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7/28/2019 Councilmember Huizar Works to Ensure City Budget Funds
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Councilmember HuizarWorks to Ensure City
Budget Funds Downtown
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7/28/2019 Councilmember Huizar Works to Ensure City Budget Funds
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Community Plans,
Homeless Services, FireStation
Councilmember Jos Huizar successfully included Downtown
priorities in the final
City budget, including funding for an updated Downtown Community
Plan, cleaner
streets and park operations in Skid Row and critical personnel
for Fire Station # 9.
The Budget was signed last week by Mayor Villaraigosa.
The budget contained funding to update Downtown Community Plans,
which have
not been updated for the last decade despite tremendous growth
and change in the
area. Councilmember Huizar has called for the planning effort to
synchronize
the Central City and Central City North plans, which have been
separate since they
were established in the 1960s. By combining these two plans, the
Councilmember
seeks to ensure a more integrated vision and better connectivity
among Downtowns
unique neighborhoods.
The Citys initial budget proposal failed to provide money for
San Julian Park, which
serves hundreds of homeless residents daily in Skid Row. After a
month of budget
hearings and heavy lobbying by Councilmember Huizar, $150,000 in
funding for the
park was added in an 11th-hour amendment.
In addition, a line-item allocation of $1.2 million will
maintain Operation Healthy
Streets, a successful street cleaning program in Skid Row.
Councilmember Huizar also worked with the Los Angeles Fire
Department to
provide additional personnel and resources to support Fire
Station #9, which is the
busiest fire station in the City and, by some accounts, the
nation.
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In times when budget cuts are still the norm, I wanted to ensure
that Downtown Los
Angeles received its fair share, said Councilmember Huizar. With
its importance to
our local economy, the tens of thousands of residents who call
it home and those whodepend on its social services, it is critical
that funding for Downtown services,
planning and initiatives reflect the areas need and its critical
importance to the
entire City. Thank you to all of our partners for helping make
sure our Citys budget
recognizes, funds and supports Downtown priorities.
Outreach for the two Downtown Community Plans expected to begin
this summer
will be done in conjunction with one another, while also
informing the overhaul of
the Downtown Zoning Code. Updated plans and a new zoning code
will better reflect
the dynamic changes seen in Downtown in recent years. They will
also set the stage
for years of continued economic growth, as envisioned, for
example, in
Councilmember Huizars efforts to facilitate the reuse of
existing and historic
commercial and industrial buildings.
San Julian Park, which had been under the jurisdiction of the
state-funded
Community Redevelopment Agency [CRA] until the agencys
dissolution, is operated
by the non-profit SRO Housing Corporation.
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