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The Homelessness Crisis = Barbarism

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July 11, 2024

Opinion: Why Housing Should Be Regulated as a Public Utility

Something is a public utility because it is essential, such as electricity, telephone, gas, and water. The government, through proper

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July 11, 2024

Opinion: Is the $12,000-a-month apartment on its way?

It sounds crazy: The $12,000-a-month apartment. How can an average American afford to pay $12,000 per month for an apartment?

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July 11, 2024

Letters to the Editor: Demolishing Skid Row housing would be an appalling mistake

To the editor: Your article, “The end of Skid Row’s cheap hotels? L.A. leaders want to replace last-resort homeless housing,” lays

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July 10, 2024

Opinion: A Renters Revolution in Just 23 Words

Ballot initiatives can be very confusing. They are often lengthy and complicated. In 2020, if you were a strong supporter

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July 10, 2024

Opinion: Corporate Landlords Contribute $20.9 Million to Kill Rent Control Expansion in California

HOUSING – A powerful, deep-pocketed group of 11 corporate landlords has contributed a total of $20.9 million to the California

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July 10, 2024

Opinion: Who Are the Political Consultants Working for Corporate Landlords to Stop Rent Control Measure in California?

HOUSING – For this coming election in California, corporate landlords have hired a small army of political consultants to kill

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July 10, 2024

Opinion: California YIMBY Joins Corporate Landlords to Kill Rent Control Measure

California YIMBY has always had a contentious relationship with the housing justice movement, and its opposition to the Yes on

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July 10, 2024

Opinion: Vote for Rent Control as if Life Depends on It—Because It Does

The affordable housing crisis is an existential threat to our way of life in California. It is also a literal

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July 10, 2024

Opinion: Which California Do You Choose?

OP | ED – In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and the Scarecrow are faced with a fork in the

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July 10, 2024

Opinion: At Minimum Wage in California’s Biggest City, Rent Requires 100% of Income

Two decades ago, could we have imagined that a Los Angeles resident working a full-time, minimum wage job would have

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