Mayor Karen Bass announced Executive Directive 1 as a signature policy to speed up affordable housing. But limiting it to multi-family neighborhoods is shortsighted. …
Under state law, homeowners qualify for a modest property tax cut on their primary residence. Yet some 435,000 families in L.A. County don’t sign up….
The future home of the MLB’s Athletics will be built where the Tropicana first opened in 1957. The casino has been featured in several movies, including ‘The Godfather.’…
Tour more than 10 ADUs and meet the designers and homeowners behind them in a self-guided tour of garage conversions, new builds and prefab ADUs throughout Los Angeles. …
Buying a house in Los Angeles is almost unimaginable. Maybe that’s the allure of home listings: They help us imagine a different life….
The state has reopened applications for its California Dream Shared Appreciation loans, but this time it’s not approving the financing on a first-come, first-serve basis….
Data published by the city controller’s office shed some light on ‘cash for keys’ agreements between renters and landlords across Los Angeles. …
A legal exception let California’s El Dorado County charge a $23,000 “traffic mitigation” fee for a single new home. Will the U.S. Supreme Court close the loophole?…
Nuisance property laws and similar policies punish vaguely defined activities with eviction. They tend to increase homelessness, reduce safety and promote segregation….
Amid expansion of UCLA, UC officials are seeking to buy the former Westside Pavilion. Google had plans to build a massive campus at the shuttered mall, but those ambitions were never realized….