Los Angeles Council Advances Four-Story Low-Rise Ordinance to Defer SB 79 Upzoning Until 2030

The Los Angeles City Council voted 13-0 to advance a new Low-Rise Ordinance that permits buildings up to four stories in 57 neighborhoods near transit, a calculated move designed to clear a statutory threshold and postpone the taller, denser upzoning mandated by California's Senate Bill 79 until 2030. Los Angeles is choosing its own terms […]