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.
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.
Given the scale of destruction wrought by the Eaton & Palisades fires, TPR interviewed Adrian Scott Fine, President & CEO of the Los Angeles Conservancy, to discuss the organization’s role in documenting the historic assets lost in the fires and efforts to preserve cultural heritage as the region endeavors to rebuild.
TPR interviewed Miguel Sangalang, Executive Director of the Bureau of Street Lighting of the City of LA, on the operational scope and evolving challenges of maintaining LA’s 250,000-light system across a 500-square-mile metropolis.
California Assemblymember John Harabedian spoke with TPR about his legislative agenda, including his efforts to prevent predatory real estate speculation in the disaster’s aftermath and strengthen consumer protections against unscrupulous insurance practices.
TPR interviewed Vanessa Delgado, president of Azure Development and adjunct professor at USC Price who shares her personal journey developing mixed-use affordable housing in Boyle Heights and elaborates on project development hurdles roiling the market in LA.
TPR shares this article from February 2025 by Urban Institute on the potential impact that mass deportations would have construction labor and housing production
TPR excerpts Jigar Shah and Raj Pannu sounding the alarm on America’s crumbling infrastructure and its implications for economic competitiveness, energy resilience, and everyday quality of life.
Authored by Councilmembers Bob Blumenfield and Nithya Raman, the motion directs city departments to study the potential benefits of eliminating mandatory off-street parking minimums.
