Shall City Charter Section 615 be amended to require, for a period of ten years, the votes of five Council members to amend (a) the Land Use and Circulation Element or (b) Downtown Community Plan, where that amendment would increase the maximum height limit or floor area ratio in any land use designation, with exceptions for 100% Affordable Housing Projects and property owned by Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District?
2, Los Angeles County • 2018 • M
Passed
Result: 70.8% yes, 29.2% no (37,384 votes cast)
AI-generated plain-language summary
This charter amendment requires a supermajority of five City Council members (instead of a simple majority) to approve amendments to the Land Use and Circulation Element or Downtown Community Plan that would increase maximum building height limits or floor area ratios for a ten-year period. The supermajority requirement includes exceptions for 100% affordable housing projects and property owned by the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.