The Context that SB 50 Supporters Are Missing
Why? Why? Why? Oh, why did SB 50 get killed? The strangling of the big housing bill in committee has occasioned an orgy of blame, aimed at specific politicians or hypocritical progressives or suburban homeowners. But the blame game isn’t helpful, or really even fair. Local governments killed this thing. And while I think they […]
Anti-NIMBY Legislation Dead for Year
SB 50, the controversial bill to mandate high-density housing near transit hubs, recently failed to pass the Senate Committee on Appropriations. Though the bill is likely dead for the year, its author – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) – vowed to bring it back before the legislative session ends in September. That could be a […]
Latino California and the housing shortage policy debate
Right now it’s flying under the radar, unnoticed, but the potential impact of California Latinos on the housing shortage debate bears watching Latinos are the wild card in one of the state’s most critical policy debates . . . what to do about the housing shortage. Latinos are disproportionately damaged by the state’s housing shortage. […]
The Homeless Industrial Complex
Los Angeles could be at risk of a deadly typhus epidemic this summer according to Dr. Drew Pinsky, an outspoken celebrity doctor and specialist in addiction medicine. Pinsky, a Los Angeles native, recently quoted on Fox News, said: “We have tens and tens of thousands of people living in tents. Horrible conditions. Rats have taken […]