“It’s like I flipped a house but I didn’t do anything to it." Kim Pohas bought a new, one-bedroom condo in May 2023 for $643,000. She sold it in May 2024 for $821,000. Welcome to Irvine, California, the nation's hottest housing market. latimes.com/homeless-housi…

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“Boommates” = roommates of the baby boomer generation. Even words can't keep up with the housing crisis. This would have been a good CAHousingPod avocado Liam Dillon bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Final orange grove in the San Fernando Valley is likely to give way to luxury homes latimes.com/business/story…

I always knew that Ronald Reagan signed the California Environmental Quality Act into law as governor, but just learned today that the legislator who authored it was future Republican governor and U.S. Senator Pete Wilson. latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Long Beach tries to find a balance in clearing homeless encampments, still some of the unsheltered express frustration that they’re not getting the help they need. latimes.com/california/sto…

Beverly Hills is dragging its heels on a new building. The governor says: Build it latimes.com/business/story…

'Shameful': Gov. Newsom decries Elk Grove's opposition to homeless housing, announces legal settlement latimes.com/homeless-housi…

The first story I wrote as a City Hall reporter in San Diego in 2009 was about whether the city would expand its convention center

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VA must build more housing on West L.A. campus, and UCLA and Brentwood School leases are illegal, judge rules ⁦Doug Smith⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

Federal court judge castigates the Veterans Administration for relying on low-income housing tax credits to build housing on its West LA campus, saying the process is too expensive and takes too long. latimes.com/california/sto…

No California political scandal will out Bonkers Shrimp Boy but this lawsuit against a state senator is Five Alarm Bonkers 🚨 🚨🚨🚨🚨 htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/files/cu-24cv0…

Sixty years ago, the state of California bought Julia Child's childhood home in Pasadena and nearly 500 others for a freeway expansion that never happened. The state is starting to sell off its properties, but Child's home remains vacant and deteriorating. latimes.com/homeless-housi…

The state of California is selling off hundreds of homes it bought in the 60s for a failed freeway project. Current low- and middle-income tenants get first dibs at big discounts. Municipal workers and small biz owners are becoming first-time homeowners latimes.com/homeless-housi…

In San Diego, a new California Environmental Quality Act lawsuit filed by a nearby hotel developer against a proposed homeless shelter sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/09/09/law…

This is not an easy read. Alene Tchekmedyian and Melody Gutierrez expose the ugly truth of the puppy pipeline running from the midwest to California. Inside California's brutal underground market for puppies: Neglected dogs, deceived owners, big profits latimes.com/california/sto…

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