Why a Teachers Strike in Los Angeles Could Bring Big Rewards as Well as Risks

Posted January 15, 2019 by Bobbi Murray

(This piece first appeared in Capital and Main, an excellent source for ongoing coverage of the strike that began January 14) Los Angeles teachers’ demands have moved away from bigger raises and toward more funding to alleviate deep education cuts.
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Momentum Builds for SB 50

Posted December 11, 2018 by Randy Shaw

California Bill Could Become National Model In the same week that Minneapolis passed historic legislation legalizing apartments in single-family zoned neighborhoods, California legislators introduced SB 50, a far reaching state challenge to exclusionary zoning laws. Sponsored by Bay Area State
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Debt of a Salesman: Why the Cost of Living Is Making Retirement a Mirage

Posted December 4, 2018 by Eric Pape

Note: This piece first appeared in Capital and Main California’s high rents are undermining tenants’ retirement prospects and the broader economy. One of Bill Ware’s various jobs in recent years was as a part-time insurance salesman. In that role, he
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Randy Shaw Talks Housing Solutions at SF SPUR, Berkeley Books Inc.

Posted November 27, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Talking Generation Priced Out on Nov. 28, 29 I’m doing two events this week for my new book, Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America. I’ll be at San Francisco’s SPUR Urban Center this Wednesday,
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Los Angeles Renters Fight Back to Keep Their Pets — and Homes

Posted November 20, 2018 by Carol Mithers

(This piece first appeared in Capital and Main) Evoking a previously unenforced “no pet” clause is one good way for property owners to empty a building before it’s put up for sale, or to push out low-rent tenants in a
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Dems Take House, Beto’s Bright Future

Posted November 7, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Mission Accomplished It was not the electoral tsunami that Democrats hoped for, but they got a higher share of the national vote than the Republicans got in their waves of 1994 and 2010. Democrats core goal was achieved: Democrats regained
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Prop 10 Has Already Won

Posted October 30, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Building Momentum for Future Tenant Victories Last week’s poll by the Public Policy Institute of California that had California’s Prop 10 trailing badly (60% say they will vote no) led some to conclude that a big defeat would set back
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No on 10 Seeks to Turn Homeowners Against Tenants

Posted October 16, 2018 by Randy Shaw

Millions Spent to Deceive Homeowners Having seen forty years of anti-rent control campaigns I am accustomed to their reliance on the most outlandish and cynical lies. And California’s No on 10 campaign reflects this. But I think No on 10
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