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From: Council Mailbox
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2022 10:51 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: FW: Human Services Commission
From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 9:13 AM
To: Council Mailbox <[email protected]>
Subject: Human Services Commission
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Dear council,
As you may recall I’ve been interested in serving the community. I had applied to the now defunct Commission on the status of women.
I see that eight of the open seats of the human services commission have been appointed. I am throwing my hat in the ring to be the ninth seat. I’ve just submitted my application.
I welcome the opportunity to chat with any or all of you if you’d like to know more about me, than what appears in my application.
Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
David T. Pisarra, Esq.
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Recreation and Parks Commission
April 28, 2022
Mayor Himmelrich and City Council Members
City of Santa Monica
1685 Main Street,
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Re: Reed Park Safety
To city council and manager
The June R&P regular meeting was devoted to Reed Park safety. We thanked Chief Bautista for attending and participating in our meeting.
Three Commission members reported on visiting the park invited and escorted by the SMOD task force on Reed Park.
Attached is an itemized list submitted by officer Steven Hollowell at the conclusion of the park visit. We would like to make the following suggestions to City Council and the City Manager:
1. We suggest that rather than removing the picnic tables and benches directly across from St.
Monica’s, a particularly troubled spot, that the area instead be fenced off to remove it temporarily from use with signage indicating the temporary nature of the closing and a sunset date after which it will be returned to use.
2. Address specific problem people within the park footprint with service and assistance as needed.
3. Replace trash cans with big belly cans. There are a number of cans available that have been removed from Montana Avenue that can be used for this purpose. When funding is available, replace the remaining trash cans with new big belly cans.,
4. Look into shutoff valves on old water fountains by the janitor supply closet
5. Look into possibility of activating the playhouse with a private/public partnership.
6. Look into placing ropes and mulching around the base of trees within the park as has been done with success Palisades park.
7. Update signage and placement (easily visible by park users)of same within the park. Signage must include municipal code sections, park closure hours, no sleeping in doorways, and other park rules. 8, Enforce park closure hours.
Sincerely,
Lori Brown
Chair, Recreation and Parks Commission
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From: Roger Chan <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2022 2:44 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Rectify Repeated Public Nuisance and Noise Violations to Ordinance of Santa Monica Animal Shelter
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Dear Santa Monica City Council,
I'd like to get the following item on the council's agenda:
Summary: Loud noises/barking coming from Santa Monica Animal Shelter early morning through late at night and disturbing the peace
Details: After moving in nearby to an apartment building across the street from the Santa Monica Animal Shelter, I'm disturbed by the loud noises emanating from the Santa Monica Animal Shelter. There is incessant barking from the dogs that disturbs my sleep and work during the day, to the point where living here is not attractive at all and most likely untenable (I might have to move if it continues like this). It starts around 7 am, if not earlier, and goes until at least 10 pm. It must be beyond the acceptable Decibel level for allowable noise, since you can clearly hear the barking from the dogs with windows and doors closed to the point where it makes living in this area not enjoyable.
Can something be done to resolve this? I understand that moving the animal shelter is probably an extreme course of action, so can a letter be sent to the animal shelter asking them to muzzle the dogs or, better yet, converting the housing of the animals/dogs to an interior space? This would alleviate the problem, I think, as there would be a sound barrier to prevent the loud barking from getting into the surrounding neighborhood. Unfortunately, I don't know if a personal letter from private citizens would make any difference or command enough authority, which is why I am bringing the matter up to you, who carries that weight. If this issue is not addressed, I fear this is going to make the neighborhood extremely unattractive to live in, not to mention the immediate effect of causing individuals such as me who live in the surrounding area to lose sleep and being disturbed throughout the day.
Let me know if you have any questions and I would be happy to provide more details as needed. Also, if this does make it onto the agenda or if this item has been discussed before, can you let me know? Thank you very much for your attention.
Sincerely,
Roger Chan
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From: Christian Granzow <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2022 1:18 PM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Appeal of 20ENT-0275, Carlthorp School Expansion Attachments: Carlthorp.Letter.10-25-19.pdf
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Please note that a letter from 10/25/19, the head of school Mr. Kusserow, added that Carlthorp does not only 1) plan to not include the acquisition of additional real estate. Also, not sure how the expanded playground/field area will “diminish noise levels”, when it will have a reverse effect.
