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4 days ago |
xtown.la | Jon Regardie
In November 2022, city of Los Angeles voters approved Measure ULA. A hotly contested tax on real estate transactions north of $5 million, with proceeds going to address anti-homelessness efforts, it was nicknamed the “mansion tax” (though it also applies to sales of commercial and multi-family buildings). According to the official ballot summary, it was projected to generate $600 million to $1.1 billion every year. The campaign was fierce.
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2 weeks ago |
xtown.la | Gabriel Kahn
(Image generated with MidJourney)Amidst Los Angeles’s otherwise out-of-control housing market, one bright spot is emerging: Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are popping up all over the place. ADUs are smallish apartments made from either converted garages or new structures erected on lots next to existing houses. They were made possible by a state law that went into effect in 2017 that stripped away bureaucratic hurdles.
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1 month ago |
xtown.la | Gabriel Kahn
Through April 12 of this year, 39 pedestrians in the city of Los Angeles were killed in traffic collisions, according to LAPD Traffic Division Compstat data. During the same period a decade earlier, there were 26 deaths. In the intervening years, Los Angeles launched a program called Vision Zero, spearheaded by then-Mayor Eric Garcetti. Its goal: Eliminate all traffic deaths in the city by 2025. For pedestrians walking in a famously unwalkable city, the opposite has happened.
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1 month ago |
xtown.la | Christina Chkarboul
(Image generated with MidJourney)A routine trip home from work turned tragic for Juan Luis Gomez Ramirez, who was shot from behind on a Metro bus in the City of Commerce last May. Just hours before the incident, Mayor Karen Bass announced sweeping new public safety measures that would bring more law enforcement officers to Metro rail cars, buses and stations. The measures sought to address a series of violent crimes against riders and operators throughout Los Angeles’ Metro system.
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2 months ago |
xtown.la | Gabriel Kahn
Last year, Los Angeles notched the highest number of animals being run over on record. This year isn’t looking any better. During 2024, the city received 32,398 requests to remove dead animals from the streets, according to records from the MyLA311 service data. That’s a 10% increase from the previous year and a 30% jump from five years prior. As any resident in the city has witnessed, the tally includes cats, possums, raccoons, squirrels and sometimes dogs or even coyotes.
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