Milken Community School East Campus
Summary
SCH Number
2026080900
Public Agency
City of Los Angeles
Document Title
Milken Community School East Campus
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/25/2026
Document Description
Reuse of an existing 21.7-acre campus and 138,600 square feet of building area for the operation of a Private High School, grades 9-12, with a maximum enrollment of 900 students. No new construction or additional square footage is proposed, interior remodel only. No expansion of use, grading, or tree removals are proposed.
Contact Information
Name
Tiffany Corrales
Agency Name
City of Los Angeles (Department of City Planning)
Job Title
Planning Assistant
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Name
Tarryn Breskal
Agency Name
Milken Community School
Job Title
Chief Financial Officer/ Chief Operating Officer
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Name
Mark Armbruster
Agency Name
Armbruster Goldsmith & Delvac LLP
Job Title
Representative
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
Casiano Road and Mulholland Drive
Zip
90077
Total Acres
21.7
Schools
Stephen S. Wise, Curtis, Berkeley Hall, Westland, Milken
Other Location Info
2485, 2791, 2785 North Casiano Road 90077
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Sections 15301 (Class 1), 15303 (Class 3), 15314 (Class 14), 15332 (Class 32)
Reasons for Exemption
None of the exceptions to the Categorical Exemption Under CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2 applies to the proposed project.
(a) Location: Although the project is located within a hillside area and within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as analyzed in ZIMAS, the subject site does not contain an officially mapped environmental resource of hazardous or critical concern.
(b) Cumulative Impact: The proposed Project will not result in significant cumulative impacts from successive projects of the same type in the same place.
(c) Significant Effect: The project will not have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances. Adjacent lots are developed with single-family dwellings and institutional use buildings, and the subject site is of similar size and slope to nearby properties of institutional use. The project site is located in a typical urbanized area of the Bel Air- Beverly Crest Community Plan, and the project would be consistent with the designated zoning and would adhere to all requirements of the LAMC. The project is not unusual for the vicinity of the site, and is similar in scope to other existing institutional uses in the area. Furthermore, there is not a reasonable possibility that the project would have a significant effect on the environment due to unusual circumstances. The project site is located in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone and will comply with the specific requirements for landscaping and brush clearance.
(d) Scenic Highways: The project is not in the vicinity of a state scenic highway and will not damage scenic resources in a state scenic highway.
(e) Hazardous Waste Sites: The project site is not on a list compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 related to hazardous waste sites.
(f) Historical Resources: Per ZIMAS, SurveyLA, and Historic Places LA, the project site is not identified or eligible as a historical resource. The project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource.
The project was found consistent with all applicable General Plan policies after weighing and balancing the competing policies in the General Plan, specifically, those goals, objectives, policies, and programs in the Framework Element, the 2021-2029 Housing Element, the Safety Element 2021, the Plan for a Healthy LA, Mobility Plan 2035, Conservation Element, Air Quality Element, Noise Element, Infrastructure Plan, Cultural and Historical Monuments Plan, Open Space Plan, and the Bel Air- Beverly Crest Community Plan, as those are found at, https://planning.lacity.org/plans-policies/general-plan-overview. The Project’s consistency with the General Plan is supported in the project findings and the entire administrative record on the basis, among other reasons, that the project to provide quality education to the community implements important General Plan policies discussed in the project findings even if it does not implement other general plan policies.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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