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City Council directs staff to recommend uniform methane-safety rules after heated public comment
Summary
The Los Angeles City Council voted to instruct multiple city departments to draft uniform methane safety requirements for future development, following public testimony focused on Playa Vista and the Belmont Learning Center.
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday voted to direct city departments to report back within 45 days with recommendations for uniform methane safety requirements for future development across the city.
The motion instructs the Departments of Building and Safety, Engineering and Planning, the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) and the Office of Administrative and Research Services to prepare the report and to "use the scope and methodology of research and nature of mitigation described in the final CLA report on the Playa Vista site," the agenda item says.
The vote came after more than an hour of public comment in which speakers disputed whether the Playa Vista mitigation approach is…
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