Los Angeles wildfires exacerbate the region's housing crisis
The wildfires have destroyed more than 12,000 structures, and a Southern California housing shortage that was already serious ...
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The LA fires raise many questions for renters. LAist has answers
What happens to security deposits? Who pays for repairs? LAist answers these and other questions from tenants affected by the ...
Postcard From the Edge: L.A. in the Line of Fire
It’s too soon to know how the region — and the industry — might recover. But nothing will be as it was, and solidarity is the ...
As the smoke clears, L.A. residents face a complicated and uncertain recovery
Many displaced by the L.A. fires are living in a perpetual state of limbo, stuck between a crisis that is vast and ongoing, ...
In LA’s darkest moment, the light of tireless Angelenos providing aid, food shines bright
Carmitchel and Mel Buer CalMatters Guest Contributors The following first-person commentary is drawn from the writers’ ...
Ex-Oakland mayor, boyfriend, waste company execs indicted in sprawling corruption probe
Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her boyfriend and a father-son team who run the local recycling company were indicted Friday ...
Advocates gather to demand equitable fire recovery for long-time Altadena residents, immigrants and others
People packed a Pasadena church Friday to highlight the needs of domestic workers, seniors, renters and others who lost homes ...
LA Mayor Karen Bass’ office hit with scandals over hush money, bribes and accusations of ‘legalized corruption’
Corruption is ingrained in Los Angeles,” said Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit public interest group ...
For L.A.’s homeless population, the fires upend hard-earned stability
PASADENA, Calif. — Thomas Hutchinson moved into an Altadena apartment building using a Los Angeles County housing voucher in ...
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Ohio’s new outing law will force more LGBTQ+ youth into homelessness
If more Ohio teens are forced out of the closet to families that reject them, more Ohio teens will be forced into ...
Opinion
As LA fires destroy homes, California’s housing crisis is about to get worse
Home construction permits were trending downward. Now the wildfires have taken away at least 10,000 occupied homes.