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Twilight descends on the 6th Street Bridge as it passes through Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA.

The City of Los Angeles’ Bureau of Street Services (StreetsLA) is collaborating with FUSE to enhance the Investigation and Enforcement Division (IED), addressing the challenge of rising service requests, permit applications, and unpermitted activities with limited resources. Currently, the IED department is charged with evaluating, researching, and processing over 20,000 permit applications that impact residents, businesses, and the organization’s core functions. The current imbalance disproportionately affects underserved communities, contributing to issues like illegal dumping and unpermitted construction, impacting the quality of life for all Angelenos.

Starting in April 2024, FUSE Executive Fellow Mokyou Hyun will engage with stakeholders, conduct market research, and lead the revision of IED’s fee structure to ensure equitable cost recovery and generate additional revenue sources required to adequately maintain, enforce, and sustain the City of Los Angeles’ vast street system. The project aims to empower StreetsLA to advocate for City Council approval of the updated fees, emphasizing the improved quality of services and equity considerations resulting from enhanced revenue streams. By April 2025, the Executive Fellow expects to have conducted a listening tour, restructured the fee schedule and developed advocacy materials for City Council approval.

Twilight descends on the 6th Street Bridge as it passes through Downtown Los Angeles, California, USA.

MOKYOU HYUN is an experienced finance professional, nonprofit advisor, and clean energy co-founder where she partners with companies and research organizations to develop plasma processing solutions for waste, water, and biotech industries. Previously, she originated and executed industry-transforming M&A, corporate finance, and private equity transactions as an investment banker and principal investor at Merrill Lynch. She was also a special assistant to the CEO, CFO, and Vice Chairman of Trammell Crow Company/CBRE. Mokyou earned a bachelor’s degree in politics from Princeton University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. She has a passion for driving multidisciplinary solutions to improve public policy for marginalized communities.

FUSE Executive Fellow Mokyou Hyun

City of Los Angeles – Bureau of Street Services

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