This is the second edition of a monthly column to provide answers to frequently asked questions about the North Hollywood activities of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA). Additional information on our activities can be found on the CRA/LA web site at http://www.crala.org [CRA/LA Project Areas > North Hollywood]. The North Hollywood team updates the information on our pages regularly. There is also a quarterly report published in hard copy that may be downloaded from the web, obtained at our office or sent via US Mail.

The CRA/LA manages 32 redevelopment project areas in seven regions throughout the City of Los Angeles. The North Hollywood Redevelopment Project Area is located within the East Valley Region. The region also includes the Laurel Canyon and the Pacoima/Panorama City project areas. The East Valley Region offices are located in the Academy building at 5200 Lankershim Boulevard, Suite 750 (the corner of Lankershim and Magnolia boulevards). Our phone number is (818) 753-1918.
 

This month’s Q&A: 

Will there be a festival in 2007? 

Yes.  October 6, 2007.  Mark your calendars. 

In late March, the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce decided not to produce the 2007 festival.  However, the show must go on!  As such, the CRA/LA will continue support of this event and is involved in discussions with members of the NoHo creative arts community to re-conceptualize the experience.   

So far what we know for sure is that it will be a one-day festival and will be something completely different and completely NoHo!  Stay tuned for more details as they become available.

Update on the BID 

The effort to form a BID was successful. 

Ballots were opened by the City Clerk after a public hearing at City Council on April 3, 2007.  Public announcement of the ballot tabulation took place at City Council on April 4, 2007--the majority of the ballots were "yes" votes and the City Council formally adopted the ordinance establishing the BID.  The City Clerk will prepare and administer an operating agreement between the City and a nonprofit management entity for administration of the BID.

Does the CRA/LA have a homeownership program in North Hollywood? 

There is not currently a homeownership program in the North Hollywood Project Area.  However, the Los Angeles Housing Department has a citywide homeownership program.  Please visit their web site at http://www.lacity.org/lahd for more information.