Browsing: Californias

Tenants in Los Angeles and Orange counties may have some new rental options in their future, as apartment developers started 2026 with a splash — filing the second-highest number of building plans in the past 36 years.

A relatively new and little-known state agency has taken the first steps toward imposing fines on hospitals that it claims are charging too much, but will more price controls really fix a system in which government mandates and restrictions have already substantially raised healthcare prices?

Here is a baker’s dozen of September’s most-popular real estate stories from the Southern California News Group, as measured by online viewership.

California’s economy may be outperforming the nation in 2026, but those same results look subpar compared with the Golden State’s track record.

With California’s coast getting pounded by strong waves amid a strengthening El Niño, residents and government leaders are turning to big rocks and seawalls to protect homes and keep a railroad from falling into the sea. But there is growing concern this defensive strategy will end up harming California’s famed sandy beaches. “It’s kind of…

California voters will soon decide whether to impose a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of the state’s billionaires. Google co-founder Sergey Brin recently contributed $82 million to oppose the measure. His critics frame this as an existential battle between self-interested billionaires and the public interest. At stake are funds unions and legislators believe could…