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Los Angeles Times: After Years of Dramatic Increases, Rents are Finally Showing Signs of Slowing
After a remarkable run-up in housing costs that has crimped budgets, forced families from their neighborhoods and contributed to homelessness,…
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Los Angeles Times: Developer tests a new way to fund housing for the homeless: private financing
Sometime this fall, 32 homeless people will move into a supportive housing project now rising on Colden Avenue, a transitional…
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LA Times: Is anyone in charge at L.A. City Hall?
L.A.’s Keystone Kops rollout of a new trash recycling program, which has featured a dramatic service reduction at a huge…
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LA Times: House tax plan would mean higher borrowing costs for hospitals, schools, affordable housing
Hospitals, university buildings and affordable housing projects could become markedly more expensive to develop if the tax plan approved Thursday…
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LA Times: Gov. Brown just signed 15 housing bills. Here’s how they’re supposed to help the affordability crisis
Gov. Jerry Brown has finalized lawmakers’ most robust response to California’s housing affordability problems in recent memory. The “15 good bills” Brown…
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LA Times: Five ways to reform California’s landmark environmental law without ruining the Earth or the middle class
When then-Gov. Ronald Reagan signed into law the California Environmental Quality Act in 1970, he and its authors could not…
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LA Times: Ahead of final week, California lawmakers change bills to garner support for housing package
A package of bills to address California’s housing affordability crisis inched forward late last week ahead of a do-or-die week…
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LA Times: Don’t let California’s housing crisis get worse. Lawmakers need to act on these bills
California’s housing crisis is eroding the quality of life in the Golden State. Rising rents and house prices are forcing…
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LA Times: Why the Legislature probably can’t fix California’s affordable housing problem
State lawmakers can pass all kinds of bills aimed at building more affordable housing. But they can’t repeal the fundamental…
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LA Times: Billions in new spending for housing, water, parks and more could be on the 2018 ballot
Californians could vote on billions of dollars in new spending for low-income housing developments and water and parks improvements next…