Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission ignored South L.A. residents’ concerns about displacement and gentrification, swiftly approving a luxury mixed-use redevelopment of Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. The City Council’s …
Tenants’ Resistance Movement Rises Up in Los Angeles
CityWatch columnist Tim Deegan surveys Los Angeles’ affordable housing and gentrification crises and sees tenants’ groups rising up in resistance. It’s been brought on by L.A. City Hall’s planning and …