Clinton: 'There is no way I won't be' nominee

[JDPriestly]

104. What do you think the term, "political revolution" means?

That is exactly what Bernie means with that term: electing progressives in every state at every level.

We are just starting.

Hillary and the corporate-dependent wing of the Democratic Party have had since 1994 when Bill lost the Democratic majority in Congress to elect a solid Democratic majority again for our Congress.

They have failed. In many cases, they haven't even tried. They are happy with "compromising."

I don't know whether I can compromise again. I have seen too many, far too many compromises in my life.

I worked for a homeless project for years. I walk out into my community, and what do I see? Homeless people. I see them with all their earthly belongings stuffed into shopping carts. I see them trying to set up a tent or stretch out a homemade bedroll under a freeway. I see them scavenging for food in the trash cans behind restaurants.

The city is trying to help, but what is needed is universal healthcare including mental healthcare, jobs and a livable wage as well as the housing assistance the City wants to invest in.

$300,000 per unit is not "affordable" housing. Not for people earning $15 per hour. And certainly not for the unemployed.

Los Angeles is stuck in a housing crisis with little hope for an easy escape. The standard definition of “affordable” is shelter that costs no more than 30% of a household's gross income; anything higher cuts severely into other types of consumption. Using that metric, to afford the median-priced home, the median household would require a staggering 52% raise, to $96,000 a year from $63,000. A more modest 14% raise would enable that family to rent the median-priced apartment. With housing costs rising faster than incomes, we are likely to retain our title as the least affordable city in the United States for years to come.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-habibi-housing-crisis-la-20150810-story.html

California’s Home Prices and Rents Higher Than Just About Anywhere Else. Housing in California has long been more expensive than most of the rest of the country. Beginning in about 1970, however, the gap between California’s home prices and those in the rest country started to widen. Between 1970 and 1980, California home prices went from 30 percent above U.S. levels to more than 80 percent higher. This trend has continued. Today, an average California home costs $440,000, about two–and–a–half times the average national home price ($180,000). Also, California’s average monthly rent is about $1,240, 50 percent higher than the rest of the country ($840 per month).

http://www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2015/finance/housing-costs/housing-costs.aspx