@scottforla

Policy & Research Director with @AbundantHousing // Former Candidate for LA City Council

 Los Angeles
Joined March 2010
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I'm delighted to embark on a new role as Policy & Research Director w/@AbundantHousing! Every Angeleno has the right to affordable high quality housing in the neighborhood of their choice. I'm excited to join AHLA to fight for abundant & equitable housing in LA & CA.
Abundant Housing LA
@AbundantHousing3 Apr 2023
We are excited to welcome @scottforla as our new Director of Policy and Research!
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Dave Rand@DRand2024Sep 16
Great stuff from @CD5LosAngeles. Streamlining condo map approvals makes all the sense in the world. For sale multi family projects should not require more process and impact fees than rentals.
Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky
@CD5LosAngelesSep 16
We are living in an economy where people who already own assets keep building wealth while working and middle-class families fall further behind. In Los Angeles, one reason is simple: we have made the first rung of homeownership (condos/townhomes) incredibly hard to build.
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Dave Rand@DRand2024Aug 8
Our firm was forced to sue the city multiple times during the Bass administration to get housing approved. We won every time. I am 100% confident I will NEVER need to sue the City of LA to ensure housing is approved during a Mayor @nithyavraman administration!
Karen Bass
@KarenBassLAAug 7
Los Angeles deserves leaders who show up and deliver on housing. The choice is clear: results over rhetoric
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Dave Rand@DRand2024Jul 2
Been a bad few weeks for transfer tax reform but people keep telling me to be positive so … An unsung hero in this saga has been @CD5LosAngeles Katy is showing great leadership and is coming into her own as a housing champion on the LA CC. Much needed and much appreciated!
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Dave Rand@DRand2024Jun 7
She is the only Mayoral candidate committed to reforming ULA, fixing DWP, running a competent and functional city government, paving streets, and focusing like a laser on housing production. Madam Mayor!
Unrig LA@UnrigLAJun 7
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Michael Schneider@schneiderJun 5
Replying to @mikehtrujillo
We’ve never met, and you don’t know me. Nithya is a smart, capable person. The idea that I (or anyone) “tricked” her into running is absurd, and pretty insulting to one of the smartest politicians currently at City Hall.
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The mobility project I conceived in 2013 is finally being built!
Michael Schneider@schneiderApr 25
LA’s first real modal filter outside of Hollywood is officially in the ground! Sweetzer and Rosewood
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Proud that two orgs I'm affiliated with - @AbundantHousing & @MiracleMileDems - have endorsed @nithyavraman for Mayor! Nithya is the leader we need at this moment. Learn more at nithyaforthecity.com/.
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑
@mnolangrayFeb 7
It has been a rough few of years for Los Angeles, but Nithya Raman has been consistently clear-eyed and solutions-oriented about the city's problems. Combine that with an understanding of government needed to effectuate change and I think she is an extremely strong candidate.
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Tim Althoff@timalthoff15 Aug 2025
I’m excited to share our new @Nature paper 📝, which provides strong evidence that the walkability of our built environment matters a great deal to our physical activity and health. Details in thread.🧵 nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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An enormous thank you to the senators who voted aye: @JesseArreguin, @sencabaldon, @SenStevePadilla, @SenGonzalez33, @SenOchoaBogh, and Senator @anna4thevalley ! Looks like a majority of senators on the Senate Housing Committee *do* want to solve the housing crisis after all!
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I’ve chosen to see this as a win. In a city that has said no to housing for decades, a third of the council voted to expand where we can build housing in Los Angeles, and *that* is a small but powerful win.
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I'm so excited to have a role model for my daughter like VP Harris in the oval office for the next 4 years. It's time to make history.
Official Team Kamala@TeamKamala1 Nov 2024
when the next president gives you a friendship bracelet 🥹
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WOW! I’ve seen a lot of campaign ads during my time in politics, and @KamalaHarris’ latest one is 🔥🔥 Video via @MeidasTouch #HarrisWalz2024 #NotGoingBack #VoteBlue
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An amazing slate of candidates from different walks of life but with shared values to build a just, healthy, sustainable Santa Monica. Support these folks any way you can!
Jesse Zwick@jessezwick30 Sep 2024
These four candidates are who we need to make Santa Monica an inclusive, pro-housing city. Please like, share, and send to your Santa Monica friends!
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Shapiro nails it. The irresponsibility of Vance is staggering and dangerous.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar15 Sep 2024
Josh Shapiro on Vance's latest CNN disasterclass: "That was bonkers ... the US senator from Ohio just came on your show and blamed his own constituents for his own lies. This guy is so pathetic ... JD Vance should be ashamed of himself."
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That's a lot of organizations saying enough is enough - it's time to reverse decades of segregation and open up exclusionary communities to new diverse residents!
InnerCityLawCenter@InnerCityLaw27 Aug 2024
Replying to @InnerCityLaw
@InnerCityLaw @SCANPH @AbundantHousing and 57 of our partner organizations have serious concerns about LA's plan to exclude single-family homes from the city's #rezoning program #housingpolicy #housingnews #housingjustice Read more: innercitylaw.org/wp-content/…
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This has been studied - America's low life expectancy is because of guns, drugs and car crashes killing young people. Our actual medical care is world class, and when you look at old age/medical deaths, we match peer countries.
Warren Gunnels
@GunnelsWarren18 Aug 2024
Price controls are good, actually: Price of Ozempic (costs $5 to make) 🇺🇸$969 🇨🇦$155 🇩🇰#122 🇩🇪$59 Price of Wegovy (costs $5 to make) 🇺🇸$1,349 🇩🇰$186 🇬🇧$92 Life Expectancy 🇺🇸77.5 🇨🇦82 🇩🇰82 🇩🇪81 🇬🇧81
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Very sorry to disappoint Republicans and the national media, but Kamala got the entire Democratic Party behind her in about 4 hours
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Jon Lovett
@jonlovett21 Jul 2024
Last few weeks were heated because we all understand the stakes and share the same goal. I don’t think Trump and MAGA are ready for how united and energized we’re about to be.
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Huge thank you to Controller Mejia for his leadership! This is a pivotal moment for our city. It's time to finally combat LA's historic patterns of housing segregation.
LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia@lacontroller19 Jul 2024
Should single-family zones exclude affordable housing OR should affordable housing be built equitably throughout LA? 🤔 🚨 On Thurs 7/25, City Planning is holding a public hearing on the Citywide Housing Incentive Program (CHIP) which covers these topics planning-lacity-org.zoom.us/…
Take action for housing Justice Thursday 7/25 5pm on Zoom Give public comment at the public hearing on the housing element rezoning program tell them affordable housing should be built in all areas that need it. the CHIP ordinance should not exclude single-family zones. register at: planning-lacity-org.zoom.us/j/81102298373

ALT Take action for housing Justice Thursday 7/25 5pm on Zoom Give public comment at the public hearing on the housing element rezoning program tell them affordable housing should be built in all areas that need it. the CHIP ordinance should not exclude single-family zones. register at: planning-lacity-org.zoom.us/j/81102298373

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