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Controversial Law Removing Many Local Laws To Allow More Housing Construction Signed By Governor

October 10, 2019 8:39 pmOctober 11, 2019 8:34 am

SB 330, which will allow for speedy timelines for housing permits, a ban on construction moratoriums, limits the number of public hearings on new housing projects, and forbids housing density reductions, was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom this...

The Housing Crisis Part III: Fullerton

October 8, 2019 6:05 amOctober 11, 2019 8:23 am

While driving down a few streets in the suburban Orange County city of Fullerton, an unusual by-product of the housing crisis presented itself. Rows and rows of large houses known as ‘McMansions’ built within the past 20 years lined the...

AB 29: How A Bill That Removes A Small Slice Of Freeway Could Set A Major Precedent For Californian Cities

October 2, 2019 6:01 am

Since the 1960’s a major thoroughfare of the Los Angeles highway system hasn’t been completed: Interstate 710. This construction snag is about to be the main catalyst for something much bigger with possible statewide repercussions. Namely, it could be a...

RECAP: SB 330, The Bill That Would Restrict The Housing Laws of Individual Cities

September 24, 2019 1:50 pm

In the midst of a housing crisis, the battle over a city deciding for itself what it’s needs are vs. what the state needs are clashing again in the form of SB 330. What is it? Senate Bill 330. SB...

The Housing Crisis Part II: Los Angeles

September 23, 2019 4:22 pmSeptember 24, 2019 9:21 am

Walking down East 3rd Street in Los Angeles, on the border of the neighborhood known as “Skid Row,” a man in his late 40s wearing a faded Los Angeles Raiders t-shirt pointed to a bank of condos. “I used to...

The Housing Crisis Part I: Pasadena – The Fight Over City And State Development Laws

September 9, 2019 6:19 amSeptember 9, 2019 12:34 pm

Since 2015, California has been adding more and more laws to create more affordable housing. With a rise in rents and homelessness, laws such as a measure forcing new developments to include low-income housing, have been passed by the Legislature....

Bill That Lengthens Rent Increase Notice for Tenants to Go Before Senate

September 5, 2019 2:33 pmSeptember 6, 2019 12:38 pm

Assembly Bill 1110, which would require a 90 days’ notice of an increase of rent if it changes by 10 percent or more, faces its final major voting hurdle in the Senate. The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Laura Friedman (D-Glendale),...