COUNCIL DISTRICT 6
Dario Rodman-Alvarez, Rudolph Mattheis-Brown, Luis de la Rosa | May 2022
This special issue of the Journal of the Center for Pacific Urbanism focuses on the Los Angeles City Council District 6 in the following ways:
Longitudinal and comprehensive US Census Bureau data analyses,
Population by Race trends from 1940 through 2020,
Housing stock inventory by age, building type, and subsidies,
Land use and zoning trends,
Methods for equitable distribution of the 2029 Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) target.
With these special issues of the Journal of the Center for Pacific Urbanism (JCPU), we further our objective of public education by sharing reliable, replicable, and verifiable studies that employ scientific research methods, cutting edge technologies, and critical approaches to some of the region’s seemingly intractable legacy issues.
Dario Rodman-Alvarez, Rudolph Mattheis-Brown, Luis de la Rosa | May 2022
Long range planning and comprehensive rational planning in Los Angeles tend to focus on 30 year data windows, which limits the ability of planners and decision makers to observe critical inflection points that exist in broader data trends. This study fills this gap by providing an 80 to 90 year summary of decennial US Census Bureau data that are organized and visualized by relevant geographical areas. Total population, total dwelling units, and median household income adjusted for inflation to 2020 dollars. Comparisons across geographic areas from local to state and national levels are possible with the results of this study.
POPULATION BY RACE
Dario Rodman-Alvarez, Rudolph Mattheis-Brown, Luis de la Rosa | May 2022
In the 1960s, racial segregation in housing was made illegal. Since then, new legal forms of segregation have been instrumental in arriving at similar exclusionary land use patterns. First, downzoning, that is, the reduction in allowable dwelling unit capacity, is described in this report. Second, using decennial US Census Bureau data from 1940 through 2020, racial composition of geographic areas are provided.
Dario Rodman-Alvarez, Rudolph Mattheis-Brown, Luis de la Rosa | May 2022
The Regional Housing Needs Assessment establishes the target of 456,643 net new dwelling units in the City of Los Angeles by 2029. First, this study provides an inventory of all dwelling units in the City of Los Angeles by age and type, according to the number of units in the building. Second, an inventory of all subsidized, low income dwelling units are provided by geographic area. The Housing Allocation Index, a new method for equitable distribution of housing according to a composite score of five empirical categories is provided.
RESIDENTIAL LAND USE AND ZONING
Dario Rodman-Alvarez, Rudolph Mattheis-Brown, Luis de la Rosa | May 2022
A density analysis to determine the dwelling units per acre (DU/Ac) of eight building types in the City of Los Angeles is provided. Then, the equitable distribution of RHNA targets by Community Plan Area and City Council District are provided, along with historic, current, and required residential land use maps.
Dario Rodman-Alvarez, Rudolph Mattheis-Brown, Luis de la Rosa | May 2022
With homelessness increasing in the City of Los Angeles annually for the last six years on record, the availability of underutilized, government owned land for rapid implementation of transitional housing continues to garner increased attention. First, this study provides a count of unhoused community members in various Los Angeles areas. Then, an inventory of potentially suitable sites for transitional housing are provided..