The Commission shall consist of seven members who shall be appointed and may be removed in accordance with Charter Section 502. Appointees shall be qualified and experienced affordable housing professionals and advocates, including at least one member of an established residential tenant organization. The City Council declares that persons appointed to the Commission who are affordable housing professionals and advocates and a tenant commissioner are intended, among other things, to represent and further the interests of non-profit providers of affordable housing and tenants, respectively. The City Council believes that such representation and furtherance of such interest will ultimately serve the public interest. Each member shall serve for a term of five years. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of Charter Section 503 and Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Division 21 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code shall apply to this Commission.
The Director of the City Planning Department, the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles and the General Managers of the Building and Safety and the Los Angeles Housing Departments shall each appoint a representative from those respective agencies or departments to act as liaison to the Commission. In addition, the Office of the Mayor shall appoint a liaison to the Commission. The liaisons shall report to the Commission on at least a monthly basis regarding any affordable housing issues being considered by their respective Department/Agency and shall report on at least a monthly basis to their respective Department/Agency on matters before the Commission that pertain to the duties and/or purposes of their respective Department/Agency.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 166,009, Eff. 8-2-90.
Amended by: First Para., Third Sentence, Ord. No. 167,666, Eff. 4-11-92; Ord. No. 173,290, Eff. 6-30-00, Oper. 7-1-00; Second Para., Ord. No. 182,718, Eff. 10-30-13; Second Para., Ord. No. 187,122, Eff. 8-8-21.