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The LABC advocates for policies to expedite affordable housing and develops immediate solutions to address the homelessness crisis.

LABC Study: Major Reforms Needed to Meet L.A.’s Ambitious Housing Production Goals

Bottlenecks in the entitlement process are hampering Los Angeles’s ability to achieve its housing goals, according to a new study released today by the Los Angeles Business Council. The study recommends reforms that would sharply increase production as the city must...
582,462 and Counting

582,462 and Counting

LA Business Council Urges City Council To Create New Policies That Promote More Housing

LA Business Council Urges City Council To Create New Policies That Promote More Housing

L.A.’s Ambitious 486,000-Unit Housing Production Target by 2029 Likely Unattainable Without Major Policy Changes, Business Leaders Say

L.A.’s Ambitious 486,000-Unit Housing Production Target by 2029 Likely Unattainable Without Major Policy Changes, Business Leaders Say

Call to Action: La Business Council Urges Leaders To Break With Ineffective, Costly Homelessness Policies and Act Now To Scale Innovative, Cost-Effective Solutions

Call to Action: La Business Council Urges Leaders To Break With Ineffective, Costly Homelessness Policies and Act Now To Scale Innovative, Cost-Effective Solutions

‘Remember that can easily be you’: Angelenos closest to the homelessness crisis urge compassion

‘Remember that can easily be you’: Angelenos closest to the homelessness crisis urge compassion

NBC LA: NewsConference: Is the Homelessness Problem Pushing People Out?

NBC LA: NewsConference: Is the Homelessness Problem Pushing People Out?

Editorial: Turns out Los Angeles voters do want denser housing in single-family neighborhoods

Editorial: Turns out Los Angeles voters do want denser housing in single-family neighborhoods

L.A.’s mayoral candidates agree homeless encampments need to go. The question is how

L.A.’s mayoral candidates agree homeless encampments need to go. The question is how

‘Gimme Shelter’: Sacramento plans to give homeless residents the right to housing

‘Gimme Shelter’: Sacramento plans to give homeless residents the right to housing

L.A. voters back a right to shelter, but are wary of taxes to pay for it, new poll finds

L.A. voters back a right to shelter, but are wary of taxes to pay for it, new poll finds

Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in single-family neighborhoods

Facing housing crisis, L.A. voters back duplexes in single-family neighborhoods

Poll on homelessness: How it was done

Poll on homelessness: How it was done