Austin Beutner proposes school-centered housing, services and park plan

As Los Angeles struggles to build housing fast enough and keep basic costs affordable for families, mayoral candidate Austin Beutner is pitching a set of proposals that would put public schools at the center of the city’s response — from building apartments on school campuses to opening school grounds as neighborhood parks.

The ideas build on work already underway within the Los Angeles Unified School District and City Hall, but would significantly expand that approach.

Beutner, the former superintendent of LAUSD...