Neighborhood Integrity Initiative
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When the Wealthy and Privileged Hijack All the Narratives—Including Convincing the Poor that Housing Is Bad
if passed, Measure S - the "Neighborhood Integrity Initiative" - would shut down housing on practically all levels in a city that is short on housing in a county that is short on housing in a state that is short on housing
January 12, 2017
Livability Proponents Split on Measure JJJ, the Build Better L.A. Initiative
This November, City of Los Angeles voters will decide Measure JJJ, termed the "Build Better L.A." initiative. Measure JJJ is designed to create new affordable housing, especially around transit, built by local workers paid living wages. Some critics assert that JJJ would likely result in unintended consequences, including potentially dampening overall construction of new housing.
October 18, 2016
Broad Coalition Rallies To Oppose “Neighborhood Integrity” Housing Ban
At a city parking lot in Lincoln Heights this morning, an unusually broad coalition gathered to speak out against the so-called Neighborhood Integrity Initiative. In formation for some time, the Coalition to Protect L.A. Neighborhoods and Jobs includes business and labor, with housing and homeless advocates, developers, environmentalists, and many others all joined together to oppose NII, under the rallying cry "Stop the Housing Ban."
October 10, 2016
No-Growth Initiative Opponents, Proponents Square-off at Westside Urban Forum
The so-called Coalition to Preserve L.A. announced earlier this week that they will push their no-growth ballot initiative back to L.A.’s March 2017 municipal election.
March 18, 2016
Coalition Grows in Opposition to Proposed No-Growth Ballot Initiative
Communities United for Jobs and Housing, a growing coalition of affordable housing developers, community leaders, climate activists, transit advocates, and elected officials, has formed to oppose efforts by no-growth activists to pass a November ballot measure that would severely curtail, among other things, the city’s ability to address Los Angeles’ worsening housing shortage.
February 1, 2016
Doubling Down on an Unsustainable Future: Looking at L.A.’s “Neighborhood Integrity Initiative”
Los Angeles voters may once again have to go to the ballot box this November to determine the future of the city’s urban form.
January 21, 2016