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December 3, 2020December 4, 2020

Update on Lucha Reyes Apartments adjacent to Mariachi Plaza

Today, the Metro Board voted to extend our Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (ENA) for Lucha Reyes Apartments by six months, giving us more time to meet with community members to discuss its design and features. This is a big win for our organization and community. The ENA will allow us to continue to work closely with Metro and the Office of […]

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Promoting financial empowerment in our community
November 30, 2020November 30, 2020

Promoting financial empowerment in our community

We introduced our Community Wealth Department in 2001 to help create pathways to homeownership for low-income families on the Eastside. ELACC created foreclosure prevention classes and resident capacity building as a strategy to help families preserve the assets and wealth they worked hard to build. Nearly two decades later, our slate of financial and homeownership education and counseling programming still […]

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November 25, 2020November 25, 2020

ELACC Announces New President and CEO

On behalf of ELACC staff and our Board of Directors, I am thrilled to announce that, after an intense search, we have hired Monica Mejia to be ELACC’s next President & CEO.  Monica comes to ELACC with over 20 years of experience working in affordable housing, including developing both ownership and rental housing models. Currently, she is Senior Director of […]

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Our 25th Anniversary Newsletter
November 25, 2020November 25, 2020

Our 25th Anniversary Newsletter

Dear Friends,  Earlier this year, amidst a global pandemic and civil unrest, the organization I co-founded quietly turned 25 years old. Since 1995, East LA Community Corporation has been dedicated to serving the residents of Los Angeles’ Eastside. It doesn’t feel like too long ago that we – an urban planner, attorney, community organizer, and real estate developer – decided it […]

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November 16, 2020May 11, 2022

Reflections On ELACC’s 25th Anniversary

By Maria Cabildo and Joaquin Bernal Has it been 25 years? Wow, it feels like last week that we signed our incorporation documents and prepared our first funding application. A lot has changed in Boyle Heights since 1995. Many of it positive and with ELACC playing an essential role.  When I left ELACC in 2015, after serving as its leader […]

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November 16, 2020November 16, 2020

Celebrating 25 years of impact

By Manuel Bernal and Joaquin Bernal Dear ELACC staff, the board of directors and community, As the newly-appointed president of ELACC as well as the co-chair of the board of directors, I’d like to give an update on the current status of ELACC and give readers an introduction to who I am. My involvement with ELACC stretches back to its […]

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October 27, 2020October 27, 2020

Declaración oficial sobre los apartamentos de Lucha Reyes

Mariachi Plaza es un querido centro de capital social y cultural en Boyle Heights. Ha sufrido muchos cambios a lo largo de los años, algunos que dificultaron el trabajo de los mariachis y los vendedores y provocaron su desplazamiento. Con cada nuevo proyecto en o alrededor de la plaza, existe el temor de que la integridad y la especialidad del […]

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Official Statement on Mariachi Plaza Development
October 26, 2020October 26, 2020

Official Statement on Mariachi Plaza Development

I want to assure everyone who cares about the future of the plaza that our objective is to give community members more reasons to visit and offer more opportunities for performers, small businesses, and street vendors to showcase their talents and share their work.

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September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

Devastating Loss at Nuevo Amanecer

We were devastated to learn that our new affordable housing development for veterans and families, Nuevo Amanecer, was destroyed by a fire early this morning in East LA. Nuevo Amanecer was in the final construction phase and was scheduled to be completed by the end of this year. We are cooperating with the local authorities and the Red Cross, and […]

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April 9, 2020April 9, 2020

Statement Regarding Verizon Wireless Tower at Casa del Mexicano

In 2015, ELACC was approached with a proposal from Verizon Wireless to install a cellular tower in the parking area of the historic Casa del Mexicano, which we had recently purchased and began to steward on behalf of the Boyle Heights community. At the time, we were looking for opportunities to build an operating reserve for the property. Verizon’s offer […]

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ELACC advocates for economic and social justice in Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles by building grassroots leadership, developing affordable housing and neighborhood assets, and providing access to economic development opportunities for low and moderate income families.

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