Title: 
Headings: The Legacy of Redlining in Los Angeles: Disinvestment, Injustice, and Inefficiency Finding a Path Forward in 2019 and Beyond
Finding
 
a
 
Path
 
Forward
 
in
 
2019
 
and
 
Beyond
 

By:
 
Jamie
 
Tijerina
 

Introduction
 

What
 
is
 
Redlining?
  

Redlining
 
in
 
Los
 
Angeles,
 
2019
 

Departments
 
Need
 
More
 
Funding:
 
A
 
Tragedy
 
of
 
the
 
Commons
 

LA2028?
 

Idle
 
Funds
 
Are
 
a
 
Symptom
 

Solving
 
Inefficiency
 
Fosters
 
a
 
Fairer
 
Los
 
Angeles:
 
An
 
Example
 

Ensuring
 
that
 
Top-Down
 
Solutions
 
Do
 
Not
 
Threaten
 
Self-Determination
 

U.S.
 
Investing
 
in
 
Opportunity
 
Act:
 
What
 
are
 
Opportunity
 
Zones?
 

Concerns
 
about
 
Opportunity
 
Zones
 

Opportunity
 
in
 
Uncertainty?
 

Encouraging
 
Local
 
Access
 
to
 
Opportunity
 


 
Path
 
Forward.
 


Content: during
 
that
 
era,
 
this
 
neighborhood
 
was
 
assigned
 
ratings
 
of
 
both
 
C
 
and
 
Dv. According
 
to
 
a
 
study
 
done
 
using
 
data
 
from
 
the
 
U.S.
 
Census
 
Panel
 
Study
 
of
 
Income
 
Dynamics
 
(PSID),
 
renters
 
are
 
twice
 
as
 
likely
 
as
 
homeowners
 
to
 
experience
 
displacement
 
through
 
gentrificationvi. While
 
there
 
is
 
an
 
understood
 
nature
 
of
 
impermanence
 
to
 
renting,
 
such
 
an
 
impermanence
 
can
 
be
 
unnaturally
 
hastened
 
by
 
practices
 
like
 
price
 
gouging,
 
volatile
 
rents,
 
and
 
illegal
 
actions
 
by
 
landlords. Los
 
Angeles
 
is
 
struggling
 
with
 
an
 
inhumane
 
crisis
 
of
 
affordable
 
housing
 
and
 
homelessness
 
exacerbated
 
by
 
high
 
rents,
 
a
 
lack
 
of
 
housing
 
throughout
 
the
 
city,
 
and
 
inequity
 
of
 
development
 
between
 
neighborhoods. This
 
city’s
 
housing
 
and
 
homelessness
 
crisis
 
are
 
a
 
major
 
factor
 
of
 
concern. Redlining
 
and
 
its
 
effects
 
on
 
patterns
 
of
 
development,
 
financial
 
investment,
 
infrastructure,
 
and
 
social
 
dynamics
 
in
 
Los
 
Angeles
 
communities
 
are
 
an
 
integral
 
part
 
of
 
this
 
discussion. The
 
entrenched
 
car
 
culture
 
of
 
today
 
has
 
an
 
ally
 
in
 
redlining,
 
and
 
it
 
is
 
inextricably
 
linked
 
to
 
the
 
crisis
 
of
 
housing
 
we
 
are
 
facing
 
today. Historically,
 
highway
 
projects
 
were
 
weaponized
 
to
 
bulldoze
 
through
 
neighborhoods
 
assigned
 
ratings
 
of
 
D,
 
in
 
red,
 
by
 
HOLC. In
 
Boyle
 
Heights,
 
100%
 
of
 
proposed
 
freeway
 
projects
 
were
 
approved,
 
leading
 
to
 
the
 
neighborhoods
 
of
 
the
 
Eastside
 
being
 
bisected
 
and
 
disrupted
 
by
 
freeways. This
 
destroyed
 
communities,
 
causing
 
displacement
 
of
 
over
 
10,000
 
people
 
at
 
th