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La Palma council approves CJPIA headquarters expansion despite parking concerns
Summary
The La Palma City Council approved a 2‑story, roughly 10,500‑sq. ft. expansion of the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority headquarters, 3–1 with one absence, after staff said the site’s alternative parking plan and a condition to monitor post‑occupancy impacts would address a projected 16‑space shortfall.
The La Palma City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution permitting the California Joint Powers Insurance Authority (CJPIA) to expand its existing headquarters by adding a new two‑story, roughly 10,500‑square‑foot building on a 2.5‑acre site at La Palma Avenue and Moody Street.
The council voted 3–1, with one member absent, to adopt the resolution approving Minor Conditional Use Permit 399, Precise Plan Amendment 291, Lot Line Adjustment 25‑1 and Master Sign Plan 25‑1. Council member Janet Keough Conklin voted no; Council members Vikesh Patel and Mark Waldman and Mayor Pro Tem Debbie Baker voted yes. Mayor Nitesh Patel was absent.
Stephanie Tomeno, the planning consultant presenting the staff report, said the site—formerly a neighborhood shopping center and now part of the CJPIA campus—would be consolidated under a single address (8081 Moody Street) and that the new building is designed to match existing Spanish…
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