east la community corporation: plan del pueblo

The People’s

Plan

Boyle Heights

Our Community, Our Decisions!Our Decisions!

Community Organizing Department

Summer 2010

“Boyle Heights’ greatest treasure is its people …”Guillermina González, Boyle Heights resident

The People’s Plan Boyle Heights

Our CommunityOur Decisions!

Photo by ELACC, Summer 2006.

Table of Contents

I. Introduction ……………………………………………………………… 1 - 3

• Boyle Heights………………………………………………… 2

• Methodology ……………………………………………….. 3

II. Neighborhood Mapping ……………………………………………… 5 - 31

• 1st Street Corridor…………………………………….… 5

• Avenida Cesar E. Chavez Avenue Corridor …………….... 11

• 4th Street & Evergreen Corridor ………………………... 17

• Wabash Corridor…..…………………………………... 21

• Olympic Corridor.……..……………………………….. 25

• Sears Community Accountable Development……………… 30

• Preserving Public Housing ………………………………. 31

III. Acknowledgments ………………………………………………… 32 - 33

• Thank You …………………………………………….. 32

• Sources ………………………………………………... 33

Introduction

Community Vision: Community members envision a Boyle Heights with space for current residents to thrive; with economic opportunities; with quality healthy affordable housing; and with vibrant green public space. This booklet is the product of three years of community dialogues, investigations, and trainings. It sets forth a vision for Boyle Heights through land use recommendations. How to use the People’s Plan: This booklet lays out the different

geographic areas community members explored. First we present a close-up map of the area along with notes from the community meetings indicating what to improve or maintain. Next, descriptions of the sites and symbols represent what community residents and members would like to see at those sites. Community residents will use the People’s Plan as a tool, by way of comparison, to assess the Draft Revision of the Boyle Heights Community Plan authored by the City of Los Angeles Planning Community Plan authored by the City of Los Angeles Planning Department. Our Goal: To engage in advocacy to ensure that the City

Planning Department’s Boyle Heights Community Plan Revision looks like the People’s Plan.

Why the Community Plan?

In 2006, ELACC’s Neighbors Building Neighborhoods (NBN) Action Committees met together to decide how best to mitigate the impact of gentrification and how to favorably impact the neighborhood for years to come. After research, much discussion, and a vote NBN members decided to focus their efforts on influencing the City of Los Angeles Planning Department’s revision of the Boyle Heights Community Plan. Including the community members’ priorities in the community plan would provide a long-term tool and foundation to make Boyle Heights an inclusive vibrant and healthy community for current residents, with a particular focus on lower-income residents.

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ELACC’s Neighbors Building Neighbors Committee members at their

Community Clean-Up along Avenida Cesar E. Chavez, organized by

ELACC’s street vendors. Photo by ELACC, March 2008.

Boyle Heights

Lidia Hernandez, a member of ELACC’s Neighbors Building Neighborhoods Action Committees, remembers when she arrived in Boyle Heights, four decades ago. The neighborhood seemed nice to her, like “a little piece of our Mexico.” She supported her family of three on her own with wages she earned cutting hair in her living room, a job she does to this day. She loves her job not only because it gives her a creative outlet, but because she is privy to all the neighborhood information and current news, allowing her to help her fellow community members. For instance, if someone needs a mechanic, she will recommend a trustworthy one, or if Lidia finds out about a job opening, she shares this information with her friends and neighbors. Ms. Hernandez is a link in one of many strong social networks common among Boyle Heights residents.

A few years ago she noticed that her neighbors started A few years ago she noticed that her neighbors started moving away, pushed out by the rapidly increasing rents. She was saddened by the loss of old friends and customers, but she was devastated the day her daughter told her she was moving to Texas in order to afford her own house. Now Lidia only gets to see the grandchildren, she used to babysit everyday, once a year. Lidia’s story repeated itself in a variety of ways among the members of the Neighbors Building Neighborhoods Action Committees (NBN). With renters making up 75% of the residents of Boyle Heights, the population is especially vulnerable to this sort of displacement. With this imminent threat, community members decided to take action.