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From: HowTheWest Was Saved <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2022 8:23 AM
To: Housing Elements@HCD
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Planning Commission Comments; [email protected]; Ruth Roofless; Leonora; [email protected]; LA City Planning; councilmtgitems; [email protected]
Subject: How much longer will Santa Monica & other localities be permitted to abuse their positions? Attachments: SocialHousingAuthority.TieiraRyder.4-25-22.pdf; PenmarGolfCourse+SMAirportproposal.TieiraRyder.pdf
Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged
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"Santa Monica, ever the innovator, is breaking new ground in the field of blocking new homes by appropriating the language of social justice. This proposed initiative would require developers to pay up to 2.7 times the prevailing wage, which is of course completely infeasible."
https://twitter.com/ShaneDPhillips/status/1550947176410333184?s=20&t=24YgX0Adpt tkcmx_z0reQw
How much longer will Santa Monica & other localities be permitted to abuse their positions as residents continue to flee the state and those that stay continue to fall into homelessness? I'm asking HCD again to please authorize a county-led social housing authority that is people-led across all CA cities. We cannot wait for the establishment that has not done the right thing to finally just wake up one morning and decide they are going to do the right thing.
When has that ever happened and if it does, it's very rare! The people have waited long enough, we need localities to get their hands out of the housing market, they are causing serious disruptions in the lives of millions! What is a housing authority if they are not aligned with the best interests of the mass majority of residents who have a RIGHT TO LAND USE & HOUSING?
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2 Thank You for your attention to the matter, I'm patiently waiting for your response.
Best,
How The West Was Saved
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Walkable, bike-friendly communities that are affordable are the right of every single human being. These communities are great for humanity, other species, and the Earth itself! Everything in the HUE-MANS life does NOT need to be a drive away.
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HOW THE WEST WAS SAVED
"In the future when it's asked how the west was saved, the story will be that the people of the west saved themselves from ongoing systematic violence"
THE PROGRESSIVE SPACE
When The Santa Monica Airport Closes…
By Bear Writer On 05/30/2021
Update: A Letter from HCD (Department of Housing & Community development) to Santa Monica City’s planning team regarding the upcoming housing element. How The West Was Saved (Tieira R.), Our current direction is not left
or right, but forward towards
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along with some other wonderful housing advocates were mentioned as consideration for the comments that HCD gave to Santa Monica regarding a compliant housing element. Thank You HCD for rejecting Santa Monica’s non-compliant housing element, we must hold cities accountable for housing production so that residents can finally have the housing that they are owed!
https://www.smgov.net/
When the incorrectly zoned Santa Monica airport closes, a closure that should be happening in this upcoming housing element cycle (2021-2022), a walkable community that includes
majority affordable housing should be developed. The
location is perfect for a community-owned, walkable/bike-friendly residential neighborhood that includes a variety of housing types for working-class residents on the westside, students, seniors, those living with disabilities, and many others in need of affordable housing.
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To be clear, this community would include both communityowned rental and homeownership options. This pro-housing advocacy effort should be led by a housing advocate that understands the needs of the local community, someone that likely falls within the working class and has the best interest of the local community in mind. When it comes to renting, rent should never exceed 20-30% of a resident’s total income after
taxes. Please keep in mind, the average worker in LA makes about $39,000 a year, this rental housing would be catered to those workers but the community itself would be mixedincome meaning it would also include market-rate units (still cheaper usually than private market-rate housing).
Along with market-rate rentals & homeownership opportunities, business placements would be considered throughout the
community.
Housing proposal for the Santa Monica airport
(Please note that Penmar golf course is also being requested for this project.
The exact community plans would need to be confirmed & this is just a proposed housing plan for the vacant land space. The proposal was created by Tieira R.)
Affordable Homeownership;
1. Affordable, reasonably priced homeownership for working-class residents, priority for long-term residents living or working in the Santa Monica, Venice, & Mar Vista zip codes.
2. Consider a set number of market-rate “for-sale” homes.
3. A variety of home types should be considered for development but especially multi-family housing such as plexes, condos, townhomes, and apartments. Consider co-op ownership.
4. Priority consideration should also go to first-time
homeowners in LA County, my recommendation is residents that have lived/worked at least 10 years in LA County.
5. Priority consideration for historically displaced residents from supposed marginalized communities. Consider a 30-40% “right to return”, “right to housing” for ADOS families (African
descendants of Survivors), & for other residents impacted by systematic housing violence. (Google the history of displaced Black families in Santa Monica, Venice, and/or Manhattan Beach if you need more info.)
