The San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust signed off this spring on nearly $25 million in Measure A money to jump-start four affordable housing projects in Montebello, San Gabriel, Alhambra and South Pasadena, clearing the way for 212 new homes. The package is the largest single commitment in the trust’s six-year history and is intended to speed up housing for seniors, families, survivors of domestic violence and people at risk of homelessness.
Funding breakdown
According to a press release from the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust, the board approved $24,960,220 in Los Angeles County Measure A Production, Preservation and Ownership (PPO) New Construction funds. The awards, the trust’s largest single funding commitment to date, were allocated to The BLVD in Montebello ($10,160,220 for 51 units), 405 S. Del Mar in San Gabriel ($7,400,000 for 73 senior units), El Centro Senior in South Pasadena ($4,400,000 for 52 senior units) and Mariposa in Alhambra ($3,000,000 for 36 units). The package will also let developers repay existing revolving loans, freeing roughly $11.2 million in local capital for reinvestment.
Montebello: The BLVD aims to combine homes and retail
The largest single award is headed to The BLVD, a Cesar Chavez Foundation-led redevelopment along Whittier Boulevard that the trust says will mix affordable family units with ground-floor commercial space. Design firm Practice is leading the design work, and the project will connect to the adjacent Vista de J.J. Rodriguez site with set-asides for families and survivors of domestic violence, as reported by Urbanize LA.
Senior housing in San Gabriel and South Pasadena
In San Gabriel, the trust’s award will move forward a proposed three-story, 73-unit senior apartment building at 405 S. Del Mar Avenue. Project documents identify Related California as the developer, according to the trust's San Gabriel project factsheet. In South Pasadena, the El Centro Senior project at 1503–1507 El Centro Street has secured $4.4 million to build 52 senior units, funding that the trust says will help bridge construction financing and nudge those shovel-ready plans closer to actual construction.
Alhambra’s Mariposa and local next steps
Alhambra’s Mariposa project is planned for 103 North Chapel Avenue and, according to the city, has already been the subject of council actions and a disposition-and-development agreement with American Family Housing; National CORE has also been identified as a partner. The trust’s $3 million award is intended to advance roughly 36 units that will serve low-income households and people at risk of homelessness, as reported by Urbanize LA and detailed on the City of Alhambra project page.
What comes next
Most of the awards are aimed at projects already in predevelopment, and trust leaders say the money should help speed up permitting, close financing gaps and get shovels in the ground sooner rather than later. Local officials and housing advocates have welcomed the allocations as a way to keep the region’s affordable housing pipeline moving and to recycle local dollars into new projects instead of letting them sit on the sidelines.
