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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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
Maria Merritt has faced addiction, death of loved ones and other tragedies. A publicly owned home in El Sereno she had, lost, then regained gives her the strength to go on.
June 3, 2024
Alexander Espino, 19, of San Bernardino County was killed by a motorcycle driver early Saturday on the 10 Freeway in Covina, authorities say. The suspect remains at large.
May 11, 2024
A body was found after Los Angeles firefighters responded to reports of a person at the bottom of the cliffs near Point Fermin in San Pedro.
May 11, 2024
A new poll finds that L.A. voters favor new housing across the city but are skeptical that growth will dent the city’s affordability problems.
May 9, 2024
Nearly three-quarters of renters and those under 35 have considered moving out of Los Angeles because housing costs are too high, according to a new poll.
May 8, 2024
An L.A. County judge ruled Senate Bill 9 unconstitutional in a case brought by five Southern California cities. If upheld on appeal, it could restore single-family zoning in big cities across the state.
April 29, 2024
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation abandoned its bid to buy six failing Skid Row buildings. The decision might leave the city on the hook for more funding.
April 25, 2024