6. The millennial generation should also receive a percentage of priority consideration, they currently own a measly 18% of the homes in Los Angeles. “Equity is defined as “the state, quality or ideal of being just, impartial and fair.” The concept of equity is synonymous with fairness and
justice.”
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7. At no time would a small or large equity firm be granted permission to purchase a home within the community nor would an option be granted to purchase the community as a whole.
8. My recommendation on income qualifications for residents that are first-time buyers is; working-class residents making between $30,000-$130,000.
9. If potential owners require financing, ownership could be subject to credit union or bank approval. Consider public, city-owned bank.
10. The actual cost of homes should match that of the actual average wage of what most working-class residents make. There would likely be re-sell requirements as affordability would be protected by a trust.
Affordable Rental Housing;
1. Community-owned rental housing in mixed-income
developments.
2. The recommended height for apartment buildings is 6-7 stories.
3. Set an “affordable rental rate” based on what the average person from the working class makes. At this moment, most workers in LA make about $39,000 a year. Affordability is usually priced for residents in the $17,000-$70,000 range.
4. Community-owned market-rate rentals to be included, most likely still cheaper than the private market-rate rental housing.
5. No income restrictions once residents are housed.
https://www.nhlp.org/resources/lihtc-admissions-rentsgrievance-procedures/
6. Reserve a portion of the housing for limited to no-income residents. Consider the following; subsidize with HUD and/or new digital voucher program; subsidize low to no income residents with market-rate apartment & business rentals; consider HCID/HACLA westside chapter. Social services for housing, food, and health care should be ONE efficient program.
7. Affordable bachelors, studios, 1, 2, and 3 bedrooms.
8. As with affordable homeownership, the rental units & placements would be for various types of community members but especially keeping in mind our core working class which includes
the essential workforce, students, seniors, veterans, those living with disabilities, etc. etc.
9. Student apartments would be bachelor-sized apartments with smaller fridges and MUST have a kitchen area sink and a small area to put a hot plate (or something similar) so they can cook if needed. (Similar to this https://urbanize.city/la/post/micro-unitapartment-building) Item 1
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More info on the proposed community as a whole;
1. priority consideration for business placements within the community.
2. Open park space, recreation center within the walkable community. Cars can exist on the outside of the community, not within.
3. Consider the possible need to build new schools.
4. Consider a quality westside public transit system especially for college students between SMC and/or UCLA. (cut down on car traffic congestion because students wouldn’t need to drive)
5. College student housing should have its own small park area that has a WIFI and outdoor/indoor workspace for them.
6. Consider large home space for displaced minors within the community aka a “group home” to provide stability.
7. Request consideration for golf course closure(s) as well as other vacant land plots and buildings that have
potential use for affordable housing that is communityowned and suits apartments, condos, townhomes, small and/or tiny homes for locals. Request more interim housing and healthcare sites on the westside for residents with long-term behavioral health needs.
The overall progressive housing goal is to adopt a similar social housing policy for each city in California (all of the U.S) with prohousing community advocates from said cities leading the efforts.
The private market can obviously always exist but it can’t compete against itself, forcing residents to beg for housing that is priced much higher than most can afford. That doesn’t sound like freedom to me!
California’s Housing Crisis
The current CA housing crisis is literally wiping out and pushing the blue-collar working class, students, senior citizens, and many other residents into poverty! In the last 10 years, rent has gone up well over 65% in the city of Los Angeles, in that same amount of time the number of unhoused residents increased by at least 50%! There are currently 60,000+
unhoused residents in LA County and the median income can no longer afford a rent-controlled studio in cities like Santa Monica!
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It’s time to return ownership to the residents of Los
Angeles, our right to clean, safe, and affordable housing is being denied!
Side Notes:
Walkable communities are
essential
https://planning.lacity.org/plans-policies/housing-element (LA City Housing Element)
What is a community land trust?
“Starting at about $600 per month for a studio, rents in the Los Angeles Eco-Village are less than half the price of some comparable apartments nearby, and prices aren’t raised unless community members agree to it. That’s possible because the land beneath the co-op is owned by the Beverly/Vermont Community Land Trust, which has pledged to make the land permanently affordable regardless of rising housing prices.”
