Los Angeles, CA
Jeffrey Graham
Chair, Local Advisory Committee:
Steve Herman,
California Bank & Trust
Los Angeles, California 90071
Telephone: (213) 250-9550
Fax: (213) 250-9889
Website
Established in 1987
Achievements by the Numbers:
(By LISC and Affiliates since inception)- 8,060 homes and apartments
- 1.5 million square feet of commercial space
- $515.4 million total investment
- $14 billion leveraged
- Download Los Angeles LISC Program Summary (PDF, 460 KB)
- Learn more at: www.lisc.org/los_angeles
Profile:
In 2008, Los Angeles LISC adopted a new strategic plan to pursue a Building Sustainable Communities approach in three targeted low- and moderate-income neighborhoods: the Crenshaw and Central Avenue corridors and the Boyle Heights area of East LA. In Los Angeles, LISC supported a partnership between Coalition for Responsible Community Development and Little Tokyo Service Center to provide 47 units of permanent supportive housing for newly emancipated foster youth living in South LA. This type housing decreases the risk of emancipated young people becoming homeless. In effort to address job training and placement, CRCD established the Vernon-Central Workforce Development Network, which provides 65 youth and young adults with case management and coaching; educational support; on-the-job training with the South Los Angeles Beautification Team; and access to apprenticeships with construction trade unions.
In education, LISC helped create five “green” charter schools that serve low-income children in LA. Two projects are now complete, including the 27th Street Learning Complex, comprised of the adaptive reuse of a 55,000 sq-ft garment manufacturing facility in South LA into two LEED-Certified, Green Dot Public Schools serving 1,050 students. The second project rehabilitated a 4,200 sq-ft office building creating 100 new seats for Academia Semillas del Pueblo, a Kindergarten through ninth grade public charter school. LISC provided each project with $75,000 in green grant funds to support energy efficiency and architectural assistance. In order to provide safe and healthy environments, LISC and its partners with the support of State Farm are reviving ethnically diverse commercial corridors along Central Avenue, Crenshaw Boulevard, and First Street in Boyle Heights. This investment provided significant support in façade improvements and business development, and important funding to assist organizations in operating programs that provide at-risk youth gang prevention.