The Future Is LA
Los Angeles has the best bones of any city in the world. Bad policies are holding it back. This is an exploration of how LA can become the world capital it deserves to be.
Written by
Oren Hadar
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May 19, 2025
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13 min read
LA should be the biggest city in the USA.
Mar 25, 2026
11 min read
LA has taken the first baby step toward ending single-family zoning in the city. Is it real?
Feb 20, 2026
The city's big housing plan turned a year old last week. It's not exactly going gangbusters.
Jan 29, 2026
A vision for housing and a park at the airport is on the ballot in Santa Monica. Can it actually get built?
Jan 23, 2026
Sacramento should reform this dysfunctional body. It's holding LA back.
Dec 29, 2025
Two streets show how far the city will go to avoid keeping us safe.
Dec 9, 2025
14 min read
The reason why is probably illegal
Nov 6, 2025
12 min read
LA has to pick which neighborhoods to let the law take effect in next July. Advocates are already drawing lines.
Sep 24, 2025
10 min read
...and in the process showed both our ugly segregationist past and our promising prohousing future.
Sep 17, 2025
Finally, an LA politician is taking our housing crisis seriously.
