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LA Times: Op-Ed A better way to solve the housing crisis — tax land, not development
To address Los Angeles’ housing crisis, Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed a “linkage fee” on new development. The city would charge new residential…
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LA Times: California lawmakers have tried for 50 years to fix the state’s housing crisis. Here’s why they’ve failed
After an hour of debate, Herb Perez had had enough. Perez, a councilman in the Bay Area suburb of Foster…
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LA Times: Amid housing crisis, Garcetti’s ‘linkage fee’ proposal remains in limbo
Following the lead of other California cities, Mayor Eric Garcetti two years ago proposed charging a fee on construction and…
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LA Times: Here’s how construction worker pay is dominating California’s housing debate
The union representing construction workers, State Building & Construction Trades Council of California, also known as the Building Trades, is…
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LA Times: California Housing Bills Could Take Away Subsidies for Homeowners and Add Them for Renters
California lawmakers have introduced more than 130 bills this year that try to tackle the state’s housing affordability crisis. Reams…
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LA Times: L.A. Ballot Measure Would Make Housing Affordability Crisis Worse, Opponents’ Study Finds
A Los Angeles ballot measure pitched as a way to provide good jobs and less expensive housing would instead worsen…
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LA Times: Eric Garcetti Ducks Another Tough Choice — This Time on Affordable Housing
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has been on the campaign trail almost every day lately, encouraging people to vote for…
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LA Times: California’s Housing Shortage will Hamper the Economy
The dearth of housing in California will put a drag on the state’s economic growth, according to two new studies. California will…
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LA Times: L.A. isn’t a suburb. We need to stop planning it like one.
Living in Los Angeles can be frustrating. Traffic is frozen, housing prices out of reach, building permits unpredictable, and streets…
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LA Times: How to make Los Angeles More Affordable and More Livable
There is no easy answer for the housing affordability crisis in Los Angeles. But embracing growth rather than fighting it can…