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GWNC 2026
Land Use Committee

What’s being built, what isn’t, and what’s being torn down.

Land-use concerns in 2026 concentrate on new development, infill construction, mansionization, and the affordability of what’s already here.

Lead concern
201of 341 · 59%

Land use and new development.

201 of 341 respondents flagged this.
City-service satisfaction

How satisfied stakeholders are with the services this committee touches

1 = not at all satisfied, 5 = very satisfied. N/A responses are counted but not charted.

LAHD (Housing Department)2.3 / 5
59
1
52
2
57
3
15
4
11
5
Not satisfiedVery satisfied
n = 194 · 115 N/A
By geographic area

Where “Land use and new development” registers most strongly

Each geographic area’s share of its own respondents who named this concern. Click any geographic area to see its full survey cut.

From the survey

Specific locations stakeholders asked GWNC to carry to the city

Direct quotes from the free-text callouts, ranked. Each entry is a sentence a stakeholder wrote; the keywords show why this committee picked it up.

  1. Land use and new development: Larchmont Blvd N/S of Beverly

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: development
  2. Non-Single Family Home developments in Larchmont neighborhood

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: developments
  3. Corner property slated for demolition on Melrose at Irving, southwest corner

    Larchmont Villagekeywords: demolition
  4. Too Many new developments coming up that are not supporting affordable housing

    Ridgewood - Wilton - St. Andrews Squarekeywords: developments
  5. THE RESTRICTIONS put on homeowners by HPOZ i

    Hancock Parkkeywords: hpoz
  6. there are several empty lots now on our block whereby the city has approved demolition requests and then the lots are empty for YEARS

    Hancock Parkkeywords: demolition
  7. A developer bought it and then emptied it, then homeless people started dealing drugs there, and then the city did a quick approval of the permit to demolish without input from anyone

    Hancock Parkkeywords: permit
  8. now, there's a vacant lot there, which attracts homeless and graffiti "artists"

    Hancock Parkkeywords: vacant
  9. Land use and new development: on the periphery of the area, Melrose, Larchmont, etc

    Hancock Parkkeywords: development
  10. I'm concerned about development with no improvement with traffic flow

    Hancock Parkkeywords: development
  11. Dont want to see the character of Hancock park ruined by new development which is not synergistic with this historic area

    Hancock Parkkeywords: development, historic
  12. make it easier for ADUs, but not complete replacement

    Hancock Parkkeywords: adus
  13. I have never received anything about economic development or job opportunities in the neighborhood, there is not enough safe shelter space for dogs (there should be enforcement of the pet license - stop people on the street if needed - to raise money

    Hancock Parkkeywords: development
  14. For land use and development, area from La brea to Fremont Place

    Brooksidekeywords: development
  15. permit parking

    Windsor Villagekeywords: permit, parking (+permit)
  16. Functional street lights for Windsor Village, Preferred Parking for Windsor Village in the face of approved development that does not require on site parking

    Windsor Villagekeywords: development, parking (+development)
  17. Development approved under Mayor's Emergancy Decree that ignore the WV HPOZ and will of the citizens of WV

    Windsor Villagekeywords: development, hpoz
  18. Also, we have been given no input on three development projects currently slated for Windsor Village - all of which have little or no parking allotted in their plans and have ignored the already crowded parking conditions on our streets

    Windsor Villagekeywords: development, parking (+development)
  19. The HPOZ that the neighborhood worked so diligently to create to preserve the unique nature of what makes our WV, Wilshire Park, and Country Club Park is being circumvented by the Mayor's emergency decree

    Windsor Villagekeywords: hpoz
  20. SB79 and development

    Wilshire Parkkeywords: development
  21. Our neighborhood is not an hpoz so has no protections against the destruction of its historic houses

    Brooksidekeywords: hpoz, historic
  22. Illegal parking that brings unwanted people parking cars on streets weeks at a time, even though there is permit parking

    Wilshire Parkkeywords: permit, parking (+permit)
  23. LADOT never enforces permit parking

    Wilshire Parkkeywords: permit, parking (+permit), ladot (+permit)
  24. Buying & Tearing down historic homes and building high rise apartments

    Wilshire Parkkeywords: historic
  25. We live in an HPOZ, but new apartment/condos keep going up anyway

    Windsor Villagekeywords: hpoz
  26. Land Use Development on Lorraine at Wilshire, 8th & Olympic

    Windsor Villagekeywords: development
  27. Land use: appropriate development of blvd

    Citrus Squarekeywords: development
  28. Small LaBrea frontage properties need economic and development assistance

    Citrus Squarekeywords: development
  29. Los Angeles in general has terrible economic and workforce development policies

    Windsor Villagekeywords: development
  30. Construction vehicles without permits parked in the LaBrea Hancock area making it almost impossible to park in front of our homes during the week

    La Brea / Hancockkeywords: construction, permits

Showing the first 30 of 75 matched callouts. The full list is in the underlying data file; committee chairs can request it.

