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Why Los Angeles Cannot Solve its Housing Crisis
They are closely linked, tied together by an elaborate network of laws and regulations, property records, and mortgages and leases, all propped up by…

Trump's Surefire Re-Election Moment: Cities Who CHOP Off Their Own Authority
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Is Billionaire Landlord Sam Zell the Quintessential Corporate Vulture?
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LA’s Corrupt, Market-Oriented Planning Process Could be Reinvented to Promote Economic and Racial Justice
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California “Berning” for Ro Khanna to Chair the State’s Delegation to Dems Convention
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