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Top picture: ELACC members in front of mural on Fickett Street

& Avenida Cesar E. Chavez on Day of Service, 2006.

Bottom Picture: Plan del Pueblo Community March July, 2007.

Photos by ELACC.

Methodology

Policy Con Pan Dulce,

Policy Discussions and Urban Planning Educationals

Before members of the Neighbors Building Neighborhoods (NBN) Action committees began work on their own vision for the Community, they invited experts to speak to residents, and staffs from other community agencies about policy questions they were concerned about. The goal was to become more knowledgeable about the issues and also about the tools they might have at their disposal to confront those issues.

Community Forums, Educationals, and Data Collection

Armed with an overview of the current development situation and passionate about the issues they saw facing the community, NBN members embark on an educational and analytical process to develop their own community plan. This process included townhallsas well small group discussions about specific corridors in Boyle as well small group discussions about specific corridors in Boyle Heights. Residents also mapped their neighborhoods identifying assets and gaps in assets and services.

Actions

To raise awareness about the future of development in Boyle Heights the members of the NBN Action Committees planned and executed more high profile actions including marches through Boyle Heights. Their goal was to reach out to a broader group of Boyle Heights residents and to let the City of Los Angeles know that residents were engaged and expected a real community input process.

Neighbors Building Neighborhoods Community Plan

Development

The above activities resulted in a vast amount of raw material. NBN members used this raw data to finalize their own NBN Community Plan, complete with zoning, and overlay zone recommendations.

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Top picture: Community picnic and informational at Hollenbeck Park,

August 2006.

Bottom Picture: ELACC members presenting their community mapping

at their second forum. Photos by ELACC, June 2007.

1111stststst Street CorridorStreet CorridorStreet CorridorStreet Corridor

Photo by ELACC, 2007.

MM

Mariachi Plaza

Public Facility MM Metro Station

4 floors max

4 floors max

3 floors max

3 floors max

Street Vendor Zone

Community Corridor

Commercial

Commercial/Housing/Office

Commercial/ Office

Green Industry

Civic Space

Community Plan Boundary

MM

Sources: Terra Server, ESRI 2001

• Maintain industrial/ commercial sites, limit changes• Lighting & Signage• Mendez Learning Center: benches & green pedestrian area• More low-income housing & commercial

• Green buffer between housing & industry• Green Energy – healthy environment• Green & walkable (more active space)

The Community’s VoiceComments: Industrial Area/ Los Angeles River

Los Angeles River, north view from 6th street Bridge.

Industrial/ L.A. RiverSite Description:The area between Mission Ave and 7th street along the L.A.

River is part of the City’s Los Angeles River Revitalization Plan. The project will make improvements along and surrounding the river, including pedestrian access, safety, green open space, and community economic development. Boyle Heights Industrial District is also a great asset for area residents providing an estimated 11,600 jobs.

Concerns:Current community residents see Boyle Heights’ Industrial District

as an opportunity site where green industry and jobs can be introduced. Residents would like to see Boyle Heights develop green industry and jobs for area residents. Along the River, residents have identified opportunities for housing and local business.

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Photo courtesy of ELACC, 2007.

1st & Boyle AveSite Description:1st and Boyle is an important site in Boyle Heights since it

serves as an entrance to Boyle Heights and is a long time mariachi

1st & Mission AveSite Description:East L.A. High School #1 (now the Felicitas and Gonzalo

Mendez Learning Center) opened its doors fall 2009, located on the corner of 1st & Mission. The new school is surrounded by Boyle Heights’ Industrial District, Pueblo del Sol housing development, and the 101 Freeway. Along 1st street from Mission and GlessAvenue, there are one and two story buildings with commercial, housing, and light industry mixed in together. Utah Elementary, Pico Gardens and Pico-Aliso Housing Projects, and Pecan Playground are also located in the surrounding area.

