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October 2026 Council proceedings
The City Council adopted both Riverwalk items on October 21, 2026, 11 to 0, with four members absent. The official journal of the meeting had not been published when we checked.
- Council proceedings October 21, 2026
Council File 26-1081
Vesting tentative tract map and environmental clearance appeal. PLUM denied the appeal on October 13, 2026. The City Council adopted the item on October 21, 2026, 11 to 0 with four members absent, subject to reconsideration under Council Rule 51.
Source: Los Angeles City Clerk
Official Council file View the Council file - Council proceedings October 21, 2026
Council File 26-1081-S1
Planning approvals and environmental clearance appeal. PLUM denied the appeal on October 13, 2026. The City Council adopted the item on October 21, 2026, 11 to 0 with four members absent.
Source: Los Angeles City Clerk
Official Council file View the Council file - Council proceedings Filed October 19, 2026
Conditions of Approval, Planning Case
Conditions for CPC-2025-5697 as modified by the PLUM Committee on October 13 and adopted by the City Council on October 21, including the $375,000 and $300,000 contributions and up to 23 shade trees.
Source: Department of City Planning, in Council File 26-1081-S1
Official document View the conditions (PDF) - Council proceedings Filed October 20, 2026
Corrected Conditions of Approval, Tract Map
Conditions for VTT-84453 as modified by the PLUM Committee and adopted by the City Council on October 21, including State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations compliance before the final map is recorded. City Planning filed this corrected version on October 20, stating that the previous version contained an error.
Source: Department of City Planning, in Council File 26-1081
Official document View the conditions (PDF) - Council proceedings October 8, 2026
Jensen Hughes Wildfire Evacuation Analysis
Wildfire hazard and evacuation modeling for Studio City and surrounding neighborhoods, with and without Riverwalk and Sportsmen's Lodge residents. The study follows the appeal letter in this filing.
Source: Jensen Hughes, prepared for the appellants' attorneys, filed October 12 in Council File 26-1081-S1
Appellant document View the filing (PDF, 75 MB) - Council proceedings October 13, 2026
Applicant Presentation to the PLUM Committee
The applicant's response to the appeals. Page 18 summarizes the Dudek evacuation study and its 21-minute figure.
Source: Applicant representative, in Council File 26-1081-S1
Applicant document View the presentation (PDF, 25 MB) - Council proceedings Draft, September 2026
Dudek Qualitative Wildfire Evacuation Study
The developer's evacuation study, marked DRAFT. Its 21-minute figure covers only the project's 1,040 residential vehicles on a segment of Ventura Boulevard (page 34).
Source: Dudek, prepared for the applicant. Exhibit A to the applicant's October 7 letter, Council File 26-1081-S1
Applicant document View the study (PDF, 272 MB) - Council proceedings October 13, 2026
October 13 Council District 4 Letter
Conditions and contributions Council District 4 asked the PLUM Committee to add. The committee added them on October 13, and the City Council adopted the committee's recommendations on October 21.
Source: Council District 4, City of Los Angeles, in Council File 26-1081
Official document View the letter (PDF) - Council proceedings November 12, 2025
Los Angeles Fire Department Letter, November 12, 2025
Project fire access requirements.
Source: Los Angeles Fire Department, in Council File 26-1081-S1
Official document View the letter (PDF) - Council proceedings September 26, 2025
Dudek Fire Protection Technical Memorandum, September 26, 2025
Applicant-commissioned review of fire protection, access, water supply and related code requirements.
Source: Dudek, prepared for the applicant, in Council File 26-1081-S1
Applicant document View the memorandum (PDF)
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- Legal filings April 30, 2026
VTT-84453 Appeal Justification
The campaign's justification for appealing the Advisory Agency's April 15, 2026 approval of the tract map. It argues the City cannot rely on its claimed CEQA statutory exemption under Public Resources Code section 21080.66 to skip the Subdivision Map Act's own required findings, and that the findings on General Plan and Safety Element consistency, on environmental and wildlife habitat damage, and on serious public health problems are not supported by substantial evidence. The core is the absence of any corridor evacuation capacity analysis on Ventura Boulevard and 1.5-foot setbacks where state fire safe regulations require 30 feet.
Source: Channel Law Group, LLP
Filed with the City Planning Commission View the appeal (PDF) - City planning records April 15, 2026
Advisory Agency Decision Letter, VTT-84453
The City's Letter of Determination approving the vesting tentative tract map for the Riverwalk site on April 15, 2026, with its conditions of approval and findings. This is the determination the campaign's appeal challenges.
Source: City of Los Angeles, Advisory Agency
Official determination View the decision letter (PDF) - City planning records June 11, 2026
City Planning Commission Hearing Agenda
The official agenda for the June 11, 2026 City Planning Commission meeting. The Riverwalk appeal appears as items 7 and 8, listing Studio City for Safe Development as an appellant and confirming the project scope of 814 units, 75,968 square feet of commercial or restaurant use, and up to 521,000 cubic yards of export. The agenda also set out how and when the public could submit written comment and attend in person or remotely before the hearing.
Source: City of Los Angeles, City Planning Commission
Official agenda View the agenda (PDF) - City planning records April 14, 2026
Advisory Agency Joint Hearing Transcript
A machine transcription of the April 14, 2026 Advisory Agency joint public hearing on the tract map and the City Planning Commission case, where the applicant presented and residents gave testimony. Provided for convenience with campaign annotations; the City's official record governs.
Source: Studio City for Safe Development
Machine transcription View the transcript (PDF) - Media and transcripts April 30, 2026
SCNC Land Use Committee Transcript
A machine transcription of the April 30, 2026 Studio City Neighborhood Council Land Use Committee meeting, where the Riverwalk project team presented and the committee and residents responded. Provided for convenience with campaign annotations; the official Neighborhood Council record governs.
Source: Studio City for Safe Development
Machine transcription View the transcript (PDF) - Media and transcripts
LAFD Fire Chief Safety Excerpt
A verbatim excerpt in which the Fire Chief warns that replacing smaller homes with large apartment buildings adds vehicles and congestion to local streets, and that this congestion affects how quickly fire and law enforcement can reach where they need to go.
Source: Studio City for Safe Development
Available Read the excerpt
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