MELLO ACT STUDY

The Mello Act sets requirements for the demolition, conversion and construction of housing in the Coastal Zone and applies to the Coastal Zone throughout the entire state of California. The primary objective of this paper is to evaluate what the impacts of changes to the Mello Act would be within the Coastal Zone in the City of Los Angeles. This paper intends to test a specific hypothesis: that the Brentwood-Pacific Palisades Community Plan Area (CPA) receives a greater percentage of favorable Mello determinations than the rest of the Coastal CPAs in Los Angeles. Our results show that for the past five out of eight years, Brentwood-Pacific Palisades CPA has received the highest rate of favorable determinations as a portion of all Mello cases.

Industry Data, Housing Production, Policy Evaluation, Environmental JusticeDario Rodman-Alvarezcoastal zone, mello act, housing, dwelling units, building permits, City of Los Angeles, council district 11, council district 15, brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Venice, San Pedro, palms, mar vista, Del Rey, westchester, Playa del Rey, Wilmington, port of los angeles, Harbor City