Action 43
Implement priority actions from the Room to Grow: the Los Angeles County Community Forest Management Plan (CFMP).
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Implement priority actions from the Room to Grow: the Los Angeles County Community Forest Management Plan (CFMP).
Complete an assessment identifying early opportunities for depaving projects in multiple high tree canopy need communities, including on public and private property and at schools.
Update land use and development standards to facilitate production of infill housing, including "missing middle" housing and higher density housing development.
Support the preservation of agricultural and working lands by limiting their conversion, particularly in high fire and flood hazard areas, and identifying opportunities for incentivizing agricultural uses.
Expand transit-oriented communities, which include vital public amenities such as parks and active transportation infrastructure.
Develop a rubric through the County’s Land Bank Pilot to evaluate properties that are most viable for the County to acquire to build affordable housing, including mapping layers with future public transit and climate risks to identify opportunities for transit-oriented development and climate-safe infill development or disaster recovery.
Promote walkability through various tools, including zoning that enables a mix of uses, pedestrian and active transportation enhancements with metrics (e.g., Walk Score) to demonstrate improvements, and public art and amenities.
Increase awareness of the County's Rent Stabilization Ordinances among vulnerable populations, including immigrant communities, and expand capacity of associated resources, such as the tenant protection hotline.
Promote and enhance public awareness on the Tenant Right to Counsel Program that is essential in providing vulnerable tenants facing eviction and identify and pursue funding opportunities to support this work.
Provide technical assistance to cities to strengthen existing tenant protections and develop rent stabilization ordinances, including through convening regular housing summits for cities.
Promote the development and growth of community land trusts, housing cooperatives, and other models for the provision of permanently affordable rental and ownership housing.
Incorporate climate projections into the regular updates of the building code, fire code, Hazard Mitigation Plan, Community Wildfire Protection Plan, and Floodplain Management Plan.
Evaluate and implement opportunities to protect, preserve, and restore floodplains, streams, and wetlands to maximize ecosystem services.
Adopt a community wildfire protection ordinance and engage in and support the development, implementation, and maintenance of Community Wildfire Protection Plans.
Increase flood insurance affordability countywide by maintaining, maximizing, and expanding jurisdictions’ participation in the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System.
Explore the creation of managed vegetated land buffers in high fire hazard and flood risk areas to protect communities and increase access to open spaces that can also provide recreational, local food, and other community benefits.
Incentivize economic growth in sectors that are important to the fulfillment of sustainability goals, such as material recycling, through business attraction and incubator programming.
Support the establishment, preservation, and growth of small businesses, such as through streamlined permitting processes and equitable contracting opportunities.
Promote the growth of local aquaculture operations through economic development and creation of market opportunities.
Collaborate with the City of Los Angeles, Just Transition Task Force, and other stakeholders to implement and expand upon the Los Angeles Just Transition Strategy.
Partner with community-based organizations, educational institutions, and the private sector to develop High Road Training Partnerships that connect workers to growth sectors of the economy.
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