Software hiriing has been falling for years, and is finally affecting the economies in its heartland, San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
Read more...While Trump’s Liberation Day policies might bring about accidental degrowth, Democrats embrace DOGE-style Abundance. Is there another way?
Read more...In a lawsuit against Berkeley, RealPage contends that using pricing algorithms to coordinate residential rents among mega landlords is “free speech.”
Read more...The dollars helped schools and food banks buy from small farmers, boosting the local food system.
Read more...An intriguing connection between retail districts and populism.
Read more...Leading edge conventional wisdom on the role of insurance as climate disasters increase underestimates the severity of the problem.
Read more...US cities, which enjoyed a renaissance after the flight of the 60s and 70s reversed, now face a world of budget hurt.
Read more...A climate-change-driven insurance and eventual mortgage/housing price crisis is getting momentum. And unlike 2008, price recovery is unlikely
Read more...The death spiral of home insurance in climate afflicted areas has begun. The will and means to tackle underlying issues are sorely wanting
Read more...For CRE, the motto in 2024 was “Survive till 2025” via extend-and-pretend. Now it’s 2025, and here comes the government’s office space.
Read more...Ideas about how to reduce fire risk in Los Angeles do not appear to go far enough.
Read more...A new report shows a 50% GDP fall from 2070 to 2090 due to climate change. Los Angeles gives a taste of coming struggles about what to do.
Read more...A Trump-Turner housing agenda appears destined to continue the worst aspects of the US approach to affordable housing.
Read more...The pace of rebuilding after the Santa Cruz Mountains wildfire in 2000 bodes ill for the likely speed of Los Angeles reconstruction.
Read more...More and more homeowners are understandably worried about what insurance increases might look like in the face of intensifying climate risks.
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