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…
affordable housing
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…
California Proposition 35 Voter Guide: Managed Care Organization Tax
Prop. 35 is endorsed by the Coalition to Protect Access to Health Care, which includes a number of groups involved…
California Proposition 5 Voter Guide: Local Housing, Road Bonds
Currently, most local bond proposals require a two-thirds vote of the public to pass. If voters approve Proposition 5, this…
How California makes it nearly impossible to build affordable housing
To the editor: It’s easy to say, “Let’s build more affordable housing.” But doing it is another story entirely. (“Housing…
Editorial: Drop in homeless numbers in Los Angeles proves shelter programs work
Finally, homeless numbers in the city of Los Angeles are trending in the right direction. Results from the 2024 homeless…
To Overcome LA's NIMBY Opposition, Build Affordable Housing Here
To the editor: I am disappointed in The Times for publishing the letters of two NIMBYs without offering a contrasting…
Editorial: Shameful homelessness is driving more seniors onto the streets
Any homelessness is worrying. But there is something particularly disturbing about seniors (50 and older) becoming homeless after decades of…
Billionaire-backed plan to build California city qualifies for election
Billionaire advocates of a new city that would rise from the rolling prairie northeast of San Francisco Bay cleared their…
Editorial: California Voters Still Can't Get Rid of Racist Anti-Housing Policy
This was supposed to be the year California voters would get the chance to right a historic wrong by repealing…