AltWeeklies Wire
Wal-Mart vs. the Poornew
Blame Howard Jarvis and his Prop. 13 for big-box projects beating low-income housing.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Greg Katz |
01-25-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Bill Rosendahl: The Lone Voice of Reasonnew
For nearly two years he’d been the only government ally for the tenants of Lincoln Place, a Venice affordable housing project that invading corporate giant AIMCO planned to bulldoze.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Greg Katz |
11-30-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
L.A.'s Homeless are Targeted for Harassmentnew
Ask anyone familiar with Skid Row, and they will tell you that Safer Cities Initiative is essentially a tool for making the streets of Central City East -- the official name for Skid Row's 50 square blocks -- safer for the developers and art gallery owners and loft dwellers who have either moved in or want to.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Guempel |
11-30-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Fabian's Power Movesnew
How the battle over California term limits made affordable housing a casualty.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Greg Katz |
09-28-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Weird Scenes Inside the Goldminenew
How slumlord siblings trashed the iconic Morrison Hotel and how tenants fought back.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
06-01-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Can L.A. Find Room for Affordable Housing in its High-rise Future?new
As L.A. and its mayor see the end of single-family homes and the growing Manhattanization of the city, they wonder: What about affordable housing?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Marc B. Haefele |
05-11-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Condos vs. Camerasnew
Continuing development in downtown L.A. threatens to send essential film production scurrying out of town.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Allison Milionis |
03-30-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
When Every Person Countsnew
More than numbers are at stake in L.A. County's recent homeless census.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Staff |
03-16-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Redesigning Los Angelesnew
As L.A.'s mishmash of styles and thoroughfares clutters our lives, architects, planners, and activists are demanding a new future.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
01-26-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Turf Battlenew
The national fight over eminent domain comes to the intersection of Hollywood and Vine.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Carl Kozlowski |
09-01-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
An (Almost) Done Dealnew
South Central Farmers lose a court challenge to hold on to their 14-acre garden.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
07-28-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Next Los Angelesnew
L.A. has more people per square mile than any urban area in the country, and over the next two decades it's going to add millions of new residents -- can smart growth stave off impending citywide gridlock?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
07-07-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Shining the Nickelnew
Downtown development has brought on a huge push to help the indigent of L.A.'s Skid Row -- but are we really dealing with the problem, or sweeping it somewhere else?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Allison Milionis |
06-30-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Echo and Echolalanew
Hipster gentrification proceeds through chaos on Los Angeles' Eastside Sunset Strip.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Cole Coonce |
02-24-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Trouble in the Gardennew
The 350 families who banded together as the South Central Farmers, and transformed an industrial dump into a jungle paradise, are now being evicted.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
01-26-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
