• Facebook
  • Google Plus
  • Instagram
  • RSS Feed
  • Twitter

Menu

Skip to content
  • About
  • Staff
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • FAQ
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
Header image

MyNewsLA.comLogo

Breaking news for greater Los Angeles and Orange County

Menu

Skip to content
  • Crime
  • Government
  • Business
  • Education
  • Sports
  • Hollywood
  • Life
  • OC
  • Sheriff's Investigators Seek Whereabouts of Altadena Man
  • Firearm Found near Monterey Park Elementary School
  • Jeweler Kidnapped in Costa Mesa Found Bound, Injured in Santa Ana
  • Los Angeles Committee Takes Step Forward in Banning Flavored Tobacco Products
  • SDSU Announces $15M Donation for Mission Valley Aztec Stadium

Home » Government » This Article

L.A. Councilman Seeks to Find Housing for Homeless People Faster

Posted by Contributing Editor on November 15, 2019 in Government | 174 Views | Leave a response
Share this article:
Facebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmail

Los Angeles City Councilman David Ryu Friday introduced a proposal to speed up the process of providing housing for the city’s homeless population.

“We have long called homelessness the crisis of our time, but we have not delivered a crisis-level response,” Ryu said. “I have spent time looking at what slows these needed solutions down, and it’s the structure of our city government itself. We need a central, citywide and FEMA-like response to the emergency of homelessness. That means reforming the way we build homeless housing in Los Angeles and reforming our city’s governing documents to allow red tape to be swept away.”

Ryu’s proposal would authorize the Office of the Mayor to identify and approve homeless housing developments and resources. It also calls for a report on the proposals and potential voter approval needed to make the changes, and it calls for the creation of a Homelessness Response Division to expedite all new homeless projects.

The division would handle all day-to-day homeless encampment outreach and management, working with the already-established Unified Homelessness Response Center, and it would research and propose policy changes for City Council consideration.

The motion would authorize the City Council to declare a “Local Homelessness State of Emergency,” giving the mayor’s office jurisdiction to identify homeless housing sites, zone the land for the use of homeless housing, provide restrooms and safe parking services — all of which could bypass certain city regulations, according to Ryu.

Ryu cited a long wait for the construction of each homeless housing project as justification for his motion, which is planned to be discussed by the council’s Rules, Elections and Intergovernmental Committee.

He also introduced a resolution calling on the state to exempt all housing developments with 50% or more units dedicated to homeless housing, or housing with 100% affordable or supportive housing units, to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.

Like this story? Don’t miss any breaking news from MyNewsLA.com. Sign up here for your free newsletter.

 
L.A. Councilman Seeks to Find Housing for Homeless People Faster was last modified: November 15th, 2019 by Contributing Editor

>> Want to read more stories like this? Get our Free Daily Newsletters Here!

Follow us:
Facebooktwitterrss
Posted in Government | Tagged councilman, Faster, Find, homeless, Housing, L.A., people, Seeks

Related Posts

Missing imageMan Pleads No Contest to Crash That Injured Two People, Killed Two Horses→

Missing imagePlaintiff in Elon Musk Libel Lawsuit Tells L.A. Jury He Won’t Apologize to CEO→

Missing imageL.A. Cannabis Commission Laments Licensing Program, Vows to Make Improvements→

English Bulldog puppyCute Puppy Swindle: Beware, `These Are Not Gentle People’→

News from idealmedia.com

Advertisement

Get The Latest News by Email!

Sign up here for our free newsletters. We’ll send you the latest headlines every morning and every weekday afternoon.

 
FORECAST FOR LOS ANGELES
58°
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like: 58°F
Wind: 0mph SE
Humidity: 80%
Pressure: 30.1"Hg
UV index: 0
ThuFriSat
min 54°F
70/58°F
64/56°F
Weather forecast Los Angeles, California ▸

Most Popular Today

  • Three Suspects Charged in Bar Fight That Injured Three 500 views
  • Irvine Police Seek Missing Mother, Daughter 400 views
  • Sheriff’s Detectives Investigate Homicide at Lake Elsinore Home 400 views
  • LADWP Sued By Federal Government Over 2017 Creek Fire 400 views
  • O.C. Sheriff Don Barnes Downplays Evidence-Booking Scandal 400 views

©2019 CalNews Inc.

Menu

  • About
  • Staff
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • FAQ
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service