Concerns:The new Metro Gold Line light-rail can serve as an opportunity

or threat to current community residents. After the demolition of public housing in 1996, the area lost over 200 low-income units, yet to be replaced. Community residents are concerned that the new Metro Gold Line will lead to even more displacement with

Corner of 1st Street and Boyle Avenue. Photo by ELACC, 2007.

serves as an entrance to Boyle Heights and is a long time mariachi cultural hub. This site houses small businesses, single family homes, duplexes and apartment buildings like the Boyle Hotel, which for decades has been home to mariachi musicians. First and Boyle is known for the Mariachi plaza, mariachi themed stores, a music school, restaurants and other neighborhood based businesses. A large part of this site is under construction by the Metro and other developers with plans for housing and four story commercial centers.

Concerns:Redevelopment efforts have forced many small business owners

to close their doors and have negatively impacted the mariachi musicians that depend on use of the Mariachi plaza for their business. First and Boyle is a Transit Oriented Development site and will continue to undergo redevelopment with outside investment. A redevelopment process without community consideration and involvement runs the risk of attracting affluent residents to the area while pushing long term residents and business owners out of the neighborhood.

new Metro Gold Line will lead to even more displacement with many residents and local businesses being priced out by land speculation near the Metro stations. Boyle Heights is unique in its current stock of mixed-use buildings, and residents would like to preserve and increase this use without residents being priced out. Residents also ask for street improvements for this area due to the increase in pedestrian activity.

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Intersection of 1st Street and Mission Avenue.

Image courtesy of Google Earth, 2009.

• Preserve Mariachi Plaza for mariachis• Increase Plaza size

• Public restroom• Mariachi Parking (business)• Continue bus/ dash• Music-oriented public space for performance • Checkers/ chess tables

• Affordable housing overlay zone• Historic preservation of surrounding buildings• No “No Loitering Signs”• Benches, green/ trees• Preserve Boyle Hotel• Local businesses, booths

• Cultural Center

The Community’s VoiceComments – 1st & Boyle Ave

• Cultural Center• Maintenance of Kiosk/surrounding area

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Top Picture: Don Luis

Garcia was a longtime

Mariachi and resident at

the Boyle Hotel, also

known as El Hotel de Los

Mariachis.

Bottom Picture: Mariachis

and street vendors at

Mariachi Plaza, corner of

Mariachi Plaza de Los

Angeles and Boyle

Avenue.

Photos by Miguel

Gandert, 2007.

Avenida Cesar E. Chavez Avenida Cesar E. Chavez Avenida Cesar E. Chavez Avenida Cesar E. Chavez

CorridorCorridorCorridorCorridorCorridorCorridorCorridorCorridor


MM

Street Vendor Zone

Mariachi Plaza

Public Facility

Open Space

MM Metro Station

Community Corridor

Cesar E. Chavez AveCesar E. Chavez AveCesar E. Chavez AveCesar E. Chavez Ave

Cesar Chavez Ave and Soto StSite Description:This area is part of the Cesar Chavez commercial corridor. The

majority of buildings are one and two stories. The businesses locatedin this area are small businesses serving the local community.Services include clothing retailers, restaurants, dentist, pharmacies,street vendors and gift shops. The area is a high traffic pedestrianarea and transit corridor. Chicano artists created various murals onthe walls of commercial buildings. The areas to the north and southof Cesar Chavez is a mix of residential uses including single familyhomes, duplexes and multi-family apartment buildings. There is alsoone childcare facility in the surrounding neighborhood as well asmedical clinics.

Concerns:The major concern residents have about this area is the potential

loss of the authenticity and character of the neighborhood as a resultof redevelopment. The community residents want to preserve themurals, street vending, maintain current businesses and ensure it is amurals, street vending, maintain current businesses and ensure it is apedestrian friendly environment.

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Top Picture: Mixed-use along Avenida Cesar E. Chavez, common in

Boyle Heights.

Bottom Picture: Vibrant intersection on the corner of Avenida Cesar

E. Chavez & Soto Street.

Left Picture: Murals are an integral part of Boyle Heights’ identity.

Photos by ELACC, 2007.

Comments – Soto Corridor •A Stop sign between 8th & 7th street for pedestrian safety•Street width is fine•Housing on Soto 2 floors max•Mixed-Use

• 2 Bedroom apartments• Street Vending zone, space

• Pedestrian Crossing•Widen Sidewalks•Traffic calming•Business survey•“Bump outs” – wider sidewalks• More trees

The Community’s VoiceComments – Cesar Chávez Ave & Soto St

Top Picture: Avenida Cesar E.

