by Max Dubler | Mar 1, 2023 | Blog
Every week, we round up the biggest housing news for the AHLA newsletter (subscribe here) and share them to the blog. The biggest news here in California was the Superior Court’s ruling that UC Berkeley had failed to sufficiently analyze potential noise impacts of the...
by Max Dubler | Feb 23, 2023 | Blog
Every week, we round up the week’s biggest housing news from around the city, state, and country for the Abundant Housing LA blog. Locally, Huntington Beach continued its long tradition of being loud and wrong about state housing law, this time by challenging their...
by Max Dubler | Feb 16, 2023 | Blog
LOS ANGELES, CA—Today, Abundant Housing LA is releasing a map of housing element quality in Los Angeles County. The map, which scores cities based on our assessment of their housing element, HCD certification, past performance with housing production, and the...
by Max Dubler | Feb 14, 2023 | Blog
Every week, we round up the week’s biggest housing news for the Abundant Housing LA newsletter. The LA Times documented the “financial implosion” of the Skid Row Housing Trust, Mayor Bass’ effort to use vacant city-owned properties for housing, Utah Governor Spencer...
by Max Dubler | Feb 13, 2023 | Blog
Today, Scott Wiener made news by introducing SB 423, which extends and strengthens his landmark 2018 housing streamlining law law SB 35. This post is about what SB 35 does and why SB 423 matters. Most people think that building housing is pretty straightforward:...