This review and cover letter was written to provide background and suggestions for Auditors Tilden and Lozano to consider in relation to the audit commissioned by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee at the request of Members Glazer, Newman, Bauer-Kahan, Portantino, Muratsuchi, Stern, and Bates.
In this report, we analyze local plans and housing development rates in nearly 100 cities in the San Francisco Bay Area. We assess production on sites presented by cities to the state government as apt for housing, as well as elsewhere in the city.
This research brief is a follow-up to a 2020 survey and report that found one in five Los Angeles County tenants struggling to pay rent during the early months of the pandemic. As the economy reopens, many tenants continue to struggle. California should act quickly to deliver assistance directly to renters.
Nathan Keibler conducts a market analysis, financial feasibility analysis, and funding source summary for naturally occurring affordable housing preservation in Koreatown.
Since 1990, California allows developers of affordable housing projects to bypass zoning codes and general plans of cities out of compliance with the Housing Element Law. Why aren't there more builder's remedy projects?
The study examined the relationship between housing availability near workplaces and commute distance for lower-, medium-, and higher-wage workers in Los Angeles.
This paper analyzes Measure ULA, a City of Los Angeles ballot measure which would reform transfer taxes to raise money for affordable housing/homelessness prevention.
What are the unique characteristics of people living in vehicles in Los Angeles? These findings will help effectively target policies and services, such as safe parking programs that can offer temporary relief and interventions necessary to transition into permanent housing.
This brief evaluates land value tax, real estate transfer tax, and proposition 13 reforms' potential to improve local and state governments' ability to invest in affordable housing.
This brief explores feasible property sources in Los Angeles County for decommodified housing.
