Los Angeles faces twin crises — a housing shortage and a climate emergency — and the solutions are more intertwined than our policy conversations typically reflect.
This panel brings them together, starting with who’s in the room. Co-hosted by Abundant Housing LA and YIMBY Los Angeles, two of the region’s leading pro-housing advocacy organizations, and Urban Environmentalists Los Angeles, whose mission sits at the intersection of climate and land use, this event is itself a demonstration of the alliance we’re trying to build. Where we build housing, how densely, and how close to transit are among the most consequential decisions our region makes for its carbon future. Compact, infill development reduces vehicle miles traveled, limits the urban sprawl that devours habitat at the region’s edges, and concentrates investment in communities that already have infrastructure and opportunity.
UC Berkeley’s CoolClimate Network calls infill housing “probably the single most impactful measure that cities could take to reduce their emissions.”
Yet it remains underleveraged, in part because the climate and housing movements haven’t always seen each other as allies.
Our panelists will discuss how land use in Los Angeles impacts our ability to address climate change. They will explore what the evidence shows, what policy tools local governments actually have, and how advocates across Los Angeles can build a more unified agenda: equitable, ambitious, and already within reach.
Registration Link: https://partiful.com/e/pBIKH2a9TWm7jHK6TYOh?c=jfSJhmin
