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640 South San Vicente Boulevard / General Plan Amendment (GPA) / Zone Change (ZC) / Height District Change (HD)

Council File 26-0691

Approved — the city has cleared all zoning and General Plan changes needed to convert this five-story Wilshire medical office building into clinics and a surgery center. The ordinance is now law and takes effect August 19.

Introduced
2026-05-04
Last changed
2026-07-10
Status
open
Expires
2028-06-24
Initiated by
Mayor
References
Case: CPC-2023-5444-GPA-ZC-HDEnvironmental: ENV-2023-5445-ND

Brief

The Mayor initiated a General Plan Amendment, zone change, and height district change for the property at 640 South San Vicente Boulevard. The Los Angeles City Planning Commission reviewed the proposal in spring 2026. The Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved the item on June 9, and City Council adopted it on June 24 by a 10-0-5 vote. The Mayor signed the ordinance, which was published July 10 and becomes effective August 19, 2026.

Full summary

This file covers a set of interlocking land use approvals for a five-story, 68,500-square-foot building at 640 South San Vicente Boulevard in the Wilshire area, sought by applicant Jose Nazar of Land of the Free LP. The owner wants to convert the building from medical offices to medical clinics including a surgery center. That change of use, while involving no exterior construction or expansion, required three regulatory changes: a General Plan Amendment to the Wilshire Community Plan, a zone change, and a height district change. Specifically, the Wilshire Community Plan land use designation needed to shift from Limited Commercial to Regional Commercial, and the property's zoning needed to move from CR-1L-O and CR-1VL-O to (T)(Q)C2-2D-O. The project involves interior tenant improvements only; the building footprint, exterior, parking structure, driveways, hardscape, and street trees all remain unchanged. The City determined through a Negative Declaration that the project would not produce significant environmental impacts under CEQA. The Los Angeles City Planning Commission prepared its report in April 2026, and the Mayor transmitted the file to Council in early May. The Planning and Land Use Management Committee took up the item on June 9, 2026, voting 5-0 (Blumenfield, Hutt, Nazarian, Lee, and Raman all in favor) to recommend approval of the General Plan Amendment resolution, the zone change and height district change ordinance, the LACPC findings, conditions of approval, and the Negative Declaration. The full Council adopted the package on June 24, 2026, by a 10-0-5 vote. The Mayor signed the ordinance by the July 8 deadline, and the City Clerk published it on July 10, 2026. The ordinance takes effect August 19, 2026, at which point the rezoning and General Plan designation change become operative and the building conversion can proceed under the new regulatory framework.

Activity (9)

  • 2026-07-10 Ordinance posted/published. Ordinance effective date: August 19, 2026.
  • 2026-07-07 Council action final.
  • 2026-06-26 City Clerk transmitted file to Mayor. Last day for Mayor to act is July 8, 2026.
  • 2026-06-24 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
  • 2026-06-18 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on June 24, 2026.
  • 2026-06-09 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) .
  • 2026-06-05 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 9, 2026.
  • 2026-05-08 Los Angeles City Planning Commission document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
  • 2026-05-04 Document submitted by the Mayor, Los Angeles City Planning Commission report dated April 8, 2026.

Documents (18)

Council votes (1)

  • 2026-06-24 Adopted — 10-0-5 · Regular

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