Eastside Leadership for Equitable and Accountable Development Strategies (LEADS)
We are a coalition of renters, youth, seniors, community members, and community-based organizations working together to shape equitable development for and by the community. We advocate for policies that fight against gentrification and displacement, and uplift the values of social housing: preserve and expand deeply affordable housing, promote social equity, and give residents control over decision-making and governance.
EASTSIDE LEADS CAMPAIGNS
Click on our coalition work areas to learn about our campaigns advancing our mission of community-driven equitable development.
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
WE INFORM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AS TENANTS.
Learn about your tenant rights and tenant protections in Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County.
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