Land Use Leadership
Land Use Leadership Committee
Mission
The mission of the ULI Los Angeles's Land Use Leadership Committee is to exert leadership in addressing Southern California's urban land use policy issues in order to benefit our cities, create thriving communities and improve our quality of life. The Committee meets monthly and is Co-Chaired by Ron Altoon, Altoon + Porter Architects LLC, Mitch Menzer, Paul Hastings, Janofsky, and Walker LLP, and John Whitaker, DLA Piper US LLC. Topics the Committee intends to address this year include: Mixed Income Housing Policy in Los Angeles, Smart Growth and Climate Change, Transit Oriented Development, and Distressed Industrial Land.
Mixed Income Housing Policy
In late September, the Mayor of Los Angeles introduced a housing plan to address the affordable housing crisis. A key element of the plan is a proposal to create a Mixed Income Housing Policy. In response, ULI LA through its Land Use Leadership Committee, created a Mixed Income Housing Advisory Group to provide a private sector, market sensitive perspective to this policy proposal.
The Advisory Group is comprised of local developers with significant development experience in the production of affordable housing. In addition, ULI LA has involved national and local housing experts who have authored numerous articles and books on the subject of affordable housing and who have completed substantial national research on the topic. The Group compared national models and best practices and assessed local market conditions, to provide considerations for the City of Los Angeles. Their perspectives and findings were presented to a dynamic audience including Gail Goldberg, Director of the Los Angeles Planning Department, and Helmi Hisserich, Los Angeles Deputy Mayor of Housing, on December 5, 2008.
