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Health and Wellness Element / Comprehensive Review and Update / Environmental Justice Element

Council File 15-0103-S4

Under review — the city adopted a plan to modernize its health and environmental policies in 2022, and the Planning Department submitted a climate assessment last year, but the committee has only filed it twice without moving forward, leaving the broader update work stalled.

Introduced
2021-11-24
Last changed
2026-06-09
Status
open
Expires
2028-06-05
Committee
Planning and Land Use Management Committee
Mover
MIKE BONIN
Second
NURY MARTINEZ
References
Related Council Files: 21-1071; 20-1213; 15-0103-S5

Brief

Councilmembers Mike Bonin, Curren Price, and Nithya Raman introduced a motion to undertake a comprehensive review and update of the Health and Wellness Element and Environmental Justice Element of the Los Angeles General Plan. The Council adopted the motion as amended on February 23, 2022 by a 15-0 vote. The matter was subsequently referred back to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee in December 2025 for continued work, where it currently remains pending. The Department of City Planning submitted updated documentation in mid-September 2025 to support the ongoing review process.

Full summary

This motion directs a comprehensive review and update of two key components of LA's General Plan: the Health and Wellness Element and the Environmental Justice Element. Introduced by Councilmembers Mike Bonin, Curren Price, and Nithya Raman in November 2021, the measure aims to modernize and strengthen the City's policy framework around public health outcomes and equitable environmental conditions. The Council adopted the motion as amended on February 23, 2022, by unanimous vote (15-0), directing the Department of City Planning to undertake the review and update process. After several years of departmental work, the Department of City Planning submitted a Climate Vulnerability Assessment to the committee in September 2025. This assessment represents a substantive piece of the broader General Plan update effort, analyzing how different communities across Los Angeles face varying levels of exposure and risk from climate-related hazards — a core concern underlying both the Health and Wellness and Environmental Justice elements. The Planning and Land Use Management Committee took up the Climate Vulnerability Assessment report at a special meeting on November 17, 2025, with Blumenfield, Hutt, and Raman voting yes and Nazarian and Lee absent. Rather than advancing the report with recommendations, the committee voted to receive and file it, meaning the document is formally acknowledged but no further action was directed at that stage. The full Council then referred the matter back to PLUM in December 2025 under Council Rule 51. The committee received and filed the item again at its June 9, 2026 meeting, and the file remains open pending further action. The Palms Neighborhood Council submitted a community impact statement in February 2026. The file is related to Council Files 21-1071 and 20-1213, which address complementary General Plan and environmental policy matters.

Activity (17)

  • 2026-06-09 Planning and Land Use Management Committee received and filed item(s).
  • 2026-06-05 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 9, 2026.
  • 2026-02-06 Community Impact Statement submitted by Palms Neighborhood Council.
  • 2025-12-02 Council referred the matter to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
  • 2025-11-25 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on December 2, 2025.
  • 2025-11-17 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to a date to be determined.
  • 2025-11-14 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on November 17, 2025.
  • 2025-09-19 Department of City Planning document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
  • 2025-09-18 Document submitted by Department of City Planning, dated September 11, 2025.
  • 2022-02-24 Council action final.
  • 2022-02-23 Council adopted item, as amended, forthwith.
  • 2022-02-17 Council action final.
  • 2022-02-16 Council continued item to February 23, 2022 .
  • 2022-02-11 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on February 16, 2022.
  • 2022-02-01 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) .
  • 2022-01-28 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on February 1, 2022.
  • 2021-11-24 Motion referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.

Documents (19)

Council votes (1)

  • 2025-12-02 Vote — 15-0-0 · Regular

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