CF 21-1230-S3 UPDATE
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to Equity Indicators and methodologies, and how they relate to ongoing land use and planning efforts centered on equity and recent progress that has been achieved in the development of these tools.
Recommendation for Council action:
ADOPT the recommendations contained in the Department of City Planning (DCP) report, dated January 18, 2023, which are additional recommendations to those adopted by the Council on January 18, 2023 as part of Council file No. 21-1230, as follows:
Affirm the direction of the Housing Element Rezoning Program, as adopted by the Council and certified by the State of California Housing and Community Development Department, to utilize the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee/Department of Housing and Community Development Opportunity Map to focus new housing opportunities, in particular affordable housing opportunities, created through the Citywide Rezoning Program in Higher Resource Areas. (The DCP report indicates that this direction has been certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development as providing a pathway to ensure compliance with the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing obligations under state Housing Element law.)
Direct the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to establish a technical advisory working group that includes staff from the DCP, Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD), CAO, Bureau of Engineering (BOE), Economic Workforce Development Department (EWDD), Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department (CHRED), and any other relevant City Departments, to convene quarterly to coordinate on equity tools and indices, share data sources identified as necessary to evaluate equity measures, and among other goals ensure that fair housing is incorporated into future equity indices.
Direct the DCP, LAHD, CAO, BOE, EWDD, CHRED, and any other relevant City Departments, to consider and evaluate the following factors when developing any methodologies intended to evaluate or measure equity outcomes:
High Segregation/High Poverty Areas
Racially / Ethnically Concentrated Areas of Poverty
Racially Concentrated Areas of Affluence
Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the DCP. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted
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- 02/08/2023 Council action final Council Action 02/08/2023
- 02/07/2023 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51. Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee 01/31/2023
- 02/03/2023 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on February 7, 2023. Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee 01/31/2023
- 01/31/2023 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) . Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee 01/31/2023, Report from Department of City Planning 01/18/2023
- 01/27/2023 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on January 31, 2023. Report from Department of City Planning 01/18/2023
- 01/24/2023 Department of City Planning document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Report from Department of City Planning 01/18/2023
- 01/19/2023 Document(s) submitted by Department of City Planning, as follows: Report from Department of City Planning 01/18/2023
Department of City Planning report, dated January 18, 2023, relative to an overview and analysis of equity indicators and methodologies, and how they relate to future land use considerations and implementation of the Housing Element.