Renters need to earn $95,000 to afford rent-controlled
studio in Santa Monica, new report says
A household earning the Los Angeles area’s median income cannot afford a rentcontrolled studio in Santa Monica, according to a new report from the city’s Rent Control Board. By U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development affordability standards, a family would need an income of at least $95,429 to afford a studio, which is about … Continue reading
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https://laist.com/2021/02/02/community-land-trusts-los-angelesaffordable.php An email from the Santa Monica planning team regarding
use of the airport in this upcoming housing element
“Hi , Thanks for sharing your proposal and thoughts for the airport. Please note that since the airport is slated to close at the end of 2028 and conversion to any other use would take time, the airport is not realistically being considered in the planning for the 6 cycle Housing Element Update
(October 2021 – July 2029). It will most certainly be a consideration in the following housing element cycle
(beyond 2029). However, to get to that point, there will need to be a public process around the future of the airport given the significant community interest and varying views on its future use so I hope you will continue on to be engaged in that separate effort.”
Quotes from an LA Times article regarding the Santa
Monica airport
“The opening of a the 227-acre site on the Westside — in close proximity to jobs, good schools and transit — is a once-in-ageneration opportunity. Housing has to be a part of the equation. “Since the 1980s, Santa Monica has approved the construction of millions of square feet of office space, transforming it into a hub for both the tech and entertainment industries, with a daytime population that swells by more than 150,000 people. But this explosive job growth has not been accompanied by a proportional increase in housing units.” “Santa Monica’s estimated population of 92,478 residents in 2019 was only a blip above what it was in 1970, when 88,289 people called the city home. This growing imbalance between jobs and housing has created a massive influx of daily commuters into Santa Monica (even well-compensated tech employees) who either can’t find or can’t afford housing near these job centers. Meanwhile, population in neighboring jurisdictions has swelled, displacing lower-income residents. The result is more and more commuters crowding the freeways from increasingly distant parts of Southern California.”
The plan to turn Santa Monica Airport into a park is irresponsible.
The Westside needs housing
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REPEAL ARTICLE 34 in the CA state constitution; USE public land for PUBLIC GOOD, end systematic housing violence & displacement. Article 34 of the CA constitution reads; “No low rent housing project shall hereafter be developed, constructed, or acquired in any manner by any state public body until, a majority of the qualified electors of the city, town or county, as the case may be..”
Localities that have been abusing their positions and segregating cities by race & class should not decide what happens to public land. Workers that commute into cities also have the right to decide what happens to public land, retirees, college students, and many others also have that right!
“Heidi Marston resigns from LASHA, citing difficulties in fulfilling LAHSA's mission without"fundamental shifts". In her resignation letter, Marston elaborates:
"Power and funding alone control homelessness. But in our current system, organizations like the one I lead, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), are not given control over regulatory or policy decisions, service providers remain underfunded, and dedicated front-line employees of non-profit organizations and government entities are hamstrung by rules, red tape, and bureaucracy. Marston also points to low wages, high rents, restrictive zoning laws, and other "shadow monsters'' we must tackle in order to end homelessness." https://medium.com/@hmarston2/the-homelessness-crisis-a-monster-of-our-own-maki ng-be5975399ce1
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The Social Housing Authority
(created by Tieira Ryder; 4/25/22 https://htwws.org/social-housing-ca/) Structural Governance of the Social Housing Authority
The State Housing Authority - HCD will oversee
The Social Housing Authority; Community-led development of PS, affordable, & market-rate housing: Social Housing Agencies in each county in CA (ONE SOCIAL HOUSING AGENCY with selected progressive civil peers (community advocates) assigned to offices in each part of the county (likely NSEW & Mid-City, TBD);a group of progressive housing civil peers that implements & develops new community-owned affordable, market-rate, and PS rental housing on publicly owned land throughout LA County. Communities are well put together, mostly in walkable, pedestrian/bike-friendly built communities. The agency as a collective whole will capture vacancy numbers (parking lots, buildings (privately & publicly owned), to determine ownership/best use for vacant spaces.
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The Social Housing Authority
(created by Tieira Ryder; 4/25/22 https://htwws.org/social-housing-ca/) spending, money goes into ONE TRUST account that must provide RECEIPTS of where/how much money is spent on specific projects.
Agency works with HUD to implement new guidelines for affordable homeownership for the blue-collar working class. Agency maintains ONE website/database that has a list of AVAILABLE community-owned affordable, market-rate, and PS rental housing. List of AVAILABLE affordable & market-rate homeownership opportunities.
