Los Angeles to double down on rent control folly

If Los Angeles or other California cities like Pasadena going down the delusional path of control want to fix their housing ...
Los Angeles Times

L.A. needs transparency on short-term rentals to crack down on tax evasion

The Golden State’s global allure will be on full display as we host parts of the 2026 World Cup, back-to-back Super Bowls and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. These events will be an economic boon ...
LAist on MSN

Should small landlords in LA be allowed to raise rents more than their corporate counterparts?

After voting to lower annual increases in rent-controlled housing, some L.A. City Council members now want some landlords to ...
Los Angeles Times

In L.A., thousands of newer apartments have rent caps. Tenants don’t always know.

Alexa Castelvecchi was glad when she and her roommates found their new apartment about a year ago, in a modern building in Hollywood with a big, sleek kitchen and oversized windows. It was nothing ...
Los Angeles Daily News

Stuart Waldman: Los Angeles must stop scapegoating short-term rentals

For many years, we have been told the opposite – that short term rentals negatively affect housing markets. Yet, rigorous analysis shows that is simply not true. In fact, what data from the city of ...
ProPublica

In Los Angeles, Your Chic Vacation Rental May Be a Rent-Controlled Apartment

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capital & Main. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. The first ...
The New York Times

$4,750 Rentals in Los Angeles

A cottage in North Hollywood, and condos in West Hollywood and Downtown By Angela Serratore To provide a resource for those displaced by the Los Angeles fires, this edition of “What You Get” focuses ...