The Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) is currently seeking to create a redevelopment project area in Northeast Los Angeles (NELA). The so-called NELA River Redevelopment Project Area would cover most communities that lie along the eastside of the Los Angeles River, including significant sections of Atwater Village, Cypress Park , Glassell Park
When it comes to creating a new redevelopment project area what does “blighted” actually mean?
According to California Redevelopment Law for an area to be considered "blighted” it must be predominantly urbanized and have a combination of conditions “so prevalent and so substantial that it causes a reduction of, or lack of, proper utilization of the area to such an extent that it constitutes a serious physical and economic burden on the community that cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private enterprise or governmental action, or both, without redevelopment”.
California Redevelopment Law goes on to list the “prevalent and so substantial” conditions that must exist in order for an area to be consider “blighted”. These conditions include 1) buildings in which it is unsafe or unhealthy for persons to live or work. Including buildings of substandard, defective, or obsolete design or construction given the present general plan, zoning, or other development standards. 2) Adjacent or nearby incompatible land uses that prevent the development of those parcels or other portions of the project area. 3) The existence of small sized lots that are in multiple ownership and whose physical development has been impaired by their irregular shapes and small sizes. 4) Depreciated or stagnant property values. 5) Impaired property values due in significant part hazardous wastes on property. 6) Abnormally high business vacancies, abnormally low lease rates, or an abnormally high number of abandoned buildings. 7) A serious lack of necessary commercial facilities that are normally found in neighborhoods, including grocery stores, drug stores, and banks and other lending institutions. 8) Serious residential overcrowding that has resulted in significant public health or safety problems. 9) An excess of bars, liquor stores, or adult-oriented businesses that has resulted in significant public health, safety, or welfare problems. 10) A high crime rate that constitutes a serious threat to the public safety and welfare.
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For more information about the proposed NELA River Redevelopment Project area visit CRA/LA website at: www.crala.org/nela or the LA City Clerks website at:
http://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm?fa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=08-3459
or contact:
Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles
Alison Becker, AICP - Associate Planner
6255 Sunset Blvd., Suite 2206
Los Angeles, CA 90028
323.960.2660
abecker@cra.lacity.org
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Other news on the CRA/LA…
CRA/LA USING TAX INCREMENT FUNDS FROM THE EAST HOLLYWOOD / BEVERLY - NORMANDIE REDEVELVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA TO SUBSIDIZE EFFORTS TO DECLARE SECTIONS OF ATWATER VILLAGE / NELA “BLIGHTED”
CRA/LA RELYING ON DECADE OLD CENSUS STATISTICS TO VALIDATE ONGOING EFFORTS TO DECLARE ATWATER VILLAGE / NELA “BLIGHTED”
CRA/LA SEEKS 3 MILLION DOLLARS TO “UPDATE THE NELA COMMUNITY PLAN” PRIOR TO ESTABLISHING THE NELA L.A. RIVER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA
ATWATER VILLAGE’S COMMUNITY BOUNDARIES AND DEVELOPMENT MAYBE THREATENED BY ITS INCLUSION IN A CRA/LA PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF LOS ANGELES SEEKS TO CREATE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA IN ATWATER VILLAGE
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