Los Angeles City Proposition B (2008)
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City of Los Angeles Proposition B, also known as the Update of Low Rent Housing Authorization, is a city measure that appeared on the November 4, 2008 ballot in Los Angeles, CA.
The Measure: "Shall existing voter-approved authorization for low rent housing be revised to remove impediments to the federal and state funding requirements not compatible with current housing needs, and authorize the development, construction or acquisition of low rent housing by public entities in the City of Los Angeles, maintaining the previously authorized voter-approved level of 3,5000 units per Council District, subject to the availability of funding and all City development requirements?"[1]
Proposition B was approved on November 4, 2008.
Supporting Arguments
- The measure would create a potential 52,000 low income housing units according to Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce[2]
- The measure does not raise taxes
- The measure would allow Los Angeles low-income housing initiatives for families (and not just seniors) to access state monies available from already approved Prop 1C
- It fixes bureaucratic obstacles to building and financing affordable housing
Opposing Arguments
- A blog in the LA Weekly questioned whether people understand that the measure does away with past limits on high-rise housing for the poor.[3]
Newspaper Endorsements
Editorial Boards Supporting
- The Los Angeles Times urges a yes on B to allow Los Angeles to have its share of the state-wide monies for "affordable housing open to families" allocated by Proposition 1C, a $2.8-billion state housing bond. [4]
- The Daily News Los Angeles and the Daily Breeze support the measure as "is an administrative fix to a long-broken process in Los Angeles - and it will ensure that the city can compete for some of the $2.8 billion in affordable-housing funding approved by voters in 2006." [5][6]
- The Daily Bruin also endorses the measure, saying "This proposition would reconcile federal and state funding and requirements that do not currently work with housing needs." [7]
See also
- Los Angeles City ballot measures
- Los Angeles County ballot measures
- California city and county ballot initiatives
- California 2008 local ballot measures
References
- ↑ Full Text of Proposition B at SmartVoter
- ↑ http://www.lachamber.com/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=advocacy_labusinessvotes&category=advocacy
- ↑ http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/election-08/la-voter-caution-ballot-sleaze/
- ↑ http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-measureb10-2008oct10,0,1732737.story
- ↑ Daily News Los Angeles Yes on Measure B: An administrative fix, Oct 22, 2008
- ↑ The Daily Breeze 'YES' on MEASURE B: Good administrative fix, Oct 19, 2008
- ↑ http://dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2008/oct/30/la-ballot-measures-deserve-attention/
