Category: Opinion

Opinion, Real Estate

Column: SB 9 Ended R-1 Zoning, but It’s Not Meeting Goals

March 11, 2023

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March 11, 2023

By Tom Elias More than a year after it took effect, the landmark housing density law known as SB 9...

Opinion, Real Estate

Column: The Inevitable Conversions Begin Multiplying

February 25, 2023

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February 25, 2023

By Tom Elias It’s a phenomenon from New York to Dallas to Fresno and Los Angeles, one that seemed inevitable...

Opinion, Real Estate

Column: The Fantasy World of California Housing Policy

February 20, 2023

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February 20, 2023

By Tom Elias If you’re looking for sure things among bills under consideration in the state Legislature, think of one...

Opinion, Real Estate

Column: State Usurping Key Powers From Cities

January 28, 2023

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January 28, 2023

By Tom Elias All over California last fall, hundreds of the civic minded spent thousands of hours and millions of...

News, Opinion

Column – A California Positive: Kids Swarm Extra Classes

January 24, 2023

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January 24, 2023

By Tom Elias It’s become a cliché, the shibboleth that California has lousy public schools and most of the kids...

Opinion, Real Estate

​​Column: No One Very Pleased as New Rooftop Solar Rules Improve

December 9, 2022

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December 9, 2022

By Tom Elias, Columnist Only rarely does the California Public Utilities Commission, long known as the least responsive agency in...

Opinion

Column: Will New Political Players Offer More Effective Local Government for Los Angeles & Venice?

December 5, 2022

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December 5, 2022

Bass, Park could become unlikely allies in fighting homelessness, rising crime and the quality-of-life issues that plague both Angelenos and...

Opinion

Column – Gas Gougers Beware: California Is Onto You at Last

November 11, 2022

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November 11, 2022

By Tom Elias It has taken more than 50 years of on-and-off gasoline price gouging, but at long last California...

Opinion

$87,581,047.01: Candidate Rick Caruso on Pace to Smash All Spending Records in His Bid to Become Mayor of Los Angeles

November 4, 2022

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November 4, 2022

Caruso overwhelming Bass nearly 10-1! By Nick Antonicello According to the LA Ethics Commission as of October 31st, billionaire developer...

Opinion

“Ten Takes” to Watch as CD-11 Hopefuls Park & Darling Close out the Campaign in a Mad Dash to the Finish Line!

November 4, 2022

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November 4, 2022

By Nick Antonicello And after some sixteen months of posturing, positioning and intensive campaigning be it door to door, shaking...

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