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LA Homeless Report Finds City Has Been Actively Making People Lose Shelter

July 6, 2024 2:25 amJuly 6, 2024 2:26 am

A new report unveiled at the Los Angeles City Council meeting earlier this week found that the city impounded 555 vehicles in which homeless people lived in while only offering shelter to 186 in the pat two years, going directly...

San Francisco and The Grants Pass Ruling: Where The City And Mayoral Candidates Stand

July 1, 2024 1:43 pmJuly 2, 2024 10:29 am

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson. According to the ruling, local laws limiting encampments on public land does not amount to cruel and unusual punishment, allowing for local civil and criminal...

Los Angeles Homeless Count Falls By 2.2% According To Latest Homeless Count

June 30, 2024 2:45 amJune 30, 2024 2:46 am

A new study released by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Friday found that the number of homeless in the City of Los Angeles fell by 2.2% from last year. The overall number in Los Angeles County went down by...

Consumer Affairs Migration Report: California Leads States People are Fleeing

June 18, 2024 7:03 amJune 18, 2024 7:03 am

Yet another report shows that Californians are seeking to flee the once Golden State in record numbers. In this new report from Consumer Affairs, nearly 11,900 more Californians are planning on moving elsewhere than New Yorkers are. “California’s whopping net...

Stealth Zoning: Cities Allowing the Sale of ‘Granny Flats’

June 17, 2024 7:00 amJune 17, 2024 7:01 am

They were called “granny flats” when government agencies first started discussing allowing “additional dwelling units” (ADUs) to be created in single-family zoned areas. Sounds nice – a place for grandma (or big mommy and mops and grangran or whatever they...

L.A. County Board Of Supervisors Vote on Stricter Rent Caps in County Unincorporated Areas

June 6, 2024 1:34 pmJune 6, 2024 1:35 pm

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted this week to put into effect even stricter rent caps in place in unincorporated parts of the county, making them one step closer to setting rent increases to only 3% each year....

San Francisco Office Prices Have Fallen From $90/Sq. Foot To $62/Sq. Foot In Only 4 Years

May 23, 2024 12:19 pmMay 23, 2024 12:19 pm

A new report by real estate agency Cushman & Wakefield released this week found that the average office rent price in San Francisco has plummeted from $90/square foot in 2020 to $62/square foot today, marking a huge collapse not seen...