Recent Streetsblog LA posts about gentrification

ELACC's proposal for Mariachi Plaza includes includes 60 units of affordable housing, 6,340 square feet of retail and dining spaces, a Mariachi Cultural Center, 54 on-site parking spaces (11 of which are intended to help serve local businesses along 1st Street), 84 bicycle spaces, and a 6,000 square foot park and community garden on the southeast corner of Bailey and Pennsylvania to be operated by CALÓ YouthBuild. Source: Metro

Metro Committee Approves Developers for Mariachi Plaza and Cesar Chavez/Fickett Sites; Board to Vote Jan. 25

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 18, 2018 | 2 Comments

Many of those speaking up in favor of the project Wednesday touched on how important it was that Metro had shifted gears and listened to the community three years ago. But they also wanted Metro to understand the agency would have to deepen its relationship with the community for the project to be truly successful.

Sun shines through the Watts Towers. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

People’s Plan Helps Shape South and Southeast L.A. Community Plans

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 22, 2017 | 3 Comments

A ten-year community-led planning effort paralleled the city's own process and shaped the final form of the South and Southeast community plans.

Untokening Co-founder Naomi Doerner listens to a participant during the Policy/Advocacy/Power workshop at the Untokening California convening November 4. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Mobility Justice Advocates Gather in Leimert Park for Untokening California

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 10, 2017 | 20 Comments

She had had enough of hearing her community spoken about in offensive ways by well- (and not-so-well-) meaning planners and advocates, enough of giving 110 percent of herself only to realize a fraction of what she put forward was being seen as having value, enough of how disinterested those with power over what happened in marginalized communities remained in the larger picture, and enough of being tokenized.

The draft zoning for Boyle Heights (at right) calls for greater density and transit-orientation along Soto, sets pedestrian-oriented guidelines, and looks to see the river district become a hub for biotech and green industries. Source: Department of City Planning

Boyle Heights Community Plan Aims to Guard Against Displacement, Still Lacks Teeth

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 27, 2017 | 16 Comments

This Saturday, city planning will be hosting an open house at Boyle Heights City Hall offering residents updates on the Boyle Heights Community Plan. The Boyle Heights plan, one of 35 community plans that make up the city’s General Plan Land Use Element, is meant to lay out the goals reflecting the vision for the […]

Inquilinos Unidos rally for affordable housing. Photo courtesy Jesús Hermosillo

Speculators Discover Westlake: Will the “Lake on Wilshire” Complete the Takeover of Central Los Angeles?

By Jesús Hermosillo | Oct 11, 2017 | 22 Comments

The 41-story “Lake on Wilshire” megaproject goes to the City Planning Commission tomorrow. If approved the project would spur gentrification in L.A.'s immigrant-rich Westlake neighborhood.

State Senator Scott Wiener and Assemblymember Richard Bloom discuss housing legislation at an event Thursday co-hosted by Abundant Housing L.A. and USC Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis. Photo via Abundant Housing L.A.

With California Lawmakers Back from Recess, Housing Crisis Is in the Crosshairs

By Jason Islas | Aug 22, 2017 | 6 Comments

It won’t be an easy task to get the votes necessary to pass some of bigger-ticket legislation, like S.B. 2 and S.B. 3.

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