Renters' revolt Revisiting City of Quartz to understand Los Angeles's housing crisis

摘要

What has happened in Los Angeles since City of Quartz first appeared in print in 1990 is nothing short of a revolution. Renters now outnumber homeowners in a city famed for the single-family ideal. Moreover, they're angry and they're organized. They're blaming homeowners because 'the rent is too damn high!' Conditions Davis described in the 1980s-the monopolization of land use governance by homeowners to enrich their properties-has incubated a new round of political struggles around property relations.