Adoption of the Hollywood Community Plan Update
On May 3, 2023, the Los Angeles City Council adopted the Hollywood Community Plan Update. The City Council also recommended an amendment requested in the motion from Council District 13 (Soto-Martinez) and a follow up report requested in the motion from Council District 4 (Raman). Additional information about the requested amendments is summarized here.
Next Steps
Following adoption of the Plan, the implementing ordinances will be reviewed and finalized by the City Attorney, to ensure clarity of regulations and consistency with state law, which can take approximately six months to a year. After this process is complete, the Plan will be brought into effect by the City Council. City Planning will prepare a report as requested by Council District 4, and will present the report to the PLUM Committee in the next few weeks.
The Hollywood Community Plan Update sets the stage for the future of Hollywood. The Plan Update directs anticipated development to already urbanized portions of the Community Plan Area, identifying suitable locations for new development while preserving existing low-scale neighborhoods.
Framework policies encourage compact, mixed-use development in proximity to transit infrastructure and activity centers, allowing the City to conserve resources, protect existing residential neighborhoods, and improve air quality by enhancing safe, accessible transportation options.
In 1988, the year the Hollywood Community Plan in effect today was adopted, subway stations had been proposed but not yet built. Since then, five Metro Red Line stations have become operational in Hollywood, and a transit-oriented specific plan was adopted in 2001. The HCPU2 will accommodate increased affordable housing demand and development near the Metro stations and selected commercial corridors with existing transit (bus and train). Directing the development to targeted areas will preserve the character of single-family and low-density neighborhoods.
From 2005 to 2012, the Hollywood Community Plan Update underwent a comprehensive planning process with extensive community outreach. Both the Draft and Final Environmental Impact Report were published in 2011, before adoption of the plan in 2012.
The 1988 Hollywood Community Plan currently in effect is available here. The 2012 Plan is no longer in effect. More background, along with information on entitlement procedures under the 1988 Plan and zoning, appears in the Zoning Information (ZI) file.
The City Planning Commission (CPC) heard the Hollywood Community Plan Update on February 18, 2021 and continued the item to March 18, 2021. On March 18, the CPC recommended approval of the Hollywood Community Plan with a few recommended changes, including more robust incentives for affordable housing within the central Hollywood area (the Regional Center), and the allowance of a two-story incentive for additional height along height-restricted commercial corridors, for projects that provide affordable housing units.
The General Plan is the City's guide for its future growth and development. The State of California requires every city to adopt a General Plan. General Plans have a typical lifespan of 20 to 30 years and must be updated periodically.
The Framework Element of the General Plan lays out goals and policies for topics related to growth and services. All General Plan Elements adopted by the City need to be consistent with the Framework.
The Hollywood Community Plan Update is in the adoption phase. Thank you to all who shared your thoughts with the City Planning Commission, which recommended approval of the Plan in 2021. Planning documents were transmitted to the City Clerk (CF 21-0934) in August, including the Letter of Determination, the Community Plan and the Final Environmental Impact Report.
The Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) is now available. For more information, please see the Notice of Availability. Printed copies of the FEIR are also available for general public viewing at the following City library branches:
On March 18, the City Planning Commission (CPC) recommended approval of the Hollywood Community Plan Update with a few recommended changes, including more robust incentives for affordable housing within the central Hollywood area (the Regional Center), and the allowance of a two-story incentive for additional height along height-restricted commercial corridors, for projects that provide affordable housing units.
Next, the Plan Update will advance to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee (PLUM), and then to the full City Council for adoption. Dates for these future meetings have not been established. Sign up online to receive future email updates about the Hollywood Community Plan Update.
The City Planning Commission (CPC) heard the Hollywood Community Plan Update on February 18, 2021 and continued the item to its March 18, 2021 meeting. The March 18, 2021 CPC meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. Anyone wishing to participate may provide oral comments during the meeting, or send written comments to the Planning Commission ahead of time. For detailed instructions on submissions to CPC, please visit: -commission-instructions.
A public hearing was held on February 18. The staff presentation to the Commission included recommendations to update a few additional proposed zone changes and open space designations, and to clarify the land use regulation relationship between the Hollywood Redevelopment Plan and the Hollywood Community Plan Update.
On December 9, 2020, the Hollywood Community Plan Update held a virtual Open House and Public Hearing. The public hearing served as a means to collect comments from stakeholders; comments will be incorporated into the staff report before the Plan is brought to the City Planning Commission (CPC). No decisions were made during the public hearing. To listen to the audio recording of the Public Hearing, click here. The comments submitted during the Public Hearing comment period, which ended on December 16, 2020, are also available.
If you would like to receive a copy of the CPC Staff Recommendation Report, please send an email to hollyw...@lacity.org and provide your contact information, indicating that you would like to be added to the interested parties email list.
In September and October of 2020, the team hosted 18 office hours to highlight the goals of the updated Draft Community Plan Implementation Overlay (CPIO) District, and discussed proposed incentives for affordable housing and proposed regulations for historic preservation and pedestrian-oriented design.
A new Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) was released on November 15, 2018 for the Hollywood Community Plan Update. The Notice of Availability (NOA) provides information about the public comment process. The 75-day public comment period ended on January 31, 2019.
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