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It's your day off. You're uninspired and under-funded (aka bored and broke). "But I live in Los Angeles!" you remind yourself. "There's got to be something I can do that won't break the bank." Art, music, museums, theatre, workshops, gardens, and more always seem to come with a price tag, unless you're totally in the know. Well, it's not too complicated to file yourself under the in-the-know column. Free L.A. is a publication that you can keep on your bookshelf to use when you need low-cost fun on the fly, or hand off to those out-of-town couch surfers you're hosting who would otherwise spend their vacation days fondling your remote control and eating you out of house and home.

Today at 2:00 p.m., Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will unveil a 5-year, $5 billion plan to double affordable housing units built in the city and will be announcing a $700 million housing investment from the Enterprise Community Partners. The plan called Housing That Works will "promote mixed-income housing, invest in new neighborhoods along public transit corridors, provide relief to families facing foreclosure and shift LA’s strategy from managing homelessness to moving people out of it." The full presser can be read here.