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"Their thinking – really a prejudice against all but the most dense of housing situations – is that people shouldn’t have space around them and that all neighborhoods should be open to anybody, even those who lack the funds to buy or rent there," writes Tom Elias in his latest column.
News, Opinion, Real Estate

Column: Housing Likely to Highlight the 2022 Ballot

December 6, 2020

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December 6, 2020

By Tom Elias, Westside Today Columnist One thing has been inevitable ever since extreme liberals in the California Legislature led by Democratic...

" voters essentially laughed off frequent claims by advocates for Proposition 21 that its statewide mandate for rent controls would somehow alleviate the state’s very serious and growing problem with homelessness. They saw that nothing in the proposition would have allowed tenants to remain in houses and apartments without paying rent," writes Tom Elias in his latest column.
News, Opinion

Column: Defying the Hype: State’s Voters Smarter Than ‘Experts’ Think

November 15, 2020

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November 15, 2020

By Tom Elias, Westside Today Columnist For more than two months, California airwaves were filled with political hype, in large part...
News, Opinion, Westside Wellness

More Visitors Needed to Stem COVID in Nursing Homes

October 6, 2020

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October 6, 2020

By Tom Elias, Westside Today Columnist More than six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, no one has done much to...
News, Opinion

Moved up Census: Time for Californians to Act

September 17, 2020

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September 17, 2020

By Tom Elias, Columnist  California polls now show President Trump trails Democrat Joseph Biden in the upcoming presidential election by...
News, Opinion, Real Estate

Worst Housing Bills Fail; Solution via Market Forces Now Possible

September 4, 2020

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September 4, 2020

By Tom Elias, Columnist Evidence keeps mounting that California’s longtime housing shortage can be solved by market forces set loose...

In his latest column, Tom Elias writes about a November ballot measure that would remove property tax protections from commercial and industrial property, while leaving residential levies untouched. Photo: Getty Images.
News, Opinion, Real Estate

A Sure Loser Heads to the November Ballot

August 28, 2020

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August 28, 2020

By Tom Elias, Columnist Heedless of informed advice about conditions in California, labor unions behind the Split Roll ballot initiative...
News, Opinion, Transportation

Has Coronavirus Killed the Mass Transit Boom?

August 17, 2020

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August 17, 2020

By Tom Elias, Westside Today Columnist For most of the last 30 years, California saw a mass transit boom stretching...

“Long before the Floyd murder, then, there was plenty of inequality and reason for minority rage. The rage is now in the open. That’s why it was no coincidence when, at least in California, protesters and their piggy-backing looters headed to high-end areas,” writes Tom Elias in his latest column. Photo: Citizen App.
News, Opinion

It’s Not Just Rage at Racism, but Also Economics

June 4, 2020

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June 4, 2020

By Tom Elias, Westside Today Columnist For decades, academics warned that the ever-widening income gap in America could have dire...

"So any future moves by Wiener or other lawmakers to mandate making California denser than it already is must be evaluated in the light of the series of frequent viral epidemics the world has seen over the last two decades," writes Tom Elias.
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Virus Proving How Disastrous SB 50 Could Have Been

May 4, 2020

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May 4, 2020

By Tom Elias, Westside Today Columnist As Californians shelter at home, eagerly awaiting the eventual reopening of myriad businesses and...
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Virus May Bring A Viable Housing Solution

April 20, 2020

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April 20, 2020

By Tom Elias, Westside Today Columnist “Before the pandemic, all my clients were asking for new leases for office space....

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