Chavez is a corridor with a

high volume of pedestrian

activity. March 2008.

Bottom Picture: Boyle Heights

residents also rely on bikes to

get to and from places.

Bicyclists lanes are needed

throughout the main corridors in

Boyle Heights.

Left Picture: Local Street

Vendors on Avenida Cesar E.

Chavez and Soto Street.


•Mixed-Use

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Comments – First Street adjacent to 1st Street Elementary •Get rid of bars & maintain low-income mixed-use housing•Housing, 5 floors max with local business at ground level.•Mixed-Use housing

•NO to bars, change El Tropico to a cultural community center & community garden•Trees•Lighting•Mural

The Community’s Voice

Pictures illustrate need for

building rehab and new uses,

especially with First Street

Elementary and high pedestrian

activity along this section of 1st

street.

1st St. Elementary15

Photos by ELACC, 2007 and Google Earth, 2009.

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CorridorCorridorCorridorCorridorCorridorCorridorCorridorCorridor


MM

Zoning

Street Vendor Zone

Community Corridor

MM Metro Station

Open Space

Public Facility

5 Points Roundabout

Community Plan Boundary

4444thththth & Evergreen & Evergreen & Evergreen & Evergreen Commercial & Housing

4th St & Lorena StSite Description:4th St. & Lorena St. is a unique intersection in Boyle Heights. It connects

residents to different sections of Boyle Heights, whether you want to travel to El Mercadito near Lorena and 1st street or take a short cut to unincorporated East Los Angeles. Fourth Street Bridge was renovated without addressing pedestrian access and safety. There is a high volume of traffic along Lorena both on and under the bridge which is not too far from the 60 freeway. Housing in this area is mixed, with single and multi-family housing.

Concerns:Lighting improvements and green open spaces such as pocket parks

would make this area more pedestrian-friendly. Installation of murals and a possible active skate park are two suggestions that would make this intersection under the bridge an open and inviting space for area residents. Community residents would like to preserve the different types of housing in this area.

4th St & Evergreen AveSite Description: Evergreen Park is located on 4th St and Evergreen Ave in Boyle Heights,

a public space and one of the most “active” parks with a community center, baseball field and soccer games. The park is adjacent to the Boyle Heights Senior Center. This area of Boyle Heights contains predominantly family homes, duplexes and multi-family apartment buildings with limited businesses such as small restaurants east of the park. Talpa Church is located in front of the park. The park, church, and housing make this a high pedestrian area.

Concerns:This intersection needs pedestrian improvements including cross walks,

lighting, bicycle lanes, and traffic signs. Community members want to see increased trees, bus stops, benches, and trash cans. Community members want to continue to see affordable housing, mixed-use buildings with

space for commercial, childcare, and community center.

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Community members have

identified 4th Street Bridge an

opportunity site for a pocket

park. Photos by ELACC, 2008.

Comments – 4th Street & Lorena Ave• Murals below bridge • Skateboard park below bridge• Pocket park below bridge, community garden

Comments – 4th Street Bridge• Lighting & green area• Small booths for small local business • Maintain a clean environment

• Vending Booths to give it life & movement• Mural

Comments – Housing around 4th Street• Maintain current housing as is• Pretty & tranquil area

• Attract people• Too small

The Community’s VoiceComments – “Cinco Puntos” Roundabout

The Community’s Voice


• Pretty & tranquil area• Too small• Benches• Green, garden • Trees

• Distribute resources to the area (not just at the roundabout, preserve Veteran’s Memorial/ Monument)• Inviting for people to relax• With safety features

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Top Picture: Community members marching up Soto Street towards

Avenida Cesar E. Chavez during the Plan del Pueblo Community March in

July, 2007.

Bottom Picture: Proposed “Cinco Puntos” Roundabout on the intersections

of Avenida Cesar E. Chavez, Soto Street, Indiana Avenue, Lorena Street

and Brooklyn Place.

Photo courtesy of Google Earth, 2009.

