1) Average cost to build a SINGLE UNIT of “supportive housing” for L.A.’s homeless: $421,433
2) Cost to BUY a 1-bedroom CONDO in Westlake, or a 4-bedroom HOME in Riverside: $421,000
3) Number of homeless units built under Mayor Garcetti with $1.2 billion in HHH bonds: ZERO
4) Cash spent by developers in 2017 to influence the City Council, mayor & officials to build MORE luxury housing: $4.8 million
5) Skid Row’s average rent after the City Council gentrified the area for urban hipsters: $1,900/mo.
6) Of 20 new residential towers slated for South Park DTLA, number that offer affordable units – TWO
7) Affordable units planned for Westfield Promenade’s 1,400-unit mega-project in the Valley: ZERO
8) Number of households evicted by L.A. landlords so they could jack up rents in 2017: 1,200
9) Number of affordable bungalows & units razed by L.A. developers in 2017: “City Hall doesn’t keep track.”
10) Number of toilets Garcetti opened for 1,800 homeless people on Skid Row in 2017: EIGHT
Source: The Coalition to Preseve LA
The Venice Stakeholders Association is dedicated to civic improvement. The VSA supports slow growth, protection of the limits of the Venice Local Coastal Specific Plan, neighborhood safety, better traffic circulation, increased parking for residents, neighborhood beautification projects, historic preservation and protection of coastal waters.
