"Nonprofit developers say the Westside's high land costs present a significant obstacle to affordable housing, a resource that is in increasingly short supply amid major job growth in recent years.
"'It's incredibly shortsighted to sell off parcels of land on the Westside that have the potential to support a significant number of units of affordable housing,' said Steve Clare, executive director of the Venice Community Housing Corp., which has expressed an interest in developing the Fire Station 62 land.
"Clare said the mayor's plan might help solve this year's budget shortfall 'but at the expense of affordable housing that could be provided for the next 30, 40 or 50 years.'"
In the Los Angeles Times, Duke Helf reports on a dispute about what to do with city-owned land in Los Angeles.
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