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¿Por qué las cárceles de California utilizan a sus propios empleados como alarmas humanas contra incendios?
California gasta decenas de millones de dólares cada año pagando a los empleados de las prisiones para que busquen humo y fuego. Reemplazar las alarmas contra incendios cuesta mucho más.
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Proyecto de ley de California permitiría a víctimas de abuso usar trauma como defensa legal en casos de delitos violentos
Por cuarto año consecutivo, los legisladores de California están sopesando si otorgar a los delincuentes violentos el derecho legal a alegar abusos en su defensa legal.
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California pension ruling limits how many vacation hours workers can count for retirement
A new California Supreme Court ruling upholds limits on how many vacation hours government workers can cash out and apply toward the pension formulas.
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More Than 300,000 Empty Lots For Sale Could Close America’s Housing Shortage by 6%
Building one home on each empty lot listed for sale on Zillow would reduce the national housing deficit to 4.44 million homes. The post More Than 300,000 Empty Lots For Sale Could Close America’s Housing Shortage by 6% appeared first on Zillow Research.
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Rent Went Up But So Did the Freebies (June Rent Report)
Rent growth accelerated. And yet, the share of listings with a concession remains elevated. The post Rent Went Up But So Did the Freebies (June Rent Report) appeared first on Zillow Research.
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New Home Sales Sink to Their Weakest Year-to-Date Pace Since 2017
There were 628,000 (SAAR) new single-family home sales nationwide in June. That’s 1.6% above the revised May rate of 618,000. Sales of newly built homes were 5.6% below the June 2025 estimate, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The median price of new houses sold was $398,300, down 2.7% from a year ago. The average…
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Fire-Prone Parts of Rural Northern California Are Losing Residents, Bucking National Trend
Tuolumne County, CA, in the Yosemite foothills, lost more residents than any other fire-prone U.S. county in 2025. It was followed closely by Sutter County, also in rural Northern California. Just one-third of the country’s 308 fire-prone counties lost more residents than they gained, while the other two-thirds gained population. Pinal County, AZ, located between…
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What California can learn from LA’s hot mess era of governmental reforms
In a surprising role reversal, at least in image, the traditionally plodding L.A. County government looks more urgent and creative than L.A. City Hall.
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Why California prisons are using their own employees as human fire alarms
California spends tens of millions dollars every year paying prison employees to look for smoke and fire. Replacing fire alarms costs much more.
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California bill would let abuse victims use trauma as legal defense for violent crime
For the fourth year in a row, California lawmakers are weighing whether to give violent criminals the legal right to cite abuse in their legal defense.
