“It is estimated that, on an annual basis, between 60,000 and 80,000 more housing units are needed every year than are currently being built.” Cecily Talbert, California’s Response to Its Affordable Housing Crisis, 2007 Institute on Planning, Zoning and Eminent Domain, Center for American & International Law, 8-1
“L.A. City Council Rejects Massive Las Lomas Development. In a split vote, the panel halts its review of the 5,553-home project near the 5 and 14 freeways. Some council members see a lawsuit.” David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 3/20/08, at A1