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Project Roomkey To Wrap Up Hotel Stays For Homeless In California

September 24, 2020 6:00 pmSeptember 25, 2020 7:39 am

This week, hotels across California began another wave of emptying rooms as ‘Project Roomkey‘, California’s $100 million project to secure temporary shelter for the homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic, plans its wrap up. An end to Project Roomkey The Project...

Protests Over The Breonna Taylor Decision Erupt Across California

September 24, 2020 3:52 pm

On Wednesday, a grand jury decision in Louisville, Kentucky that only charged one of three police officers with wanton endangerment in the death of Breonna Taylor caused massive outcry nationwide, with many of the largest protests happening across California. Taylor,...

Los Angeles’ Largest Landlord Group Requests Injunction Over Eviction, Rent Freeze Moratorium

September 23, 2020 2:23 amSeptember 23, 2020 9:40 am

On Monday, Los Angeles’ largest landlord group, the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA), announced that it had filed a preliminary injunction against the city of Los Angeles to stop the eviction moratorium and rent freeze in the city....

SoCal Landlord Group Sues State, County, City Governments In Lawsuit

September 16, 2020 6:20 pmSeptember 18, 2020 7:33 am

On Tuesday, a group of apartment owners and landlords sued California, Los Angeles County, and several Southern Californian cities over several tenant eviction protections enacted since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. Unlawfully and illegally commandeered without compensation...

Homeless ‘Tiny’ Apartments Balloon to $425,000 Per Unit in Sacramento

September 16, 2020 8:32 amSeptember 17, 2020 6:49 am

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg has been pushing for permanent housing for the city’s homeless. While that may sound reasonable and even decent, the latest project to provide tiny apartments in a renovated old downtown hotel will cost more than $445,000...

Historic Mt. Wilson Observatory On Verge Of Being Destroyed By Wildfire

September 15, 2020 2:39 pmSeptember 15, 2020 2:40 pm

Throughout Tuesday, fire crews are working non-stop to halt the advance of the Bobcat Fire on the famed Mt. Wilson Observatory, which is now being reported to be within 500 feet of the observatory itself. ‘The Bobcat Fire is knocking...

‘Tone deaf’ LA Mayor Garcetti Tweets Urging Residents to Conserve Energy

September 7, 2020 2:11 pm

On Sunday, a tweet by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti that said to use less electricity and not run the air conditioning very high despite a record heat wave faced severe backlash from thousands of LA residents. ‘Time to turn...