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2022 LA Mayoral Election: Caruso, Bass, and the Mad Dash to June

May 3, 2022 2:44 amMay 3, 2022 6:15 am

In recent weeks, the LA Mayoral race has continued to slow down with lines between all the candidates solidifying their support. Longtime frontrunner Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA) has kept up her base support of her Congressional district constituents, as well...

The Housing Brick Wall: Wildfire Concerns, Environmental Factors, Affordability Collide In Trend of Overturning Luxury Developments

April 13, 2022 2:19 amApril 12, 2022 9:09 pm

Since October of last year, some of California’s largest proposed luxury housing complexes and developments have been struck down or massively delayed either by courts or directly by the Government. In October, a San Diego Superior Court judge halted most...

The Expanding Housing Crisis: Affordable, Attainable, or Impossible?

March 2, 2022 6:53 amApril 3, 2022 4:23 pm

It has been said that everything starts in California. Politics, storms, vast amounts of (currently) sequestered, (always) predatory wealth, that “up at the end” accent no one can actually tolerate, etc. – all that is true. Add to that list...

North Sacramento Councilman At Odds With Local Media Over Affordable Housing Policies

November 1, 2021 4:18 pmNovember 1, 2021 7:05 pm

Less than one year into his first term, Sacramento City Councilman Sean Loloee was the subject of a recent hit piece in the Sacramento Bee. The accusation was that Loloee is “not a fan of affordable housing,” and doesn’t understand...

Revolution Prep Co-Founder Ramit Varma Enters LA Mayoral Race

October 28, 2021 5:04 pm

Encino Businessman and co-founder of the test preparation company Revolution Prep, Ramit Varma, announced his candidacy for the Mayor of Los Angeles on Wednesday at a special event at Banc of California Stadium. Varma enters the race with no prior...

Santa Barbara County Supervisors Insult the Little People Who Bother to Show Up

October 19, 2021 2:33 amOctober 18, 2021 10:03 pm

Last week, I spoke about how government hearing chambers have morphed into echo chambers. As a way of reminder, the definition of an echo chamber is an environment in which people encounter only beliefs or opinions that coincide with their...

Santa Barbara County Supervisors: The Echo Chamber of Futility

October 12, 2021 9:38 amOctober 12, 2021 9:00 am

For the past 30 years, I have spent nearly every miserable Tuesday sitting in the chambers of the Santa Barbara County Supervisors. I am convinced we need to rename the hearing room the echo chamber. The definition of an echo...