Wabash CorridorWabash CorridorWabash CorridorWabash Corridor

Community Mural by Wenceslao Quiroz, 2009 – 2010.


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Mixed-use Site Community Corridor

Zoning

Open Space

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Fickett St & Wabash Ave• Speed Bumps/traffic light; speed calming measures, signs

Wabash AreaSite Description:Wabash Avenue is a wide corridor north of Boyle Heights. On the intersection of Forest Avenue and Wabash Avenue you will find Malabar Library, right next door to the Wabash Recreation Center and Evergreen Elementary. These three sites connect residents to active community spaces. This area of Boyle Heights has numerous wide streets, with a great number of homeowners and tenants. On the east side of Wabash there are various local businesses that serve area community residents.

Concerns:Investment in and around the Wabash Corridor has been limited. ELACC’s NBN Committee of local residents has plans to revitalize this area and have obtained resources to realize some of those plans. Further support and investment to make this area safe and walkable is needed. Pedestrian-friendly measures on wide corridors like FickettStreet are needed due to the numerous pedestrian accidents. Community residents have identified the Wabash Recreation Center as a focal point for this area with much needed improvements. Finally, many residents are concerned about crime and safety. More youth programs are needed to

Beautification Day at Wabash Recreation Center.

Photos by ELACC, 2009

• Speed Bumps/traffic light; speed calming measures, signs• Pedestrian-friendly enhancements

• Safe pathways for youth• Empty lot on the eastside of Wabash corridor opportunity for mixed-use with affordable housing and local business• Lights with green energy• Improvements to housing • Invest & support local business

• Make Wabash Recreation Center a focal point in Boyle Heights• Wabash Recreation Center a public site for green retrofit• Beautification enhancements needed along Wabash corridor• Green, safe and lit alleyways for pedestrians & cars

concerned about crime and safety. More youth programs are needed to gear youth towards a safe and healthy living.

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Wabash Recreation Center is a starting point for corridor

improvements along Wabash.

Olympic CorridorOlympic CorridorOlympic CorridorOlympic Corridor


Community Plan

Community Corridor

Olympic CorridorOlympic CorridorOlympic CorridorOlympic Corridor

School

Legend

Our Community ,Our Decisions!

The Community’s VoiceComments – Wyvernwood Apartments • No demolition • Rehab• Maintain affordable housing• Maintain green open space

• Mix-Use Housing •Empty lots: mix-use housing; single & multi family with green

energy• Empty lots: low-income mix-use housing and local business• More lighting• More trees• Commercial (empty)• Fine how it is

• Rehab• Maintain stores (commercial)• Support food truck parking

The Community’s VoiceComments – Olympic Blvd (between Lorena Ave & Soto St) • LA Conservancy Historic

Landmark status.

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Photos courtesy of Jesus Hermosillo, Residentes Unidos de

Wyvernwood, and Google Earth, 2009.

• Mixed housing • Mix-Use• Empty lots: mixed housing, single and multi-family with green energy• Pedestrian improvements • Crossing, street wider

• Benches• More trees • No gas station or mechanic shop• Alternate truck route, hours of operation• Maintain stores (commercial)• Area for street vendors

• Site for community center

The Community’s VoiceComments – Whittier Blvd & Lorena Ave

Whittier Blvd and Lorena AveSite Description:The vicinity of Whittier and Lorena is a high traffic area. This area has a gas station, pharmacy, grocery store, restaurants, retail and gift shops. The majority of buildings are one and two story. The businesses located on the four corners of the intersection all have street facing parking areas. The commercial area is surrounded to the North and South by single family home, duplexes and multi-family apartment buildings. There are also 2 schools, a

boxing gym, and two freeways.

Concerns:This intersection has caused great concern in the neighborhood after a 3 year old boy was killed while crossing the street with his grandmother at the crosswalk. Community members in the small group suggested that trucks and trailers not be allowed to make turns at this intersection. Lorena is a major thoroughfare connecting the industrial city of Vernon with the 60, 10 and 710 freeways.

