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6415-6419 West Selma Avenue / California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) / Appeal

Council File 21-1404

Under review — two groups challenged the environmental clearance for a West Selma Avenue development project in late 2021, and the City Council's planning committee has been reviewing the appeal for nearly five years. It's scheduled for a hearing in August 2026.

Introduced
2021-11-24
Last changed
2026-06-09
Status
open
Expires
2028-06-09
Committee
Planning and Land Use Management Committee
Initiated by
Area Planning Commission (APC) / Central
References
Case: ZA-2013-3504-ZV-PA1-1AEnvironmental: ENV-2018-7559-CE-1A

Brief

The Central Los Angeles Area Planning Commission referred a CEQA appeal regarding a project at 6415-6419 West Selma Avenue to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee in November 2021. The appeal challenges environmental clearance for the development. The file has been in committee limbo for over four years, with the most recent activity in June 2026 when the committee continued the matter to August 11, 2026. Time limits were tolled during the pandemic and later reinstated.

Full summary

This file concerns a CEQA appeal challenging the environmental clearance for a development project at 6415-6419 West Selma Avenue in Council District 13. The applicant, 6417 Selma Holdings, LLC, received a Categorical Exemption (ENV-2018-7559-CE-1A) and a Plan Approval (ZA-2013-3504-ZV-PA1-1A) from the Zoning Administrator. The Central Los Angeles Area Planning Commission heard the matter on August 24, 2021, and voted 4-0 on that date. The CEQA exemption was subsequently appealed on October 14, 2021, by two separate parties: Casey Maddren of Citizens for a Better LA, and Romulus Zamora along with UNITE HERE Local 11, represented by Jordan Sisson of the Law Offices of Gideon Kracov. The Plan Approval itself was not appealed and is not before the Council. Only the Categorical Exemption determination is at issue. The Central Area Planning Commission transmitted the appeal to the City Council, and it was referred to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee in late November 2021. Planner David Woon of the City Planning Department is the assigned contact for the case. The transmittal notes that all relevant documents had already been submitted under this council file, and no new substantive findings or conditions accompany the most recent 2026 transmittal — it functioned primarily to reschedule the item for committee consideration. The file has spent nearly five years in committee without substantive resolution. It was scheduled and continued multiple times in 2022 and 2023, and the item technically expired under Council policy in December 2025 before being revived. A Planning Department transmittal dated May 6, 2026, re-referred the matter to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee, which scheduled it for June 9, 2026, and then continued it again to August 11, 2026. The file's expiration date has been extended to June 9, 2028. Time limits were also tolled during the COVID-19 pandemic under the Mayor's Public Order of March 21, 2020, and reinstated in February 2023 under Mayor's Executive Directive No. 1. The appeals remain unresolved and the file is open pending the August 2026 committee hearing.

Activity (15)

  • 2026-06-09 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to August 11, 2026 .
  • 2026-05-15 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 9, 2026.
  • 2026-05-06 Area Planning Commission (APC) / Central document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
  • 2026-05-06 Document submitted by Area Planning Commission (APC) / Central, dated May 6, 2026.
  • 2025-12-16 File expired per Council policy, Council file No. 05-0553.
  • 2023-09-19 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to a date to be determined.
  • 2023-09-08 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 19, 2023.
  • 2023-04-18 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to a date to be determined.
  • 2023-04-07 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on April 18, 2023.
  • 2023-02-28 Time Limit has been reinstated pursuant to the Mayor's Executive Directive No. 1 issued on 12/16/2022.
  • 2022-03-01 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to a date to be determined.
  • 2022-02-18 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on March 1, 2022.
  • 2021-12-02 Time Limit has been tolled pursuant to the Mayor's Public Order issued on 3/21/2020. (Original Time Limit: 12/29/2021)
  • 2021-11-30 Area Planning Commission (APC) / Central document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
  • 2021-11-24 Document(s) submitted by Area Planning Commission (APC) / Central, as follows:Central Los Angeles Area Planning Commission report, dated November 23, 2021, relative to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Appeal for the project located at 6415-6419 West Selma Avenue.

Documents (39)

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