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California Forests Are Disappearing–And So Are Air Pollution Disparities

The Lowe Down

Between 1972 and 2018, the number of large wildfires in California increased by 784 percent, and the area burned increased by more than 1,200 percent (Environmental Market Solutions Laboratory, UC Santa Barbara). for 2016-2020. This increase in forest fires makes it more difficult for the affluent to purchase clean air.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

4 That average will change slightly each year to reflect the normal annual variation in the mix of products and borrower characteristics – for example, it was up by two basis points (bp) in 2021 over 2020, but down by the same amount from the prior year. percent to 0.49 percent to 0.49 The two portfolios together peaked at over $1.5

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

” In their research, Monkkonen and his colleagues evaluated California’s 2017 and 2018 reforms to address issues in the state’s “fair share” system. The median townhouse on a formerly single-family lot in 2020 had an assessed value of $340,000. Marantz, UC Irvine, Christopher S. Kim, UC Irvine.

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