California should reform CEQA instead of poking holes in it
For the second time in two years, the California Legislature has passed a unique law to circumvent the California Environmental…
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Poll: LA County voters lukewarm on homeless services tax
A November ballot measure that would double the county's quarter-cent sales tax for homeless people is leading in a preliminary…
Maxine Waters: Why I oppose Inglewood busing
August 17, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: The Inglewood commuter plan is an outrageously expensive $2 billion…
Letters to the editor: Historic sites are no barrier to affordable housing
To the editor: I’m a little tired of seeing historic sites framed as a barrier to affordable housing (“Facing community…
Letters to the editor: Los Angeles can get more people off the streets
To the editor: Does anyone believe that affordable housing will magically appear immediately because it is the solution? Why not…
California Proposition 2 Voter Guide: Education Bond
Opponents of the bill include some low-income districts and advocacy groups that say the proposal does not go far enough…
California Proposition 3 Voter Guide: Gay Marriage
Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell) authored legislation calling on voters to remove and replace the Proposition 8 definition, calling it “discriminatory…
California Proposition 33 Voter Guide: Expanded Rent Control
Currently, state law limits rent increases for tenants of apartments and single-family homes owned by businesses that are more than…
California Proposition 34 Voter Guide: Health Care Spending
The measure is sponsored by the California Apartment Association, which has clashed with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation for years over…
California Proposition 32 Voter Guide: Raising the Minimum Wage
The state's minimum wage hasn't changed in nearly a decade. Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law in 2016 to raise…