The Californer - Governor Newsom Announces Los Angeles as the Newest Prohousing City in California

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SACRAMENTO ~ The City of Los Angeles has been granted the Prohousing designation by Governor Gavin Newsom, allowing them access to state funding for housing. This is the eleventh jurisdiction in California to receive this designation.

The Prohousing designation is given to cities and counties that demonstrate they are promoting climate-smart housing by enacting Prohousing policies, such as streamlining multifamily housing developments, up-zoning in places near jobs and transit to reduce emissions, and the creation of more affordable homes in places that historically or currently exclude households earning lower incomes and households of color.

Governor Newsom Zoomed with Mayor Karen Bass to inform her of Los Angeles' Prohousing designation. "Affordable housing is front and center in our work to create a more thriving and equitable California, and requires all of us working together to produce and preserve more housing," said Secretary Castro Ramírez. "California commends the City of Los Angeles for establishing policies and practices that streamline development, accelerate housing production and reduce costs to expand safe and dignified housing options for Angelenos."

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Cities and counties that earn the Prohousing designation receive incentives such as additional points or other preferences in the scoring of competitive funding programs administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), giving them an advantage over other jurisdictions – including in access to state funding.

In addition, communities are eligible for the Prohousing Incentive Pilot (PIP) Program which rewards Prohousing communities at the forefront in addressing California's housing crisis with additional funding to accelerate affordable housing production.

Mayor Bass expressed her appreciation for Governor Newsom's efforts: "We have to build more, faster. Los Angeles will continue to do everything we can to confront this crisis with the urgency it deserves. Thank you to Governor Newsom, Secretary Castro Ramírez, and Director Velasquez for continuing to work in concert with our city to bring L.A. in a new direction."

Governor Newsom also commented on Los Angeles' achievement: "California is taking aggressive action to build more housing in every region of the state. I'm thankful to Los Angeles and Mayor Bass for committing to building more housing, faster, and doing their part to help tackle the housing crisis." He added that "Cities and counties across the state need to meet this moment and act with urgency to bring more housing into their communities."

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