Affordable housing waitlist for rental housing should be no longer than 6 months, 6 months is actually too long but should not exceed that. The social housing agency is focused on public safety, public safety means safety from heavy traffic violence and climate arson. This means the social housing team works to build communities that are walkable, bike, and pedestrian-friendly. Communities that have access to green space.
Communities that aren’t being heavily polluted by LAPD helicopter pilots (noise & fuel pollution linked to dementia, linked to cancer). Cars belong on the outside of multi-family communities, not within. Cars are occupying too much land space! Humans need land to live on, we shouldn’t NEED to drive everywhere. Create when possible 15-20 minute cities/small communities.
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The Social Housing Authority
(created by Tieira Ryder; 4/25/22 https://htwws.org/social-housing-ca/) Social Agency is primarily focused on the development of community-owned housing. However, the agency will be divided into 3 primary teams; PSH, affordable & market-rate rentals, affordable & market-rate homeownership; Permanent Supportive Housing- PSH for residents in need of wraparound services. Services could be needed short or long-term depending on the person.
This team is focused on securing housing for residents with low-to-no income, chronically homeless, FOSTER youth (up to age 24), disabilities etc. This team doesn’t provide the services it connects other agencies & non-profits to PS housing.
This team maintains a database of PSH units that are available and works to revamp/remodel the broken shelter housing system to turn them into PSH.
Again, ONE social service housing website for residents with varying needs.
Foster Youth: safe and clean group homes that provide guidance & structure to youth/young adults up to the age of 24.
REVAMP the broken Foster System; guidance comes from social workers that are based out of the revamped DPSS, non-profits, grassroots teams, etc.).
PSH shouldn’t feel carceral (jail-prison like).
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The Social Housing Authority
(created by Tieira Ryder; 4/25/22 https://htwws.org/social-housing-ca/) Supportive services are wraparound services in QUALITY family planning, STI/STD prevention/protection, mental, behavioral, & rehabilitation healthcare, etc, etc.
Introduce UBI, money that should come from another trust account will not come from the housing trust fund. UBI for foster youth, and adult residents not working or below the poverty line. UBI up to $1000 a month for completed work/ treatment assignments.
For displaced youth; completed schooling/work/etc. Standard UBI (no work /treatment assignments required) $300-$500.
Repeating; services are provided by A REVAMPED DPSS, by grassroots and non-profit teams, etc. Agency will provide a civil peer court system; will also be for any potential cases of alleged abuse happening from workers but all workers must have ongoing training, schooling, and teachings in proper behavior when interacting with residents in PSH communities, especially foster youth! Service teams should meet every few months to go over what is and what is not working, the social housing agency does not provide the service, they are simply making available the housing needed for the residents in need of PSH, possibly in need of long term care, healing, community.
The PSH Social Housing Team works with the DPSS to secure safe parking/dwelling zones within the county until PSH becomes available. All non-profit groups/service teams need to be an extension of this department (LASHA, DPSS, Grassroot teams, etc., etc.) Service teams should be able to contact PSH social agency team to find PSH, Safe parking/dwelling, and/or to receive money for temporary hotel/room stays (FEMA MONEY should be used as the ONE trust account is mostly for development/maintenance/admin of community-owned housing. ONE TRUST per county social agency/authority).
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The Social Housing Authority
(created by Tieira Ryder; 4/25/22 https://htwws.org/social-housing-ca/) Community-Owned affordable & market-rate Housing; residents are self-sufficient, can pass a criminal background check likely just need assistance securing an affordable or market-rate unit. Will work with residents with a prior eviction. Community-owned affordable & market-rate rental housing that is always affordable. Rent shouldn’t take more than 20-30% of a resident's total income after taxes. Establish an affordable rental market-rate price for the blue-collar working class. The affordable price should not be averaged with working-class/high income earners included in the calculation. Most workers, most jobs in LA County pay about $40,000. What is the average wage for the blue-collar worker??? Community-owned, market-rate units will likely be much cheaper than privately owned market-rate.
All local city affordable housing authorities would be moved into the social agency/demolished. There are too many moving parts of the housing programs/processes. We need ONE coordinated system with FUNCTIONING non-profits, social service teams an extension of the one agency. Social workers, field workers, and rehousing specialists should be able to utilize the agency/website to secure at a minimum safe parking/safe dwelling. Should be able to give food vouchers/stamps, etc. to those that need them.
