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Low-Rise Ordinance and Senate Bill (SB) 79 Phased Implementation Ordinance

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The City of Los Angeles has implemented two complementary ordinances to fulfill its obligations under California Senate Bill 79 (2025), known as The Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act, which was signed into law on October 10, 2025. These ordinances collectively amend the city’s land use code to promote affordable, low-density multifamily housing within a half-mile radius of Opportunity Stations—major transit hubs including heavy rail, light rail, commuter rail, bus rapid transit, and select bus-only lane services—primarily concentrated in Central Los Angeles, West Los Angeles, Northeast Los Angeles, and the South Valley. The Low-Rise Ordinance revises the Mixed Income Incentive Program by creating a new Low-Rise Incentive Area, replacing the former Corridor Transition Incentive Area, to better reflect the desired housing outcomes and incentivize development in previously low-density zones. The SB 79 Phased Implementation Ordinance ensures compliance by temporarily pausing full enforcement of the state law across the city until local zoning can be aligned with statutory requirements, while also establishing permanent exemptions for sites within industrial employment hubs and locations more than one mile from a transit station. The entire citywide effort applies to Los Angeles’s 467-square-mile jurisdiction, encompassing diverse land uses from residential and commercial to industrial and open space. The project was adopted by the City Council on June 23, 2026, following environmental review under the Housing Element Environmental Impact Report, and operates under state legal authority outlined in Government Code Sections 65912.155 through 65912.162. Mapping procedures are codified to define exempt areas and incentive zones with precision, facilitating consistent application across all neighborhoods. Although this is a regulatory and legislative initiative rather than a procurement contract, it is administratively identified under NAICS code 925120, which classifies it under governmental land use planning and zoning functions, and was formally filed as a forecast with the public portal on July 2, 2026. The Department of City Planning is the lead agency, with Theadora Trindle, City Planner, serving as the point of contact for inquiries. No monetary contract value, deliverables, or performance timelines were established because the initiative involves the adoption of local ordinances and implementation of state housing mandates rather than the acquisition of goods or services through competitive bidding.

General Info

Los Angeles enacts ordinances to boost transit-near housing, phased implementation, exemptions for industrial zones, aligning with state law.

Agency

California → City of Los Angeles

NAICS

925120 - Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural DevelopmentView NAICS

Place of Performance

Los Angeles, CA

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NONE

Documents

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Low-Rise Ordinance SB 79 Phased Implementation Notice of Exemption City of LA

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Timeline

PostedJul 2

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyCalifornia → City of Los Angeles

Contacts1 person available

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Organization / Agency

California → City of Los Angeles

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Contacts

Theadora TrindleCity Planner

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+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

The Proposed Project includes two ordinances, the Low-Rise Ordinance and Senate Bill (SB) 79 Phased Implementation Ordinance, that together comprise the Citys local implementation of SB 79 (2025) or The Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act, which was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on October 10, 2025, pursuant to Government Code Sections 65912.155 - 65912.162. The Low-Rise Ordinance amends the Mixed Income Incentive Program (MIIP) in Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 12.22 A.38 and other related code sections to establish housing incentives to allow low-scale, multifamily housing development in low density zones within a half-mile area of Opportunity Stations and renames the existing Corridor Transition Incentive Area to Low-Rise Incentive Area to better align the programs name with intended building outcomes. Opportunity Stations areas consist of a majority of Higher and Moderate Opportunity Areas as defined by LAMC Section 12.03 and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) and are major transit stops (as defined in Public Resources Code Section 21064.3) served by heavy rail, light rail, commuter rail, bus rapid transit, and certain bus lines that operate in bus-only lanes. Opportunity Station Areas are predominantly located in Central Los Angeles, West Los Angeles, Northeast Los Angeles, and the South Valley The SB 79 Phased Implementation Ordinance will allow a temporary pause in the bills effectuation citywide consistent with the sites, Transit Oriented Development zone, and low resource area criteria in GSC 65912.161(b); will codify exemptions from SB 79 for sites within industrial employment hubs and that are more than one-mile walking distance from a station pursuant to GSC 65912.160(e) and will establish mapping processes. The Proposed Project will apply to the entire geographic area located within the boundaries of the City of Los Angeles, which encompasses 467 square miles. Los Angeles is a coastal city, generally surrounded by the San Gabriel Mountains to the north, urban development and the Verdugo Mountains, San Rafael Hills, and San Gabriel Valley to the east, and urban development and the Santa Susana Mountains, Santa Monica Mountains, and Pacific Ocean to the west and south. The City is highly urbanized and contains a variety of residential, civic, institutional, commercial, industrial, and recreational/open space uses within the communities that comprise the City. The ordinances which comprise the proposed project were adopted by the City Council on June 23, 2026, and the City Council found that the proposed project was assessed in the Housing Element Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (ENV-2020-6762-EIR, ENV-2020-6762-EIR-ADD1, ENV-2020-6762-EIR-ADD2).