Housing
Newsom Signs Legislation to Streamline Student and Staff Housing at California Community Colleges
While the wait continues on the governor's action on most of the legislation Streetsblog covered this year, here's some news on the housing front.
SB 79 Passes Assembly, Still Needs Senate “Concurrence” Before the Governor’s Desk
It was a bi-partisan vote on both sides, but in the end the legislation passed 41-17.
L.A. Council Committee Approves Step toward Eliminating Parking Requirements
Off-street parking at new developments is not going away. If the city doesn't require parking, developers will still build parking.
Politics Heat Up Around SB79 – Dems Support, Los Angeles Opposes
Update on Friday, 8/29 - SB 79 just cleared the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Rest in Power, Benito Flores
A memorial to a man who died fighting for what he believed in.
Wiener’s Controversial Legislation to Upzone Near Transit Keeps Moving with One Major Change
Just because it's moving, doesn't mean it's not still controversial...
Talking Headways Podcast: Just Action Under the Color of Law
Leah Rothstein on the book she wrote with her father Richard about the fight against housing segregation in America.
Streetsblog L.A. Endorsement: Yes on Measure A
Help address L.A.'s homelessness crisis by voting yes on Measure A - the half-cent sales tax that will fund affordable housing, services for mental health, addiction and domestic violence, and homelessness prevention
President Sprawl? What’s With Pols Talking About Developing Federal Land?
The federal government's job should be "to make sure that all people have the choice of living in the community that they choose and that they’re able to afford to live there,” said one activist.