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California Jobs Engine Stalls in April as Unemployment Holds at 5.3%
The state shed 3,300 nonfarm payroll jobs even as a sixth straight monthly drop in the unemployed pool pointed to a labor market...
Los Angeles Mounts Three-Front Resistance to SB 79, Pushing Compliance to 2030
City Council’s Alternative Plan, an LA Metro Board exemption push, and a pending Senate carve-out bill combine to delay California’s flagship transit housing...
San Diego Caps SB 79 Reach to One-Mile Transit Radius as Statewide Upzoning Law Hits July 1
City Council’s unanimous vote defers stop-by-stop classification to SANDAG while phasing in exemptions for fire, flood, historic and low-resource areas. California’s most aggressive...
Southern California Construction Loses 13,800 Jobs as Every Major Metro Contracts
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim shed 6,200 construction jobs while the Inland Empire dropped 2,900 and San Diego gave back 1,500, signaling a region-wide pullback...
Women’s Pay Gap Narrows to 4%, But Discrimination Climbs in CRE, CREW Network Study Shows
Women in commercial real estate recently gathered in Los Angeles to dissect a benchmark study that reveals progress on compensation alongside a troubling ...
JP Morgan Pulls Plug on $1.4B Core-Plus Real Estate Fund as Santa Monica’s $162MM Pen Factory Hangs in the Balance
The 24-year-old US Real Estate Income and Growth vehicle had bet on Westside trophy office at the top of the market — now...
Backyard Units Pull Even with Single-Family Homes in Orange County Building Race
Permit data shows accessory dwelling units have closed the gap with traditional houses as soaring land costs and looser state rules redraw the...
Southern California Industrial Markets Confront Record Vacancy as Port Activity and Private Capital Hold the Line
Marcus & Millichap’s midyear outlook ranks all four major SoCal metros in the bottom half of its 2026 National Industrial Properties Index, with...
California Added 28,700 Jobs in March as Unemployment Eased to 5.3%
State posted strongest start to a calendar year since 2022 as health services led gains while professional and business services pulled back, according...
Los Angeles Sits Out the AI Office Boom Lifting Bay Area and Manhattan
Tech leasing in Los Angeles grew modestly in 2025 but ranked outside the top tier of tech gateways, as artificial intelligence capital and...
AvalonBay and Equity Residential Forge $69B Apartment Titan in All-Stock Merger of Equals
The combination of the nation’s two largest multifamily REITs creates a 180,000-unit powerhouse with dominant positions in Los Angeles, New York and Greater...
Coworking Clusters in Downtown LA as $182 Affordability Floor Spreads Across the A Line
A new analysis of the LA Metro’s 57.6-mile A Line finds workspace access concentrated in distinct zones, with long transit corridors still left...
