Several bills in Sacramento facing votes in early July would force cities to permit huge luxury housing projects — but a detailed new study finds that legislators are being misled …
Warner Center 2035 Bizarrely Envisions Thousands of Faceless Luxury Units – NO Affordable Housing
By Gina Thornburg Developers got an awesome gift on Christmas Day 2013 when the Warner Center 2035 Specific Plan went into effect. Five years on, though, this developers’ bonanza is a …
Let’s Stop Crossroads, a Pay-to-Play Development that Displaces Latino Families for Luxury Penthouses
On Tuesday January 15, please join the Coalition to Preserve LA in speaking against Crossroads, a precedent-setting development that can only bring suffering and smog to L.A. The hearing is …
Los Angeles City Planning Commission Approves Diesel Truck Smog in an Angry Family Neighborhood
(Note: Under Los Angeles City Planning Commission President David Ambrose, L.A. has taken a distinct turn against working-class neighborhoods and environmental equity. Here is the latest example, from the respected …
Should Los Angeles Homeless Housing Cost Half a Million Dollars ($500,000) Per Unit?
KCRW’s week-long series on homelessness raises stark truths about the cost of building HHH units for the homeless, which the Coalition to Preserve LA has been shouting about for months. This …
California Cities Poor and Rich Oppose WienerWorld, Senate Bill 827
California cities poor and rich are piling on to oppose Senate Bill 827 (known as WienerWorld) a YIMBY law that would wipe out affordable housing (so boring), historic zones (way …
Anti-Neighborhood Senate Bill 827 and SB 743 Shock Angelenos at Workshop
This past weekend’s Save Your Zip Code workshops on state Sen. Scott Wiener’s disastrous Senate Bill 827, which is poised to destroy neighborhoods across Los Angeles, and SB 743, its …
Curren Price, City Council District 9, Vetos Homeless Housing for Seniors
We all learned from Los Angeles Times reporter Emily Alpert-Reyes of a slyly concocted “veto letter” that allows each Los Angeles City Council member, in this case Curren Price, to write a ban any …
Save Los Angeles, Oppose Scott Weiner’s YIMBY Nightmare, SB 827
Join the people of San Francisco, the South Bay, Inland Empire, Bay Area, Orange County and San Diego in fighting Senate Bill 827 by YIMBY leader Scott Wiener. SB 827 is …