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LA has stopped repaving our streets
Dec 09, 2025

LA has stopped repaving our streets

The reason why is probably illegal

Oren Hadar
Oren Hadar
The first SB 79 battle
Nov 06, 2025

The first SB 79 battle

LA has to pick which neighborhoods to let the law take effect in next July. Advocates are already drawing lines.

Oren Hadar
Oren Hadar
Oops! City Council helped pass SB 79
Sep 24, 2025

Oops! City Council helped pass SB 79

...and in the process showed both our ugly segregationist past and our promising prohousing future.

Oren Hadar
Oren Hadar
Nithya Raman's YIMBY moment
Sep 17, 2025

Nithya Raman's YIMBY moment

Finally, an LA politician is taking our housing crisis seriously.

Oren Hadar
Oren Hadar
Better policy won't fix Imelda Padilla
Sep 09, 2025

Better policy won't fix Imelda Padilla

Only by building power can the prohousing movement fully overcome local control

Oren Hadar
Oren Hadar
The new missing middle
Jul 31, 2025

The new missing middle

Developers accidentally discovered a solution for homelessness. Will the city kill it?

Oren Hadar
Oren Hadar
SB 9: More in my backyard
Jul 17, 2025

SB 9: More in my backyard

How the law is supersizing the ADU movement in LA

Oren Hadar
Oren Hadar
The church of the poisoned mind
Jun 20, 2025

The church of the poisoned mind

Housing at Santa Monica Airport is a slam dunk, but NIMBYs prefer pollution over people.

Oren Hadar
Oren Hadar
Unpaving paradise
Jun 16, 2025

Unpaving paradise

Want a great park at Santa Monica Airport? Put housing in it.

Oren Hadar
Oren Hadar
10 million Angelenos by 2075
May 20, 2025

10 million Angelenos by 2075

LA should be the biggest city in the USA.

Oren Hadar
Oren Hadar
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.

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.

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