Can repealing Proposition U help Los Angeles make room for thousands of additional housing units near transit and alleviate development pressure on current residential neighborhoods?
Eliminating the Mortgage Interest Deduction would generate new revenue for the federal government — in 2014, it cost the U.S. Treasury more than $100 billion. An expansion of such magnitude might allow us to cover all the households in LA County eligible for housing subsidies.
Ballot box growth revolts, where residents force a referendum to restrict new development, can have longlasting repercussions for communities. Such revolts are rare, but they shed light on long-standing discontent with local land use planning that is important for policymakers and planners to acknowledge and understand.
Before becoming governor, Gavin Newsom set forth a bold campaign goal to construct 3.5 million new homes by 2025. This brief asks if it's possible for California to meet this lofty goal under current zoning and where this new housing will be built.
This report provides a conceptual framework for thinking about how more people can live and work near transit, near the major regional investments that county residents are paying for, in ways that maximize social benefits and minimize social costs.
The purpose of this appendix is to help readers further explore similarities and differences in seven station areas ( Van Nuys, Fillmore, Wilshire/Vermont, Culver City, Leimert Park, Compton, and Paramount/Rosecrans) and to be inspired to consider how different features shape neighborhoods around rail stations throughout Los Angeles County.
This brief provides a short history of how transit and land development have often gone hand-in-hand in L.A., summarizes research that shows that residential density in greater L.A. is still influenced by long-gone streetcar routes, and recommends ways to achieve greater synergies between housing and public transit investments.
This brief explores why and how jurisdictions in the Los Angeles region should zone for more diverse-types of lowrise housing, especially near transit.
This is a summary of a report that provides a conceptual framework for thinking about how more people can live and work near transit, near the major regional investments that county residents are paying for, in ways that maximize social benefits and minimize social costs.
In this paper, Wasserman evaluates the scalability, longevity, efficacy, political feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of pilot programs that encourage accessory dwelling unit construction compared to traditional multifamily supportive housing.
