City Planning

The reach of Measure JJJ could intensify in the coming months, if a new ordinance that aims to extend the scope of the city’s...

Long before the court decision Tuesday that halted — for a second time — the construction of the Hollywood Target, the NIMBYs fighting the...

Following the successful package of Measure JJJ last November, L.A.’s Department of City Planning released new guidelines Monday on how the affordable housing initiative will actually work....

UPDATED, Feb. 14, 9:15 a.m.: In 2016, developers filed 281 new projects with Los Angeles city planning, calling for nearly 36,000 residential or hotel units....

Measure S proponents do get one thing right: Most developers seeking changes to zoning really do end up getting their way. Since 2000, the L.A....

TRD Special Report:In the first installation of TRD’s series on the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, we explain the underlying problems with L.A.’s planning process. We...

The Los Angeles Planning Commission has voted to approve proposed changes to the city’s so called “mansionization” rules. The changes would close loopholes in the...

Bad news for Airbnb: The Los Angeles City Planning Commission approved Thursday a draft of regulations for short-term rental services that would impose fines...

In West Hollywood, short-term rentals are illegal. Yet tourists looking to take a stroll down the Sunset Strip over Memorial Day weekend have the...

Catching up with DTLA’s growing repertoire of developments, the City of L.A. is now drafting a rezoning blueprint that would guide development in the...