Parents and community advocates are divided on L.A. Unified’s Measure EE, a parcel tax on the June ballot that would raise about $500 million a year over a 12-year period for schools. However, a common thread connects them: They agree schools need more funding, but there’s also “distrust” over whether the district would use the money to advance Read more…

A long-discussed plan to build an 100 percent affordable housing complex on the city-owned parking lot directly north of the Logan Square Blue Line station is moving forward. To build the project, Bickerdike needs a zoning change, which requires support from Ramirez-Rosa and the community under the alderman’s community-driven zoning process. So far, the proposal has Read more…

A day after a manhunt closed schools across the Front Range and suburban districts once again considered how to beef security, parents in Denver Public Schools gathered to share concerns about their students’ safety. They weren’t worried about school shootings. Instead, they talked about how increased police and security staff results in their children being Read more…

A group of Democrat Legislators proposed a package of bills aimed at protecting renters, including proposals to cap annual rent increases and to make it harder to evict tenants without just cause, the Los Angeles Times reported. However, housing advocates say the effects of rent control only become worse the longer the rent control continues. Rent control is Read more…

Under a $57 million plan announced this week, developer Celadon Holdings aims to buy up and renovate 250 units in Albany Park — and then maintain them as longterm affordable apartments. The developer is receiving a mix of tax-increment financing (TIF) funds, tax credits and additional financing to make the plan happen, said Scott Henry, Celadon principal. Read more…