Again, the housing team is likely divided by local cities in the county, likely by NSEW & mid-city, TBD. Each of those divided teams will be divided into the 3 groups of; PSH, affordable & market-rate rentals, affordable & market-rate homeownership) Public Safety- A civil peer board of housing (court) will be established to hear cases about any potential threats to public safety happening in Socially owned housing. The court will also hear about allegations of any abuse happening within the system and 6 Item 1
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The Social Housing Authority
(created by Tieira Ryder; 4/25/22 https://htwws.org/social-housing-ca/) correct the action. PSA on appropriate behavior will be provided to all residents/staff that are part of the social housing community.
The goal of the Social Housing agency is to prevent displacement but they will support “JUST-CAUSE” eviction for tenants posing a risk/threat to other tenants. No gang activity or violence WILL be tolerated, the community has a right to safety, if that safety is ever threatened, residents in the community have the right to evict! Some PSH will be for residents in transition from jail/prison back into community living. Prevent ROOT CAUSE of problems that we are seeing in our community. Also, consider communities for disabled residents/ residents with special needs that may need long-term wraparound services. Consider partnership with community colleges for affordable housing for students/young adults up to age 24-25. Consider committed behavioral, mental, and rehabilitation health programs for residents with outstanding issues in above mentioned. Any committed programs should still be a place of healing, not further violence and trauma. Dismantle and rebuild existing programs in that area.
Fix the problems at the ROOT, save the next generation and again, ongoing training, and schooling, for workers in this field. HIGHER pay for workers in these fields! 7 Item 1
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(created by Tieira Ryder; 4/25/22 https://htwws.org/social-housing-ca/) The private housing market can always exist if it likes but residents shouldn't be forced to rely on it. There are residents whose families have been dealing with generational housing violence as it relates to race & class, they cannot rely on a privately owned market that has no accountability! Rent has gone up by over 65% within the last 10 years in LA County with no rebuttal for the blue-collar working class, retirees, residents of generational housing violence and displacement, college students, foster youth, and many many others. 8 Item 1
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(created by Tieira Ryder; 4/25/22 https://htwws.org/social-housing-ca/) This social agency will have nothing to do with private housing developments but it can purchase private housing and it can assist with securing housing for residents in privately owned housing. The Social Agency will maintain a website of AVAILABLE community-owned affordable, market-rate, and PS rental housing units. Privately owned units can also be listed. <<< WATCH CYBER FRAUD/SCAMS which is rampant on apartment rental websites.
The social agency is being created to develop and implement new housing developments on vacant publicly owned land and remodels for publicly owned vacant buildings. The agency cannot deny community-owned housing developments in any neighborhood in LA County, they are a county-wide team that implements new developments of community-owned PS, affordable, and market-rate housing in ALL CITIES in the county, this includes SANTA MONICA, BEVERLY HILLS,
WEST HOLLYWOOD, MARINA DEL REY, PASADENA, DOWNEY, LONG
BEACH, etc., etc., etc., ALL CITIES IN LA COUNTY! The intentional segregation as it relates to race & class MUST end, THE NIMBY violence MUST END!
For community-owned affordable & market-rate housing, long-term residents of LA County should get priority with housing placements, focusing on getting workers closer to their jobs. It is imperative for the health of humans, the health of the Earth, and other species that we reduce drive times, and reduce pollution. Preventing displacement is IMPERATIVE. The team can prevent displacement by subsidizing rent for tenants in privately owned units and/or helping move them to community-owned affordable housing.
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(created by Tieira Ryder; 4/25/22 https://htwws.org/social-housing-ca/) Affordable homeownership- full proposal coming soon, introduce co-ops, CLT’s, and resell requirements. The primary focus is blue-collar workers (affordable with resell requirements) and market-rate housing. Use money from market-rate sales to place into the ONE trust account. Insert grassroots team to help with restorative justice aspects of homeownership for residents impacted by systematic racial violence.
How do you think this story is going to end?????????
Short-term rentals- introduce tourism short-term stays, money goes into the ONE trust account.