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• More mixed housing • Recreation area• Fountain• Surrounding housing:

• 2 floors/duplex• Space for kids to play

• Pocket park/plaza • Green highway/ walking paths • Space for bikes/ bicyclist • A division along Olympic with garden (to separate industrial area/housing• More green • Stop for trailers• Street Vendors• Small Local Businesses

The Community’s VoiceComments – Soto St & Olympic Blvd

• Multi-family housing • Business• Green area • Community center• Need remodeling• Housing for families

Soto St. & Olympic Blvd.Site Description:Soto and Olympic site is significant due to the historic Sears Tower, located at the south west corner. This site includes 1.8 million square feet of warehouse space as well as Sears Automotive, small businesses and parking areas. There are also medium to large industrial buildings. This area is a high traffic area and has commercial truck traffic on a daily basis. This site is very close to the Los Angeles River Project.

Concerns:Soto and Olympic is a site of interest to Transit Oriented Development and may therefore be attractive to investors looking to make a profit without regard for community needs. The Sears lot offers immense opportunities to build housing and/or mixed use developments. A project of this magnitude could possibly alleviate affordable housing needs in Boyle Heights but could also add to the gentrification process, as Soto/Olympic is an entrance into Boyle Heights from Downtown Los Angeles. • Small Local Businesses

• Presently: Uses disproportionate • Uses for the benefit of commercial & industrial

Angeles.

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Sears: Community Accountable Development• Resources to support training of local residents for the jobs at the site

• Resources for supporting small business

• Space and support for street vendors

• Affordable commercial rents for local small businesses, merchants, and

vendors

• Public open space

• Space for local service providers including child care center

• A union super market

• Local café & bookstore

Through this process community residents also developed a set of principles for accountable community development for Boyle Heights. The following are those

principles.

• Create a more inclusive, community-driven, democratic and open decision-

making planning process by increasing the number of community meetings

and number of community participants

Built in the 1920s, Sears Tower provided hundreds of jobs to local and surrounding residents as a catalog distribution center. The Sears store has provided retail services for over fifty years and continues to be the only chain store located in Boyle Heights. The close of the Sears catalog meant a loss of jobs and the 23 acre property has fallen into disrepair. This site has tremendous potential to be a community center providing local jobs, quality affordable rental and for-sale housing, retail, and plenty of public open space for people of all ages to enjoy.

East LA Community Corporation (ELACC) spearheaded the formation of Communities United for Boyle Heights (CUBH) in early 2005. This coalition of local organizations made up of East LA Community Corporation, Homeboy Industries, InnerCity Struggle and Union de Vecinos represented the needs of working families and tenants in Boyle Heights.

On April 16th, 2005, CUBH brought together 120 local residents in a town hall to discuss the improvements they would like to see in the community and how development could and should be part of creating those improvements. CUBH hosted multiple events and activities to engage community residents in planning the redevelopment of Boyle Heights. These

• Investments need to improve the current housing conditions, provide one-to-

one replacement housing, maintain affordability levels, and replace the

housing lost since 1996

• Build and protect neighborhood assets (e.g., multifamily housing for

working families, health clinics, child care centers, cultural and community

centers, open space and public space)

• Provide opportunities for local residents to gainful employment with

permanent livable wages and ensure no net loss of jobs.

• Preserve social assets and offer more services for immigrants, tenants,

youth and seniors for economic stability.

• Protect and build capacity of current local small businesses.

• Ensure that reinvestment projects and public dollars play an overall role in

improving the quality of life for all current residents of Boyle Heights.

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• Of the rental units: 40% affordable family rental targeting 35-60% Area

Median Income

• Of the for-sale units: 20% affordable targeting 65 – 120% Area Median

Income

• Local Hire for construction and permanent jobs

community residents in planning the redevelopment of Boyle Heights. These included a giant monopoly game and a march to a meeting of the Community Redevelopment Agency Project Advisory Committee.

