October 28 – 30, 2024
Resorts World Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES
October 28 – 30, 2024
Resorts World Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES
Jenna Hornstock joined the Office of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as the Deputy Mayor for Housing. She brings over 20 years leading local government teams in creative redevelopment strategies, with a focus on affordable housing, transit oriented development, land use and policy. Prior to joining Mayor Bass’ team, Jenna was the Deputy Director of Planning for Land Use at the Southern California Association of Governments where she led the development of $150M in grant programs that incentivize housing production. Jenna spent 8 years at LA Metro as Executive Officer for Transit Oriented Communities where she oversaw the Joint Development program, station area urban design and first/last mile planning. She spent 7 years at the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA), most recently as Chief of Strategic Planning and Economic Development. She was a Planning Commissioner for the City of Los Angeles from 2021 – 2023, serves as a Board member for the non-profit Community Health Councils and on the ULI/LA Advisory Board. She was prior Vice Chair of the Public Private Partnership Product Council. Her work has been recognized with awards from the AIA/LA (Honorary AIA), APA/LA (John Chase Visionary Planner Award) and the non-profit Inclusive Action for the City (Unsung Heroes of Los Angeles). Jenna holds a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a BA in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Los Angeles Convention Center - West Hall, Concourse: 151
What is the latest policy to combat homelessness and the lack of affordable housing in Los Angeles, home to the largest population of homeless in the nation? Executive Directive 1 (ED 1) is groundbreaking new policy to streamline approvals for housing projects, issued December 16, 2022. It provides ministerial approval for shelter projects and 100 percent affordable projects. Hear from representatives from the city as to their ideas behind the directive in addition to developers who use the policy to add housing.