the Milken conference speaker page keeps you on your toes

Do yourself a favor and just watch one of the greatest docs of all time:

Leaders of the Ocean Towers homeowners association and their relatives are accused of stealing $5.7 million from residents, largely by billing the HOA for construction projects they claim were never carried out. latimes.com/california/sto…

At least 60% of State Farm home insurance policy holders in some of L.A.'s toniest Westside neighborhoods — Pacific Palisades, Bel-Air, Woodland Hills, Brentwood — are losing their coverage. latimes.com/california/sto…

California fails to track effectiveness of billions spent on homelessness, audit finds latimes.com/california/sto…

The deeply silly, extremely serious rise of Nick Adams (Alpha Male)

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If you're middle class, you're more likely to find an affordable home in Houston than in Boston. If you're really poor you're more likely to find an affordable home in Boston than Houston. (via Yonah Freemark) urban.org/urban-wire/no-…

NEW: Tonight Trump will appear at a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser for Tom Homan 's non-profit.

Asked about the event and his 'family sep' policies, Trump's campaign said 'the millions of illegals Biden has resettled across America should not get comfortable.'
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Holy cow! A tie!

So now there's a three-way top two. Someone more clever than me will have to come up with a fun word for this

Skid Row is the homelessness capital of America. It’s going to look very different very soon. latimes.com/california/new…

The installation of bus shelters in LA are being held up by California Environmental Quality Act lawsuits

Someone get Liam Dillon back on the 'Gimme Shelter' pod, we have a nomination for the all-time greatest Avocado of the Fortnight.

My annotated bibliography 'Homelessness in the United States' is now published with Oxford Bibliographies. The bibliography is peer reviewed and summarizes some (but certainly not all) the great research in this field. Oxford Academic oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docume…

On Los Angeles Times Sunday front page: The uncertain future for Skid Row’s cheap hotels with last-resort housing for thousands of vulnerable Angelenos hanging in the balance latimes.com/homeless-housi…

Love Bigfoot with a Sword in Space

Interesting to see continued reporting about a resurgence across the country in single-room occupancy style housing as a homelessness solution when in Skid Row policymakers and providers are increasingly calling them outdated and pushing for redevelopment apnews.com/article/micro-…