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Community Taylor Yard Equity Strategy
“Community TYES”
The Community Taylor Yard Equity Strategy (TYES) is a project of the 100 Acre Partnership at Taylor Yard in Los Angeles in partnership with the Los Angeles Regional Open Space and Affordable Housing (LA ROSAH) Collaborative. The Community TYES project aims to help the low-income communities around Taylor Yard thrive in place as park space is delivered, to avoid displacement and to amplify community benefits. The project is supported by the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Resources Legacy Fund, the Trust for Public Land, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the University of California Los Angeles and other public agencies, private philanthropy, nonprofits, and community-based organizations. TYES actions will uplift the priorities of local residents and small businesses, and topics of action may include workforce development, affordable housing, homebuyers clubs, micro and small business support, local artists and cultural institutions, and infrastructure improvements.
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Recent Reports & Highlights:
• Progress 1 Report
o Progress 1 report focused on research that identified 20 opportunities that support the local community and prevent displacement as development progresses.
• FUSE Listening Tour Report
o The FUSE Corps Listening Tour Report captured critical insights and feedback from various stakeholders, helping to shape the direction of TYES by reflecting community needs and priorities.
Statement of Opportunity
Major infrastructure investments, such as river habitat rehabilitation, expanded park space, active transportation developments, and cultural and community activation, promise to transform the 100 Acre Partnership area. However, with private sector investments likely to follow, there is a risk of increased displacement for communities susceptible to gentrification. Therefore, it is essential to implement equitable community development strategies now, so that these communities can thrive in place alongside new public investments. The TYES project is inspired by other successful equitable community development plans around the country, such as the Equitable Development Plan for the 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington, DC.
Timing is key: Already, Taylor Yard neighborhoods suffer some of the highest cumulative economic, environmental, and health impacts in the state. The nature restoration and park space projects are intended to specifically address these existing environmental injustices, and it is crucial that the restoration project does not then generate a further set of unaddressed injustices.
Left: Northeast Los Angeles communities surrounding Taylor Yard on a CalEnviroScreen map representing the cumulative economic, environmental, and health impacts on communities. Much of the area is in the 90th to 100th percentile of cumulative impacts statewide. Right: Displacement Risk in L.A. County. Communities around Taylor Yard are in different stages of gentrification, advanced displacement, and displacement risk and vulnerability. Source: Los Angeles River Master Plan, Public Draft, January 2021.
Team Description
Working with the City of Los Angeles, Resources Legacy Fund is the fiscal sponsor and pooled fund manager for the Community Taylor Yard Equity Strategy. The project is being managed by LA ROSAH Collaborative leaders and partners that form a leadership group: the Community TYES Oversight Committee (TYES OC). The TYES OC is a collaboration body to guide the TYES initiative, ensuring transparency and that the needs of the community are prioritized throughout the project. This committee is diversely represented by members of LA ROSAH, the 100 Acre Partnership, UCLA’s Institute of Environmental and Sustainability, and, soon, community members appointed by City Council District 1 and LA County Supervisor District 1.
ABOUT Resources Legacy Fund: Resources Legacy Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that partners with leaders in philanthropy, communities, government, science, and business to promote smart policies and secure equitable public funding for the environment, climate change resilience, and healthy communities. Across the American West and internationally, RLF manages large, multi-year grantmaking programs and fiscally sponsor projects that accelerate change on the environmental and equity goals we share with our partners.
ABOUT LA ROSAH: Founded in 2016, LA ROSAH was formed as a collaboration of multiple organizations to address issues of green gentrification and identify innovative policy and equitable development solutions to ensure residents are able to thrive in place as new community development projects come to their communities.
For information about the 100 Acre Partnership and Taylor Yard Projects please navigate to the FAQ page.
To learn more about the planning and implementation of Community Taylor Yard Equity Strategy, please contact Program Director Christine Jerian at Christine@larosah.org. For media inquiries, please contact Communications Coordinator, Isaac Shamam at Isaac@larosah.org.
For City of Los Angeles TYES questions, please contact Michael Affeldt at michael.affeldt@lacity.org. To learn more about research supporting the Community Taylor Yard Equity Strategy, please contact Jon Christensen at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA, jonchristensen@ioes.ucla.edu.