L.A. City Councilwoman Says Her Contribution to Housing Affordability Is Reducing a 6-Story Housing Unit to 3-Stories While Adding EV Chargers

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PADILLA: “Well, I am. By law, I really have no jurisdiction anymore because it’s an ED 1, right? But we still, as a team, got together with the developer, the high school across the street, other stakeholders, and instead of building something that was potentially six stories, we got it down to three stories. And we also got the developer to also work with us to make sure that it helps the families of the area. We also said, you know, instead of a ton of office space, we do want you to also incorporate a few more parking lots and EV chargers. So, yeah, I mean, there are some developers that have built housing where it looks like a big —“