Council initiates EFD process to help fund Metro K‑line northern extension

The West Hollywood City Council voted April 7 to begin the formal, multi‑step process of evaluating and forming an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (EFD) to capture a portion of future tax increment to help fund Metro's K‑line northern extension. The vote follows Metro's recent selection of the San Vicente–Fairfax locally preferred alternative (LPA), which the Metro Board conditioned on local jurisdictions' willingness to pursue value capture mechanisms.

City senior planner David Fen briefed the council on the LPA and the role an EFD could play. "An EFD would allow jurisdictions that participate to dedicate a portion of incremental property tax growth within defined boundaries to pay for station area and transit construction costs," Fen said; staff estimated formation and public hearings would take roughly 12–18 months. The Metro…