Effective: Monday, March 23, 2020< Consistent with Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Executive Directive on COVID-19 to limit in-person contact, all City Planning staff will be interacting with customers and project applicants online, through email, and by phone. To facilitate the exchange of documents and plans, a new “drop-box system” is being implemented for all City Departments that staff the Development Services Centers (DSC) at the Metro/Downtown location (Figueroa Plaza), in Van Nuys at the Marvin Braude Building, and at the West Los Angeles office.