Housing
Housing activity across LA County cities falls into four overlapping themes. Los Angeles dominates with a sustained multifamily revenue bond program: eleven separate bond resolutions authorized between April 29 and June 10, 2026, totaling over $237 million, financing projects ranging from a 43-unit acquisition in CD 14 ($8M) to a 105-unit multifamily project in CD 13 ($35M). Alongside this, LA's Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP) generates a continuous high-volume enforcement workstream, with dozens of individual properties across CDs 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 15 removed from escrow over the past six weeks as code violations are remedied. Smaller cities are operating at a fraction of that scale: Glendale approved $3.21M in FY 2026-27 HUD funds (CDBG/ESG/HOME), Pomona increased Housing Choice Voucher appropriations by $1.88M, Redondo Beach appropriated $150,706 in CDBG funds, and Long Beach awarded a $200,000 grant to a community land trust.
The sharpest rising trend is implementation of SB 79 (Abundant and Affordable Homes Act). Culver City held a public hearing May 11 and adopted the zoning code amendment May 26; Redondo Beach adopted its SB 79 ordinance May 12; Los Angeles introduced a phased implementation ordinance on June 3; and Glendale introduced an ordinance specifically to delay SB 79 requirements in fire hazard zones on June 9. This fire-zone carve-out reflects a post-Eaton/Palisades tension unique to Glendale and distinguishes it from other cities moving toward straightforward compliance. ADU activity is recurring across multiple smaller cities: Sierra Madre amended its ADU definitions and fee framework twice (May 12 and June 9), established objective design standards for multifamily, and approved a partial fee waiver for ADUs; Pomona approved lot mergers to enable a four-unit ADU conversion at 615 Erie and a new ADU at 838-840 N. White Avenue. Long Beach is pursuing a multi-front supply-side reform — first and second readings of its Enhanced Density Bonus ordinance, a Coastal Commission-required inclusionary housing amendment, and a mixed-use rezoning of Lime Avenue — all moving in tandem across its June 9 and June 16 meetings.
LA's Measure ULA (United to House LA) is beginning to deploy, with a committee report on Round 1 H4LA NOFA funding awards and a revised asset evaluation framework both surfacing in late April and May. LA is also actively taking positions on state legislation: resolutions on AB 1070 (housing data reporting), AB 1406 (raising liquidated damages caps for condominium developments), and SB 1076 (prohibiting insurers from refusing residential coverage in wildfire-adjacent areas) all appeared on May 26 and April 29 agendas, reflecting the city's engagement with Sacramento on multiple housing fronts simultaneously. Glendale's emergency Housing Choice Voucher transition planning and Parkview Glendale senior unit selection amendments indicate active management pressure on the Section 8 program there.
(Synthesized from the 120 most recent items.)
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Key items (8)
- [66] CD 13 MOTION (SOTO-MARTINEZ - HERNANDEZ) and RESOLUTION relative to issuing one or more series of bonds, in an amount not to exceed $35,000,000 to finance and/or refinance the acquisition of a 105-unit multifamily rental housing project located at 825 Hyperion Avenue in Council District 13. — Los Angeles, 2026-04-29 · Illustrates the scale of LA's bond program: $35M for a 105-unit multifamily project in CD 13, the largest single bond authorization in the dataset.
- [10] AD HOC COMMITTEE ON MEASURE UNITED TO HOUSE LOS ANGELES (ULA) REPORT relative to authority to issue funding awards to project in Round 1 Homes for LA (H4LA) Notice of Funding Availability (H4LA NOFA). — Los Angeles, 2026-04-29 · Marks the first deployment of Measure ULA revenue through the H4LA NOFA, a major policy milestone for LA's dedicated housing fund.
- [32] Declare ordinance adopting Zoning Code Amendment (ZCA26-001), adopting the proposed findings related thereto, to amend Chapters 21.15, 21.21 and 21.68 of the Long Beach Municipal Code (Zoning Regulations) to update the existing Enhanced Density Bonus to align with the provisions of the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance; add special bonuses for projects providing community benefits; and implement other procedural and implementation streamlining changes, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading; and — Long Beach, 2026-06-09 · First reading of Long Beach's Enhanced Density Bonus ordinance update, the centerpiece of a simultaneous multi-bill inclusionary and supply reform package.
