County Green Building Program

Contact Information

For more information, please contact the Ordinance Studies Section:

Department of Regional Planning
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320 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Phone: 213-974-6432
Fax: 213-626-0434

This page contains documents relating to the County’s Green Building Program. The documents here include information about outreach meetings, reports to the Board of Supervisors and various other links to informative sites relating to green development practices. Please check back periodically, as this page is frequently updated and changed.

Project Information

Documents

Green Building Program Starter Package (PDF)
Drought-tolerant Landscaping Covenant (PDF)
Drought-tolerant Plant List (Excel)
Drought-tolerant Plant List (PDF)
- Water Efficient Turf List (PDF)
- Planting Zones Map (PDF)
Low Impact Development Manual (PDF)
Green Building Program Ordinances Adopted by the Board of Supervisors November 18, 2008 (PDF)
Green Building Program Status Report to the Board of Supervisors (PDF)
Draft Green Building and Sustainability Guidelines (PDF)

Public Outreach

Staff from the Departments of Regional Planning and Public Works hosted public outreach meetings in each of the five supervisorial districts from March 12, 2008-March 31, 2008. Below are the materials presented at those meetings.

Presentation at Public Outreach Meetings (PDF)
Green Building Program Public Outreach Meetings Flyer (PDF)
Single Page Flyer (PDF)

Links

The following links are to various organizations that deal with green initiatives in building and planning. These sites are resources for green building and development standards, recent developments in environmentally friendly technologies and news about the green movement.