The Consequences of Measure ULA: Some Clarifications

This report responds to criticisms of two earlier UCLA Lewis Center reports, both of which evaluated the effects of Measure ULA, a real estate transfer tax implemented in the City of Los Angeles in April 2023. We show that these criticisms are misguided. No social science research is perfect, but there is no reason to think our earlier reports are fundamentally flawed. We also examine a key claim made by the critics, which is that Measure ULA has already created 10,000 union construction jobs. We show that this claim is almost certainly untrue.