January 6, 2020 – Two years ago President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cut and Jobs Act into law. Republicans are touting the legislation as a boon to the economy, which has managed to pair record low unemployment with rising income inequality and an overabundance of low-paying jobs. The consequences of the legislation, which is expected to add $1.5 trillion to […]
Jessica Goodheart, Capital & Main
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Are Prop. 10’s Big-Money Foes Making California’s Housing Problem Worse?
October 24, 2018 – One of California’s most hotly contested ballot measures, Proposition 10, would repeal the 23-year-old Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act that restricts a city’s ability to apply rent control to post-1995 construction and exempts single-family homes from regulation. Proposition 10’s opponents claim it will worsen the state’s housing crisis, which has left teachers, […]