- [7] STATUTORY EXEMPTION, HOUSING ELEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) NO. ENV-2020-6762-EIR, and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a proposed Senate Bill (SB) 79 Phased Implementation Ordinance that will allow a temporary pause in the bill's effectuation citywide consistent with the sites, Transit Oriented Development zone, and low resource area criteria; codify exemptions from SB 79 for sites within industrial employment hubs and that are more than one-mile walking distance from a station; and will establish mapping processes. — Los Angeles, 2026-06-03 · LA's SB 79 phased implementation ordinance represents the most complex local response to the state mandate, distinct from the straightforward adoptions in Culver City and Redondo Beach.
- [10.a.1] Intro. of Ordinance to Delay Effectuation of Senate Bill 79 ("The Abundant and Affordable Homes Near Transit Act") for Certain Sites Located Within the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone and/or Containing a Locally Designated Historic Resource. — Glendale, 2026-06-09 · Glendale's fire-zone SB 79 delay ordinance is the only item in the dataset where a city is actively pushing back against state housing mandates on post-wildfire safety grounds.
- [2b] City Council Motion to approve FY 2026-27 CDBG, ESG, and HOME Annual Action Plan totaling $3,210,581; authorize the submission of the Annual Action Plan to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as recommended by the CDBG Advisory Committee and Continuum of Care (CoC) Board; and authorize the City Manager or a designee, to redirect excess, cancelled or unused program funds under $50,000 from one project to another with CDBG Advisory Committee approval — Glendale, 2026-06-02 · Represents the HUD annual action plan cycle shared across multiple cities; Glendale's $3.21M approval is the most detailed of these plans in the dataset.
- [26-1436] Approval of Lot Merger LM5-2025 for the Property Located at 615 Erie Street, Pomona, CA, Assessor Parcel Number 8355-017-012, Related to the Conversion of the Leasing Office and Storage into Four Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU’s), (Council District 1) It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions: 1) Adopt the following Resolution: RESOLUTION NO. 2026-66 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING LOT MERGER LM5-2025 FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 615 ERIE STREET, ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER 8355-017-012; and 2) Authorize the City Engineer to sign Lot Merger LM5-2025 on behalf of the City. — Pomona, 2026-06-15 · ADU lot merger for a four-unit conversion illustrates how smaller cities are using incremental lot-level tools — rather than large bond programs — to add affordable supply.
- [11] CD 8 COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING DEPARTMENT (LAHD) and RESOLUTION relative to removing the property at 1435 West 53rd Street (Case No. 907667), Assessor I.D. No. 5003-009-018, from the Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP). — Los Angeles, 2026-05-27 · Representative of the high-volume REAP removal workstream: dozens of individual properties processed per meeting across multiple council districts, a persistent enforcement baseline unique to LA.
- Coverage is 10 of LA County's 88 cities today, expanding across the county — not yet a full regional census.
- We compare shares of council attention (% of substantive items), not raw counts, so a small city and a large one compare fairly. Procedural boilerplate (minutes, warrants, proclamations, appointments, presentations) is stripped first.
- Dollars are $ on items naming an amount, deduped to one figure per item — not verified award totals. "—" means no amount was extracted, never that $0 was spent.
- The ingested window differs by city, so totals aren't over identical periods.
How cities compare on housing
Share of each city's council attention going to this topic (substantive items), and dollars per resident where amounts were extracted. We don't rank by raw counts.
| City | Attention share | $ (items) | $ / resident |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles |
12% |
$379.4M | $99.29 |
| Glendale |
10% |
$12.8M | $65.34 |
| Pomona |
8% |
$6.3M | $41.73 |
| Culver City |
6% |
— | — |
| Claremont |
3% |
— | — |
| Sierra Madre |
3% |
— | — |
| Calabasas |
3% |
— | — |
| Redondo Beach |
2% |
$208K | $2.91 |
| Long Beach |
2% |
$12.3M | $26.31 |
| Signal Hill |
1% |
— | — |
Named decisions on this topic
Biggest dollars
Contested votes
Vote records are partial — captured only where a city publishes minutes or an official council journal (chiefly Long Beach and Los Angeles); this is not a cross-city contestedness comparison.
Flagged for review (5)
Recovered from PDF/scanned sources; titles not fully verified. Shown for transparency.
Cross-city precedents
Similar housing actions appearing in more than one city — starting points to investigate.
Housing Element Annual Progress Report — Calabasas, Claremont
Calabasas and Claremont are each presenting their 2025 annual progress reports on their Housing Elements, documenting steps taken toward state-mandated housing planning goals. AI summary
Objective Design Standards for Multi-Family Housing — Calabasas, Glendale
Calabasas and Glendale are both adopting objective design standards for multi-family residential and mixed-use development, establishing clear, measurable criteria to guide the appearance and layout of new housing projects. AI summary