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# Shriver gets humanitarian award
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/shriver-gets-humanitarian-award/
- Published: 2005-11-18T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:12:53.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Real Estate & Housing, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless, Homelessness

*By Daily Press staff*

Santa Monica City Councilman Bobby Shriver was honored Thursday night for being an “outstanding humanitarian.”

Los Angeles Family Housing (LAFH) gave Shriver the “Sydney M. Irmas Outstanding Humanitarian Award” for raising awareness about Santa Monica’s homeless families and veterans, and seeking affordable housing for both groups.

LAFH was founded in 1983 to end homelessness and increase affordable housing opportunities in Los Angeles. Also honored Thursday were Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and developer Mark Weinstein during LAFH’s sixth annual awards dinner at the Globe Theater at Universal Studios.

The dinner was expected to raise more than $600,000 for LAFH, which serves nearly 7,500 homeless individuals each year with emergency, transitional and permanent housing services. Tickets to the dinner were $250 a piece.

Weinstein, president of MJW Investments and the recipient of the “L.A. Family Housing Legacy Award” has joined LAFH for a development that marks the first time a Los Angeles nonprofit organization and for-profit housing developer are partnering for a large project. According to the agreement, LAFH, with a 17-year track record of service in Boyle Heights, will serve as the primary nonprofit partner to MJW Investments for the development, sale/leasing and management of affordable housing units within the Sears redevelopment project.

“L.A. Family Housing Inspiration Award” recipient Mayor Villaraigosa has been committed to increasing affordable housing since entering public office as a California Assembly member in 1994, LAFH officials said. Mayor Villaraigosa recently announced an unprecedented $1 billion affordable housing bond for the city of Los Angeles, as well as earmarking a $50 million increase to the city’s Housing Trust Fund.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 18, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/111805.pdf?ref=smdp.com)