Los Angeles Politics and Urbanism Daily

Los Angeles City Council shelved a Measure ULA apartment-tax carve-out, keeping the mansion tax intact for new multifamily while housing investment concerns linger. LAist also reports stark violence risks for unhoused Angelenos and fresh questions over

Measure ULA faces a Los Angeles City Council decision on a proposed new-multifamily exemption, while county payouts, homelessness tactics, supportive-housing safety, and classroom injuries all put LA’s reform promises under a harder accountability len

LAHSA is suing HUD to lift a federal funding suspension before L.A.’s Aug. 26 homelessness-grant deadline, while Los Angeles and LA28 have a tentative Olympic cost-reimbursement deal that still leaves security spending as the big taxpayer risk. In th

Los Angeles City Council punted council expansion to 2028 as Boyle Heights residents press for answers after a Lineage warehouse fire, while new Florence and Alvarado bus lanes show smaller transportation fixes still moving. In this episode: Top storie

Gavin Newsom backed an $11.25 billion California housing bond, while Metro’s Vermont Avenue bus project cleared an early court hurdle without bike lanes and LAHSA’s financial controls face sharper scrutiny over homelessness dollars. In this episode