LA Election Results: the Establishment Wins
In an era when populist uprisings have brought surprising election results nationally and internationally, the opposite was true in the Los Angeles elections yesterday. The establishment held its ground as most incumbents, led by Mayor Eric Garcetti’s overwhelming victory, retained their seats and the powers-that-be held sway on high profile city and county ballot measures. […]
Could the Housing Shortage Produce Another Supermajority?
Housing affordability in California is worse than it’s ever been, according to statistics and state officials. And the housing crisis is making other things worse. In an example of how bad housing policy begets bad, consider new legislation proposed by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, a Democrat from L.A. Santiago is rightfully frustrated with how cities and […]
Californians Favor State Action on Climate, Immigration
The Trump administration has set a new course on two issues that have deep roots in California politics and policy: climate change and immigration. As state policymakers consider responses to the federal government on these issues, our most recent PPIC Statewide Survey finds that Californians are broadly supportive of the state taking its own action. In PPIC […]
Los Angeles Traffic: Likely To Worsen with Higher Densities
A few recent days driving the Los Angeles freeways impressed me with how different they are from in most other places in the country. The intensity of the traffic is astounding. Even on the weekend, travel over Sepulveda Pass on the San Diego Freeway (I-405) was highly congested. Traffic really never stopped, but frustratingly inched […]