Can LA's Redevelopment Agency Avoid 20% Affordable Housing?

Columnist Morrison asks: Is downtown Los Angeles going to become a vertical San Marino?

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June 9, 2000, 4:37 PM PDT

The Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency is asking the City Council to let it develop two parcels on glitzy Bunker Hill in downtown LA without a requirement for 20% of the development's housing to be affordable. The CRA wants to instead allocate the affordable housing south of the Santa Monica Freeway. LA Times Columnist Patt Morrison asks if this is a wise precedent to set -- especially in LA?

Thanks to Chris Steins

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