July 2025

July 3, 2025

Vacancy to Vitality: A Path Forward for Downtown Los Angeles?

From serial CEQA litigation and jurisdictional fragmentation to the politics of vilifying developers, Jessica Lall and Carl Muhlstein unpack how outdated processes and a culture of distrust undermine the city’s capacity to address housing affordability, revitalize Downtown, and deliver on its Olympic ambitions.

July 3, 2025

The 'Abundance Agenda' & Alternative Dispute Resolution

This op-ed by Gideon Kracov and Darrell Steinberg calls on policymakers, practitioners, and project proponents to embrace alternative dispute resolution more intentionally as California takes on pressing housing, climate, and infrastructure challenges.

July 3, 2025

LA Alliance for Human Rights v City of LA: Judge Carter Rules Against Receivership

TPR excerpts U.S. District Judge David O. Carter's June 25 decision declining to place the city of Los Angeles’s nearly $1 billion homelessness programs into receivership.

July 3, 2025

Next 10: Understanding California’s 2025-2026 Budget

TPR shares this summary compiled by Next 10 of California’s 2025-2026 budget including some details of the spending cuts to address projected deficits included in the $321 Billion spending plan signed by Governor Newsom this week.

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