by jpitney | Dec 13, 2023 | Bureaucracy, California Politics, Housing, Inequality
Will Parker and Christine Mai-Duc at WSJ: A Los Angeles nonprofit was given government land in January 2007 to build a few dozen units of affordable housing. They’re finally hoping to open the building next year. Lorena Plaza, a 49-unit development rising in the...
by jpitney | Jul 9, 2023 | California Politics, Housing, Texas
Marisa Kendall at CalMatters: Texas as a whole last year recorded a 28% drop in homelessness since 2012, while California’s homeless population grew by 43% over the same period. In Texas, 81 people are homeless for every 100,000 residents. In California, the rate is...
by jpitney | Feb 12, 2023 | Housing, Uncategorized
Senator Tim Scott at a U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on the state of housing, For decades, Washington’s response to housing challenges has simply been more spending. We need to end this cycle and stop spinning our wheels. While...
by jpitney | Dec 27, 2022 | California Politics, Census, Demographics, Housing, Population
Marc Sternfield at KTLA: California will always be a popular destination for tourists and those looking to move away from extreme seasonal weather in other parts of the country. The state’s population, however, continues to decline, according to the latest data from...
by jpitney | Nov 14, 2021 | California Politics, Housing, Washington
From The New York Times: It’s easy to blame the other side. And for many Democrats, it’s obvious that Republicans are thwarting progress toward a more equal society. But what happens when Republicans aren’t standing in the way? In many states — including California,...
by jpitney | Sep 16, 2021 | California Politics, Housing, Poverty
David Wagner at LAist: According to new U.S. Census Bureau statistics, California — once again — has the highest poverty rate of any state in the country. However, despite the heavy economic toll of COVID-19, the state’s poverty rate actually fell last year....
