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Why LA Remodels So Few Vacant Buildings With Low-Cost Housing For The Homeless

Taggers decorated vacant high rise buildings in Downtown LA with graffiti.

LA’s City Council is Ready to Adopt the Citywide Housing Incentive Program (CHIPs) Ordinances

Measure A Passes: LA County Approves 0.25% Sales Tax Hike for Homeless Programs

LA’s City Hall Rveals the Democratic Party’s Failing Domestic Policies

Can Voting Resolve Local Policy Issues?

LA’s New Zoning Code Is Under Review At The City Attorney’s Office

Urban Forest Blues in Los Angeles

Photo from the L.A. Bureau of Street Services Urban Forestry Division’s home page.

LA’s City Planning Commission Approves A Zoning Program That Makes Homelessness Worse

Why Homeless Programs, Like LA County‘s Measure A, Fail

City Hall Again Selling Off Public Sidewalk Rights To The Sign Industry

Example of proposed Tranzito-Vector sign in public right-of-way

Human Rights Watch Report on Homelessness in Los Angeles, “You have to move!”

Climate Change Has Arrived. Efforts To Counter It Are Faltering

The Country’s Housing Crisis Is Getting Worse, But It Is Hardly New

Housing Element Implementation Ordinance - LA’s Future Is Up For Grabs

Will LA’s future be over-priced, ticky-tacky apartments without yards, parking, and trees?

McMansions Still Proliferate In Los Angeles, Driving Up Housing Costs, Homelessness, and Climate Change

billboard is photoshopped

Good Grief. VIP’s Offer Inane Fixes For Homelessness And Climate Change

City Hall’s Housing Policies Led to LAUSD Enrollment Decline

When LA City Hall Pols Step Into The Ring Of Foreign Policy

Real Estate Speculators Boost Profits by Bypassing Local Zoning Laws

Residents Of LA’s Pico-Midvale Neighborhood Propose Alternative Temporary Homeless Site

Unveiling Urban Inequality: A Comprehensive Review of "The Broken City" by Patrick M. Condon

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