FIX THE CITY SUES L.A. FOR FAILING TO OBEY MEASURE JJJ: AFFORDABLE HOUSING & GOOD JOBS INITIATIVE
FIX THE CITY PRESS RELEASE September 4, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS: Laura Lake 310-497-5550, James O’Sullivan 213 -840-0246 FIX THE CITY SUES L.A. FOR FAILING TO OBEY MEASURE JJJ: AFFORDABLE HOUSING & GOOD JOBS INITIATIVE Los Angeles – Affordable Housing and Good Jobs- that is what Measure JJJ was supposed to be about. Developers would build needed affordable housing while providing good jobs. In return, they would be allowed to build bigger buildings. This was the deal presented to voters in Measure JJJ. But that’s not what we got. Instead, voters got a Planning-Department-created grab-bag of goodies for developers that failed to require the good jobs that voters were promised. Adding insult to injury, the City made these changes without a public hearing and without City Council approval as required by state law. Even worse, the new rules were designed to limit public awareness and evade transparency all while putting even greater strain on our