Density bonus warning

Warning that residential neighborhoods are at risk of being overbuilt, Los Angeles city officials on Wednesday said they will seek to limit future development and bonuses to developers who provide affordable housing. Daily News.

The move comes after county Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky sent a four-page letter to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa indicating his concern that protections approved by voters to limit the height of buildings are in jeopardy.

Yaroslavsky said the density bonuses permitted under a 2005 state law are a "poorly thought-out effort" to increase affordable housing at the expense of residential areas.