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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · 8d

thanks dude!

Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · 8d

The state of California owns dozens of empty houses in Los Angeles County. It's spent more than $17 million since 2020 on private security and extra police patrols to guard them from protestors and keep them vacant. My first byline for @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

California owns dozens of vacant houses in Los Angeles County. It's paying millions to guard them from protesters.

The California Department of Transportation has spent more than $17 million since 2020 to guard the homes, which it purchased to make way for a freeway that was never completed.

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · 14d

Interesting assessment of the state of affairs in California's home insurance market. The liability of the state FAIR plan — insurer of last resort — "is now nearly $700 billion, more than double the level two years ago." subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

E&E News: Insurers flee wildfire-prone California despite state assistance

Regulations to enable large rate increases contrast with other state efforts to stabilize insurance markets.

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · 15d

Thanks for sharing this. There's a ton of discuss of various issues of equity in the housing space, but generational equity I think is slightly undervalued in debates. I'm still proud of this piece I did a number of years ago that covered this head on: www.latimes.com/politics/la-...

Must Reads: California homeowners get to pass low property taxes to their kids. It's proved highly profitable to an elite group

A generation of California homeowners enjoy a significant perk that keeps their property tax bill low. Part of that is thanks to Proposition 13, which has strictly limited property tax increases since...

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · 20d

Why it takes so long to rebuild after major wildfires and why it's all the more important as California continues in the middle of its most destructive era of wildfire in state history.

I broke things down with @npr.org's Here & Now earlier today: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Why the road to rebuilding homes after fires is complicated

A Los Angeles Times analysis finds just 38% of homes have been rebuilt after some of the most destructive fires in California history.

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · 21d

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · 21d

Bluesky account was tied to old work email address. this is how they need to verify that I'm still in charge of the account even though I don't have access to the old email..

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · 21d

thanks so much for the very kind words!

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · 21d

Today's my first day @politico.com! I'm writing about rebuilding in Los Angeles and housing issues across California. You can reach me here or at ldillon@politico.com.

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · Oct 9

Business Insider wrote up a story on how some of their past investigative work led to a new California law. The story is strangely unbylined.

The reason perhaps? The publication recently laid off the reporter behind that investigation, Matt Drange.

www.businessinsider.com/california-e...

California enacts law to prevent sexual abuse in K-12 schools following Business Insider investigation

The new legislation comes after a 2023 Business Insider investigation into sexual misconduct at a California high school.

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · Oct 2

Absolutely correct. Couldn’t really get into too much depth but we touched on some of those issues in this companion story www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...

Younger, richer and smaller: How California’s era of wildfire has changed communities forever

Recent large wildfires in California have changed communities forever in ways difficult to predict. Rebuilding statistics tell only part of the story.

www.latimes.com

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · Oct 1

Thanks!!

Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · Oct 1

I don’t start for another few weeks but feel free to DM me

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · Oct 1

So very excited to share that I’ll be writing about housing in Los Angeles and across California for Politico www.politico.com/blogs/politi...

POLITICO Expands California Coverage with New Housing Beat, Welcomes Veteran Reporter Liam Dillon

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · Oct 1

Thanks!!

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · Sep 30

Yes! Headed somewhere but still will be writing about California housing issues

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · Sep 30

These are my final series of stories @latimes.com. An honor to share bylines with Ben Poston, Doug Smith and Jessica Garrison.

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · Sep 30

Younger, richer and smaller: How California’s era of wildfire has changed communities forever

www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...

Younger, richer and smaller: How California’s era of wildfire has changed communities forever

Recent large wildfires in California have changed communities forever in ways difficult to predict. Rebuilding statistics tell only part of the story.

www.latimes.com

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · Sep 30

We're living in the worst era of wildfire in California history. My colleagues and I found that an astounding 22,500 homes burned down in the five most destructive fires in the state from 2017 through 2020. Just 38% of them have been rebuilt. www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...

22,500 homes lost. Over five years later, only 38% rebuilt: What California fire survivors face

Just 38% of the 22,500 homes burned down in California's five most destructive wildfires from 2017 to 2020 have been rebuilt, The Times found.

www.latimes.com

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