The LIVE category represents our vision of an LA where all communities have the economic means and cultural capital to thrive. By the year 2050, we hope our region will have the nation's lowest poverty rate, and that all families will have access to healthy food, quality health care, safe housing, and a sustainable environment, no matter where they live or how much money they make.

Below, learn more about the five My LA2050 winners making LA the best place to LIVE.

$100,000 Winner: Clínica Msr. Oscar Romero provides quality, affordable, and culturally-sensitive health care and other services to underserved communities in Pico-Union/Westlake and Boyle Heights regardless of their ability to pay. The organization's My LA2050 project invests in expanding the clinic's telehealth capacity.

Clínica Msr. Romero is on the frontlines of providing care in neighborhoods with some of the highest COVID-19 numbers in our region. Check out this recent piece by ABC7 to learn more about their crucial work.

$50,000 Winner: Crop Swap LA is piloting the creation of a garden district in LA, installing seven income-producing gardens and rainwater harvesting systems at residential homes and employing formerly incarcerated individuals as gardeners.

In the absence of in-person swaps, Crop Swap LA continues to engage with novice and experienced urban farmers through digital meet-ups. Join the next one on September 5. And, for those with fruit trees, you can sign up to have volunteers harvest your extra fruit and share it with direct service partners!

$25,000 Winner: Jenesse Center, Inc. aims to restore families impacted by domestic and sexual violence through holistic, trauma-informed, culturally-responsive services, and advance prevention initiatives that foster and sustain healthy, violence-free communities.

Jenesse Center, Inc. was founded by five Black women in 1980 and is currently celebrating 40 years of providing domestic violence intervention and education services to the Los Angeles community. Learn more about their work here.

$15,000 Winner: Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE) works toward the creation of a society where economic benefits and opportunities are equitably distributed, communities are stable, and workers and tenants have the same rights, stature, and power as corporations and property owners.

SAJE recently collaborated to build NoRent.org, a free tool to help tenants nationwide send a letter to their landlord notifying them of an inability to pay rent due to COVID-19. Check out the tool, and share it with those who might need it.

$10,000 Winner: Safe Parking LA's Neighbors for Home is a grassroots initiative that aims to mobilize residents to act around the problem of vehicular homelessness in their neighborhoods.

Did you know that more than 25 percent of LA County's homeless population is living in vehicles? Safe Parking LA supports individuals experiencing vehicular homelessness by providing a safe lot for overnight parking with access to a restroom and a security guard. Fill out this interest form to volunteer.