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LA County Watchdogs, Rent Rules, Housing Dollars and Rail
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 · 10 min
Los Angeles County supervisors created the county’s first ethics commission while letting post-fire rent-gouging limits expire, as new affordable-housing dollars and a Wilshire subway extension test whether reform can translate into homes, accountability, and mobility.
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Los Angeles County supervisors created the county’s first ethics commission while letting post-fire rent-gouging limits expire, as new affordable-housing dollars and a Wilshire subway extension test whether reform can translate into homes, accountability, and mobility.
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- Supervisors vote to create LA County's first ethics commission — LAist
Supervisor Lindsey Horvath sponsored the motion to create an L.A. County Ethics Commission. (Screenshot via YouTube broadcast of L.A. County Board of Supervisors meeting.) Topline: Citing a desire to prevent corruption within county government, the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday established Los Angeles County’s first ethics commission. The backstory: In 2024, voters approved Measure G, which…
- LA County awarded more than $255M for affordable housing initiatives — 2 Urban Girls
LA County awarded more than $255M for affordable housing initiatives | 2 Urban Girls - Urban News, Politics, Local Theatre & More Suny Lay Chang, President & COO, Linc Housing, a resident and her son, Rep. Maxine Waters, Supervisor Holly Mitchell, Inglewood Councilmembers Eloy Morales and George Dotson, attend ribbon cutting ceremony for affordable housing project in Inglewood, California, on…
- Relevant Group Modifies Westlake Affordable Housing Project - Memesita — Memesita
Relevant Group Modifies Westlake Affordable Housing Project - Memesita Home News Relevant Group Modifies Westlake Affordable Housing Project # Relevant Group Modifies Westlake Affordable Housing Project May 19, 2026 May 19, 2026 3 # Scaling Back to Build Up: Is Westlake the New Frontier for L.A. Affordable Housing? By Adrian Brooks, News Editor LOS ANGELES — In the high-stakes game of urban…
- LA County to end ban on rent gouging, 16 months after fires created rental market chaos — LAist
The long-standing countywide prohibition on rent gouging will expire May 29. (Apu Gomes / Getty Images) Landlords in Los Angeles County will soon be allowed to raise rents by more than 10% from their baseline before the January 2025 fires. A vote by the county’s Board of Supervisors that could have extended a ban on post-fire price gouging for another month failed on Tuesday. Supervisors Lindsey…
- LA Unveils New Subway Section, Easing Traffic on Wilshire Corridor - BriefGlance — BriefGlance
LA Unveils New Subway Section, Easing Traffic on Wilshire Corridor - BriefGlance.com # LA's New Subway Section Opens, Connecting Koreatown to Beverly Hills LOS ANGELES, CA – May 19, 2026 – After more than a decade of tunneling, construction, and anticipation, Los Angeles has officially welcomed a new era in public transit. The Los Angeles County Transportation Authority (Metro) recently…