Priorities in residents’ own words

What Land Use stakeholders wrote when given a blank box

Themes coded from the free-text "top one to three issues" question (n=304 non-empty responses). One response can touch multiple themes; counts do not sum to 304.

  1. 25of 304 · 8%

    HPOZ and single-family neighborhood character

    • Preservation of the character of our neighborhood and protecting R1 zoning.
      La Brea / Hancock
    • PROTECTION OF OUR HISTORIC SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS
      Citrus Square
    • 1) Safety and security; 2) cleanliness and homeless; 3) protect our HPOZ neighborhood from developers
      Hancock Park
  2. 23of 304 · 8%

    Opposition to new development

    • Safety (constant break ins); over-development and out of scale buildings
      Brookside
    • Street lights; parking issues due to new development-new developments need to provide parking; new developments need to abide to HPOZ
      Windsor Village
    • Overdevelopment. I see large developments replacing smaller housing areas, yet there seems to be no accounting for increased sewage and water needs. How do I know that city services can handle a tenfold increase in usage? Have you seen what the DWP power distribution map in our area looks like? It looks like a bowlful of noodles.
      Hancock Park
  3. 22of 304 · 7%

    Affordable housing and rent stabilization

    • 1. The high rents/ rent increases pushing out local businesses 2. Vacant commercial spaces / storefronts 3. Community services
      Ridgewood - Wilton - St. Andrews Square
    • Low income housing proposals that don’t include parking and that are too large/tall for the neighborhood. Affordable housing that is planned carefully with parking and to the scale of the neighborhood will be very welcome. Please fix street lights so that they are tamper proof.
      Windsor Village
    • Affordable housing and stopping the development of overpriced apartments/condo developments being built on empty lots in the area
      Windsor Village
  4. 12of 304 · 4%

    SB 79, ED 1, and state housing legislation

    • Fighting implementation of SB 79 Preventing ED 1 buildings from being approved Getting City of LA planning dept to post ED 1 new applications Homelessness—services Streetlight outages Prostitution emanating from Western Ave
      Larchmont Village
    • SB 79 mitigation efforts to lessen impact on single family neighborhoods and suggest alternatives such as development on commercial streets which have public transportation.
      Brookside
    • SB79, streetlights, homelessness.
      Wilshire Park
  5. 12of 304 · 4%

    Zoning and code enforcement

    • Synagogue in violation of the zoning code
      Citrus Square
    • Illegal land use; violent crime and smash and grabs; safe streets particularly at night
      Citrus Square
    • Streetlights on Orange, keep zoning as is
      La Brea / Hancock
  6. 7of 304 · 2%

    ADUs, density, and parking attached to development

    • Neighborhood Security (high robberies/break ins), Reasonable high density housing (not appropriate with no parking on all streets), Infrastructure (lights out)
      Brookside
    • Density and parking negatively impacting quality of life.
      Hancock Park
    • Parking, Cleanliness, Density
      Hancock Park

Free-text mentions, coded by theme. Word-boundary matching; no substring matches. Quotes are verbatim and rendered only with the respondent’s testimonial consent. See methodology for the coding method and the full theme list.

The counterbalance

What residents told us they value about Greater Wilshire.

Concerns coexist with what works. These quotes are answers to a different survey question: “What do you value most about living or working in Greater Wilshire?”

The way it feels like you live in a quiet neighborhood despite being located in the middle of a massive urban area.
Larchmont Village
I love the walkability, the bikeability, the proximity of grocery stores and other essential services, being close to the Hollywood Farmers Market, the architecture, the multicultural and multiethnic experience, the mix of families and single people, young and old, renters and owners; and, of course, the organized neighborhoods and the Neighborhood Council.
Sycamore Square
Central location in the City, the community, historic beauty and charm
Larchmont Village
The duality of a quiet place to live but walking distance to some of the best restaurants in the country and a 5 minute drive from historic landmarks / theaters.
Oakwood - Maplewood - St. Andrews
I grew up in area and would like it to keep it's charm and community feel
Brookside
What we’re asking the city

The ask, in plain language

Addressed to
  • · Department of City Planning
  • · LADBS (Building & Safety)
  • · LAHD
  • · CD5 / CD13 field deputies
  • · HPOZ boards where applicable

This section is in development.

Once the committee has reviewed the survey data and reached its own conclusions, what it’s asking the city will be published here.

See this committee’s live page
greaterwilshire.org/land-use-committee/