Liam Dillon covers the issues of housing affordability and neighborhood change across California for the Los Angeles Times. He joined the newsroom in 2016 and prior to this assignment, covered state politics and policy for its Sacramento Bureau. Before coming to The Times, Dillon covered local politics in Southwest Florida and San Diego. He’s a graduate of Georgetown University and grew up outside Philadelphia.
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The more-than-a-century old federal holiday each Nov. 11 honors America’s veterans. Most public agencies, including schools, post offices and local governments are closed.
Nov. 10, 2024
Police and paramedics responded to reports of people lying unconscious outside an apartment building at 1:09 a.m., police said.
Nov. 10, 2024
A ballot measure that would have lowered the approval threshold for local bonds to support affordable housing and other projects failed.
Nov. 8, 2024
Tenants at Skid Row properties owned by a Beverly Hills developer said recent cuts in security and janitorial services has led to renewed filth and safety concerns in the buildings.
Nov. 5, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit Monday against the city of Norwalk over its ban on new shelters and homeless housing.
Nov. 4, 2024
The city of Norwalk has passed one of California’s most drastic anti-homeless laws in recent memory. Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening a lawsuit and homeless people wonder where they will sleep.
Oct. 31, 2024
L.A. County renters were at least 14 percentage points more likely to support affordable housing construction and other policies in their neighborhood than homeowners, a USC survey found.
Oct. 24, 2024
Irvine police have arrested two men on sex-trafficking charges, saying the duo leafleted neighbors’ cars with ads for a brothel. Officials found three victims and offered them assistance.
Oct. 19, 2024
Experts say a new $22-billion plan to end homelessness in the city of Los Angeles reveals decades of underfunding and pitfalls of leaders’ current approach.
Oct. 16, 2024
Prop. 5 could unleash a flood of new affordable housing, road repairs, fire stations — and tax hikes
If approved by California voters, Proposition 5 would make it easier for local bond measures, and the tax increases that often accompany them, to pass.
Oct. 4, 2024