Breakfast w/ Jenna Hornstock, Hon. AIA|LA – Deputy Mayor for Housing, City of Los Angeles

AIA|LA City Leaders Breakfast Reception w/ Jenna Hornstock, Hon. AIA|LA – Deputy Mayor for Housing, City of Los Angeles

2023 City Leaders Breakfast Series Presented By: Gannett Fleming

The 2023 AIA|LA City Leaders Breakfast Series serves as an opportunity for architects & designers and other community stakeholders to meet directly with key individuals transforming Los Angeles in a roundtable setting to discuss innovative ideas that will ensure a healthy, sustainable and economically competitive future.

Jenna Hornstock, Hon. AIA|LA – Deputy Mayor for Housing, City of Los Angeles

In February 2023 Jenna Hornstock joined the Office of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as the Deputy Mayor for Housing. She brings over 20 years leading local government teams in creative redevelopment strategies, with a focus on affordable housing, transit oriented development, land use and policy.

Prior to joining Mayor Bass’ team, Jenna was the Deputy Director of Planning for Land Use at the Southern California Association of Governments where she led the development of $150M in grant programs that incentivize housing production, as well as special initiatives in inclusive economic development and sustainable development. Jenna spent 8 years at LA Metro as Executive Officer for Transit Oriented Communities where she oversaw the Joint Development program, station area urban design, first/last mile planning and activities related to the redevelopment of Union Station. She spent nearly 7 years at the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA/LA), most recently as Chief of Strategic Planning and Economic Development. She prior worked for Mayor Hahn of Los Angeles and at the non-profit LA Family Housing.

She was a Planning Commissioner for the City of Los Angeles from 2021 – 2023, serves as a Board member for the non-profit Community Health Councils and serves on the ULI/LA Advisory Board. Her work has been recognized with awards from the AIA/LA (Honorary AIA), APA/LA (John Chase Visionary Planner Award) and the non-profit Inclusive Action for the City (Unsung Heroes of Los Angeles).

Jenna holds a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and a BA in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley.

She lives in Silverlake with her teenage son and her partner, and practices yoga and the Lindy Hop whenever possible.

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