It’s here! The California rent control primer you’ve been waiting for #Prop10 latimes.com/politics/la-po… In researching my rent control explainer, the divergence between economists who don’t like the policy and other researchers who do was striking. Non-economists would consistently point to the benefits gained from having stable housing and the need to help tenants immediately

My colleague @bposton and I spent a while investigating one of the deepest inequalities in California housing and tax policy — so deep that U.S. Supreme Court justices and others say it's like medieval feudalism (1/13) latimes.com/politics/la-po… California lets homeowners pass their low property tax bills to their children. And it can go on forever. So future generations of Californians whose ancestors purchased houses decades ago will continue to pay property taxes based on values established in the 1970s. (2/13)

Perhaps you, like me, were surprised to learn LAPD shredded 4 tons of citizen complaints against officers. And that it led to California becoming the nation’s most secretive state on police misconduct. How did it happen? 🎵A trip to the archives🎵 (1/12) latimes.com/politics/la-me… In 1974, the California Supreme Court decided that criminal defendants had a right to examine the history of the officers that arrested them to question their credibility on the witness stand. This, of course, led to defense attorneys asking for these files all the time. (2/12)

OK! We’re about to start #SB827 hearing with Sen. @Scott_Wiener. The bill would allow for 4-to-5 story buildings near transit. You can watch live here: senate.ca.gov .@Scott_Wiener: "The status quo isn’t working and we need to do things different. We need an enormous amount of housing at all income levels … In California we have made a conscious decision that housing simply doesn’t matter."