City Council

(19) 21-1230-S3 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