Liam Dillon covers the issues of housing affordability and neighborhood change across California for the Los Angeles Times. He joined the newsroom in 2016 and prior to this assignment, covered state politics and policy for its Sacramento Bureau. Before coming to The Times, Dillon covered local politics in Southwest Florida and San Diego. He’s a graduate of Georgetown University and grew up outside Philadelphia.
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A lawsuit alleges that Mayor Karen Bass, Councilmember Traci Park and City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto are stalling a low-income housing plan in Venice.
July 12, 2024
After a failed bid downtown a decade ago, developer Leo Pustilnikov is on the verge of a massive real estate deal in Skid Row, adding to his large portfolio across Southern California.
July 11, 2024
A 12-year-old girl was ejected from a vehicle and killed, and nine others were injured in a three-car crash in South L.A. Friday, authorities said.
July 5, 2024
A train struck a pedestrian at the Hollywood/Highland Metro station Friday afternoon, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The pedestrian suffered serious lower body injuries.
July 5, 2024
Proposition 5 will lower the voter threshold required to pass local affordable housing and transportation bond measures.
July 5, 2024
The French fire started Thursday night and had grown to 842 acres by Friday morning amid warm temperatures and gusty terrain-driven winds.
July 6, 2024
Michael Weinstein runs the largest AIDS charity in the world. But now he’s shaking up another critical aspect of Los Angeles life: housing.
June 30, 2024
President Biden joins former President Obama, George Clooney and Julia Roberts at star-studded fundraiser in L.A. that raises more than $30 million.
June 16, 2024
Corporations are building new suburban subdivisions to rent them out, changing how people live and build wealth in America.
June 13, 2024
State lawmakers intend to pull a measure that would repeal a nearly 75-year-old anti-public-housing provision from the November ballot.
June 6, 2024