- Making News: LA County's Median Home Price Passes $300,000
Last year, the median price for houses and condos rose 19% in LA County, to a record $300,000-plus, despite the war in Iraq and economic uncertainty. DJ Waldie, information officer for the City of Lakewood and author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir, says Southern California has reached the end of "buildable" space for working people. - Reporter-s Notebook: LA County, Poverty Capital of the Nation
The United Way of Greater Los Angeles has concluded that Los Angeles County is the -poverty capital of the nation,- where 2 million people live on less than $18,100 a year. Tomorrow, from noon to 2pm at LA City Hall, celebrities and elected officials are hoping for a big turnout at a rally to end poverty in California. State Senator Richard Alarc-n will be on hand.
California Association of Realtors on LA home prices
DataQuick on Southland Median Home Prices
City Administrative Officer's publication on 2003-2004 Proposed Budget
Chief Legislative Analyst on 2003-2004 Proposed Budget
2003 National Poverty Tour: -A Conversation with America-
United Way-s -Tale of Two Cities: Promise and Peril in Los Angeles-