WTF Happened To Los Angeles - Graham Stephan Confronts Nithya Raman
Graham Stephan, Jack Selby and real estate broker Jason Oppenheim question Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman on homelessness, housing costs, rent control, city spending, policing and taxes, with Raman arguing the city must earn back residents' trust.
The gist
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Raman says the state estimates LA needs 500,000 more housing units, and proposes 60-day and 120-day permit deadlines to speed approvals.
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Raman now wants to exempt new multi-family construction from the mansion tax, which she says has cut apartment building more than rent control has.
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Stephan describes a six-month ADU occupancy saga, including a $40,000 sewer repair, and Oppenheim says LA apartment values fell about 29% in four years.
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Raman says two-year rental vouchers keep 75% of people housed at $29,000 to $35,000 a year, versus up to $100,000 for Inside Safe.
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Raman wants to keep police staffing steady, move desk work to civilians, and send unarmed mental health teams to non-criminal calls.
Also mentioned
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Airbnb
· "A lot of the downtown business interests, Airbnb, were really pushing this intervention."
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RAND study on police officers per capita
· "So compared to those cities, we have fewer officers per capita. But across Californian cities, we have..."
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