by Anthony Dedousis | Feb 3, 2022 | Blog
“Parting is such sweet sorrow…” – Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2 This is my last week as a full-time staff member at Abundant Housing LA. As Policy and Research Director over the past two years (and volunteer Research Director before that), it’s...
by Anthony Dedousis | Jan 20, 2022 | Blog
We’re now in the fourth quarter of the housing element update process in Southern California. For months, Abundant Housing LA and YIMBY Law have been auditing cities’ housing elements (strategic plans for meeting the “RHNA target”, a housing growth goal, over the...
by Anthony Dedousis | Dec 15, 2021 | Blog, Data and Research
The holidays may be fast-approaching, but here at Abundant Housing LA, our scrutiny of bad housing elements continues. We’re delivering lots of coal to city councils that have spent the past year finding excuses for not encouraging housing growth and not ending...
by Anthony Dedousis | Dec 2, 2021 | Blog, Data and Research
Buildings that combine residential and commercial uses are not a new idea. Apartments above ground-floor retail can be found throughout America’s older cities and towns, and even existed in the ancient world. But this concept, today known as “mixed-use development”,...
by Anthony Dedousis | Nov 11, 2021 | Blog
Over the past few weeks, cities across Los Angeles County have been releasing final versions of their housing element updates. As AHLA members likely know, state law requires cities to create strategic plans for meeting a housing growth goal (the “RHNA target”) by...