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How much net new housing has Los Angeles County actually added? @lareported.bsky.social shows the depressing truth: an annual growth rate of 0.4%. lareported.org/room-to-grow/
Room to grow
By Jarrett Carpenter L.A. County has been adding bedrooms at a glacial pace of 0.4% per year. Will a spate of new pro-housing laws finally change that? At a packed meeting of the Sherman Oaks Homeow...
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One reason the Los Angeles #homeless crisis is so intractable: the city has been permitting many fewer apartments than it once did. xtown.la/2026/07/27/h...
L.A.'s #homelessness crisis is complicated with no easy fix. We put it into charts.
Four charts on the Los Angeles homelessness crisis
Declines in the number of new apartments and high rents contribute to a worsening situation on the streets…
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Complaints about broken streetlights (blame copper wire thieves) are on track for another record this year. But the pace has slowed a bit in the past three months.
Marie Claire actually left a prompt from an AI in one of their recent articles. While there’s still some great journalists and publications left, this is utterly shocking. No wonder I’m trying to pivot.
What's the worst place to park in LA? Amazing how just a few parking places generate millions for the city in fines. @thelalocalorg.bsky.social thelalocal.org/los-angeles-...
6 things to know about the worst places to park in LA
One Koreatown corner has already generated more than $760,000 in fines this year. Here’s where drivers are most likely to get ticketed — and why.
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Los Angeles is handing out fewer parking tickets. But the average price tag is rising.
Did you get an L.A. parking ticket recently? Consider yourself special. The city is issuing about half a million fewer of them these days.
The biggest surprise in the local June 2 elections may have been... turnout. More than 39% of eligible voters in the city of LA cast a ballot, up from 30.8% in the June 2022 primary. My @crosstownla.bsky.social story. xtown.la/2026/06/17/e...
Election surprise—voter turnout spikes in the city of Los Angeles
More than 865,000 people in the city cast a ballot on June 2, an increase of 31% from four years ago
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L.A.'s mayoral primary may have been uninspiring. But more people came out to vote! xtown.la/2026/06/17/e...
Good news! Voter turnout in Los Angeles was up by more than 31% this primary. Sign up for the Crosstown Neighborhood Newsletter to see how many of your neighbors voted. newsletter.xtown.la
"In an apparent attempt to avoid complying with accessibility and multimodal requirements, L.A. City is now repaving streets in well-off suburban neighborhoods. Many of these streets are already in good condition." la.streetsblog.org/2026/06/04/l...
L.A. City Shifts Repaving Practice (Again), Now Repaving Only Streets With No Sidewalks - Streetsblog Los Angeles
In an apparent attempt to avoid complying with accessibility and multimodal requirements, L.A. City is now repaving streets in well-off suburban neighborhoods. Many of these streets are already in goo...
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Homicide numbers in Los Angeles are way down. But the LAPD's inability to publish full crime data leave questions. xtown.la/2026/06/02/l...
Burglaries in L.A. are falling, but the LAPD's failure to furnish the actual data means it's impossible to see which neighborhoods might be experiencing spikes or drops. xtown.la/2026/06/02/l...
Crime is down in L.A. But a lot of data is missing. xtown.la/2026/06/02/l...
L.A.’s blurry crime picture
Crime is down in the city, but missing data leaves many questions…
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Crime in Los Angeles is down so far this year. Kind of an important stat in an election year.
Los Angeles County has more public EV charging stations than anywhere else. (Also, more EVs.) xtown.la/2026/05/21/w...
In California, Silicon Valley is the most insulated against rising gas prices. Also, home to many who can afford to pay more. xtown.la/2026/02/23/a...
As L.A. gas prices top $7 a gallon in some places, will EV sales start to spike. Some early evidence says it's already happening. xtown.la/2026/05/21/w...
How have EV sales fared in California since federal subsidies expired in October?
