Lowering the cost and increasing the availability of housing in LA is the solution. Lowering taxes, reducing time, cost and effort of getting approvals and changing regulatory controls are some of the measures that would help to accomplish this. Protecting landowners from lawsuits using environmental and zoning issues as covers to object to development would be another useful measure.
A final word
Los Angeles City Council member, Mike Bonin, regards the affordable housing shortage in Los Angeles as an “existential crisis.” It is threatening the whole concept of what life is like in Los Angeles for many residents. Attempts to address the situation are failing and the approach to it needs serious adjustment to really make a difference. Stopping the construction of expensive apartments for a supported living is the logical first step.
