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Opinion, Real Estate

Low-Cost Housing? State Keeps Ignoring the New Realities

June 25, 2021 wpengine

By Tom Elias, Columnist From Sacramento comes word that the median price for a single-family home in California skyrocketed by...

Opinion, Real Estate

This Bill Could Kill Rooftop Solar

June 11, 2021 wpengine

By Tom Elias, Columnist If politicians wanted to kill rooftop solar energy production in California, they could not find a...

Opinion

Column: Mad as Hell and Not Going to Take It Anymore

June 10, 2021 wpengine

On May 4, I wrote an article that appeared in the Brentwood News (and BrentwoodNewsLA.com) entitled, “A 22-Point Plan to...

Opinion, Real Estate

Is Permanent Housing the Real Homeless Solution?

May 23, 2021 wpengine

By Tom Elias, Columnist The ultimate goal of city and county agencies trying to solve California’s homeless problem is to...

Opinion

How to Heal the Soil and Why

May 11, 2021 wpengine

By Andy Lopez We all know how important the vital role the soil plays in your plants’ health, trees, and...

Opinion, Real Estate

Housing Backers Start Facing Post-Pandemic Reality

February 21, 2021 wpengine

By Tom Elias, Columnist The mysterious blindness that apparently affected California’s top legislative housing advocates all through 2020 seems to...

News, Opinion

The Big Price When Scofflaws Don’t Enforce the Law

January 14, 2021 Staff Report

By Tom Elias, City City-Westwood News Columnist The list of California law enforcement agencies refusing to enforce current stay-at-home, crowd-size and...

News, Opinion, Real Estate

Prop. 13 Still the Third Rail? Not Exactly

December 20, 2020 wpengine

By Tom Elias, Century City Westwood News Columnist Proposition 13 is still the third rail of California politics,” crowed Jon...

News, Opinion, Westside Wellness

Column: Will Flailing at the Virus Do Much Good?

December 15, 2020 wpengine

By Tom Elias, Century City-Westwood News Columnist It is well established that wearing face masks confers a high degree of protection from...

News, Opinion, Westside Wellness

Column: Defying the Hype: State’s Voters Smarter Than ‘Experts’ Think

November 17, 2020 wpengine

By Tom Elias, Century City Westwood News Columnist For more than two months, California airwaves were filled with political hype, in large...

Category: Opinion

Low-Cost Housing? State Keeps Ignoring the New Realities

This Bill Could Kill Rooftop Solar

Column: Mad as Hell and Not Going to Take It Anymore

Is Permanent Housing the Real Homeless Solution?

How to Heal the Soil and Why

Housing Backers Start Facing Post-Pandemic Reality

The Big Price When Scofflaws Don’t Enforce the Law

Prop. 13 Still the Third Rail? Not Exactly

Column: Will Flailing at the Virus Do Much Good?

Column: Defying the Hype: State’s Voters Smarter Than ‘Experts’ Think

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