ForFor over a year beginning in 2011, Wallace Richardson lived in his truck in Los Angeles. During that time, with his means of getting around serving as his home, he took the bus every…
With the abundance of luxury apartments going up downtown, and rental prices higher downtown than in Bel-Air, Downtown L.A. has hit a 12 percent vacancy rate. This puts it at its highest since 2000, and three…
With downtown Los Angeles seeing a vacancy rate that’s three times higher than the rest of the city, landlords are ratcheting up the competition for tenants. At Seven West, renters can get up to six…
After much debate, the Los Angeles Planning Commission approved a proposal for what would be the first high-rise building in Downtown’s Fashion District. The 33-story residential tower at 222 East 7th Street, dubbed…
Waves of new fancy apartments in Downtown LA have helped bring the neighborhood’s vacancy rate to its highest level in nearly two decades. It’s now 12 percent—the highest recorded by real estate data firm CoStar…
Over objections from Skid Row residents worried about displacement, the Los Angeles Planning Commission on Thursday threw its support behind a 33-story residential tower proposed for Seventh and Maple. The high-rise would be the tallest…
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s controversial plan to charge a fee on new construction to pay for subsidized housing got a big push forward Tuesday, thanks to a key endorsement from a City Council panel.…
His was the big booming voice on skid row, calling out across the crowded streets to a friend or fellow traveler. “Microphone Mike,” some called him. A onetime criminal defense attorney who lost…
A group of activists called Tuesday for an end to the Los Angeles Police Department’s cadet program in the wake of the arrest of an officer who allegedly had sex with a 15-year-old…
LOS ANGELES, CA — The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday approved a nearly $500,000 settlement of a lawsuit that accused the police and city of working with a local business improvement district’s security…
The city of Los Angeles is poised to settle a lawsuit accusing police of conspiring with private security officers to seize property that homeless people leave on skid row sidewalks, according to court…
Following the lead of other California cities, Mayor Eric Garcetti two years ago proposed charging a fee on construction and using those funds to build affordable housing in Los Angeles. The so-called linkage fee —…