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Yeah I shut this cheer down in Houston. I get it in Chicago as a unifier once in a while. But in Houston ALDS amongst die hard Sox fans… it’s just absurd. Maybe just need some new chants?
Check out Missing Middle LA - legalizing ADU condo sales, making SB9 lot splits easier, and building on the Starter Home Revitalization Act (SHRA) to expand small lot subdivisions, townhomes, condos and other more attainable forms of ownership. planning.lacity.gov/plans-po…
A big problem Los Angeles faces:
Our rental market is reasonably affordable right now (notwithstanding what you hear in the media).
However, bc starter homes are so expensive, upwardly mobile young people without family money, who almost universally want to be home-owners, quite sensibly move away or never come here in the first place.
This is illegal in CA
With a low supply of townhouses in the West Village, wealthy buyers are turning apartment buildings into single-family homes. The tenement at 80 Horatio, formerly an 8-unit walk-up, sold last year and is being converted to a mansion. curbed.com/article/west-vill…
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#WhiteSox fans complaining about an owner building a new stadium, with his own money. With plans of generating consistent revenue for a team that has never signed a $100 million dollar player, sure is something.
All because we’re worried about tailgating, and parking lots.
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Housing politics differed at Sherman Oaks mayoral debate. Did Nithya Raman fall into a 41.18 trap? County officials forecast job loss from a Paramount Warner Brothers merger. And more.
LA Squawk Box for Thursday, August 20, 2026
squawkbox.la/p/la-squawk-box…
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LADWP officials said they are doing away with staging area requirements.
“Speaking Power to Truth” afternoon panel on energizing projects, w/ opening remarks by LADWP president Allan Marks, and Ray Nalangan (SMUD), Emil Abdelshehid (LADWP), Kyle Fluker (Cypress Equities), Patrick Clark (SoCalEdison), moderated by Jesse Zwick from HAC #CAInfillSummit
LA Mayoral hopeful @nithyavraman talks (mostly) housing in questions from David Remnick on the New Yorker radio hour. Started by emphasizing that LA has the largest housing shortage and most unaffordable rents - and this is not a coincidence. overcast.fm/podcasts/episode…
3500 units of affordable housing in Woodland Hills. ED1 FTW.
NEW: Mayor Karen Bass goes one-on-one with us on a proposed $2 billion, 3,500-unit affordable senior housing project in Woodland Hills, CA.
We also ask for clarification on remarks she made that some homeless people use meth to stay awake at night for protection.
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Braden Montgomery is the 5th player EVER to hit a walk-off home run in their MLB debut!
H/T @EliasSports, @SlangsOnSports
The first stage of exiting a housing crisis. Getting back to somewhat normal household formation levels. For so long, people in LA were less likely for form new households than nearly anywhere else in the US. Things are moving in the right direction but there’s a long way to go
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Munetaka Murikama ties Aaron Judge for league lead 14th homer #whitesox What a sound off the bat! White Sox are now .5 game out 😆
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"Los Angeles Residents to Gain Faster Access to New #AffordableHousing through @HealthNet's $10 Million Investment in “Guarantee Fund”. Partnership with #LA4LA will accelerate construction of affordable and mixed-use housing across LA County" news.healthnet.com/guarantee…
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Recordatorio que Perú tuvo la política habitacional más ambiciosa del contiente. Te permitía construir torres de 30 pisos si destinabas la mitad a vivienda de interés social (VIS). Fue tan exitoso que produjo VIS en el Polanco de Lima.
Se quejaron los NIMBY pitucos y se derogó.
We’ve entered the phase of the development cycle where a drive-thru Taco Bell in the middle of LA makes more sense to build bs 123 units.
Interesting - a majority of tax credit units are inhabited by extremely low income (30% AMI) households despite units targeting this group accounting for only 15% of the total stock. Most are likely paying unaffordable rents but (in theory) benefit from the subsidies.
A recent study published in Housing Policy Debate by Ann Owens, “Who Is LIHTC Built for? The Distribution of Affordable Housing Units by Rents, Tenant Incomes, and Project Features in California,” finds that although the majority of California's LIHTC tenants are extremely low-income, only a small share of LIHTC units are targeted to them.
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