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L.A. City Council Approves 4% Rent Increases Next Year

11/21/2023 - 8:47 AM By Brittany Maldonado
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Landlords of rent-controlled properties in the City of Los Angeles can raise rents 4% as of Feb. 1 and as high as 6% if they cover tenants’ gas and electricity costs.

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L.A. City Council Strikes Deal With Hotel Union to Remove Homeless Measure from Ballot

11/02/2023 - 9:14 AM By Brittany Maldonado
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A March 2024 ballot measure that would have required hotels to make vacant rooms available to homeless people appears to be dead on arrival.

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What Singapore Can Teach Us About Urban Heat

09/28/2023 - 10:46 AM By Brittany Maldonado
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The world is getting hotter. Last year, a record-breaking heat wave caused 61,000 deaths in Europe.

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A Shadowy Group of Billionaires Plans to Build a City Near Travis Air Force Base. Officials Call It a Potential Security Threat.

08/31/2023 - 8:40 AM By Brittany Maldonado
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A number of residents in Solano County awoke to strange text messages this month, asking for t

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Cecil Hotel’s Unhoused Residents Decry Filth and Violence

08/31/2023 - 8:30 AM By Brittany Maldonado
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The Cecil's streak of bad luck continues.
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Teachers Await New Affordable Housing Complex in Palo Alto

08/24/2023 - 7:22 AM By Brittany M.
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The complex’s 110 units are being built through a public-private partnership that includes Mercy Housing California (MHC), Abode Communities, and the City of Palo Alto.

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Feeling ‘Ripple Effects’ from San Diego, Chula Vista Considers a Camping Ban Of its Own

08/15/2023 - 9:10 AM By Brittany M.

It’s been three weeks since San Diego began enforcing its public camping ban. Now, neighboring Chula Vista is considering a similar ordinance of its own.

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Sacramento District Attorney Threatens City Over Homelessness

08/10/2023 - 9:36 AM By Brittany M.

Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho threatened legal action against the City of Sacramento Monday over its escalating homelessness crisis. 

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San Francisco’s Mid-Year Housing Numbers Are a Big Disappointment

08/03/2023 - 10:52 AM By Brittany M.

San Francisco continues to lag significantly on housing construction, recent data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development show.

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Rent Control Redux: CA Voters Will Weigh in on Costa-Hawkins Act Next Year

08/01/2023 - 6:49 AM By Brittany M.

California voters will get another chance to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act next year.

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