The board does not endorse Measure JJJ, which would require developers to make a percentage of projects larger than nine units affordable to low-income and working residents. That’s not to say there isn’t a serious problem with affordability. California – and Los Angeles especially – is notorious for its unaffordable housing. Last year, a Harvard […]
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2016 Election: Yes on Measure HHH
Measure HHH is a vital step to jump-start housing projects for homeless individuals in Los Angeles. As it stands, there are too few options to help the estimated 28,000 homeless people counted in the city earlier this year. In fact, there was an 11 percent increase in homelessness from 2015, demonstrating an all-too-apparent need for […]
2016 Election: Yes on Measure M
It’s time for Los Angeles to get out of its gridlock. While Measure M will not be a panacea, it would be an important step toward reducing congestion and Angelenos’ reliance on cars. If approved, Measure M would raise the sales tax in LA County by 0.5 percent, which is estimated to create an annual […]
Graphic: Proposition 56 would increase cigarette tax
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Abhishek Shetty: Effective successor key to survival of Bernie Sanders’ movement
In five days, the election season will end – just 597 days after Ted Cruz announced his candidacy. And lest we miss the endless madness, there are only around 2640 days left to go until the 2024 Iowa Caucus – an important one for Democrats. Barring a scenario where Halloween costumes are actually a better […]
Submission: Bruins should vote “yes” on Prop HHH to help end LA homelessness
A man in his 50s, maybe 60s, sits on a single layer of cardboard; his feet are bare, the skin cracked, ashen by exposure. A woman trudges by towing, among other items, a sleeping bag in a grocery cart; she was in a shelter last night but is not sure if she will be so […]
Guillaume Kosmala: California voters have a chance to kill the death penalty
We Americans pride ourselves on our uniqueness: We have yet to adopt the metric system, we use Fahrenheit and we even write our dates differently. We also lead the world as one of the only major developed nations without universal healthcare. So it should come as no surprise that we also differentiate ourselves from one […]