Trust Account- One trust account that will be audited by city/state controllers. Money comes from HUD, Feds, State, Donations, & HHH. The annual state surplus budget must donate a portion into trust every year. The tourism industry should be donating a portion of total earnings into the trust. The cannabis industry should be donating a portion of money into the trust, should be redirecting money to communities impacted by the “pretend war on drugs” created by the U.S Gov’t. A small portion is for admin/resident manager fees (try to avoid outsourcing resident management to other companies, which could run up costs). The largest portion of the trust is for housing development/property maintenance.) How much are CA taxpayers giving in federal dollars to other states using the money for social services (TBD). 11 Item 1
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(created by Tieira Ryder; 4/25/22 https://htwws.org/social-housing-ca/) Community-owned housing cannot be sold to corporations. If TOPA is introduced, keep under CLT (land lease) to allow tenants to purchase their units but prevent corporations from being able to purchase***??? (verify). Also, any money given to nonprofits to build affordable housing should mean that that housing cannot be sold to a corporation. How and why are some non-profits that received Gov’t/Taxpayer money able to sell affordable buildings after a set number of years to private corporations? Housing would go back to the social agency OR TOPA if the non-profit wanted to be released from oversight/responsibility. The Social Agency can buy privately owned property and resell it to private owners/corporations but NOT publicly owned land/housing, not rent nor ownership. Again, community-owned developments are going to be built with the community in mind, with green space, stores, hospitals, etc., sometimes worked/developed within the communities.
Social Housing Plans ready for implementation;
https://htwws.org/santamonicaairport/
(Author notes, not part of the proposal)
-Examine the years that ADOS (American descendants of Survivors paid federal taxes but were not able to utilize public service. Examine displacement and communities that were intentionally burned t the ground by supremacists. Request reimbursement/hold percent of federal/state taxes to heal communities.
-Tenancy in common is a form of co-ownership of property in which each party owns an undivided interest that passes to his or her heirs at death. The interest is undivided 12 Item 1
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(created by Tieira Ryder; 4/25/22 https://htwws.org/social-housing-ca/) because each tenant has rights in the whole property. Although ownership is in common, tenants may have equal or unequal shares.
-Joint tenancy is the joint ownership of property by two or more co-owners in which each co-owner owns an undivided portion of the property. On the death of one of the joint tenants, their interest is automatically passed to surviving tenants. -Real property- immovable property, a building, land, plants etc, (though buildings can actually be moved depending on).
-Just cause eviction in CLT - Community members causing violence when corrective action cannot be taken, not working. Racial violence & other forms of discrimination.
Peer court will recommend rehabilitation programs when permitted to do so, severe cases could result in immediate evictions.
-Land on Earth belongs to all of humanity.
-Land has not been fairly distributed to residents impacted by systematic housing violence as it relates to race & class.
-The aim of the Surplus Land Act (the "Act"); is to increase the availability of real property in California for affordable housing development by requiring the prioritization of affordable housing when selling or leasing public lands no longer necessary for agency use.
-"Feb. 5, 1866: Thaddeus Stevens Proposes Land Distribution Amendment" https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/thaddeus-stevens-freedmens-bill/ 13 Item 1
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(created by Tieira Ryder; 4/25/22 https://htwws.org/social-housing-ca/) -Foster City- examine the broken foster system, keeping families together whenever possible, family planning services, safe housing & family for youth that are not able to stay with their biological families.
To do;
-Write the state bar and include them on your housing emails. REQUIRE that the state bar authorize civil peers to oversee legal issues related to housing (LLP’s). -BLM the org must redirect funding into one trust that is overseen by a group of Black civil peers. Push money back into Black communities as direct UBI payment, as housing payments, treatment payments, crime & gang prevention, etc., etc. -Email OMBW/Watch for grants (GS)
-Civilian Eminent Domain of Public Land; communities protected from Climate arson; Free market exists for those that want to be part of it. -Establish Public Bank
-A PORTION of public land MUST remain PUBLICLY owned for use by the community.
-Agency divided into NSEW & Mid-City?!?! Civil Peer teams in NSEW & Mid-City ?? -If the BOS goes ROUGE, the social agency will partner with the state housing authority directly and override county BOS should they become non-compliant. 14 Item 1
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(created by Tieira Ryder; 4/25/22 https://htwws.org/social-housing-ca/) -representcal.org, why a constitutional convention is necessary, and how the CA constitution allows localities to abuse their position, allows illegal segregation as it relates to race & class.
-Examine pre-built tiny home/ADU placements in well put together communities that are affordable & supportive. Sheds are not tiny homes. Some residents already own tiny homes or they want to, can support themselves but need land. Communities likely could be supported in the valley.
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