At least eight large-scale apartment housing projects in the San Fernando Valley may go through. In each case, the proposals were submitted after under a directive from Mayor Bass that lets low-income projects bypass steps like environmental reviews and public hearings.
Residents in the San Fernando Valley are mad after finding out that loopholes in city guidelines for low-income housing may let developers build big apartment buildings next to single-family homes.
While the LA City Planning Department said they have notified the developers of these projects that their applications did not qualify for ED1 fast tracking, at least one, Uncommon Developers, said they plan to build a 70-story, 200-unit project on Ethel Street inIn a statement to FOX 11, Uncommon Developers said that "there is no larger crisis facing the City of Los Angeles than the lack of affordable housing.
"I empathize with the frustration of residents. However, as the state’s Housing Enforcement Agency has stated, the developers were following the rules of ED1 as written at the time they applied. We will work with the developers as our office always does to ensure that the project addresses community concerns around traffic, safety, and privacy."
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