- September 16, 2022I'm writing this post at 39K feet over the Atlantic on my way home from eight days in Barcelona; Barcelona…
- June 29, 2022Maybe you've seen the headlines: "Affordable housing in California now routinely tops $1 million per apartment to build" (that's up…
- March 25, 2022You might've read that MacKenzie Scott, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, is making huge donations to some nonprofit organizations, including…
- March 9, 2022We've been writing grant proposals for housing and supportive services for people experiencing homelessness (this is the PC phrase, but…
- February 18, 2020* "'Pure incompetence:' As fatal heroin overdoses exploded in black neighborhoods, D.C. officials ignored life-saving strategies and misspent millions of…
- January 6, 2020* "The Pedagogical Lessons and Tradeoffs of Online Higher Education." Education and healthcare both seem to lack silver bullets, although…
- October 16, 2017* "The Ends of the World is page-turner about mass extinction." Note: "The evidence suggests that every single time, mass…
- October 5, 2017Although we rarely go to RFP bidders conferences, last week I was in Downtown LA during the Prop HHH Homeless…
- October 2, 2017The NYT has learned that "For Homeless Advocates, a Discouraging Lesson in Los Angeles: Money is Not Enough." The story…
- August 30, 2017As newsletter subscribers know, last week the City of Los Angeles released the "Proposition HHH Facilities Program FY 2017-18 Request…
