The Robert K. Ross Center for Hope and Healing will replace a surface parking lot on The California Endowment campus with affordable housing and essential community care facilities. The Center aligns with Los Angeles County’s Alternative to Incarceration initiative, providing 124 apartments for families and over 66,000 square feet of space for non-profit providers who serve justice-impacted households, reentry individuals, and the surrounding neighborhood.

Informed by robust community engagement, the plans are rooted in Trauma Informed Design principles, providing a sense of safety, comfort, choice and community for residents and visitors. The project integrates residential uses, and community programs, with a flexible layout that supports varied gatherings and features generous outdoor spaces, native landscaping, circular forms, and natural textures and patterns which nourish one’s eyes and mind.