One Construction Site Fire Displaced 11 Neighbors (Image courtesy of Citizen)

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Why Is LADBS Changing the Rebuilding Rules? And Why Won't the Mayor Take Action? Dear readers, PLEASE read this letter from displaced Palisades homeowner Andrew Halpern.

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LA's housing crisis is trapping domestic violence survivors Domestic violence services and homeless services exist in LA rarely work together effectively to help survivors find stability and safety.

LA’s housing crisis is trapping domestic violence survivors — One in five unhoused women in California escaped domestic violence.
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Critically Endangered: Five RSO Homes in Melrose Hill Things don’t look good for 5431-5437 Lemon Grove Avenue.

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James Li Exposes Public Housing Scam Housing scams of all stripes are sadly not unusual in Los Angeles (or anywhere, really).

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If You Still Don't Believe Me... You, dear reader, do not HAVE to believe me.

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Empty for 30+ Years in Pacoima?! Picture, if you will, a two-story house in Pacoima on a nice big corner lot between two schools.

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Vintage Glendale "The Jewel City" | SAD UPDATE ! | Facebook SAD UPDATE ! THE CHOPPING OF THE TREES !!! The victory to try and save the historic Glendale Garden Homes last week was short lived. The city council voted in a packed council chamber to order an...

Preservation pal Damian Sullivan has a disturbing update to last week's Glendale Garden Homes City Hall drama: property owner BW Brody's crew, with trucks branded INTIMIDATOR, murdered the ancient trees today in violation of the city's EIR determination.

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26 of 37 Affordable Apartments EMPTY in a Crisis - WTF?! No one needs me to tell them that LA’s housing crisis became much, MUCH worse over the past two weeks.

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Good - but is this despicable gouger in a jail cell yet?

Museums for All at The Huntington | The Huntington The Huntington is proud to participate in Museums for All, an initiative of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. This national access program encourages individuals of all backgrounds to visi...

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How to report and organize against rent-gouging after the LA fires Tenant lawyer and LA Tenants Union organizer Jacob Woocher shares some tips.

We’re already seen widespread reports of landlords price-gouging — raising the asking rent over 10% during a state of emergency. This is illegal in California under Penal Code Section 396.

Here's how to report and organize against rent-gouging:

I have an urgent donation need for LACADA & the Whittier LGBTQ Center. 65 people have been displaced from their Altadena location. Donations can be dropped off at: 10425 Painter Ave Santa Fe Springs CA 90670, contact Ingrid Soto on site.

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We'll be talking to tenants' rights attorney Jacob Woocher at 4pm about rental price gouging and what everyday LA people can do about it.
📍 Where: Our IG Live
⏰ When: 4pm PST
Have you seen rental price gouging?

The Parable Is Now Octavia E. Butler’s 1993 novel, Parable of the Sower, imagined a future in which California is inhospitable, weather is deadly, wealth disparities are vicious, and a presidential candidate may set the...

‘We just crossed the threshold into Octavia E. Butler’s future.
Time has caught up with her vision.’

—Lynell George @lynellgeorge.bsky.social
Author of the book,
a handful of earth
a handful of sky
the world of
Octavia E. Butler

And of this haunting piece, given the LA fires and Trump
🖊️July 2024:

Fellow Angelenos: if you have been approached by a developer wanting to buy your burned property for a pittance or have encountered recent rent gouging, reply here. I’m working on something.

Benjamin Kahle, realtor and Commissioner on the Los Angeles Historical Records and Landmarks Commission, is putting out a call for preservation architects and design professionals who can build Altadena back as an historic district.
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A newsletter send with love from out of the ashes: The Next Los Angeles Starts Now—With You!
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Where Do We Go From Here? I always want to say the right thing, but sometimes I don’t know what that is.

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“We keep us safe”: How to help your neighbors in the wake of devastating LA fires While not an exhaustive list, here are some of the ways you can make a difference.

“We keep us safe”: How to help your neighbors in the wake of devastating LA fires.

While not an exhaustive list, here are some of the ways you can make a difference:

No “Light My Fire” jokes, please. “The End” seems more appropriate here. 😞

I cannot describe how gutted I feel about the devastating fire at the former SRO Morrison Hotel, forever linked to The Doors. Previous owners planned to turn it into a boutique hotel and destroyed the interior. lafd.org/news/histori...

If you’re on Substack, follow me at Empty Los Angeles. I’m migrating from another host, so I only have entries posted up to May, but give me time. New content is coming soon.

Hate crimes against transgender people are up 125% in LA Hate crimes against al LGBTQ+ people rose 48%, making LGBTQ+ people the second most targeted group of people, according to a new report An annual countywide report showed a total of 1,350 hate crimes ...

Hate crimes against transgender people increased 125% last year in Los Angeles County — and a staggering 97% of these crimes were violent, according to a new report.

Hate crimes against all LGBTQ+ people rose 48%, making LGBTQ+ people the second most targeted group of people.

America: We love veterans, thank you for your service.

VA: Let’s lease out your land for oil drilling, parking lots, private sports facilities, and college baseball stadium. Sound good?

Me: publishes serious blog entries about chronically empty houses referencing “The Day of the Locust” and “Fawlty Towers”.

I might possibly go to hell for the second one, but no one who saw that will forget the post. Which is the point.

Visit Florida (where my brother lives). EVERYONE has white tile. Seriously.

What kind of a**hole makes a nuisance phone call to a concerned citizen (who also happens to be the Hotel Cecil’s chaplain)? 🤨

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