Brief

The Los Angeles City Planning Commission proposed amending the Convention Center and Arena Sign District regulations affecting properties on South Figueroa Street, West Pico Boulevard, and South LA Live Way downtown. The Council adopted the amendment on December 3, 2025 by a 14-0-1 vote, making the action final on December 5. The matter involved environmental review through a Second Addendum to an existing EIR and required City Attorney analysis, with final documentation referred to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee in June 2026.

Full summary

This file amends the sign district regulations governing the Los Angeles Convention Center and Crypto.com Arena campus in Council District 9, covering parcels along South Figueroa Street, West Pico Boulevard, and South LA Live Way. The amendment is driven by design and financing refinements to the Convention Center Expansion and Modernization Project that emerged after the City Council originally adopted the Convention Center and Arena Specific Plan and Sign District in December 2023 (Ordinance No. 188,078). In September 2025, the Council separately authorized the City's financing commitment to build the project, and those design evolutions made an update to the existing sign district necessary. The substantive changes fall into three main areas. First, the amendment adjusts the size of digital display signs along Figueroa Street. Second, it refines the design and sizing of freeway-facing digital displays on the South Hall Green Wall and the New Hall. Third, it adds flexibility for ground-mounted, pedestrian-scale Pillar Signs within Gilbert Lindsay Plaza. The amendment also makes technical updates for consistency with the City's Processes and Procedures Ordinance and the Downtown Los Angeles 2040 (DTLA 2040) Zoning Code. The City Planning Commission approved the amendment at its November 6, 2025 meeting and recommended Council adoption. The Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration, sending the item directly to the full Council. On December 3, 2025, the Council adopted the amendment as modified by a 14-0-1 vote, with the action becoming final on December 5. Environmental review was satisfied through a Second Addendum to the original 2011 EIR, with the City Attorney's Office finding that no new or supplemental environmental review is required under CEQA Guidelines. Following the Council vote, the City Attorney prepared a draft ordinance codifying the amendment and transmitted it on June 18, 2026. That draft was referred to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee on June 22, 2026, where it currently remains pending. The ordinance must clear committee and return to the full Council for a final adoption vote before the file expires in June 2028.

Activity (8)

• 2026-06-22 City Attorney document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
• 2026-06-18 Document submitted by City Attorney, dated June 18, 2026.
• 2025-12-05 Council action final.
• 2025-12-03 Council adopted item as amended, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
• 2025-11-25 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on December 3, 2025.
• 2025-11-24 Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration of item .
• 2025-11-07 Los Angeles City Planning Commission document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
• 2025-11-06 Document submitted by Los Angeles City Planning Commission, dated November 6, 2025.

Documents (11)

• 2026-06-18 Report from City Attorney · report
• 2026-06-18 Attachment to Report dated 6-18-26 - Draft Ordinance · attachment
• 2025-12-05 Council Action · council_action
• 2025-12-03 Amending Motion 51A (Blumenfield - Park) · other
• 2025-12-03 Speaker Card(s) · speaker_card
• 2025-11-06 Report from Los Angeles City Planning Commission · report
• 2025-11-06 Attachment to Report dated 11-06-25 - Proposed Sign District Ordinance and Appendix A - Conceptual Sign Plans · attachment
• 2025-11-06 Attachment to Report dated 11-06-25 - Findings · attachment
• 2025-11-06 Attachment to Report dated 11-06-25 - Staff Report · attachment
• 2025-11-06 Attachment to Report dated 11-06-25 - Environmental Link · attachment
• 2025-11-06 Attachment to Report dated 11-06-25 - Mailing List · attachment

Council votes (1)

• 2025-12-03 Vote — 14-0-1 · Regular