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Weekly News Update for Novermber 11, 2019

KNOCK.LA Podcast

English - November 11, 2019 20:15 - 1 hour - 107 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
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This week we're talking about local elections across the country, PG&E's future, AirBnB policy changes, some big developments in the LA rental market, and how badly Aliso Canyon is poisoning an LA neighborhood.

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Sources
Local elections: https://ourfuture.org/20191106/turning-states-a-bolder-shade-of-blue

PG&E: https://www.kqed.org/news/11784972/22-mayors-want-pge-to-become-a-customer-owned-co-op

Aliso Canyon: https://laist.com/2019/11/05/aliso-canyon-porter-ranch-gas-leak-blowout-health-benzene-nordella.php

Aliso Canyon Slide Deck: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6540644-What-You-Should-Know-Aliso-Canyon-Blowout.html#document/p3/a534122

Herb Wesson: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-24/council-president-herb-wesson-son-koreatown-developer

CF 19-1362 (Affordable Housing): http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2019/19-1362_mot_11-05-2019.pdf

AirBnB: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-50276485

More AirBnB: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43k7z3/nationwide-fake-host-scam-on-airbnb

CF 18-1245 (Homesharing): CF 19-1362 (Affordable Housing): http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2019/19-1362_mot_11-05-2019.pdf