In September 2005, CUBH brought together over 300 community residents in a town hall with the Sears Tower owner MJW Investments. The President Mark Weinstein addressed the community residents and listened as community residents discussed what they wanted to see in the development. CUBH established a working relationship with MJW. Unfortunately shortly after CUBH’s success in bringing more residents to participate in the design of the project the site was put up for sale. Due to project costs and lack of funding resources the project is on hold. Community residents envision the Sears Site having:

Preserving Public Housing

The City of Los Angeles’ current Boyle Heights Community Plan fails to address the preservation of existing public housing. Currently, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) manages 4 large public housing developments in Boyle Heights: Aliso Extension, Estrada Courts, Pico/Las Casitas and Ramona Gardens. The Boyle Heights Community Plan should highlight and encourage the preservation of these existing developments because they serve families whose incomes are too low for traditional affordable housing. Public housing serves families with extremely low income, very low income and low income. In the late 1990’s hundreds of units at Pico Gardens, Aliso Village and Aliso Extension were demolished and replaced with mixed income housing, permanently reducing the number of units available to low income families in the neighborhood.

As a local neighborhood based non-profit affordable housing developer East LA Community Corporation understands the importance of preserving housing for extremely low income families. Almost half, 49%, of the people that apply for our housing do not qualify because their incomes are too low. These are families that desperately need access to extremely low-income affordable housing to prevent homelessness. By preserving public housing in Boyle Heights, we will be protecting the quality housing of last resort for many working families.


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Right Images:

Community

members going

door-to-door to

inform residents

about tenant rights.

August, 2008.

Left Image: One of

many murals at

Estrada Courts.

Edith Rios

Edith Zuniga

Enriqueta Martines

Esperanza Huerta

Esperanza Yela

Esteban Ram irez

Eva Zavala

Felicia Gonzalez

Felicitas Lopez

Felipa Ruiz

Felipe Garcia Jr.

Felix Contreras

Florencio Devora

Francisco Buenabad

Francisco Cardenas

Francisco Jacobo

Georgina Castañeda

Georgina Marquez

Gerardo Sanchez

Gilberto Villareal

Juana Ruan

Julia Rodriguez

Kenya Barbosa

Leonides Leon

Leticia Andrade

Leticia Ramirez

Lidia Hernandez

Lilia Alcala

Lourdes Mendez

Lupe Ruelas

Lydia Medina

Magdalena Cruz-Flores

Manuelita Barraza

Marcela Palonio

Marco Garnica

Margarita Cerpa

Margarita Salazar

Margarita Villegas

Maria Aguila

Maria Marquez

Maria Martinez

Maria Murcia

Maria Pedroza

Maria R. Ramirez

Maria Ramirez

Maria Ramos

Maria Reyes

Maria Serrano

Maria Tellez

Maria Torres

Maria Trejo

Maria Vega

Maria Zapata

Maribel Garcia

Maricela Rosas

Maricela Serrrano

Mario Del Razo

Marta Rubio

R ogelio Sote lo

R osa B riseño

R osa D uarte

R osa G arica

R osa M ejia

R osa Vald iv ia

R osa Zam ora

R osalba H errera

R osalba M anzanares

R osario G om ez

R ose C ervantes

R uben A lvarez

S ally M ac ie l

S a lvador A rriaga

S alvador G arcia

S andra C ardenas

S andra Posada

S aul M artinez

S erg io C astillo

S erg io M endez

Thank You Very Much!Thank you to all those who dedicated their time and energy to develop the People’s Plan: a vision for Boyle Heights.

