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David Wagner
What I cover
I cover housing in Southern California, a place where ever-rising rents and a persistent lack of affordable housing have led to many living on the edge of homelessness.
My background
I’ve been helping people understand their rights, housing market trends, policy changes and the solutions being proposed to fix the region’s housing crisis for more than five years.
My goals
I want my coverage to help renters, landlords and anyone else affected by L.A.’s affordability issues navigate the region’s ongoing housing crisis.
Best way to reach me
I would love to hear from you if you have questions or concerns related to housing in Southern California. You can reach out by email. I'm at dwagner@laist.com. Or, if you have a tip you’d like to share more privately, you can reach me on Signal. My username is @reporterdavidwagner.38. For instructions on getting started with Signal, see the app's support page.
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You might have noticed some deep, dank discounts at the drug store. This is why.
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The high cost of housing may be keeping job seekers away. Luring would-be employees to California is getting more difficult. Also difficult: getting people to stay.
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California employers and job recruiters find it tough to lure out-of-state workers at a time when unemployment rates are falling and housing prices are rising.
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Electric scooters have quickly become a popular way to get around in Santa Monica. The city was the first to get scooters from Silicon Beach startup Bird. And now, Santa Monica has decided to take a light touch on regulating them.
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The former LA mayor was fighting to become California's first elected Latino governor, but he didn't bring out a huge wave of Latino voters.
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Bernie Sanders is making higher wages the focus of his trip to Southern California on Saturday, meeting with Disneyland workers and LA ports truck drivers.da
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Sanders is scheduled to speak with Disney workers in Anaheim calling for $18 per hour and with truck drivers who say they're facing wage theft at L.A. ports.
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But the annual homeless count showed the number of people experiencing for the first time actually going up compared to last year.
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Entertainment lawyer Milton Everett Olin, Jr.. 65 of Woodland Hills, was killed while out for a Sunday afternoon bike ride in Calabasas.
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Body cam footage of a Los Angeles police officer shooting and killing 14-year-old Jesse Romero two years ago is being seen by the public for the first time.
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Nearly 430,000 Southern California workers earn a paycheck from one of the region's 10,378 foreign-owned companies.
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Licensed pot shop owners blame high taxes for lower-than-expected state cannabis revenues. "We just can't compete with these illegal dispensaries," says one local owner.
