The debate over renting vs. owning has long posed a challenge for households in California. Arguments have morphed in recent years as home prices and mortgage rates soared beyond the increasing rents.

On Wednesday, AB 1482, California’s “anti-rent-gouging bill,” cleared the state Assembly on a 46-22 vote. It now heads to the desk of Governor Gavin Newsom, who is expected to sign it. Back in May a ...

Editor’s note: This is the seventh installment in a series examining the roots of America’s housing crisis. To read the earlier pieces, visit the roots of today’s housing crisis. In the 1960s, the ...

To the editor: Staff writer Roger Vincent’s recent article on why developers aren’t building in Los Angeles misses the real issue (“Almost no one is building new apartments in Los Angeles. Here’s why, ...