Recent Streetsblog LA posts about affordable housing

A rendering of The Reef luxury residential towers planned for 1933 S. Broadway. Source: Gensler + P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, July 2015 DEIR

Measure S and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Status Quo

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 21, 2017 | 65 Comments

So here we are. Trapped in other people's debates. Unable to address the really urgent questions we should be addressing about how we are growing as a city. And forced to take a developer-friendly position just to maintain a deeply imperfect status quo.

The Mariachi Plaza lots (at center, in orange) and some of the surrounding area. Depending on how the lots are developed, the section of Bailey Street between the two lots could be incorporated into the project as a pedestrian plaza. Source: Development Guidelines, Metro/Gwynne Pugh Urban Studio/Perkins + Will/DakeLuna

Metro Committee to Adopt Mariachi Plaza Development Guidelines Wednesday

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 17, 2017 | 4 Comments

This Wednesday, Metro's Planning and Programming Committee will vote on whether to approve the development guidelines for the lots at Mariachi Plaza that Metro would send to potential bidders as part of the Request for Proposals (RFP) process.

The massive billion-plus-dollar luxury housing and hotel project The Reef has planned for the corner of Washington and Broadway has the potential to anchor a major transformation of Historic South Central Los Angeles. Source: The Reef

What Constitutes Good Development? Luxury REEF Project Approved over South Central Residents’ Fears of Displacement

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 22, 2016 | No Comments

“To be honest, sometimes, we feel abandoned…” William Flores, a community engagement coordinator at CD Tech, told the PLUM committee on November 1. “This is an intimidating type of a position [for residents of South Central] to be in.”