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 Do you want to live next door to a “duplex?” That could happen if the City Council passes an Ordinance to permit “Granny Flats” in single family neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
That means all zoning protections we currently enjoy as homeowners will be destroyed. Granny Units are separate or attached dwellings, two rooms or more. The City Council is considering permitting Granny Units to be added to homes for affordable housing rental. They can be up to 1200 square feet in size on lots measuring 5,000 square feet or more. Parking would be allowed in residential side yards and setbacks. The new units will be subject to rent-control (thereby reducing the ability of a property owner to recapture out-of-pocket construction costs). Lastly, absolutely no consideration is being made for the impact this additional housing, i.e., “infill development,” will have on the City’s already failing and inadequate infrastructure. Council Member Paul Koretz is currently in favor of the proposed Ordinance. The City Council Members are saying that they must pass the law because of State law, AB 1866. That is not true. Most importantly, AB 1866 permits City Councils to outlaw Granny Flats by ruling they create significant “adverse (environmental and more) impacts.” We have no option but to demand that the City Council not ruin our neighborhoods by allowing Granny Units. This is not the solution for making more housing “affordable.” If Granny Units are to be permitted in Los Angeles, then the least the City Council can do is to require them to be owner occupied, not sold or rented; without tandem parking, parking on set-backs, rear and side yards; and provide strict building requirements and enforcement by City Departments. SOHA’s Board of Directors is requesting that you state your objections by contacting: Gabriela Juárez at
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or at (213) 978-1337, no later than this Tuesday, December 15. (Please email a copy of your comments to
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