Building a Better Answer to L.A.’s Affordable-Housing Crisis
Los Angeles residents are being squeezed by one of the country’s most unforgiving housing markets. A majority of the City’s lowest-income residents pay more than half of their income toward rent, live in severely inadequate conditions, or both, according to a new federal study. Many are one rent increase away from homelessness. Angelenos are looking […]
Real Reforms Needed to Stop Abusive Business-Killing Lawsuits
California is one of the most expensive states for businesses to operate in–in large part due to lawsuit abuses that unfairly target businesses–earning the state the unflattering distinction of being the worst “judicial hellhole” in the nation. Making this even worse is the fact that the targets of these frivolous lawsuits are often the 3 […]
The Housing Bond Would Be Just a Drop in the Bucket
Why bother with a $3 billion housing bond? The deal on housing legislation is shaping up as emblematic of this Second Brown Era in California politics; a big political push for a policy that won’t make much difference at all. The LA Times has explained in some detail why the legislative pieces won’t make much […]
Homebuilders (Still) in Good Hands
The selection a few years back of former GOP leader David Cogdill to lead California homebuilders (CBIA) through difficult times was an excellent choice. CBIA had come to symbolize an industry in transition – flummoxed by the duality of a deep recession and smaller, regional builders giving way to increasingly dominant national companies. Both were […]