Monkonnen on Rising Housing Costs in L.A.
“We’re building much less housing than we have at every other point in our history, in at least the last century or so,” he says.
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Blumenberg on Rideshare Pilot Program in Ohio
Proposal is designed to bridge the distance between public transit stops and people’s final destinations.
Storper on the Roots of Housing Inequality
The idea that insufficient housing is the main cause of urban economic problems is based on faulty premises, he argues.
More Is Less on L.A.’s I-405, Michael Manville Says
Manville discusses the problem of congestion in the Sepulveda Pass and possible solutions.
Loukaitou-Sideris and González Study Link Between Gentrification and Traffic Collisions
The study analyzed the number of collisions near rail stations in LA County and the San Francisco Bay area.
Yaroslavsky Calls SB 50 an Overreach
The director of the Los Angeles Initiative at UCLA comments on the implications presented by California Senate Bill 50.
Institute on Inequality and Democracy Highlighted for Debt Relief Activism
Institute serves as a model for creating reciprocal relationships between academia and debt relief organizations.
Villasenor Weighs In on Electronic-Tracking Bracelets
He calls L.A. County program to find missing seniors “a very good potential use of location-tracking technology.”
Torres-Gil and Shoup on Disabled Parking Fraud
Increased fines and enforcement are not enough to combat the problem, they say, arguing for a limit on who has access to the placards.
Newton on Conflicts Between Sheriff and Supervisors
In an op-ed for the L.A. Times, he outlines the board’s limitations in reining in Villanueva, whose brief tenure has drawn wide criticism.
