Activists say prices are skyrocketing throughout the neighborhood east of downtown LA. By Ted Chen Rising rent has a Boyle Heights community and activists worried about gentrification. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, 2016. (Published Thursday, July 21, 2016) Residents and activists in Boyle Heights are worried about […]
By Madeleine Brand With housing prices climbing ever higher in Los Angeles, most low-income neighborhoods are on gentrification watch. That is certainly the case in Boyle Heights, the mostly Latino, mostly low-income neighborhood just east of Downtown LA. The signs of gentrification are everywhere in Boyle Heights: first-time homeowners who moved from other parts of […]
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Art and Complicity: How the Fight Against Gentrification in Boyle Heights Questions the Role of Artists Carribean Fragoza | July 20, 2016 In Boyle Heights, even the air is contested territory. On the northwestern edge, on Mission Road between the 10 Freeway overpass and First Street, El Pato’s briney odor pushes against the […]
When labor unions and community groups teamed up to back a November affordable housing ballot measure, their plans drew a predictable set of opponents. The ballot measure, called Build Better L.A., would impose new requirements for affordable housing on real estate developers who seek to build projects bigger than city rules ordinarily allow. Business groups such as the Los […]
Locals are being evicted to make way for ‘higher end developments.’ By Jacqueline Garcia, EGP Staff Writer Long time Boyle Heights residents and activists continue to accuse developers and real estate investors of carelessly changing the character of their neighborhood to accommodate higher-income residents moving to the area due to its proximity to downtown Los […]
BY JULIA WICK IN NEWS ON JUL 14, 2016 4:50 PM The average household income at Pico Gardens is $23,000, or roughly one-fifth of the cost of one of the Alex Hubbard paintings that were on view when Maccarone gallery opened their doors in Boyle Heights last September, a few blocks away from the housing […]
Activistas atribuye al aburguesamiento la salida de familias de bajos ingresos y humildes negocios hispanos de barrios latinos POR:ISAIAS ALVARADO Otro humilde negocio latino en Boyle Heights se ha enfrascado en un pleito contra el aburguesamiento, ese fenómeno de cambio demógraafico que atrae a personas más pudientes a un vecindario, elevando con ello las rentas […]
