Is your ADU housing L.A. residents displaced by the recent fires? We want to hear about it
For a future article, we are looking for stories about how ADUs are helping Angelenos who lost their homes in the recent ...
Mayor Bass taps Hagerty Consulting for LA rebuild lead
Los Angeles chose Hagerty Consulting to oversee rebuilding 6,800-plus homes and businesses destroyed by the Pacific Palisades wildfire.
After L.A. fires wipe out 2 years of housing supply, rebuilding efforts face challenges
In the aftermath of the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles, conversations around rebuilding efforts are moving toward ...
Trump’s immigration plans follow a familiar playbook: exclusion, incarceration, and mass deportation
When Rodriguez has an upcoming appointment with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, sometimes his daughter’s grades slip.  The stress of not knowing whether ICE will let him stay in the United States ...
'Built to burn.' L.A. let hillside homes multiply without learning from past mistakes
Los Angeles County keeps building in hillisides and canyons even as the fire risk worsen. For a century, the lure of ...
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This home can withstand wildfires, earthquakes and a housing crisis, USD professor says
USD Professor Daniel Lopez-Perez runs Polyhaus on the side and his mission is simple: “To advance production in the housing space.” ...
Progressive council members propose self-certification plan
Los Angeles might let architects certify their own building plans for certain small-scale construction projects ...
Los Angeles City Council gives final approval to housing rezoning plan
The City Council voted to give final OK to a plan that aims to boost development of market rate and affordable housing.
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California high-speed rail project faces $6.5B shortfall, possible federal investigation
The California Office of the Inspector General warned that work on the initial segment could slip behind schedule.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Issues Executive Order to Waive All-Electric Building Requirement for Rebuilding After Los Angeles Wildfires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued Emergency Executive Order No. 1, entitled “Return and Rebuild,” in response to the ...
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A Los Angeles ADU is inspired by West African textiles and a fresh take on modernism
As an urban planner, Marina Martos Dabel was dreaming about adding an accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, long before she and ...
Husband allegedly shoots wife to death in front of their teen son in Encino
Neighbors said they heard so much gunfire, they actually thought it was fireworks. The shooting also reportedly happened in ...