Adrian Rios

Alfonso Carrillo

Alicia Acevedo

Alma Perez

Alma Romero

Amado Chavez

Amalia Garcia

Ana Landaverde

Ana Maria Arroyo

Ana TorresAngela ColungaAngelica Olivares

Angelica Ramirez

Angelica Ramirez

Antonia Castañeda

Antonia Hernandez

Antonia Mendoza

Araceli Seturino

Beatriz Montiel

Juan Porado Maria Margarita R ivera Rodolfo Vilchis

Gilberto Villareal

Gloria Pacheco

Gregorio G. Lopez

Guadalupe Arias

Guadalupe Hernandez

Guadalupe Rivera

Guillerm ina Gonzalez

Helena Rivas

Herm elinda Borquez

Herm inia Garcia

Inez Martinez

Irm a Castañeda

Irm a Castillo

Irm a Corral

Irm a Perez

Maria Aguila

Maria Arriaga

Maria Callazo

Maria de la Rosa

Maria D iaz

Maria Dolores Hernandes

Maria Dom inguez

Maria Elena Asencio

Maria Elvira Espinoza

Maria Esther Mendoza

Maria Flores

Maria Flores

Maria Gallardo

Maria Garcia

Maria Gomez

Maria Gonzalez

Maria Guerrero

Maria Inda

Maria J. Diaz

Maria Jacobo

Maria Ledesm a

Maria Lopez

Maria Luisa Hernandez

Maria Luna

Maria Margarita Rivera

Marta Rubio

Martha Garcia

Martha Maciel

Martha Perez

Martha Ramirez

Martha Suvillaga

Mary Olguin

Maxima Jacobo

Melvin Lopez

Miguel Sorrilla

Nancy Hernandez

Nancy Rivera

Nora Real

Norm a Morales

Obdulia Ruvalcaba

Octavio Dominguez

Pedro Luna

Petra Rivera

Ramiro Ibarra

Refugio Perez

Reyna Cama

Ricardo Gomez

Ricardo Lopez

S erg io M endez

S ilvia R osas

S ilvia Tenorio

S ocorro H oyos

S ocorro Lopez

S ocorro M artinez

S ofia D evora

S ofira R enteria

S o ledad Santos

S oledad V ida les

S onia R am irez

S usana R eyes

T eresa Cardoza

T eresa Pad illa

T eresa Soto

V anessa M orena

V eronica G om ez

V eronica G onza lez

V eronica Hernandez

V ic toria R ojas

X avier M oreno

Yanira A lem an

Yo landa G onza lez

Yovana C ordero

Zefe rina Borques

Zenaido M edina

Bertha Calleros

Bertha Parrilla

Blanca Espinoza

Candelaria Diaz

Caridad Vazquez

Carlos Alcala

Carlota Gorbea

Carmen Flores

Carmen Fuentes

Carmen Oviedo

Carmen Peralta

Carmen Ramirez

Carmen Salazar

Celia Muñoz

Celina Rodriguez

Clauda Ramirez

Concepcion Hernandez

Conrado Garcia

Cynthia Garcia

Delia Castillo

Delmira Gonzalez

Diana Barajas

Dora Romero Rogelio Moreno

Irm a Corral

Irm a Perez

Isable Reyes

Jesus Barreras

Joaquin Marin

Joe Avelar

John Martinez

Josefina Delgado

Jovita Gonzalez

Juan Jacobo

Irma Padilla

Special Thank You to our funders:

Special Thank You to ELACC’s General Staff & Community Organizing Department:

• Isela Gracian, Director of Community Organizing

• Lydia Avila-Hernandez, Community Organizer

• Janet Favela, Community Organizer

• Paola J. Ruvalcaba-Tamayo, Community Organizer

Thank you to Ms. Erica Huerta & her Roosevelt Students for their planning projects, presentations and great insight.

We would also like to thank the Resident Advisory Committee for their participation in planning and focus group meetings.

Thank You Very Much!Thank you to all those who dedicated their time and energy to develop the People’s Plan: a vision for Boyle Heights.

We would also like to thank the Resident Advisory Committee for their participation in planning and focus group meetings.

We would also like to acknowledge The City of Los Angeles Planning Department Staff for working together with community members in the Boyle Heights

Community Plan Update.

� Art Torres

� Blanca Espinoza

� Caridad Vasquez

� Felicia Gonzalez

� Guillermina Gonzalez

� Irma Padilla

� Jesus Hermosillo, Residentes Unidos de Wyvernwood

� Joaquin Marin

• Google earth images

• ESRI, 2001

• Terra Server

• Wyvernwood Images courtesy of Jesús Hermosillo

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� Leticia Andrade

� Leonardo Vilchis, Union de Vecinos

� Lidia Hernandez

� Lydia Medina

� Ms. Erica Huerta’s Roosevelt High School Students

� Sofia Devora

� Victoria Lopez

Department of City Planning Staff, City of Los Angeles

� Rogelio Flores, City Planner

� Gabriela Juarez, City Planner

Photos by ELACC.

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