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Finally Given a Platform, Boyle Heights Speaks Out on Metro’s Mariachi Plaza and Affordable Housing Plans
Accused of smirking her way through Metro's heated community meeting on the fate of Metro-owned properties in Boyle Heights by an agitated attendee, a clearly flustered Jenna Hornstock (Metro's Deputy Executive Officer of Countywide Planning) had had enough.
January 23, 2015
CA Adopts Guidelines for Cap-and-Trade Affordable Housing Program
Yesterday the Strategic Growth Council adopted guidelines for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program and scheduled workshops for early February to provide technical assistance to potential applicants.
January 21, 2015
Editorial: Four Ways To Encourage Transit-Friendly Affordable Housing
I've been thinking about Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's recent motion to help Metro partner on joint development of affordable housing near stations. Also, Garcetti-ally L.A. City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell expressed support for reducing parking requirements in new affordable housing developments along transit corridors, to "help lower construction costs and therefore rents."
December 10, 2014
More Housing, Less Sprawl: Tackling Los Angeles’ Affordable Housing Crisis through Smart Growth
It is no secret that Southern California is currently facing one of the worst housing crises it has faced in more than half a century.
October 31, 2014
More Workshops on CA Affordable Housing Program
California's Strategic Growth Council is holding a second round of workshops on its guidelines for spending cap-and-trade funds on affordable housing and sustainable communities. The draft guidelines [PDF] incorporate input gathered over the summer as well as at several packed workshops held throughout the state in August of this year.
October 23, 2014
New CA Database Shows How Much Parking Costs and How Little It’s Used
Zoning laws in California usually require new developments to come with a minimum number of parking spaces. Housing, restaurants, stores, movie theaters — everything requires some number of parking spaces, theoretically based on the best available data.
October 17, 2014
CA Seeks Input for Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program
Housing advocates and local officials gathered in Oakland last week to discuss guidelines for California's new Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program (AHSC). It was one of three packed meetings held throughout the state by the Strategic Growth Council (SGC), the state agency that oversees the AHSC, to gather input on the new program's guidelines.
August 19, 2014
Folleto desencadena polémica en Boyle Heights a través de los redes sociales
Cuando ayer por la mañana vi por primera vez el folleto a la izquierda en mis redes sociales, pensé que se trataba de una broma.
May 28, 2014
Reorganization or Shakeup? Change in Metro Staff Has Some Wondering About Highway Projects
"It's a bloodletting."
February 24, 2014