Benefits of CRA/LA Social Equity Policies
February 2004, 54 pp.
BY: PATRICK BURNS, DANIEL FLAMING, AND BRENT HAYDAMACK, ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE

Section Headings:

• Executive Summary
• Context of CRA/LA Social Equity Policies
• Community Profiles
  • Hollywood Marketplace (Sunset and Vine)
  • Renaissance Plaza Neighborhood Shopping Center (Vermont and Adams)
  • The Union Ice Facility (Wilmington)
  • Conclusion
• Benefits from CRA/LA Social Equity Policies
  • Fair Share, Local Contracting And Hiring
    • Affirmative Action Plan
    • Scenario 1: Modeling the Impacts of 1 Job
    • Scenario 2: Modeling the Impacts of Hiring that is Representative of the Resident Construction Industry Labor
    • Scenario 3: Modeling the Impact of Minority/Female Construction
    • Employment that is Representative of the Overall LA County Population
    • Subcontracting to Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises
    • Benefit Summary
  • Prevailing or Living Wages
    • Janitorial Wages and Benefits
    • Janitorial Earnings without the Living Wage Ordinance
    • Impacts of the Living Wage Ordinance
    • Prevailing Wages for Construction Workers
    • Wage Differential and Impacts
    • Benefit Summary
  • Childcare Service Access
    • Child Care Compliance
    • Background
    • Estimated Impacts
    • Benefit Summary
  • Job Training
    • Job Training and Outreach
    • Labor Force Profile of LA’s Construction Laborers
    • Estimated Direct Impacts of Education and Training
    • Estimated Indirect Impacts of Education and Training
    • Benefits Summary - Estimated Total Impacts of Education and Training
  • Affordable Housing
    • Affordable Housing Policy
    • Market Rate Costs for Rental Housing that is Not Overcrowded
    • Market Rate Costs in the City of Los Angeles for Rental Housing that Is Overcrowded
    • Amount of Subsidies Required to Bridge Household Rent Budgets and Market Rate Costs for Rental Housing in the City of Los Angeles
    • Number of Households and Persons Estimated to Benefit from Developer Contributions for Affordable Housing Based on Subsidy Costs for Rental Housing in the City of Los Angeles
    • Summary of Housing Benefits
  • Summary of Estimated Benefits

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