Community Redevelopment Agency

Invites Housing Developers to a:

Southeast Los Angeles

Community Plan Workshop

As you may know, California Housing Consortium (CHC) annual event is coming up on May 15th. Our CHC Policy Forum and California Housing Hall of Fame will be held at the Los Angeles Central Library. The morning forum will feature State Treasurer Bill Lockyer and a roundtable panel addressing California's housing problem - our long-standing production deficiency and the exacerbating factors of the current mortgage meltdown and credit crisis.

Join LA County Departments of Regional Planning, Public Works, and Parks & Recreation to discuss the Green Building Program. This will be series of meetings throughout the county seeking your feedback and input. All County residents in the unincorporated areas are invited to attend any public meeting held in each of the five Supervisorial Districts throughout the month of March 2008 to discuss proposed Green Building Ordinances. This is your chance to contribute your ideas and comments before staff presents recommendations to the Regional Planning Commission on May 7, 2008.

Join LA County Departments of Regional Planning, Public Works, and Parks & Recreation to discuss the Green Building Program. This will be series of meetings throughout the county seeking your feedback and input. All County residents in the unincorporated areas are invited to attend any public meeting held in each of the five Supervisorial Districts throughout the month of March 2008 to discuss proposed Green Building Ordinances. This is your chance to contribute your ideas and comments before staff presents recommendations to the Regional Planning Commission on May 7, 2008.

Housing Market Turmoil Puts Owners, Renters at Risk

State of Education in Los Angeles III:Race and Gender in Education

Moderator: Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, KPCC

Maria Brenes, InnerCity Struggle

Monica Garcia, LAUSD

Santiago Jackson, LAUSD

Joel Jordan, UTLA

Wednesday, February 20

8:30 am to 10:30 am

Los Angeles Marriott Downtown

333 S. Figueroa Street

Los Angeles, CA  90071

UCLA Extension presents

Increasing Housing in the Midst of a Crisis: Roles and Responsibilities

Friday, February 22; 9:00 am to 4:30 pm

on UCLA's campus

Q&A Forum on the City of Los Angeles's Green Building Program

Presented by Claire Bowin, LA City Planning Dept. and Walker Wells, Global Green USA

When: Thursday, February 7, 2:00 - 3:30 pm

Where: The Offices of KUSC

Manulife Building

515 S. Figueroa, Suite 2050

Los Angeles, CA  90071

(southwest corner of 5th and Figueroa)

$5 parking is available on 5th Street on the other side of FREEWAY. The nearest Metro Red Line Station is 7th and Flower.

Housing Long Beach, a broad based coalition that seeks to preserve and increase the supply of affordable housing for Long Beach residents recently released a new fact sheet on homes and affordability for the city. Please download the report from the links below in English or Spanish. For more information, please contact Karen Drum, Housing Long Beach Campaign Manager at (562) 989-1206, ext. 1101 or email: kdrum@fhfla.com

Mayor Villaraigosa recently released his 2008-2012 Housinq and Community Development Five-Year Consolidated Plan and 2008-2009 Program Year 34 Action Plan (CDBG. HOME, ADDI, HOPWA and ESG).

The proposed 2008-2012 Housing and Community Development Consolidated Plan and related 2008-2009 Action Plan budget for Program Year (PY) 34 is scheduled to be enacted April 1 ,2008 and end March 31,2009.

California Department of Housing and Community Development Launches Special Section of Web Site Dedicated to Finding a Permanent Funding Source for Affordable Housing

After Many Twists and Turns, LA's Density Bonus Ordinance Likely To Go To Council Early in 2008

Article only available for members.

SAVE THE DATE!

When: Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Time: 9:30 am to 1:00 pm

Location: TBD

Kennedy Commission, SCANPH, and Public Counsel invites the California Department of Housing and Community Development to discuss barriers to affordable housing development. We really need to hear from developers, housing directors, and project management staff developing in a variety of jurisdictions. Discuss your challenges with colleagues and sugguest solutions.

info: Blayne Sutton Wills, SCANPH, bsutton-wills@scanph.org

In California, AB 2034 programs and the Mental Health Services Act (Prop. 63) have created the resources to form new partnerships for the development of affordable homes with supportive services. Through discussion and interactive presentations, Creating Community 2007 will explore many strategies for preventing and ending homelessness.

After 51 days, the California Legislature finally resolved the budget concerns of Republican senators and passed a state budget with the required two-thirds majority. Governor Schwarzenegger reviewed the budget sent to him and released his version with up to $700 million eliminated through his "blue pencil" line-item veto authority.

Proposition 1C TOD Housing Program Draft Guidelines Public Comment Forums

As previously announced, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (CDHCD) is seeking comments on draft guidelines for the TOD Housing Program, also known as the Transit Oriented Development Implementation Development Program. These guidelines are available at http://www.hcd.ca.gov/fa/tod/.

Housing LA, the board coalition that fought for and won Los Angeles’ Housing Trust Fund, is now working to significantly increase the supply of safe, decent homes that people can afford. Housing LA’s 3-Point-Plan to solve the housing crisis includes building mixed-income neighborhoods where new apartment developments include affordable; continuing efforts to protect apartments and residential hotels from demolition and conversion to condominiums; and urging the city to commit to a long-term, dedicated source of funding for the Housing Trust Fund.