Don’t Blame Big Oil for Cities Refusal to Combat Climate Change At last week’s Democratic Debate, both Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders highlighted the corruption of the fossil fuel industry in preventing the United States from slowing global warming. No
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Australia is being scorched; a Florida community has been flooded since September; and in LA in 2019 we set a record for the number of consecutive days with unhealthy air quality, breaking the record set just set one year prior.
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SB50 Provides CA’s Only Middle-Class Housing Strategy Do San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley, Sacramento, San Diego or other California cities provide ample housing opportunities for a new generation of middle-class residents? Absolutely not.   Few politicians in these
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California is in the midst of a housing unaffordability crisis rooted in a severe shortage of homes. By the end of this month, the State Senate will vote on San Francisco Senator Scott Weiner’s Senate Bill 50, which would require
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If there is one statistic that can explain Los Angeles’ devastating housing crisis, it’s the following: 75 percent of the city is zoned for luxury housing only. These luxury units have a median listing price of $859,000, which is over
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The City of Oakland has placed Measure Q on the March 3, 2020 ballot.  Measure Q is a Parcel Tax that will raise $21 million dollars annually for Parks Maintenance, Homeless Services and Water Quality improvements. Oakland desperately needs new
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By Councilmember Rashi Kesarwani (Editor’s Note: We reposted this email from Rashi Kesarwani to highlight tonight’s hearing) Dear Neighbor, at Tuesday’s City Council meeting the Council will consider approving a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Berkeley and
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Challenging False Claims of Gentrification and Displacement Los Angeles has the nation’s worst homelessness and affordability crisis. So why is the city intent on continuing the policies that helped create this situation? I’m heading to my hometown of Los Angeles
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