THE CITY-Lost in Space? One possibility is Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson who are both heading up to space this month, Branson EIGHT days ahead of the richest man in the world, at press time – could establish an $800 a month housing program on a purchase and decree basis.
Bezos has $210 billion in the kitty and among the nearly 1,000 giving pledge billionaires, probably a trillion in giving pledge money.
So, the thing about this program, is it helps people who want to live and work here but can t afford to live here. By purchasing places at above market, if necessary to get greedy landlords out, we can lower the price of housing through a robust and rapacious acquisition campaign. And all the units will be modern, clean IKEA style designs.
Former Los Angeles City Councilman Mitchell Englander has begun serving a federal prison sentence after pleading guilty last year to federal corruption charges
Thursday, June 3. I’m Brittny Mejia, coming to you from Los Angeles.
Times staff writer Kevin Baxter takes us on a journey to a 13-mile stretch of Salvadoran shoreline that has turned into one of the world’s newest surfing meccas thanks, in part, to Californians.
It’s a spot where the waves are so ripe and the water so warm, tourism officials are hoping it can repair the country’s battered image while the International Surfing Assn. has chosen it as the location of the final qualifying rounds for the debut of surfing as an Olympic sport this summer.