Los Angeles Municipal Code

SEC. 16.60. DEMOLITION OF HOUSING UNITS.

uant to the replacement requirements of California Government Code Section 65915(c)(3) and consistent with the requirements included in Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 16.60 A.3.(a), which are in addition to any requirements included in Chapter XV, Article 1 of this Code. (1) Income Requirements. Units occupied on the date of application shall be replaced with units at an Affordable Rent or Affordable Housing Cost to, and occupied by, persons and families in the same or lower income category as those households in occupancy based upon the units and incomes of those households in occupancy pursuant to California Government Code Section 65915(c)(3)(B)(i) inclusive of the following income categories: Low Income, Very Low Income, Extremely Low Income and Acutely Low Income. Units that have been demolished or vacated on or before the date of application shall be replaced with units at an Affordable Rent or Affordable Housing Cost based upon the highpoint in occupancy during the previous five years pursuant to California Government Code Section 65915(c)(3)(B)(ii). (i) Replacement When Incomes Are Not Known. If the incomes of the individuals and households are not known, and unless otherwise demonstrated, the presumption in California Government Code Section 65915(c)(3)(B)(i) regarding Lower Income Households shall be inclusive of the percentage of Extremely Low Income, Very Low Income and Low Income Households in the same proportion as their share of all renter households within the City of Los Angeles, as determined by the General Manager of the Los Angeles Housing Department utilizing the most recently available data from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy database or equivalent census data disaggregated by tenure and income category. (ii) Replacement of Rent or Price Controlled Units in Higher, Moderate, and Lower Opportunity Areas. Notwithstanding Section 16.60 A.3(a)(1)(i) above, units subject to a form of rent or price control through a local government’s valid exercise of its police power shall be replaced accordingly. In Higher Opportunity Areas and Moderate Opportunity Areas, units deemed or presumed to be occupied by persons or families above the lower income category shall be replaced with low income units.