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Los Angeles County, CA June 5, 2001 Election
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A Home for Everyone

By Eric M. Garcetti

Candidate for Member, City Council; City of Los Angeles; District 13

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ERIC GARCETTI'S PLAN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN LOS ANGELES While the cost of housing in Los Angeles gobbles up an increasingly large share of Angeleno's incomes, the city spends less on housing per citizen than other major cities in the U.S. As a City Council member, Eric will fight to make housing affordable in our city, to increase funding on low-income housing, to increase safety in our housing stock, and to address homelessness in our neighborhoods.
KEEPING HOUSING AFFORDABLE · Make the expansion of affordable housing a priority in Los Angeles · Grow the $5 million Housing Trust Fund to at least $100 million to maintain existing low-income housing and to subsidize the building of new low-income housing · Create smart growth infill developments in our urban core neighborhoods that combine market rate and low-income housing with services and transportation · Create a linkage fee on large commercial developments in order to build up affordable housing stock · Alter existing zoning laws for more flexible rules to enhance affordable housing in our communities · Establish a loft ordinance in Hollywood to allow residential spaces in existing office buildings · Create an inventory of brownfields, empty lots, and city-owned land where low-income housing could be built

SAFE HOMES · Enforce housing codes with more housing inspectors · Implement a plan to inspect housing every two or three years · Address the lead paint epidemic in our housing stock and test all six year olds for lead levels in their blood and create a lead abatement program · Close loopholes that hide building ownership so that we can know who slumlords are and hold them accountable · Establish a receivership program to take buildings from delinquent landlords who do not meet safety regulations

ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITIES · Adopt an approach to homelessness that focuses on housing before services · Build semi-permanent and transitory housing options in the city to provide housing solutions · Work with the homeless population to find · Address hunger in the City of Los Angeles through a comprehensive anti-hunger policy

TENANT-LANDLORD RELATIONS · Create a housing court · Better disseminate tenant rights information throughout the city · Ensure that tenants, not just homeowners are included in neighborhood councils · Pass a Tenant-Landlord Relations Act to ensure democratic representation

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