SDAT Steering Committee - Invited Members

As part of the SDAT process, a steering committee of community leaders and stakeholders has been invited to participate in a several key conversations with the SDAT. The following stakeholders have been invited to participate, as approved by the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council:

City Council District 1 (Ms. Lisa Flores)
City Council District 9 (Mr. Greg Fischer)
City Council District 14 (Ms. Kelli Bernard)
City of Los Angeles Community Development Department (Ms. Sharon Morris)
City of Los Angeles Planning Department (Mr. Simon Pastucha)
City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works (Mr. Ron Milo)
City of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (Mr. Serge Haddad)
Clean Tech LA (Mr. Alex Fay)
CRA Los Angeles (Mr. Dave Neubecker)
Mayor's Business Team (Ms. Krista Kline)
Metro (Mr. James Rojas)

AEG (TBC)
Bicycle Coalition (Mr. Stephen Box)
Central City Association (Ms. Veronica Perez Becker)
Central City East Association (Ms. Qathryn Brehm)
Chrysalis (Ms. Neidy Portillo-Tseng)
Downtown Center Business Improvement District (Ms. Carol E. Schatz)
Downtown Economic Development (Mr. Brady Westwater)
Fashion District Business Improvement District (Mr. Kent Smith)
Gerding Edlen Development Co. (Mr. Dennis Wilde)
Gilmore Associates (Ms. Suzanne Ekerling)
Historic Downtown Business Improvement District (Mr. J. Russell Brown)
Los Angeles Conservation Corps (Mr. Bruce Saito)
Melendrez Partners (Ms. Valerie Melendrez)
MOCA (Mr. Lyn Winter)
Related Companies (Mr. Bill Witte)
Rotary Club of Los Angeles (Mr. Gus Oppermann)
SCI-Arc (Mr. Eric Owen Moss)
Skid Row Housing Trust (Ms. Theresa Hwang, Rose Fellow)
South Park Business Improvement District (Mr. Kent Smith)
US Green Building Council - LA Chapter (Dr. Lance Williams)

SDAT Working Group/Stakeholder Meeting 4: Neighborhood Governance & Community Leadership

Invited: City of Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, CD1, CD9, CD14, Central City Association, Rotary Club of Los Angeles

• How are local residents, workers, elected officials, and other community stakeholders engaged with one another and service providers around issues of sustainability;

• What programs or structures exist that can be used to improve grassroots involvement in support of sustainability;

• What services are currently available to improve sustainability and what gaps in services or access to services exist; and

• How can other Neighborhood Councils get more involved with issues of sustainability?

SDAT Working Group/Stakeholder Meeting 3: Housing & Neighborhood Amenities

Invited: Gilmore Associates, Mayor’s Office of Commercial & Residential Development, Skid Row Housing Trust, Chrysalis, Brady Westwater

• What is the current housing market like in downtown for renters, owners, and the homeless population;

• What are the main issues related to affordability and how can these be addressed;

• What services are available to those who live, work, or visit downtown;

• How much and what quality are existing open spaces; and

• What opportunities exist to improve open space, amenities, and housing?