An immigration attorney who represented an ICE-detained Orange County father of three military sons is the latest Democrat to challenge Republican Rep. Young Kim in a district that could be drawn redder by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s gerrymander.| LAist
The severe lack of family friendly housing has millennial parents asking: Is leaving Southern California our only option?| LAist
What happens to security deposits? Who pays for repairs? LAist answers these and other questions from tenants affected by the L.A. fires.| LAist
Attorney General Rob Bonta confirmed his office is building cases against those suspected of raising rents by more than 10% after the L.A. fires.| LAist
Some City Council members had questions about fire safety but agreed to draft new rules on single staircases to space for apartments in mid-sized buildings.| LAist
Climate policies could lead to future refinery closures as Californians transition to electric vehicles.| LAist
For one listing, rent jumped nearly 86% since September. In an interview with LAist, the agent said she told her client, “People are desperate, and you can probably get good money.”| LAist
The region already had a severe shortage of affordable housing. With thousands of families displaced by fires, it’s now even worse.| LAist
Attorney General Rob Bonta said he would go after alleged rent gougers, and this week his office filed its first case. The agent strongly denies breaking the law.| LAist
After scathing audits criticizing Los Angeles’ county-city homeless authority, the county is blowing up that joint agency and starting over.| LAist