Social Architecture & Biodiversity Center S.A.B. Center

(Amended by Ord. No. 181,744, Eff. 7/15/11.) Affordable Housing Accommodations are housing accommodations with a government imposed regulatory agreement that has been recorded with the Los Angeles County Recorder, or which shall be recorded within six months of the filing of an exemption pursuant to this Subdivision with the Department, guaranteeing that the subject housing accommodations will be affordable to either lower income or very low income households for a period of at least 55 years, with units affordable only to households with an income at 60 percent of the Area Medium Income or less. None of the subject housing accommodations shall be affordable only to households with incomes greater than 60 percent of the Area Medium Income, as these terms are defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. "Lower Income or very low income households" is defined in accordance with California Health and Safety Code Sections 50079.5 and 50105.

(…)The Rules should have as their objective the protection of the public and not the advancement of the interests of the profession of architecture. The architect should not be burdened unfairly with rules and expectations that are unreasonable. The public, however, expects to find an architect in a leadership position on a construction project to protect its interests. Consequently, while the architect is primarily enjoined to serve a client’s best interests, the architect also has a supervening duty to the public.    

NCARB, in collaboration with licensing boards, facilitates the licensure and credentialing of architects to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. (…) Architects may be compelled to insist on positions that are not in their clients’ interest in order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. (…) An architect shall not engage in conduct involving fraud or deliberate disregard of the rights of others.”

CANON II – Obligations to the Public “Members should embrace the spirit and letter of the law governing their professional affairs and should promote and serve the public interest in their personal and professional activities.”