In short, we ask that all parcels in Downtown Los Angeles be eligible for residential construction, fast tracked building permits, limited CEQA requirements, no height restrictions, and reduced parking minimums provided the buildings include 20% permanent low income / affordable housing.

It is no secret that we are in a housing crisis. Perhaps nowhere is this more clear than Los Angeles, California, where we are 500k units short at the county level. This has caused a cost of living that is simply unsustainable for the median Angeleno, and has led to 50k homeless within the city limits (considered an improvement). Luckily, there is a well documented solution to lowering the cost of living: Building more housing (both affordable and market rate). Luckily further, there is a well documented solution to getting this building to happen: The Builder's Remedy. This solution has led to more than 100 proposals that all include 20% affordable housing, and are fast tracked to see that these developments are not mired in long delays (In Los Angeles, it's common to have a 10 year delay for a common sense building).

DTLA can be the heart of our city, and can be a place that all of California can be proud of if we simply build units and let 100k+ people move there. In fact, the city council claims that this is the current goal, but we unfortunately have policies in place that make this goal un-reachable. Currently we have less than 10k units entitled across the city in 2024 which is deplorable. 

Additionally, another great benefit of building dense urban cores, is that it is better for the environment. Less car use reduces traffic and is better for the environment, and living in apartments is better for the environment than a house with a lawn and more dispersed energy usage. 

Today I ask that we builder's remedy DTLA, and put forth a policy that will help LA reach its stated housing goals, build affordable units, and lower the cost of rents for all across the city.