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Housing advocates tell committee 94 vacant Barclay Building units remain without power
Summary
A housing advocate told the Energy and Environment Committee that 94 units in a converted Barclay Building remain offline for four years because of an unresolved transformer siting dispute between LADWP and another city department.
During the public-comment portion of the Energy and Environment Committee meeting Sept. 16, Susie Shannon, policy director with Housing Is a Human Right, said an adaptive-reuse project at the Barclay Building has 94 vacant units that have lacked the electricity needed to lease them for roughly four years.
Shannon said LADWP designated a spot for a transformer for the building, but "another city department nixed that," leaving the units offline while the city faces a homelessness crisis. She urged the committee and LADWP to "untangle this mess" so the 94 units can be brought online for tenants.
Shannon told the committee the issue was raised at a meeting two weeks earlier as well; the transcript includes no staff response during the public-comment period and no formal committee action directed in response to her remarks.
No vote or motion addressing the Barclay Building power issue appears in the meeting transcript; the record shows public comment concluded and the committee proceeded to its agenda items.
