Ted Rohrlich

Federal prosecutors say the longtime O.C. supervisor has agreed to plead guilty and resign in a conspiracy to steal millions of dollars meant to feed needy seniors, following a months-long LAist investigation and federal probe.

Faced with ongoing shortfalls in expected revenues, LAist this week cut the size of its workforce by laying off seven staffers, following a round of buyouts last month.

Since the self-crowned “exclusively industrial” city was nearly abolished 12 years ago as too corrupt, an LAist review found good government improvements, persistent environmental problems and a plan to dramatically grow a residential population.

The announcement was shared in a memo to staff and over a Zoom meeting on Tuesday.

Affordable housing is explicitly exempted from state and local laws that limit the size of rent increases.

The work is complicated and can be tediously slow. Affordable housing developers have to overcome major hurdles that market rate developers do not.

Is it fair to shower the bulk of subsidies for decent affordable housing on one group while the majority of those in need are left with none?

I vowed long ago to look into a key program to see how efficient it was — what I found raises significant questions about a major driver of housing for low- and very low-income families in L.A.

A 37-year-old tax credit program intended to get private developers to build affordable units has failed in a fundamental way: It's a bargain people still can't afford.

From 2010 to 2019, the city lost about 110,000 homes that were considered affordable for low-income households.