CA Starter Home Prices Skyrocket
California used to be where the American Dream came true. Americans would trek out west to live in our beautiful state, and... Read More
California’s Affordable Housing Shortage Linked to Over-Population, Over-Immigration
California leads the nation in having the most severely rent-burdened households, defined by the U.S. Department Housing and Urban Development as families... Read More
Brown Signs Bills to Alleviate Affordable Housing Shortage; Mum on Population Growth
Senate Pro Tem President Kevin de Leon Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and others at Hunter’s Point, an impoverished, crime-ridden neighborhood Sacramento... Read More
Population Growth: Overlooked Cause of Astronomical Housing Costs in California
Astronomical: the cost of housing in San Francisco (Telegraph Hill District) California has a serious housing affordability crisis on its hands. It... Read More
California: Housing Shortage or People Overage?
Last month, a lead Los Angeles Times story focused on California’s housing shortage, especially acute in the low and very low income... Read More
Hidden behind the Budget’s Happy Headlines, Californians Can’t Afford to Buy a House
California is flush, or so it would seem. Recent headlines cheered a soaring budget surplus that may have increased by $8 billion... Read More
World Water Day Promotes Conservation: Is Gov. Jerry Brown Listening?
On Sunday, World Water Day will be celebrated. The annual event is intended to help understand the vital role water plays in... Read More
‘Master Planned Community’ Transforms as Scheduled
The City of Irvine is remarkably thought-out and ordered, as demonstrated by its carefully micro-managed housing designs, park maintenance and shopping center... Read More
LA, Orange Counties Lead Nation for Crammed Housing
Overpopulation, Over-Immigration Fuel Shocking Living Standards A recent Los Angeles Times story reported shockingly overcrowded living conditions in Los Angeles and Orange... Read More
On the way to the next 100 million
The Next 100 Million by Arthur C. Nelson and Robert E. Lang in the January 2007 issue of Planning (a publication of... Read More