Builder's Remedy sites for sale, Measure ULA stats scrutinized, and more

Here's what we're reading this week:

Aflalo family looks to offload four entitled Beverly Hills sites  "Developer Leo Pustilnikov calls offering 'massively overpriced'" (TRD)

How did an ‘implausible’ claim about jobs created by LA’s ‘mansion tax’ get cited by watchdogs? "The accuracy of these numbers matter, critics say, because they raise questions about oversight at a time when efforts to reform or even repeal the measure are ongoing." (LAist)

New Affordable Housing Coming to Baldwin Park "The 51-unit development by the Cesar Chavez Foundation sits downtown by the train station." (Streetsblog LA)

How Southern California would benefit from electric trains "Electrification and level boarding platforms can significantly improve rail travel on the west coast, too." (The Urban Condition)

Pomona Is Becoming Bike-Friendly "Pomona has made a point of going above and beyond the basic minimums for safer streets, including bikeabilty, walkability, accessibility, and transit improvements" (Streetsblog LA)

Malibu officials approve state-funded project that Caltrans says will make PCH safer "Malibu planning officials voted 4-1 on Monday to approve a permit for a modified version of a state-funded plan to repave the western half of Pacific Coast Highway and add features Caltrans says will increase safety of the roadway, including sidewalks, streetlights and unprotected bike lanes." (LAist)

Is there still hope for the Cinerama Dome? New permit request filed with city of L.A. "The property owner of the Cinerama Dome has filed to renew the venue’s conditional-use permit to sell alcohol for on-site consumption." (LA Times)

Digital Realty buys land in Los Angeles for 32MW data center "The quarter saw the company acquire a 5-acre property in the Vernon area of Los Angeles, California, for approximately $49m, which is expected to support 32MW of IT capacity." (Data Center Dynamics)

Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg commit $31 million to UCLA Research Park, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA "Local philanthropists’ estate gift invests in graduate education in the biomedical sciences, groundbreaking research and capital for pioneering work" (UCLA)

Los Angeles City Council committee backs a 3% rent cap on rent stabilized units  "If adopted, the move would mark the most significant update to L.A.'s Rent Stabilization Ordinance in four decades" (Daily News)

Plan to raise VT Bridge during deck replacement nixed, opening discussions for new bridge "Seroka’s proposal, projected to cost $1.5 billion, called for raising the bridge, which was built in 1963, about 26 feet higher over the water to accommodate the world’s largest — and cleanest — container ships. Combining it with the Caltrans project would have put it on a fast track." (Daily Breeze)

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