Urban Farming Advocates

LA City Council – Update!

Posted by UFA - 1 year ago - UFA

Everything went fine for the Food & Flowers Freedom Act (F&FFA) at City Council on Friday April 16. However, sources say the City Attorney will not complete the ordinance in time for the next Council meeting on Friday April 23. In preparation, Council President Garcetti’s office is putting a F&FFA place holder in the agenda for next Friday, April 30 in the event the ordinance is ready to be heard by City Council.

It remains to be seen if this is still a realistic date. The Council agenda will not be available until next week mid-week (April 28) so we know until then if and at what point in the meeting the ordinance will be heard.

Check back here next week for another update to see if we need to rally on Friday April 30.

Thank you for your continued support of the Food & Flowers Freedom Act!

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LA City Council hears the Food & Flowers Freedom Act!

Posted by UFA - 1 year ago - UFA

Greetings supporters!

The Food & Flowers Freedom Act has been waived out of PLUM (Planning and Land Use Management) and will be heard briefly in City Council tomorrow, Friday April 16, 2010.

However, it’s not the actual ordinance that will be heard because the ordinance is not yet written. F&FFA is on the Council agenda so that the Council can direct the City Attorney to rewrite the ordinance with the recommendations approved in the March City Planning meeting. Council President Garcetti will ask that the City Atty complete this work in 1 week.

UFA representatives will attend the City Council meeting tomorrow and report back with the results. Assuming the motion is approved tomorrow and the City Attorney completes the ordinance, The Food & Flowers Freedom Act may be on the agenda for the next Council meeting, the following Friday April 23, 2010.

If so, we will let you know the details and hope to see you there!

Thank you for your continued support of the Food & Flowers Freedom Act.

Download Agenda for Friday, April 16, 2010
The Council meeting starts at 10am tomorrow at City Hall in the Council Chamber.  F&FFA is number 43 on an agenda of approx 80 items.  It’s not clear when the item will be heard, as items can be taken out of order.

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Victory at the Planning Commission hearing!

Posted by UFA - 1 year ago - UFA

Thanks to all who took time out from their busy schedules to support the Food & Flowers Freedom Act at the City Planning Commission meeting on March 25th. Your presence truly helped win the approval of the Planning Commission.

There’s one more important hurdle where a show of community support will make a big difference – the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) committee of the City Council. We don’t have a date for the PLUM hearing yet, but we’ll let you know as soon as we find out.

In the meantime, please feel free to talk about the Food & Flowers Freedom Act with your friends.  See you at PLUM.

And here’s the UFA post-victory photo shoot…

left to right, Erik Knutzen, Homegrown Evolution, UFA; Laura Garcia, SLF CSA shareholder in Beachwood Canyon; Jed Lind, artist and SLF CSA vollie; Shelley Marks, UFA & cooking consultant SLF; Bella Allen, SLF CSA shareholder in Beachwood Canyon; Bruce Chan, SLF shareholder in Silverlake; Jeremy Drake, UFA; Molly Morrison, SLF vollie; Matthew; Emmanuelle Bernard, SLF CSA shareholder in Beachwood Canyon; Tara Kolla, SLF, UFA; Elizabeth Curbo, SLF vollie; Tamar Halpern, SLF CSA shareholder in Silverlake; Kirsty Hume, super duper supermodel; Beat Frutiger, SLF.

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