Los Angeles Land Use Ballot Measure – City to Perform Economic Impact Analysis

This week the Los Angeles city council submitted a motion directing relevant city departments to perform an Economic Impact Analysis on how the Unite Here Local 11-sponsored March 2024 ballot initiative entitled the “Land Use and Replacement Housing Requirements for Hotel Developers; Program to Utilize Vacant Hotel Rooms for Unhoused Individuals, Police Permit Requirement for Hotels.”

The motion directs an economic analysis of the “Land Use” measure to analyze how it could affect the hotel industry with an emphasis on impacts to the Transient Occupancy Tax, convention business, employment levels, potential to increase illegal short-term rental demand in the city, and direct costs to the City; and with the assistance of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the Housing Department, and any other appropriate departments, such as the Housing Authority, to also report on how the City could implement the various requirements of the measure, the funding available to meet those requirements, the new staffing necessary to run the various programs, the impacts to the Police Review Board, and the effectiveness of a single-night voucher program that does not provide wrap-around services, and how any negative impacts can be mitigated.

Click here to read the full request for analysis.