Los Angeles, CA - Today, the Los Angeles Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department (LA Civil Rights) announced the launch of the second phase of the L.A. REPAIR program in six communities across Los Angeles, known as REPAIR Zones. From August 11 through September 17, LA Civil Rights is collecting ideas for a better Los Angeles, and will partner with community-based organizations to turn ideas into program proposals for the community to vote next year which they want the City to fund. $5.3 Million will be awarded by the City to winning proposals from community-based organizations to implement new programs and services.
To announce the launch, LA Civil Rights Executive Director and General Manager Capri Maddox was joined by Councilmembers Tim McOsker and Hugo Soto-Martinez, representatives for Councilmembers Bob Blumenfeld and Imelda Padilla, and the winning community-based organizations from the first round of L.A. REPAIR. Starting today, LA Civil Rights will begin collecting ideas in: Arleta-Pacoima, Harbor Gateway-Wilmington-Harbor City, Skid Row, South Los Angeles, West Adams-Baldwin Village-Leimert Park, and Westlake. View official images from the announcement here.
The six REPAIR Zones will repeat the process recently completed in Boyle Heights, Southeast Los Angeles, and Mission Hills-Panorama City-North Hills, which collectively received hundreds of ideas and thousands of votes. During the first phase, the Mayor and City Council awarded more than $3 million to local organizations. To read more about the awarded organizations click here.
Community members that live, work, pray, or study in the six REPAIR Zones are encouraged to share their ideas today. The survey is available at repair.lacity.gov.
“Once again, Angelenos in our most underserved neighborhoods will have an opportunity to participate and decide how taxpayer dollars are spent in their communities,” said Capri Maddox. “After the success of our first round of funding, we knew that by investing in these neighborhoods we were investing in Los Angeles’ future. I’m thankful, once again, to our Mayor and leaders in City Council for continuing to support this type of direct democracy and delivering much needed investments to the people of our city”
L.A. REPAIR, which stands for Los Angeles Reforms for Equity and Public Acknowledgement of Institutional Racism, is an $8.5 million Participatory Budgeting program covering nine city areas most impacted by a legacy of institutional racism. Participatory Budgeting is a democratic process in which community members decide how to spend part of a public budget. The entirety of L.A. REPAIR is community-led, from the Advisory Committees running the process in each REPAIR Zone to the idea collection and the vote. Winning proposals are implemented by local community-based organizations, ensuring those dollars stay within the community.