Housing

June 17, 2025

Mass Deportations Will Worsen Our Housing Crisis

TPR shares this article from February 2025 by Urban Institute on the potential impact that mass deportations would have construction labor and housing production

May 5, 2025

CA Assembly Appropriations Chair Buffy Wicks’ Housing Legislative Update

TPR publishes recent remarks from California Assembly Appropriations Committee Chair Buffy Wicks, delivered at the LABC Mayoral Housing, Transportation and Jobs Summit in which she underscores the urgent need for reforming the state’s permitting and regulatory processes, particularly CEQA, to accelerate housing production, reduce costs, and meet California’s clean energy and climate goals.

October 29, 2024

Ron Blatman’s ‘Saving the City’ Series Poses the Question: How can we ensure a better future for our cities?

Ron Blatman shares how the documentary series 'Saving the City' seeks to both inspire and inform through a comparative analysis of urban development with each one-hour program exploring a different subject such as parks, transportation, public safety, and more.

October 29, 2024

Miguel Santana: Measure A's Sales Tax Designed to Generate a Dedicated (Evergreen) Revenue Stream for Producing Affordable Housing in LA County

TPR affords Miguel A. Santana, President and CEO of the California Community Foundation, an opportunity to advocate voter support for LA County's Measure A, a half-cent sales tax drafted to fund in perpetuity affordable housing and homeless services.

September 16, 2024

LAist's David Wagner: LA residents are furious over homelessness. Are they fed up enough to tax themselves all over again?

TPR shares this piece by LAist's David Wagner offering perspectives on LA County Measure A—a proposed evergreen, half-cent sales tax to replace the existing quarter-cent sales tax approved by voters as Measure H in 2017.

September 6, 2023

Santa Monica Councilmember Jesse Zwick on Homelessness, Civic Engagement & Land Use Priorities

TPR interviewed newly elected Santa Monica councilmember Jesse Zwick to hear his policy priorities and views on innovative models of community engagement as the city considers plans for the soon-to-be decommissioned Santa Monica Airport, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, and other opportunities that lay ahead for the city.

February 28, 2023

Miguel Santana & Rick Cole on the Frontline Failures of LA’s Approach to Homelessness

Rick Cole and Miguel Santana discuss the impacts of their and the city's policy choices on the homelessness crisis on the ground.

January 10, 2023

TPR Exit Interview with CCA’s Jessica Lall

In this interview, TPR asked the outgoing CCA President and CEO, Jessica Lall, about Downtown LA’s pandemic recovery, its challenges and opportunities, and how she expects new leadership to shape the city’s vibrant center.

December 7, 2022

Frances Anderton Explores LA’s Rich Multifamily Housing Identity

Author Frances Anderton discusses her new book and shares how she reclaims the multi-unit dwelling as a vital element of the city's history and identity and asserts its role in addressing a housing crisis decades in the making.

October 12, 2022

Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson on Housing & Homelessness Priorities

Ahead of the LA City Council’s vote to end the city’s pandemic eviction protections, TPR sat down with District 8 Councilmember, Marqueece Harris-Dawson, for his views on housing and homelessness as the city’s top priorities ahead of the mayoral election.

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