Address
811 N. Catalina Ave. Suite 2006 Redondo Beach, CA 90250
Work Hours
Monday to Friday: 9 am - 5 pm and by appointment. We work remotely on Fridays.
We pray, support and train our churches in ways to partner in their neighborhoods to house people out of homelessness. We also engage in advocacy on the local, county, and state level to create more affordable housing in our region. We meet the last Thursday of the month at 1 pm on Zoom. All are welcome.
Our Homeless and Housing Task Force formed in 2017 after the passage of Measures H and HHH in the City and County of Los Angeles created a new era of collaboration with non-profit, government, and faith-based leadership to end homelessness in Los Angeles. We pray, support and train our churches in ways to partner in their neighborhoods to house people out of homelessness. The Free Butterflies Ministry at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church of Lomita is an example. We also engaged in advocacy on the local, county, and state level to create more affordable housing in our region. Our Homeless and Housing Task Force meets the last Thursday of the month at 1pm on zoom. All are welcome! heidi@pacificpresbytery.org
LA Housing Solutions Ballot Measure Fall 2024
Our Presbytery’s Mission Catalyst is organizing with an LA County coalition working on an LA Housing Solutions Ballot Measure to fund LA county’s comprehensive homelessness response system that will raise ¼ cent sales tax and generate $3 billion for affordable housing over the next ten years. heidi@pacificpresbytery.org
But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” -Jeremiah 29:7
Our Homeless and Housing Task Force formed in 2017 after the passage of Measures H and HHH in the City and County of Los Angeles created a new era of collaboration with non-profit, government, and faith-based leadership to end homelessness in Los Angeles. We pray, support and train our churches in ways to partner in their neighborhoods to house people out of homelessness. The Free Butterflies Ministry at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church of Lomita is an example. We also engaged in advocacy on the local, county, and state level to create more affordable housing in our region. Our Homeless and Housing Task Force meets the last Thursday of the month at 1pm on zoom. All are welcome! heidi@pacificpresbytery.org
LA Housing Solutions Ballot Measure Fall 2024
Our Presbytery’s Mission Catalyst is organizing with an LA County coalition working on an LA Housing Solutions Ballot Measure to fund LA county’s comprehensive homelessness response system that will raise ¼ cent sales tax and generate $3 billion for affordable housing over the next ten years. heidi@pacificpresbytery.org
Our Partners:
Winter Shelter Refuge at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood
Faith Based Coordinators with Los Angeles County Homeless Service Authority (LAHSA)
History
State bills we have helped pass:
2023: SB 4 Affordable Housing on Faith Act
2022: SB 679: Los Angeles County Regional Housing Finance Act
Through our advocacy we created the Los Angeles Affordable Housing Solutions Agency which launched in May 2023.
Articles we’ve been published in:
Finding Homes for the Homeless (Presbyterians Today)
Years of Cooperating and Cajoling by Churches in the Presbytery of the Pacific Helped Pass Legislation to Bring More Affordable Housing to Los Angeles County (Presbyterian News Service)
Interested in being connected? Please contact Rev. Heidi Worthen Gamble, Mission Catalyst.
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