Los Angeles Housing Department

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KAFI D. BLUMENFIELD

Commissioner Kafi D. Blumenfield is a resident of San Fernando Valley. She has worked on a variety of issues in her career such as voter education, environmental justice, and fair housing. Ms. Blumenfield currently directs Liberty Hill Foundation’s LibertyVote!, a voter engagement grants and training program for Los Angeles community organizations. She has also worked with the Fair Housing Council of San Gabriel Valley (now called the Housing Rights Center), Neighbor to Neighbor, and the Natural Resources Defense Council. While at the Fair Housing Council, Ms. Blumenfield served as the Director of Programs leading its housing rights advocacy and education activities. Her board memberships include the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters where she served for four years and Liberty Hill’s Environmental Justice Funding Board, which she served on for three years. Her studies included internships at the Legal Resources Center in Cape Town, South Africa, where she conducted legal research in preparation for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the White House where she conducted policy research. Ms. Blumenfield is a graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, California and UCLA School of Law.