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The City of Los Angeles determines that a slum and blighted area is one which:
(a) has been proposed for HUD funding;
(b) has met rehabilitation area criteria, including:
(1) containing principally low and moderate income households; and
(2) containing a housing mixture (single family/multi-family) similar to the rehabilitation program; and
(c) has at least 20% of its total units which do not meet HUD minimum Property Standards as determined from U.S. Census or other data services or the area has been determined by the City Council to be blighted pursuant to California Community Redevelopment Law.
SECTION HISTORY
Article and Sec. Added by Ord. No. 169,744, Eff. 6-2-94.
This definition contained in Section 22.617 above was applied as the local law definition of slum and blight from July of 1984 and will continue to be applied until a new definition is adopted and the City repeals this definition.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 169,744, Eff. 6-2-94.
(a) There is hereby created and established in the Treasury of the City of Los Angeles a trust fund to be known as the “Systematic Code Enforcement Fee Trust Fund”, hereinafter referred in this Chapter as the “Fund”.
(b) The purpose of the Fund shall be for the collection and deposit of fees, fines and penalties, received from the implementation and administration of Article 1 of Chapter XVI of the Los Angeles Municipal Code.
(c) Monies collected from fees and from fines and penalties shall be deposited into the Fund. The monies in this Fund shall be used to offset the costs of administering or processing those permits, certificates, or other forms or documents, or to defray the costs of enforcement required to be carried out by city agencies in the course of enforcing Article 1 of Chapter XVI including the costs of inspections in order to investigate complaints to inspect a dwelling unit to ensure the correction of a noticed violation, and fees for copies of reports and records related to the enforcement activity. The Fund shall be administered, and expenditures therefrom shall be authorized by the General Manager of the Los Angeles Housing Department, or the designee thereof, in accordance with established City practice. There shall be no expenditure, transfer or other form of disbursement of monies from the Fund, or any authority provided or granted with respect thereto, except for purposes directly related to the administration and enforcement of Chapter XVI.
(d) All interest or other earnings attributable to monies in the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.
(e) Monies not expended from the Fund in any fiscal year shall not revert to the Reserve Fund, but shall remain in the Fund.
SECTION HISTORY
Article and Section Added by Ord. No. 172,110, Eff. 8-15-98.
Amended by: Ord. No. 182,718, Eff. 10-30-13; Ord. No. 187,122, Eff. 8-8-21.
The goals of House LA include:
(a) Improving access to permanently affordable housing for vulnerable populations including but not limited to seniors in Lower Income Households, formerly homeless, persons with disabilities, veterans, single-parent households, youth in transition, and survivors of domestic violence.
(b) Addressing the City’s residents’ need for affordable housing and tenant protections in each of the Council Districts, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing goals, Housing Element goals and Regional Housing Needs Assessment affordable housing allocations.
(c) Prioritizing expenditure of housing production funding for Acutely Low Income Households, Extremely Low Income Households, Very Low Income Households, and Low Income Households categories and prioritizing expenditure of rental subsidy funding for Acutely Low Income Households and Extremely Low Income Households categories.
(d) Developing, reviewing, and revising a plan to build the capacity of organizations with workplaces located in and/or which serve constituents in Disadvantaged Communities, and to prioritize and enable the organizations’ participation in implementation of House LA.
(e) Increasing the supply of affordable housing served by transit, and providing housing stability and tenant protections in communities served by transit.
(f) Deploying programs and policies funded through this initiative in such a way as to address racial segregation, dismantle racially exclusionary practices, and promote racial equity in housing, academic, and economic opportunities.
(g) Utilizing public land for affordable housing produced through this program, including but not limited to underutilized land owned by the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Community College District, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or other government agencies.
(h) Establishing and resourcing a Citizens Oversight Committee that will be responsible for reviewing these goals every three years and making adjustments to the program guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 22.618.6(c)(1) of this Code as needed to address the aforementioned goals.
(i) Establishing new funding and programs for the creation, preservation and acquisition of affordable housing and homelessness prevention that supplement existing City funding and programs.
(j) Ensuring that construction and rehabilitation work is performed under the labor standards set forth in Section 22.618.7.
SECTION HISTORY
Article and Section Added by Initiative Approved by the Voters on 11-8-22, Ord. No. 187,692, Eff. 1-1-23.
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