Aaron Mendelson
Former senior data & investigative reporter
(he/him)
-
Police in Los Angeles County and across California use force on Black people far out of their proportion of the population, according to a KPCC/LAist analysis. -
Should we tax tens of thousands of vacant properties in the city?
-
Los Angeles is in a housing crisis, yet up to 100,000 units, many of them luxury apartments, sit empty. Could a vacancy tax help?
-
As unemployment rates soar, so too does the number of applications to live in L.A.'s public housing.
-
Applications to live in Los Angeles public housing surged last month, a sign of the pressure Angelenos are feeling.
-
At a press conference this morning, Long Beach's Mayor and Chief of Police addressed the shooting of KPCC/LAist reporter Adolfo Guzman-Lopez by an officer…
-
The alarm has been raised by Governor Gavin Newsom, whose budget includes pledges about “guarding against private sector actors buying up distressed assets,” and L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis.
-
California politicians are worried Wall Street will swoop in and buy up single-family housing -- in a repeat of the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.
-
City Council President Nury Martinez said the $100 million commitment to rent relief 'is an economic lifeline.' She added that it would be the largest renters relief program in the country.
-
The California Lottery sold nearly $500 million in tickets in April, a huge decline from January's figure of almost $700 million.
Stories by Aaron Mendelson
Support for LAist comes from