Liam Dillon
@liamjdillon.com
Covering housing in Los Angeles and California for POLITICO.
After Spencer declined to tell me his party registration yesterday, I pulled voter records from the county this morning which show he's a Republican. He didn't respond to my DM request for comment, but posted this two hours later: x.com/spencerpratt...
January 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
After Spencer declined to tell me his party registration yesterday, I pulled voter records from the county this morning which show he's a Republican. He didn't respond to my DM request for comment, but posted this two hours later: x.com/spencerpratt...
Couldn't get to the bottom of this a few years ago. A few of the economists I spoke with said the question was worthy of a graduate thesis!
That said, the best theory was the idea of "multiple equilibria" — most landlords didn't do it in the beginning and therefore the market persisted without them
That said, the best theory was the idea of "multiple equilibria" — most landlords didn't do it in the beginning and therefore the market persisted without them
January 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Couldn't get to the bottom of this a few years ago. A few of the economists I spoke with said the question was worthy of a graduate thesis!
That said, the best theory was the idea of "multiple equilibria" — most landlords didn't do it in the beginning and therefore the market persisted without them
That said, the best theory was the idea of "multiple equilibria" — most landlords didn't do it in the beginning and therefore the market persisted without them
If it's effective January you might want to ask your landlord about it. Definitely an edge case
January 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
If it's effective January you might want to ask your landlord about it. Definitely an edge case
If you did it yesterday or today then you should qualify!
January 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
If you did it yesterday or today then you should qualify!
Good question. Here's a link to the legislation. It says that the law is effective for new leases and renewals. So next time your lease is up it seems. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNa...
January 2, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Good question. Here's a link to the legislation. It says that the law is effective for new leases and renewals. So next time your lease is up it seems. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNa...
Not a detailed description to be sure but this is the criteria: “The 98 lots have been evaluated for feasibility based on a number of factors
including, but not limited to, size, configuration, and the parking needs of the community, etc.,”
including, but not limited to, size, configuration, and the parking needs of the community, etc.,”
December 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Not a detailed description to be sure but this is the criteria: “The 98 lots have been evaluated for feasibility based on a number of factors
including, but not limited to, size, configuration, and the parking needs of the community, etc.,”
including, but not limited to, size, configuration, and the parking needs of the community, etc.,”
No, it's a CAO report from 2023. Last page. Lot 701 listed as "not suitable." cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2...
December 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
No, it's a CAO report from 2023. Last page. Lot 701 listed as "not suitable." cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2...
Not sure why the link isn’t working. Traveling back from the east coast tonight and will attempt to figure it out tomorrow. It’s less a “study” than a report that categorizes properties as eligible for affordable housing or not and says Lot 701 is “not feasible”
December 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Not sure why the link isn’t working. Traveling back from the east coast tonight and will attempt to figure it out tomorrow. It’s less a “study” than a report that categorizes properties as eligible for affordable housing or not and says Lot 701 is “not feasible”
Kriston is almost certainly going to be correct. And also worth emphasizing that the HUD numbers being released in the next week or so will be from the annual count in JANUARY 2025 so they'll reflect the pre-Trump landscape bsky.app/profile/kris...
Soon we're going to get a new count for homelessness in the US and I'm calling it now: the new count is going to register a massive drop.
That's because there was a surge in shelter counts in January 2024 due to migrant shelters, which have since been dismantled.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
That's because there was a surge in shelter counts in January 2024 due to migrant shelters, which have since been dismantled.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Migrant Crisis Pushed US Homelessness to Record High in 2024
Biden administration officials say the increase in the annual point-in-time homelessness count was driven by a surge of asylum seekers in January.
www.bloomberg.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Kriston is almost certainly going to be correct. And also worth emphasizing that the HUD numbers being released in the next week or so will be from the annual count in JANUARY 2025 so they'll reflect the pre-Trump landscape bsky.app/profile/kris...
The claim is that SB 79 creates a reimbursable state mandate on LA of more than $2b. The Commission on State Mandates adjudicates these issues
December 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The claim is that SB 79 creates a reimbursable state mandate on LA of more than $2b. The Commission on State Mandates adjudicates these issues
I bow to your hemispheric knowledge
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I bow to your hemispheric knowledge