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LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 11 HOMELESSNESS, SUITABLE SITES FOR OFF STREET SANCTUARY, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING INVENTORY

Homelessness and housing unaffordability are increasing throughout the Los Angeles area, including City Council District 11 where much of the City’s coastal communities are located. This includes Brentwood-Pacific Palisades, Palms-Mar Vista-Del Rey, West Los Angeles, Westchester-Playa Del Rey, and Venice Community Plan Areas (CPAs).

This whitepaper summarized Pacific Urbanism’s previous and current results from our research on homelessness counts, suitable sites for off street emergency shelter, and an inventory subsidized low income housing units within Los Angeles City Council District 11.

Demographics, Industry DataDario Rodman-AlvarezFebruary 11, 2022Council district 11, Venice, brentwood, Pacific Palisades, west los angeles, palms, mar vista, Del Rey, westchester, Playa del Rey, homelessness, affordable housing, subsidized low income housing, homeless count, off street sanctuary

WESTSIDE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATES

Opportunities for furthering fair housing through community economic development and a potential new empirical method for allocating housing needs, targets, and allowable density using a spatial composite index of scores to correct for past exclusionary zoning practices, housing price inflation, vehicle miles travelled, and disparities in opportunities and resources. Relief from hindrances to production and public policies that untie the hands of local community, need-driven homebuilders, are identified as a bridge between current housing trends and the State and Regional Housing Needs Assessment Goals for 2029.

Land Use PlanningDario Rodman-AlvarezFebruary 2, 2022City of Los Angeles, brentwood, Pacific Palisades, west los angeles, palms, mar vista, Del Rey, Venice, westchester, Playa del Rey, planning, Council district 11

City of Los Angeles Council District 11 Land Use and Zoning Trends

A summary of several historical trends including housing production, changes in demographics, housing price, and commuter vehicle-miles-travelled, as well Pacific Urbanism’s recommendations for the future of urban development in Council District 11 and Westside Los Angeles.

COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 ZONING AND LAND USE

Los Angeles has a housing affordability crisis due in large part to a lack of supply that is five to six decades in the making. The root causes in Los Angeles include suppressed housing supply rates due to inequitable urban planning and exclusionary zoning, such as downzoning, inadequate policies or enforcement, rising construction and development costs, a financial structure favoring nonresidential development, and insufficient funding for subsidized low income housing.

The big planning question with which we have been grappling is whether any zoning changes are either necessary, or more conducive to, accomplishing the 8 year targeted increase in housing supply, and if so, what specific zoning changes are these?

HOUSING STOCK IN LOS ANGELES

Housing production in Los Angeles has become a topic of vigorous public discussion as a housing crisis continues to affect residents across the region. This study helps identify where land use policy is lacking or failing in providing adequate housing for Angelenos.

Community Econ Dev, Housing Production, Infrastructure, Industry DataDario Rodman-AlvarezOctober 11, 2019housing, housing stock, dwelling units, city of los angeles, arleta, pacoima, bel air, beverly crest, boyle heights, brentwood, pacific palisades, canoga park, winnetka, woodland hills, west hills, central city, central city north, chatsworth, porter ranch, encino, tarzana, granada hills, knollwood, harbor gateway, hollywood, mission hills, panorama city, north hills, north hollywood, valley village, northeast los angeles, northridge, palms, mar vista, del rey, reseda, west van nuys, san pedro, sherman oaks, studio city, toluca lake, cahuenga pass, silver lake, echo park, elysian valley, south los angeles, southeast los angeles, sun valley, la tuna canyon, sunland, tujunga, lake view terrace, shadow hills, east la tuna canyon, sylmar, van nuys, north sherman oaks, venice, west adams, baldwin hills, leimert, west los angeles, westchester, playa del rey, westlake, westwood, wilmington, harbor city, wilshire, council district 1, council district 2, council district 3, council district 4, council district 5, council district 6, council district 7, council district 8, council district 9, council district 10, council district 11, council district 12, council district 13, council district 14, council district 15