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Squatters Raising Hell in Beverly Grove
When you think of Beverly Grove, what do you think of?
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Save the French Hospital!
Dear Readers: the French Hospital is in danger of being torn down by a San Francisco developer. It was converted to an urgent care facility in 2018, and…
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Soulless Housing
On the surface, Soul Housing seems to be what LA needs the most.
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Boarding House Blues
The Joyce boarding house and Ozawa residence, a landmarked property with a very long history of providing affordable housing to Japanese immigrants, is…
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May 2025

The Illegal Hotel Above the Boardwalk
This is a new one, even for me: an illegal mini-hotel in a candy-colored building on the Venice Boardwalk.
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More Existing Affordable Housing Sitting Empty
The road to Hell is famously paved with good intentions.
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Another Empty Multifamily Building Burned Today
944 Dewey Avenue, or at least what’s left of it, is an RSO triplex built in 1921.
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Newish, Mixed-Use, and an Empty Project Homekey Site
5050 West Pico Boulevard, completed in 2021, was supposed to have been a mix of residential and retail units in Mid-Wilshire. It was given TOC…
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Will the Fairfax Theatre Ever Really Become Apartments?
Built in 1929-1930, the Fairfax Theatre is both culturally and architecturally significant. It wasn’t just a theatre. The building housed businesses at…
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PSA: Low- and Middle-Income Housing was Lost in the Palisades Fire Too
Losing one’s home, particularly in a devastating fire, is a tragedy I wouldn’t wish on anyone (not even my $*%#^@& stalker).
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Two Failed TOC Projects, 12 Households Displaced, Zero Recourse.
I’ve mentioned previously that, unfortunately, developers can’t always be trusted to keep their word. They do sometimes run out of money, run into legal…
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April 2025

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