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The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has spent tens of millions on pro-tenant causes. Yet elderly and disabled tenants at one of its buildings complain have spent months at a time without a functioning elevator. → Read More
Weeks into her tenure as Los Angeles mayor, Karen Bass talks about her focus on homelessness and affordable housing. → Read More
The L.A. City Council has voted to allow landlords to resume evictions Feb. 1. But additional planned tenant protections have not passed. → Read More
Difficulties navigating the healthcare system are exacerbated when someone doesn't have a fixed address and is more likely to have chronic conditions. → Read More
Embattled L.A. City Councilmember Kevin de León remains defiant after an altercation with activists during a holiday event. → Read More
Police escorted protesters Saturday from the swearing in ceremony for incoming L.A. City Councilmember Traci Park, the latest in a series of protests involving councilmembers in recent days. → Read More
L.A. City Council member Kevin de Leon was involved in a fight Friday night with activist Jason Reedy. Here’s what happened at the Christmas gift giveaway where the fight took place. → Read More
The 2022 Avocado of the Year goes to the Silicon Valley town of Woodside. The community tried to evade a state law that would allow the construction of duplexes by declaring itself a mountain lion habitat. → Read More
Tenants at one of L.A.'s largest apartment complexes continue to live in unsafe conditions months after the city, county and landlord pledged action. → Read More
One in five California community college students, one in 10 California State University students and one in 20 University of California students are homeless, a study found. → Read More
Bill Brand, the mayor of Redondo Beach, has amassed power on a slow-growth platform. Now, a series of emails involving him and supporters are heightening criticism about their tactics. → Read More
At the end of his first term in office, Gov. Gavin Newsom has not met his major promises to build a lot more homes and ease California's housing crisis. → Read More
Rep. Karen Bass and developer Rick Caruso say the city needs to build more housing, and more affordable housing, cheaper and faster to fix overcrowding in Los Angeles. → Read More
In March 2020, more than a dozen families seized vacant, publicly owned homes in El Sereno and were allowed to stay. Now, some may be evicted. → Read More
Developers in Santa Monica are planning 4,500 new apartments under a little-known state legal provision — and the city might not be able to stop them. → Read More
Organizers of the When We Were Young Festival in Las Vegas canceled performances on Saturday because of high winds. They plan to resume on Sunday. → Read More
More homes are overcrowded in L.A. than in any other large U.S. county, a Times analysis of census data found — a situation that has endured for three decades. → Read More
Our story on overcrowded housing involved dozens of interviews and visits to tightly packed apartments where COVID-19 ran rampant. → Read More
The denser homebuilding and increased public support for low-income tenants needed to fix L.A.'s housing crisis are also needed to solve overcrowding, experts say. → Read More
A new California law eliminates minimum parking requirements for housing near mass transit. Why one parking guru says it'll be a boon for home building. → Read More