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SUBJECT: Fourth & Central Support Letter from

Dear Representative,

As a Downtown LA stakeholder and someone invested in seeing positive change in our community, I fully support the Fourth & Central project.



Fourth & Central is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver $2 billion of meaningful, community-rooted investment in the heart of Downtown. This project creates nearly 1,600 new units of housing, including over 250 units of deeply affordable housing with zero displacement.

At a time when DTLA is still recovering from the economic shocks of the pandemic, Fourth & Central will catalyze new growth, stability, and long-term investment in the community. The project will attract thousands of new residents and businesses, which will revitalize the local economy. The revenue generated by property taxes, business activity, and sales will not only benefit Downtown and existing local and legacy businesses, but it will boost funding for essential services citywide at a time when the City of Los Angeles’ fiscal strength is faltering.

This project’s benefits include two full acres of publicly accessible open space in one of the most park-poor areas of the city, creation of 10,000+ union construction jobs for community members and 4,000+ permanent jobs on site, and 422 new trees. It achieves carbon net-neutral status, the gold standard for sustainable development.

Fourth & Central represents all that this community has fought for throughout the Downtown LA 2040 Community Plan process. This is a model of what Downtown can and should look like – bold in scale, inclusive in vision, and rooted in equity and sustainability. It delivers new housing, living-wage jobs, public open space, and meaningful community benefits in a way that reflects the values and priorities voiced throughout the planning process.

On top of the incredible vision and design, I think this project generates several vital community benefits including:

DTLA Community Investment: Fourth & Central pours $2 billion of community-rooted investment into the area, benefiting stakeholders across the Arts District, Little Tokyo, Skid Row, and greater Downtown. Repurposing industrial warehouses with uses that align with the Downtown LA 2040 Community Plan is a powerful way to connect these neighborhoods, build housing, and support a more inclusive and vibrant urban core.

Affordable Housing: Fourth & Central will create 1,589 homes, including at least 254 units of affordable housing for Very Low- and Extremely Low-Income households, without displacing any residents.

Union Construction Jobs: This project will create over 10,000 union construction jobs for skilled local craftsmen and women. This project will be built by and for the community while supporting long-term careers in the building trades.

Open Space: Fourth & Central will transform warehouses and surface parking into 2 acres of publicly accessible open space, featuring 422 new trees and native landscaping. These improvements will provide much-needed green space for the Downtown community and increase foot traffic for nearby local businesses in Little Tokyo, the Arts District, and Skid Row.

Sustainable Development: This project will be fully electric and achieve greenhouse-gas net neutral status. As an state-certified Environmental Leadership Development Project certified by Governor Newsom, it will meet the highest requirements for clean building and operation, including traffic reductions and LEED Gold requirements.

Transit-Oriented Development & Walkability: Located just three blocks south of the Metro Little Tokyo/Arts District station, Fourth & Central will increase access to public transit, reduce car dependence, improve local air quality, and make the area more walkable. It will enhance mobility for all Angelenos, especially those low-income residents who rely on transit.

Community Outreach & Responses to Feedback: Over five years of community outreach has included dozens of presentations, 150+ small group and individual meetings, neighborhood canvassing, mailing, and community events. In response to feedback, the project was revised to reduce building height, remove truck routes through Little Tokyo, replace hotel uses with more housing, and improve connectivity to Little Tokyo through direct pedestrian access to the Little Tokyo Galleria. These modifications, among others, reflect a genuine effort to address community needs and concerns.

For all these reasons, I strongly urge the City of Los Angeles to support the approval of the Fourth & Central project.

Sincerely,