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While Venice Beach Residents Under Lockdown, Homeless and Encampments Grow and Thrive

March 26, 2020 5:20 pmMarch 27, 2020 5:19 pm

There is not a homeless crisis or housing crisis in Venice Beach so much as a drug crisis, an alcoholism crisis, a mental health crisis, and a breakdown of law and order. Apart from excursions to perform essential work...

California’s Mayors Split on Vacation Home Tax Bill Aimed to Aid Homeless

March 11, 2020 6:15 amMarch 11, 2020 7:37 pm

“More money is necessary. But it’s not sufficient. More money needs to be accompanied by some form of legal mandate for all of us to bring people indoors.” ~Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg On Monday, California’s Big City Mayors of...

Church and Hospital Land Housing Bill Back After Amendment Change

March 9, 2020 2:40 pm

On Friday, a bill that would block zoning restrictions on land owned by churches and hospitals to build housing units was brought back to the Senate again following amendment changes. Senate Bill 899, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco),...

2020 March Primary Preview: Democratic and Republican Presidential Primaries

March 2, 2020 3:17 pmMarch 3, 2020 11:18 am

With the California Primary now only days away, the California Globe takes a look at the six top performing candidates in the Democratic and Republican primaries, as well as where they stand on the five biggest issues Californian’s face today....

SB 50 Voted Down in Senate, Falls Short of Votes Twice in Two Days

January 30, 2020 2:09 pmJanuary 31, 2020 9:02 am

The California Senate failed to pass the zoning law altering Senate Bill 50, falling three votes short of the 21 needed. Three votes short of passage SB 50, authored and introduced by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would have forced...

‘Right to Housing’ Bill Killed in Assembly Appropriations Committee

January 24, 2020 10:15 pm

A ‘right to housing’ bill that would have required guaranteed shelter for children and families died in Committee on Thursday, shocking many lawmakers who had seen it as almost guaranteed to be passed. California and ‘right to shelter’ Assembly Bill...

2020 March Primary Preview: Pasadena Mayoral Election

January 23, 2020 7:11 amJanuary 30, 2020 8:48 am

The Pasadena Mayoral Race: Pasadena, which sits Northeast of Los Angeles and to the west of Glendale and Burbank, is something at a crossroads coming into the 2020’s. The city has both been building several new large housing complexes even...