The Los Angeles City Council is considering a proposal that would strip housing eligibility from sites across the city — in direct violation of state law.

Here’s what’s happening: HAC worked with Assemblymember Buffy Wicks to pass a law called AB 2011, which created a streamlined pathway to build mixed-income housing along commercial corridors across the state. It was designed to cut through the delays and political games that have made LA’s housing crisis worse for decades.

Now, Councilmember Bob Blumenfield, in response to a proposed AB 2011 project in his district that he doesn’t like, is trying to gut the state law’s reach across the city of Los Angeles by making an untold number of parcels across the city ineligible.

This isn’t a gray area. CA Attorney General Rob Bonta has already warned every city in the state that urgency ordinances cannot be used to override ministerial housing laws like AB 2011. The City risks enforcement action, loss of its Pro-Housing Designation, and litigation — all to avoid building the housing Los Angeles desperately needs.

Los Angeles committed to building over 450,000 new homes under its RHNA allocation. The City is failing to meet that goal. This is not the time to eliminate tools that deliver affordable housing. It’s time to use them.

Tell the LA City Council: stop blocking housing and follow state law.