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California’s Housing Crisis is a Failure of California’s Democracy
Here’s a puzzle: Since 2009, over 55 percent of San Franciscans have been renters, yet on that...
The Embarcadero Institute’s Double-Counting Report is Wrong
As cities around California contend with their latest Regional Housing Needs Assessments -- a...
California Progressivism is Just Getting Started
Anyone unfortunate enough to spend time watching Fox News will come to discover that Berkeley,...
The Housing Crisis Primed California’s COVID19 Tragedy
When COVID-19 began surging in California in late November, the pandemic was attacking an already...
Institutional Investors in California Housing Markets
TL;DR: Following the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008, large institutional investors, such as...
Did Displacement Play a Role in California’s COVID-19 Surge?
For the past two months, Southern California was America's COVID-19 epicenter. Throughout the...