Eastside Leadership for Equitable and Accountable Development Strategies (LEADS)
We are a non-profit coalition made up of community members and community-based organizations working together to advocate for policies that uplift the values of social housing and fight against displacement and gentrification. We believe policies should place the needs of the community first to ensure development in the Eastside secures community investment without displacement.
Eastside Leads Informs the Community About Their Rights as Tenants
Are you a renter that was affected by the wildfire disasters? You have rights!
Learn about your tenant rights in Los Angeles County and Los Angeles City during emergencies and access the most current tenant protections.
Eastside LEADS Wins
2017-2018: Eastside LEADS secures community benefits from USC and Los Angeles County development projects, including local hire requirements that would give surrounding residents opportunities to employment in project facilities.
2019: Eastside LEADS secures accountable development in LA County Economic Development projects.
2020: Eastside LEADS helps strengthen tenant protections and pass laws that build and preserve affordable housing in LA City.
2020-2023: Eastside LEADS and tenant rights organizations win critical COVID-19 tenant protections including securing a baseline for LA County Tenant Protections in all 88 cities of LA County.
2023: Eastside LEADS helps secures important amendments for the 2023 Boyle Heights Community Plan, one of the City of Los Angeles's 35 Community Plans determining development decisions in Los Angeles neighborhoods.
2023: Eastside LEADS continues to guide the development of the Los Angeles General Medical Center through Health Innovation Community Partnership (HICP) meetings allowing community members to partake in the redevelopment process of the Historic General Hospital and future development projects on the medical center campus.
2023: Eastside LEADS helps obtain permanent tenant protections in LA County and LA City including:
A baseline non-payment protection preventing the eviction of tenants for nonpayment of rent if they owe one month of the Fair Market Rent (FMR)
The expansion of protections against the eviction of a tenant without a valid reason, or “no fault eviction protections” in LA City
Eastside LEADS Campaigns
Click to learn about each of our five campaigns advancing our vision of a housing environment where development is driven by the community and where residents are informed of their rights as tenants and community advocates.
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