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Santa Monica Homeless Housing: $1 Million Per Apartment

April 24, 2024 4:00 pmApril 25, 2024 3:38 pm

One million dollars. Well, technically $1,008,944.89 is what a new combination low and moderate income/permanent supportive housing for the homeless project in Santa Monica will cost per unit. That works out to be $1,252 per square foot, at least double...

CARB Now Trying to Ruin Rail

April 23, 2024 4:01 pmApril 23, 2024 4:01 pm

Considering California’s less than glorious experience with its high speed rail program, one would think it would be wise for the state to stay away from the whole railroad thing entirely. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has been called...

The Courts and Homelessness: City Anti-Camping Ordinance Goes Before the Supremes

April 22, 2024 3:57 pmApril 22, 2024 4:15 pm

When discussing homelessness, California state and local officials often point to a federal court ruling they say ties their hands completely when it comes to dealing with the problem. But it appears, from the tenor of the oral arguments today...

Kamala, 2024.0 – Press Still Trying to Make Harris Credible

April 22, 2024 2:03 pmApril 22, 2024 2:03 pm

Kamala Harris has been the vice president now for 1,189 days. To date, there have been 1,187 stories in the press about how she’s re-inventing herself as an effective vice president and leader, not just some whiny, cackling, jumbletron who...

Cities Climate Leadership Group: The Dementia is in the Details

April 22, 2024 2:45 amApril 22, 2024 11:23 am

First off, despite the headline, this article is not about Joe Biden. But is about something as nearly as terrifying as having a rattled and addled president leading the free world. It’s about the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, a...

Adopt a Rescue Human

April 19, 2024 4:26 pmApril 19, 2024 4:26 pm

Crate, castrate, and vaccinate – three things you are most often told by the good people at the animal shelter when you finally decide on a dog to adopt. Why does that sound so unnervingly like what happened over the...

USC Valedictorian Gets the Hook

April 18, 2024 1:44 pmApril 18, 2024 1:44 pm

For a short time, Chino Hills native and medical engineering student at USC Asna Tabassum was going to give the valedictory speech at this year’s commencement in May. But shortly after the announcement was made, University of Southern California administrators...