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Gov. Newsom’s and AG Bonta’s Affordable Housing Shakedown Scheme

April 25, 2024 8:59 amApril 25, 2024 8:22 pm

“Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), announced a settlement with the city of Malibu to bring the city into compliance with the state’s Housing Element Law,” Governor...

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...

WeWork Announces Closures Of 14 Office Sites In California

November 8, 2023 11:58 amNovember 8, 2023 11:58 am

Following their bankruptcy announcement earlier this week, co-working space company WeWork announced a mass closure of almost 70 prominent offices across the United States on Tuesday, with California to have 14 locations to close soon mostly in the Bay Area...

Robotaxi Companies Struck By Wave Of Protests, Legal Action Across California

October 24, 2023 5:11 pmOctober 24, 2023 5:13 pm

Robotaxi company operations across California were struck by a series of setbacks on Tuesday, with protests erupting against them in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Legal action ending Cruise’s operation in San Francisco, and a Los Angeles City Councilwoman putting...

Robotaxis Introduced To Los Angeles Market Despite Public Safety Issues

October 12, 2023 6:46 amOctober 12, 2023 6:51 am

Waymo, the autonomous driving car company backed by Google, introduced robotaxis to the Los Angeles market, unveiling their new fleet in Santa Monica on Wednesday. The event was heavily protested by groups citing dozens of safety concerns. For several years,...

Tax $900 Million, Cut Congestion 4%

September 6, 2023 6:00 pmSeptember 6, 2023 10:30 pm

With the inexorable and inescapable plod only a government agency can achieve, LA METRO’s plan to tax people as they drive has passed another milestone: the Traffic Reduction Study initiated in 2019 to study, well, traffic reduction has completed its...

Starbucks Announces 6 LA Area Stores To Close Over Crime, Drug Problems

July 13, 2022 12:57 pm

The growing crime wave in Los Angeles and Southern California claimed a new retail victim on Tuesday when Starbucks announced that 6 stores in the LA area would be closing due to crime and safety issues. Starbucks had initially heavily...