We made a promise to the people we surveyed that we would carry their message back to the decision-makers.

CUP recommends Consolidated Plan funds to be allocated as follows, in accordance with the peoples' wishes:

• Job training and development
• Reduction in gang activities:
  job recruitment, services for at-risk youth, and crime abatement
• Repair and remodel of old buildings/ neighborhoods:
  funds to restore old and dilapidated buildings and repair older neighborhoods
• Affordable housing:
  construction and restoration
• Street improvements:
  infrastructure repair and streetscape upgrades

CUP is continuing to ask the residents of the city about their needs and will report its findings to City officials on a regular basis.

Copies of this report have been distributed to the Mayor's office, the City Council, the Los Angeles Community Development Department (CDD), Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), Housing Department, Homeless Services Authority, and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development Agency (HUD). Complete information on this survey is available for review by the general public and the media.