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L.A. Planners Working to Shift Affordable Housing Distribution for More Equitable Results

L.A. Planners Working to Shift Affordable Housing Distribution for More Equitable Results Almost all the affordable housing development in L.A. in the past decade has occurred in majority-minority neighborhoods. The L.A. Department of City Planning is looking for ways to make sure high-income areas do more of their fair share. June 9, 2021, 12pm PDT | James Brasuell |

New City Program To Encourage Vaccination In Communities of Color Begins

The latest effort to encourage people of color and non-English speakers in Los Angeles to receive a coronavirus vaccine began today.

LA Kicks Off Program For Vaccination in Communities of Color – NBC Los Angeles

The campaign will also employ billboards, advertising online, in newspapers and on bus benches and shelters. There will be posters, table top displays and brochures available at small business, grocery stores and bodegas across Los Angeles. Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez marked the start of the campaign by joining employees of the Housing and Community Investment Department in going door-to-door in North Hills promoting coronavirus vaccinations. Members of some households were given shots of the Pfizer vaccine by Los Angeles Fire Department personnel. California COVID-19 Vaccinations The map tracks the number of doses administered by a recipient's county of residence according to the The California Department of Public Health.

Tenants Feel Stranded As LA Cuts Back On Unpermitted Housing Enforcement During The Pandemic

Our analysis found unpermitted housing citations plummeted by more than two-thirds in 2020. Here’s what that meant for tenants in bootleg apartments.

Exposed Wires, Bugs, And Eviction Notices: Life In An Unpermitted LA Apartment Complex

Part One of a series on unpermitted housing in L.A. Part Two will explore the dramatic decline in city housing inspections during the pandemic — and what that has meant for tenants struggling to keep a roof over their head. Part Three will focus on a city program designed to bring illegal housing units up to code and give owners a path to legalization — and how it has fallen short of expectations. At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti ordered residents to remain in their homes as much as possible. With a deadly new virus spreading, he said, “One thing is crystal clear in the fog of these days: We are all safer at home.”

Los Angeles City Planning Calls for a More Equitable Housing Strategy

Los Angeles City Planning Calls for a More Equitable Housing Strategy News provided by Share this article Share this article LOS ANGELES, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles City Planning released a report on the outlining bold strategies to distribute affordable housing more equitably throughout the City. The report to the City Council proposes the establishment of an equitable Housing Element rezoning program, the establishment of housing targets by community, and other strategies to ensure that equity is at the forefront of future land use considerations. The centerpiece of the report is a set of recommendations that prioritizes the fair distribution of affordable units across the City in both short and long-term planning efforts. By addressing issues related to zoning capacity, the recommendations will ensure that Los Angeles' community-by-community approach to planning complements citywide objectives for accommodating growth in a way that furthers equity.

Los Angeles City Planning Calls for a More Equitable Housing Strategy

LA Aims To Make Granny Flats Affordable To Ease Housing Crisis

UpdatedThu, May 20, 2021 at 4:06 pm PT Reply(1) LA Councilman Bob Blumenfield this week proposed exploring the creation of a citywide granny flat financing program. (Shutterstock) LOS ANGELES, CA — Everyone wants to solve LA's homeless crisis, but few want to see shelters or low-income housing constructed in their neighborhoods. So City Councilman Bob Blumenfield is looking for a way to turn the"not in my backyard" sentiment on its head. A citywide program to fund the construction of granny flats to house formerly homeless Angelenos could be enough to get homeowners lining up to invite people experiencing homelessness into their backyards, he hopes. Blumenfield this week proposed exploring the creation of a citywide granny flat financing program. The proposal piggybacks on other efforts to make it easier to construct backyard units to help ease the affordable housing crisis.

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L.A. Controller Releases Tracker for $1 Billion Spent on Pandemic So Far

By City News Service May 14, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles city departments have spent nearly $1 billion on coronavirus-related programs, supplies, homeless housing, staffing, emergency rental assistance, and testing and vaccination efforts during the pandemic, L.A. Controller Ron Galperin announced today. Galperin's office released an online COVID-19 spending tracker for the public to track the $984.8 million that the city has thus far spent on pandemic-related expenses, including:   $843 million for supplies and programs   $118 million for Project Homekey housing   $176 million for staffing and overtime pay   $94.5 million for emergency rental assistance   $73.9 million for testing and vaccinations    "Over the last year, the pandemic disrupted our lives and forced us all to adapt to a new reality," Galperin said. "The city of Los Angeles met his challenge by pivoting to support residents in need, while also continuing its normal operations. My goal in tracking and reporting on all pandemic- related city expenses is to show residents what their local government prioritized during this time to ensure maximum public accountability."