Housing
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As Election Nears, Embattled Sheriff Announces Plan to Expel 5700 Unhoused from Metro System, Acts Like April Ultimatum Never Happened
Step #1 of the "multi-layered" plan to remove unhoused people from trains and platforms is removing unhoused people from trains and platforms.
June 2, 2022
L.A. City and Community Land Trust Offer Competing Visions for Caltrans El Sereno Properties
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that doesn’t exist anywhere in the state of California, let alone the city of Los Angeles,” de León said
June 2, 2022
Affordable Housing Breaks Ground above Santa Monica/Vermont Metro Station
Little Tokyo Service Center's Santa Monica & Vermont Apartments will be 187-units, 100 percent affordable, with half low-income units and half permanent supportive housing for unhoused Angelenos - plus ground floor retail
May 4, 2022
Pasadena and Caltrans Reach Agreement to Relinquish 710 Freeway Stub to City
Once the deal is finalized, the city has promised a public process to decide the future land use, transportation network, and utility infrastructure network for the land that is now-called the Ditch.
May 4, 2022
United To House L.A. Proponents Submit Signatures To Qualify For November Ballot
United to House L.A. gathered 98,171 signatures, well above the roughly 62,000 needed to qualify for the L.A. City November 8 ballot
May 2, 2022
Streetsblog L.A. Endorses United to House L.A. Initiative
United to House L.A. would build and preserve affordable housing in L.A. City via a new tax on high-end property sales, generating an estimated $8 billion over ten years
March 16, 2022
‘United to House L.A.’ Ballot Measure Takes on Housing and Homelessness Crises
"It's time for the millionaires and billionaires in Los Angeles to pay their fair share and help us address the housing and homelessness crisis in Los Angeles."
March 4, 2022
Some Questions About Metro’s Proposed North Hollywood Station Development
NoHo joint development would be great - if it included more affordable housing, less parking, quality bikeway connections, and lots of people walking
February 10, 2022
L.A. City Wins Fix the City Lawsuit Against E Line Development Plan
“We urgently need more housing and we should put it close to public transit to reduce traffic congestion. This victory is an essential step in dramatically reimagining how Angelenos live, work, shop and play.”
December 28, 2021
Council Approves Raman/Harris-Dawson Motion to Foster Affordable Development in High-Resource Areas
The motion directs city staff to report back on options for creating an Affordable Housing Overlay Zone, which would streamline building 100 percent affordable developments in L.A. City's more well-off areas.
October 28, 2021
