affordable housing – Page 5

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...

Sacramento Councilman Talks Turkey and Common Sense in Globe Interview

October 6, 2021 2:14 amOctober 5, 2021 4:54 pm

Sean Loloee was elected to the Sacramento City Council December 2020. Nearly one year in, the businessman is challenging the status quo and ceaseless government-group-think that is a decades-long problem in the Capitol city. Loloee is an entrepreneur who owns...

Governor Newsom Signs 4 Bills Designed To Boost Housing Numbers

September 17, 2021 2:11 amSeptember 16, 2021 9:11 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed several bills on Thursday designed to increase housing, speed up the process to approve multi-family housing, and to alter the approval process for new housing. In total, Newsom signed the following 4 bills: Senate Bill 8...