2022
Annual Report
Full annual report package documenting PLBRA’s advocacy wins, financial summary, membership activity, and key resident outcomes for the 2022 program year.
Reports · Strategic Plan · Annual
What we did.
What we’re doing.
PLBRA is committed to full transparency with every resident it serves. These documents represent four decades of institutional accountability — where the money goes, what we’re working on, and what we’ve won.
501(c)(4) nonprofit — Not affiliated with management
Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan 2023–2025
PLBRA’s strategic plan is the blueprint for how the Association prioritizes its time, energy, and dues revenue on behalf of approximately 12,000 Park La Brea residents. It is published openly because accountability to residents is not optional — it is the entire point of an independent resident association.
The current plan is organized around four core focus areas: improving living conditions through direct advocacy with management and city agencies; engaging political stakeholders on issues that directly affect residents; keeping residents reliably informed through newsletters, meetings, and digital channels; and growing membership to strengthen PLBRA’s representative mandate.
Financial sustainability is also named explicitly. PLBRA runs on dues. Every dollar from a $20 individual membership or $30 household membership funds watchdog work that cannot be funded by management. That independence — financial and institutional — is the whole point.
The plan does not promise outcomes it cannot control. It commits to effort, transparency, and the kind of persistent institutional memory that makes PLBRA effective after forty years.
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Focus Area 1 Improve living conditions: service delivery, safety, security, and disaster preparedness
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Focus Area 2 Advocate with management, city, and state stakeholders for resident rights and transparency
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Focus Area 3 Keep residents informed through meetings, newsletter, digital channels, and signage
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Focus Area 4 Grow membership to build influence, fund operations, and strengthen representation
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Focus Area 5 Achieve financial self-sustainability through dues, community support, and grants
We are not a vendor. We are the people in Tower 32 who decided someone had to keep track. PLBRA Newsletter
Trust Trinity
Since 1985
Forty years of resident advocacy — before, during, and after the 1994 earthquake.
501(c)(4) Nonprofit
Answerable to residents. Not affiliated with Park La Brea management.
Named Wins
Asbestos disclosure, utility credits, key fob access, encampment cleanup.
Annual Reports
Annual Reports Archive
2023
Strategic Plan
The 2023–24 PLBRA Strategy Outline: five focus areas, membership growth targets, and the financial sustainability roadmap for the Association’s next chapter.
2024
Annual Report
The 2024 annual report is in preparation. It will document this year’s advocacy outcomes, financial summary, and strategic progress. Published when finalized.
Documented Wins
What PLBRA has actually won.
The strategic plan describes where PLBRA is going. These are the receipts for where it has already been. Each win below is documented, dated, and the result of sustained resident advocacy — not goodwill from management.
Why it matters
These are not abstract victories. They are the difference between living in a managed property and living in a community.
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2020
Asbestos Disclosure in the Towers
PLBRA successfully pressed management to disclose and address asbestos exposure risk in Building 36, protecting residents from an undisclosed hazard.
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2022–2023
Water & Sewer Utility Credits Secured
After years of unexplained overcharges, PLBRA secured city-backed utility credits of up to $249 for qualifying households. The base credit is $99.45/month, adjusted for occupancy.
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2022
Key Fob Access for Children
PLBRA secured key fob building access for children in every tower, ensuring children could independently enter and exit their homes without depending on adults.
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2023
6th Street Encampment Cleared
Working with city council and community stakeholders, PLBRA advocated for and secured cleanup of the long-standing encampment on the community’s eastern boundary.
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Ongoing
Television City Metro Shuttle Advocacy
Continued advocacy for a dedicated shuttle connection from Park La Brea to the Metro station at Curson Square Park, improving transit access for all residents.
Financials & Structure
How PLBRA is funded.
PLBRA is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit resident association funded entirely by member dues and community support. Financial summary is included in the annual report. PLBRA is not affiliated with Park La Brea management and receives no funding from management. Independence is not incidental — it is structural.
Every dollar from a $20 individual membership or $30 household membership funds watchdog work that no other organization provides for Park La Brea residents. Your dues are the reason PLBRA can say no to management when residents need that.
Legal Structure
501(c)(4) Nonprofit
Individual Membership
$20 / year
Household Membership
$30 / year
Management Affiliation
None. Resident-only.
The plan only works if you’re in it.
Join PLBRA to vote, attend meetings, and strengthen the resident voice that makes these wins possible. Or tell us what priorities matter most for the next plan.