Council motions, CPC actions, and city directives related to SB 79 implementation in Los Angeles. Primary council files: CF 25-1083 and CF 25-0002-S19.
CPC voted to approve the final SB 79 Phased Implementation Ordinance implementing Option C.1. CT upzoning applied to 57 official Opportunity Stations. HPOZ and HCM parcels excluded. Alternative Plan review standards finalized. Ordinance transmitted to City Council for adoption.
Motion directing DCP to prepare a formal comparison of the SCAG June 2026 draft station area maps against the city's adopted Plan C Opportunity Station boundaries, and to establish a dispute resolution process for stations where city and SCAG classifications conflict. Referred to PLUM Committee.
Motion directing the Department of General Services and the Housing Department to prioritize community land trust (CLT) and social housing disposition for any publicly-owned parcel within SB 79 Opportunity Station half-mile zones that becomes available for development. Referred to Housing Committee.
Supplemental motion requiring that any residential project in a CT-designated SB 79 Opportunity Zone include a recorded anti-displacement covenant prohibiting no-fault evictions of existing tenants for five years following project entitlement. Referred to Housing and Homelessness Committee.
Full City Council voted to adopt Approach C, Option C.1 of the SB 79 Phased Implementation Plan. Directive: CT upzoning for the 57 official Opportunity Stations (51 rail + 6 BRT). HPOZ and HCM parcels carved out. Non-Opportunity Stations subject to Alternative Plan review. Phase-in mechanism retained.
Motion directing DCP to define exact HPOZ and Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) boundary treatment under the SB 79 implementation ordinance. Adopted carve-out language that removes HPOZ/HCM-covered parcels from CT upzoning while preserving Alternative Plan review rights for affected station areas.
City Council directed the Housing Department and DCP to maximize coordination between the Citywide Housing Incentive Program (CHIP) — including MIIP and AHIP — and SB 79 Opportunity Stations. Directed a joint report on stacked incentive scenarios at all 57 Plan C Opportunity Stations by June 2026.
Supplemental motion to CF 25-0002-S19 requesting that the SB 79 implementation ordinance include explicit community benefit conditions (affordable units, local hiring, anti-displacement covenants) and study protections for low-rise residential neighborhoods within ½-mile zones.
CPC directed DCP staff to prepare three implementation approaches (A, B, C) for the SB 79 Phased Implementation Ordinance, establishing the CT zone option, phase-in mechanism, and Alternative Plan framework as the primary analytical framework.
Motion directing the Bureau of Engineering and LADWP to complete a regional infrastructure capacity assessment — water, sewer, electrical grid — before SB 79 upzoning takes effect at any Opportunity Station. Cited inadequate infrastructure in coastal and valley districts.
Motion directing DCP and the Housing Department to develop a displacement mitigation framework to accompany the SB 79 Implementation Ordinance. Requested analysis of vulnerable station areas and coordination with ACT-LA and tenant advocacy organizations.
DCP initiated a preliminary study and community engagement process for implementing SB 79 transit-oriented development standards in Los Angeles. The Department was directed to prepare a Zoning Ordinance to adopt conforming local transit-oriented development regulations.
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