in the desert communities outside Los Angeles.
Senate Bill 827, which would have allowed high-density housing near transit anywhere in the state, was opposed by Sen. Ben Allen in 2018. The successor bill SB 50 was opposed by Sens. Allen, Henry Stern , Anthony Portantino and María Elena Durazo . In 2021, Allen and Stern didn’t vote on the housing bills SB 9 or SB 10.Though Allen and Stern supported Assembly Bills 2097 and 2011 last year, they quickly reverted to their old ways.
There has to be any better way. The American hotel industry has predicted that its occupancy rate will be 63.8% in 2023. Couldn’t huge chains like the W and Hilton set up a few rooms to provide safe sleeping and shower quarters for such long-term and valuable employees?During a recent visit to Cabo San Lucas, I rode in a taxi on the highway from the hotel to the airport.