Housing crisis – Page 2 – California Globe

Mayor Bass Exits Embattled LAHSA as Feds Probe Homeless Spending

September 9, 2026 11:59 amSeptember 9, 2026 1:00 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is leaving the commission that oversees the city’s lead homeless agency— the same board she appointed herself to, then rarely attended. A mayoral spokesperson told reporters Tuesday that Bass would step off the Los Angeles...

Ford’s 90-Minute Case Against Lombardo Doesn’t Survive Fact-Checking

September 4, 2026 12:33 pmSeptember 4, 2026 12:36 pm

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford sat down with Jon Ralston for a lengthy interview and treated the governor’s race like a grievance session. He declared grocery prices the nation’s highest, dismissed thousands of new jobs as work that “can’t sustain...

A Cultural Anthropologist Ran LAHSA’s Finances While a ‘High-Risk’ Vendor Cashed In

August 27, 2026 1:06 pmAugust 27, 2026 1:06 pm

Los Angeles officials approved millions of dollars in taxpayer contracts to a now-defunct homelessness nonprofit, Abundant Blessings, after their own compliance team labeled it “High-Risk” and delinquent, and they kept writing checks even after obtaining evidence of possible crimes. Alex...

Trump Administration Proposes $103,265 H-1B Fee To Prioritize American Workers, Fund Immigration Enforcement

August 24, 2026 3:02 pmAugust 24, 2026 3:25 pm

The Trump administration on Monday proposed a new six-figure fee of $103,265 for most new H-1B visa petitions, aiming to overhaul the program for highly skilled foreign workers and prioritize American labor, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Vice...

HUD Secretary Scott Turner Puts California’s Homeless Industrial Complex on Notice

August 12, 2026 11:16 amAugust 12, 2026 12:11 pm

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner delivered a blunt message this week: the days of federal taxpayers bankrolling California’s failed and unaccountable homelessness bureaucracy are over. In a video posted to X late Tuesday, Turner declared, “Today, HUD...

Has Kamala Harris Been Hijacked by the DSA or Has the Progressive Mask Finally Slipped?

August 1, 2026 3:57 pmAugust 1, 2026 4:20 pm

Former Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Nashville this week for the National Urban League’s annual conference and, in a discussion that was supposed to focus on racial justice, economic opportunity, and “defending democracy,” delivered a remarkably candid preview of...

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About California’s 14 Ballot Measures in November

July 31, 2026 6:00 amAugust 1, 2026 3:57 pm

As of July 27, 2026, 14 statewide ballot propositions have qualified for the November 3, 2026 election, confirmed by the California Secretary of State. What’s so pressing in California that 14 initiatives qualified for the ballot, and why should you...