Latest Draft Downtown L.A. Community Plan Released for Input
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DTLA 2040 incentivizes affordable housing, eliminates parking requirements, favors walk/bike/transit, and strengthens adaptive re-use
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about City Planning
L.A. City’s Transit-Oriented Communities Affordable Housing Incentives Are Working
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In 2019 the Transit-Oriented Communities program accounted for 42% of all proposed housing in L.A. City - more than 14,500 permitted units
City Council Approves Expo Line Signal Prioritization and Final Expo Line Neighborhood Plans
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L.A. City Council approved maximizing Expo Line signal prioritization, and the Exposition Corridor Transit Neighborhood Plan which fosters affordable housing, jobs, and walkability at five stations
L.A. Proposes Eliminating Parking Requirements Downtown
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Downtown L.A. follows Lancaster, Santa Monica, San Diego, San Francisco, Houston, and Cincinnati in eliminating unneeded parking requirements.
Fact Check: Will BRT Automatically Trigger Corridor Up-Zoning? Not Anywhere Near as Much as Opponents Say It Will
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BRT won't automatically up-zone entire corridors and bring giant new six-story canyons of towering apartment buildings. L.A.'s TOC incentives do help the city add affordable housing where it's most needed.
Fix the City Files Lawsuit Against L.A.’s Transit Oriented Communities Affordable Housing Incentives
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The nimby lawsuit alleges that the city approved affordable housing incentives improperly, and that guidelines exceed what voters approved in Measure JJJ