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Measure ULA ("mansion tax")
SB 79
a dramatic increase in supply wouldn't necessarily bring down values in the Palisades
development process
factors affecting cost of housing
market-rate housing
rent control
vacancies

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20260621 By-right housing development refers to a streamlined, ministerial permitting process where local governments must automatically approve proposed residential projects if they strictly comply with existing zoning laws ....rtf
20260621 ChatGPT says that Raman overstates the scale of systematic removal of affordable housing by private equity and corporate landlords.rtf
20260621 Grok and ChatGPT on the likely outcomes of Raman’s cap on rent increases in rent-stabilized, Just Cause eviction protection, unlawful to evict tenants owing less than a month’s rent, Right to Counsel.rtf
20260621 more than 70% of Los Angeles' land is zoned exclusively for single-family homes, the most expensive and least attainable housing type.rtf
20260623 Hernandez credited her win to her campaign’s ground game and meeting voters at the door to combat the dark-money funded mailers against her, as well as her record in office, such as advocating for a lowered rent cap.rtf
20260625 "filtering" w.r.t. transactions: higher-end transactions free up units downward.rtf
20260625 CA Senate Bill 1092 - Mobilehome Community Stability and Preservation Act – would preserve mobilehome parks as affordable housing by giving residents "first right to refuse" and competitive bidding.rtf
20260625 Gemini on persuading NIMBYs todo1.rtf
20260625 Grok- land assembly for luxury projects typically increases housing supply on net – redevelopment almost always adds more units, buyers of luxury units leave their mid-tier houses.rtf
20260625 It seems un-American to be telling other people what to do with their own land, NIMBY - This argument doesn't work bc the buyer knows laws at time of purchase.rtf
20260625 Newsom, Bass, and Park caved to Palisades NIMBYs.rtf
20260625 Understanding how ULA would hurt lower-market housing affordability would be a big win for the episode todo1 ****.rtf
20260625 YIMBY Law sued Newsom and several Los Angeles-area cities challenging an executive order that allows local governments to ban duplexes and lot splits (via Senate Bill 9) in high fire-risk zones.rtf
20260625 positive-surplus transaction ∕ deal [positive surplus].rtf
20260629 Feb 14, 2025 Two YIMBY groups sued the city, alleging that a recently approved plan for boosting home building is inadequate and fails to comply with state law.rtf
20260708 LA socialists don't understand (or pretend not to understand) the factors making housing expensive.rtf
20260711 RSO unit: Rent Stabilization Ordinance - laws designed to protect tenants from sharp, unexpected rent increases and arbitrary evictions while ensuring landlords can still make a fair return on their investment.rtf
20260715 ADU: An Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) is a self-contained residential unit located on the same lot as a primary single-family home. Also known as in-law suites or backyard cottages.rtf
20260715 Mixed-use development: a type of urban development that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space.rtf
20260715 SB 423 requires local governments to use a streamlined, ministerial approval process for qualifying multifamily and mixed-use housing developments. It bypasses public hearings and CEQA reviews in housing-defic. areas.rtf
20260715 SB 9: (aka the HOME Act) allows homeowners in single-family residential zones to split their lots and build up to four units. It requires cities to ministerially approve these duplexes and urban lot splits.rtf
20260715 There can be net migration out of a city while a housing shortage persists. Adults living with parents, the homeless, households sharing dwellings are examples of latent demand.rtf
20260716 I think that I support less restrictive zoning but that I also support deed restrictions. Are these at odds with each other in practice? todo0.rtf
20260717 Components of housing unaffordability - monthly payment, down payment, home prices, mortgage interest rates.rtf
20260717 Estimates of the cost of housing vouchers.rtf
20260725 Landsberg and Holland imply City National Bank discriminated in mortgage lending.rtf
20260725 SRO: single-room occupancy. Low-cost housing. A small, furnished room. Kitchen is shared. Bathrooms may be shared.rtf
20260725 determine what 30% (or whatever the recommended percentage is) of a low-income LA income is and search for apartments in that range.rtf
20260807 unlawful detainer: An unlawful detainer is a legal court process that a property owner uses to evict a tenant or occupant and take back control of their property.rtf
20260808 In addition to local rent control laws, a state law prevents most landlords from increasing a tenant’s rent by more than 5 percent plus infation (up to a total of 10 percent) in a year. This law lasts until 2030.rtf
20260808 Prop 33 “undermines the strongest statewide rent control law in the nation”. A deceptive statement referring to “the Tenant Protection Act of 2019”, which caps rent increases.rtf
20260809 Some affordable housing units are subsidized; others can exist because the city awarded regulatory concessions such as a greater number of units, parking relief, reduced setbacks, etc.rtf
20260810 Tenants who can no longer afford rent often sue to stay in the unit. (United Way Cleveland study, anecdotal evidence from one couple).rtf
20260810 alternatives to the term “affordable housing”.rtf
20260811 “publicly-assisted housing” appears to be the most used alternative to “affordable housing”, though sources don’t seem to define it quite as I’d hoped.rtf
20260817 people oppose new houses bc they think it’s good for the neighborhood out of concern for their community rather than even potentially interest in how they would like the neighborhood to be personally todo1.rtf
20260818 wsj todo1.rtf
20260823 CHIP created the zoning for "half-a-million units".rtf
20260825 An LA County analysis modeled the total number of units built at various Area Median Income ∕ percent affordable housing set-aside.rtf
20260825 City Council voted to block affordable housing projects that would demolish five or more rent-controlled units. todo0.rtf
20260825 Find out how Bass diluted ED1 todo1.rtf
20260825 Inclusionary zoning did not significantly affect municipality-wide housing permits or rents, although it was associated with a 2.1% increase in home prices. But the effect depends on the particulars of the city.rtf
20260825 The latest revision [to ED 1] bars proposals to build affordable housing on parcels subject to the city’s rent-control ordinance “containing 12 or more total units that are occupied or were occupied in the five-year.rtf
20260825 The revision also claims to “ensure the protection of historic resources.” It achieves this by disallowing developers from using ED 1’s expedited reviews in the city’s Historic Preservation Overlay Zones.rtf
20260825 Upzoning with an affordable-housing requirement - new construction actually fell in the affected blocks, with developers shifting projects to nearby parcels that weren't subject to the mandate.rtf
20260825 has anyone determined or simply written about what the effect would be if city hall removed the affordable housing requirements from incentives for developers? todo0.rtf
20260825 prevailing wage: A privately financed affordable-housing project isn't automatically subject to California prevailing wage merely because the units have affordable rents.rtf
20260825 supply elasticity: “supply elasticity” [the price elasticity of supply] is the precise concept for evaluating how constrained or responsive a market is. % change in quantity supplied divided by % change in price.rtf
20260829 LADBS stands for: Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety.rtf
20260829 What all of these regulatory exceptions made for affordable housing, CHIP being an example, tell me is that the restrictions were never necessary in the first place.rtf
20260829 What mayoral executive directives can do (broadly) w.r.t. housing.rtf
20260831 CC&Rs: CC&Rs (Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions) are legally binding private rules recorded with a county that limit how a property can be used, modified, and maintained.rtf
20260903 Multifamily property management company owner says there is no housing shortage; there is an overregulation problem.rtf