Carl and Francyne Lambert
A Venice Beach real-estate investor who bought a historic rent-stabilized apartment building and converted it into a boutique hotel now known as the Venice V. Local advocates say he cleared out long-term tenants and eliminated some of the last affordable beachfront homes for students, retirees, and working-class residents. Lambert has faced a long list of […]
Decron Properties
The Nagel family of Decron Properties offers a textbook example of how wealthy developer families skirt campaign finance limits to preserve political influence. In 2022, fifteen members of the multibillion-dollar real-estate dynasty, including executives, spouses, and even teenage grandchildren, each gave the maximum allowed contribution to Traci Park on the same day, totaling more than […]
McCabe and Company Consulting
Susan McCabe, a former Coastal Commissioner and longtime lobbyist, is one of the most powerful and controversial forces shaping development along California’s coast. Through her firm, McCabe & Co., she has represented clients such as Poseidon Resources, Southern California Edison, and MacPherson Oil, all linked to environmentally controversial projects. Watchdogs say she has used her […]
J. Clark Booth
A longtime real-estate power player who spent decades at CBRE as Executive Vice President and Managing Director before founding Bay Hill Partners in 2000. Booth has poured tens of thousands of dollars into high-profile Los Angeles campaigns, including $25,000 through the “Committee to Elect Traci Park to Fix Homelessness” and another $25,000 supporting Bob Hertzberg […]
Hudson Pacific Properties, LP
Hudson Pacific Properties is a major Los Angeles-based REIT that owns and develops some of the most expensive studio, tech and office land in the city, including in Hollywood and the Westside. The company has faced multiple controversies: a 2017 settlement in which it scaled back a high-rise project in Hollywood after being sued for […]
IBEW (Local 11 and 18)
IBEW Locals are powerful building-trades unions in Los Angeles that play a major role in shaping development and infrastructure decisions. Although unions are often seen as progressive, These locals frequently align with pro-business, pro-development politics that can lean conservative. Their political involvement prioritizes construction jobs for their members, even when that means opposing environmental reforms, […]
California Apartment Association
The California Apartment Association is a landlord lobbying group that wields tremendous power throughout the state by shaping policy in Sacramento and killing local tenant protections at the municipal level. They take in massive sums from Big Real Estate and then carries out the industry’s dirty work through four political action committees. The CAA’s influence […]
Douglas Emmett
Douglas Emmett Inc. carried out one of the largest mass evictions in state history at Barrington Plaza by invoking the Ellis Act in a case that tenant advocates and legal experts have called unlawful. Councilmember Traci Park stood by and did not intervene to protect tenants, months after Douglas Emmett and its executives funneled hundreds […]
Kilroy Realty
Kilroy Realty Corporation has invested heavily in campaigns opposing rent control and stronger tenant protections in California. The company has faced criticism for aligning its development agenda with policies that benefit corporate real estate holders over renters, while its CEO has publicly suggested shifting investment away from cities that push for stronger regulation on commercial […]
Airbnb
Airbnb has helped fuel Los Angeles’s housing crisis by enabling landlords to pull thousands of homes off the long-term rental market to operate them as unregulated hotels. Despite city laws intended to limit short-term rentals, enforcement has been inconsistent, allowing many operators to continue evading rules and driving up rents for working families. The company […]