provide specific sites for homeless shelters and transitional housing and allow these uses by-right. This bill will help regionalize services for Los Angeles' homeless population. CCA has been a strong advocate in support of creating homeless services throughout Los Angeles County. • The Planning Commission voted to support Hearst Corporation's Herald Examiner project, a mixed-use project in Downtown's South Park community that includes the rehabilitation of the 1913 Herald Examiner building. CCA testified in support of the project and is advocating that the project move forward as quickly as possible.
STAFF CONTACT Director of Business Development, Lauren Klausen ( lklausen@ccala.org ) |
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