ZA-2025-879-CUB / ENV-2025-880-CE

The City of Los Angeles is forecasting the continuation of alcoholic beverage sales and on-site consumption at a 2,882 square-foot restaurant located at 400-410 West 8th Street and 801-815 South Hill Street in Los Angeles, CA 90014, operated by Shake Shack California, LLC. This activity is governed by a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Class 1 categorical exemption under Public Resources Code § 21152 and CEQA Guidelines § 15301, which determines the project has minimal environmental impact and qualifies for exemption from further environmental review, provided none of the exceptions in CEQA Guidelines § 15300.2 apply. The project also requires a Class 2 Conditional Use permit to operate as a retail food service with alcohol sales, and approval is implied through the exemption filing. The contract is not structured as a traditional procurement with pricing, delivery schedules, or federal contract clauses; instead, it is represented as a forecast notice, with no awarded contract value, payment details, invoicing methods, or accounting codes identified. The place of performance is clearly defined as the restaurant location, and inspections or acceptance are tied to compliance with CEQA standards, not performance or quality metrics. No federal acquisition regulation (FAR) clauses, packaging requirements, inspection criteria, or standard solicitation elements such as evaluation factors, award methodology, or contract administration data are included. The applicant is required to submit physical documentation including a completed CEQA Notice of Exemption, maps, and supporting materials to the Los Angeles County Clerk/Recorder’s Environmental Notices office in Norwalk, with no electronic submission options available, though no formal deadline is stated. Primary contacts are Stephanie Escobar of the City Planning Department and Steve Rawlings as the applicant’s representative, neither of whom are designated as contracting officers or technical representatives. There is no representation of small business status, UEI or SAM registration, or federal socioeconomic certifications, and no mention of labor compliance, cybersecurity, or anti-trafficking requirements, underscoring the purely local and environmental nature of the filing rather than a federal acquisition.