Fifteen years ago, Los Angeles passed a law to preserve residential hotels as housing of last resort. Now, amid the homelessness crisis, some hotels may be violating that law by offering rooms to tourists.
Frances Anderton discusses her new book on how 20th century housing developments brought people together, and their lessons for the current L.A. housing crisis.
Reaching across diverse backgrounds and kinds of work, thousands of union members are sharing strategy and stories of the struggle to live and work in Los Angeles.
Natalia Molina, historian, author and MacArthur fellow, discusses gentrification and her family’s history of nurturing community.
Natalia Molina, historian, author and MacArthur fellow, discusses gentrification and her family’s history of nurturing community.
The city moved to regulate short-term rentals in 2018, but researchers say it will not issue fines.
Since January, the city has cleared nearly 600 encampments.
With the right app, you can get anything you want. So why can’t the unhoused find one to help them get a roof over their heads?
Manuel Pastor, professor and equity advocate, says while staking her political capital on showing tangible progress, Bass must also address other daunting challenges.
Photojournalist Ted Soqui ‘s visual recap of this year in Los Angeles.
Measure ULA would fund affordable housing through a tax on real estate sales of more than $5 million.
A monopoly market drives inequality, a report from the California Community Foundation says.
Political giving by the Los Angeles mayoral candidate tops $1 million since 2020.
The power and corruption of big institutions was once far greater, says Robert Gottlieb, a historian of the L.A. Times. Then, as now, social movements are our best defense.
In praise of writer Mike Davis: prophet, burr, spellbinder and friend.
Rallies, wildfires and an oil spill: Photojournalist Ted Soqui looks back on his best images of the year.
Michelle Burton of the Social Change Institute talks about structural racism and its effect on generations of vulnerable communities.
Though imperfect, the city’s mandate shows promise for the likely holiday COVID surge.
The move will impact over a thousand active wells.
The second-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. is in limbo — and wasting time.