This review and cover letter was written to provide background and suggestions for Auditors Tilden and Lozano to consider in relation to the audit commissioned by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee at the request of Members Glazer, Newman, Bauer-Kahan, Portantino, Muratsuchi, Stern, and Bates.
In this report, we analyze local plans and housing development rates in nearly 100 cities in the San Francisco Bay Area. We assess production on sites presented by cities to the state government as apt for housing, as well as elsewhere in the city.
This background paper is meant to help the California State Auditor and legislators better understand the limitations of the RHNA process and areas for improvement.
Discover the prevalence of vehicular homelessness in Los Angeles County and the impact of regulations on people living in their vehicles. Findings suggest cities should reduce harm and precariousness through reforming punitive regulations and implementing safe parking programs while pursuing permanent affordable housing solutions.
What are the unique characteristics of people living in vehicles in Los Angeles? These findings will help effectively target policies and services, such as safe parking programs that can offer temporary relief and interventions necessary to transition into permanent housing.
This report aims to gain a better understanding of unhoused and unsheltered people living in vehicles.
Almost half of Los Angeles's unsheltered population live in their vehicles. Over the years, local complaints have amplified the proliferation of vehicular-dwelling criminalization ordinances — making it difficult for people to locate safe places to park, elevating fears of being towed, ticketed, or interacting with the police.
Several policies and programs and evolving case law address residential segregation and health disparities in the United States, combatting more than a century of exclusionary policies embedded in land use and housing codes.
We propose and evaluate a fair housing land use score (FHLUS) that measures whether local governments’ land use policies promote inclusion across neighborhoods.
Researchers propose and evaluate a new metric to measure whether or not local land use policies promote inclusion across neighborhoods.
