Los Angeles wildfire victims' rebuilding options vary wildly among neighbors due to insurance crisis
Even next-door neighbors face starkly contrasting fortunes and unequal recovery, as nation's home insurance crisis grows.
L.A. City Council committee rejects rent freeze, advances eviction protection proposal
The Los Angeles City Council's Housing and Homelessness Committee on Wednesday rejected a proposal for a rent freeze, but ...
A Scramble for Power in Los Angeles as It Begins to Rebuild
Civic leaders in the region believe that side efforts are necessary to rebuild after the wildfires. They just can’t settle on ...
Gov. Newsom lifts price caps for new rental homes in wealthy L.A. neighborhoods
In response to concerns that price-gouging laws were restricting the availability of housing, Gov. Gavin Newsom waived limits ...
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LA Should Requisition Empty Housing for Fire Victims
About a week after the Los Angeles wildfires began, it seemed safe to sleep without a go bag packed. The smoke had dissipated, and even though everyone knew the air-quality sensors couldn’t detect ...
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Investors Cashed in on LA’s Eviction Crisis—Then Came the Wildfires
While Los Angeles recovers from the devastating Palisades and Eaton wildfires, corporate landlords continue mass evictions.
New San Francisco study looks at data about homelessness with a different approach
As new Mayor Daniel Lurie begins to take on one of the city's oldest challenges, there is a new report measuring the SF's ...
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California: Five dead in Los Angeles wildfires - as new blaze starts near Hollywood Hills
At least five people have died in a wildfire in Los Angeles, officials have said, with firefighters now facing new blazes, including one in the city's famous Hollywood Hills. With firefighters ...
L.A.'s wildfires have intensified city's decades-long housing crisis | The Excerpt
Peter Dreier, an urban and environmental policy professor at Occidental College, joins The Excerpt to discuss the worsening ...
Tijuana braces for next iteration of ‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum policy
It is estimated that under the policy nearly 70,000 people were sent back to Mexico between 2019 and 2021 to await their ...
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Los Angeles wildfires create animal crisis with full shelters, ill pets: How you can help
Several wildfires are continuing to rapidly spread across Los Angeles County, not only displacing thousands of people as well as the pets and wildlife that also call Southern California home.
Fresh lawsuit hits Oregon city at the heart of Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments
The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to ...