Will we ever get enough housing? The future holds promise
How can we achieve more and better housing? Denser neighborhoods. Smaller homes, some modular or printed in 3-D. Properties co-owned. ADUs sold separately.
Despite record amounts of trash, some Angelenos are optimistic we’ll dig our way out
Waste experts across Southern California believe we’ll figure out how to deal with trash by 2050 — by going back to basics and reducing and reusing what we buy.
L.A. passed a $30 minimum wage for tourism workers. Then came the warring ballot measures
Labor leaders and business groups, looking to gain the upper hand, have submitted proposals that, if approved by voters, would disrupt the city in enormous ways.
Hiltzik: These nonfiction writers looked for the future of L.A. Did they find it?
For decades, nonfiction writers have imagined the future of Los Angeles. Did they get anything right?
Chabria: #Strong is a recovery scam. California’s future demands something more
Here is a bit of wisdom that is too often lost in our conversations about urban fire: Sometimes, recovery is not rebuilding.
Fires and floods have plagued L.A. forever; brilliant marketing lured millions of newcomers anyway
We’ve always had fires and floods, but brilliant marketing and a lot of hubris allowed Los Angeles to be conjured into existence
Arellano: When the going gets tough for L.A., our city rallies like no other
L.A. is amazingly resilient — and nothing has proved this more than this year’s fires and immigration raids. We can — and will -— survive whatever happens next