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I Got Into a Traffic Accident in a Black Area, and Nobody Played the ‘Race Card’

  • California,
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July 8, 2020July 14, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

A story in which my own experience in a black neighborhood convinced me that the hope for reconciliation is not dead It was late February, and I was on my way to a men’s retreat in Malibu, California.  And I […]

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Insights from Francis Fukuyama on the Problem of Crony Capitalism

  • California,
  • Culture
January 7, 2020December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

This essay summarizes some of Francis Fukuyama’s historical perspective and insights on the problem ‘patrimonialism’ and its effect on society.  I briefly suggest some ways to address patrimonialism, and also identify factors that shape patrimonialism in California and elsewhere. According […]

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Dick Dale: 1937-2019

  • California,
  • Culture
April 5, 2019May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I always thought of Dick Dale as a local phenomenon, but his recent death got national coverage.  The most thorough and best article was one in The New Yorker, a magazine which might well have turned up its nose during […]

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Thoughts About Safe Encampments for the Homeless

  • California
October 3, 2018May 19, 2020
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Sometimes we are inclined to overlook the economically homeless who actually have, or could have, jobs.  We may not be able to afford to get them all under a roof, but I think at the very least they deserve encampments […]

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A Conference Held to Honor my Father, Howard F. Ahmanson Sr.: “WWHD — What Would Howard Do?”

  • California
August 24, 2018October 1, 2019
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The “WWHD Conference — What Would Howard Ahmanson, Sr., Do?” — was held August 1, 2018, the year marking the 50th anniversary of my father’s death.  I decided I wanted to sponsor it, mostly to honor him. In the tumultuous year […]

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Two Dilemmas Urbanists and Housing Advocates have to Face

  • California
March 6, 2018August 27, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

First, we often have two inconsistent objectives.  The first is good housing for all and ownership for many. The second is that home ownership should be a ‘wealth builder’ for those who achieve it.  You can’t have it both ways. […]

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Tim Draper’s Latest ‘Three Californias’ Plan is not Acceptable

  • California
November 3, 2017January 3, 2022
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Tim Draper, the Silicon Valley tycoon who gave us the ‘Six Californias’ plan a couple of years ago, has come up now with a ‘Three Californias’ plan.  It is not acceptable in its current form. The main point of dividing […]

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Several Suggestions for the Democratic Party of California

  • California
March 29, 2017December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The Democratic Party of California has reason for complacency.  It is the only state level political party of significance.  It unites the majority communities of color with the creative class portion of the still powerful non-Hispanic white minority.  The tensions in […]

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California’s Trump-like Moment, 22 Years Before Trump: The Adventures of Pete Wilson

  • California
March 22, 2017December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The United States on the whole has seen a rather sudden pivot, or so it seemed, of ‘conservatism’ from a coalition of religious or moral conservatives, economic conservatives [the latter were split into ever lower taxes fiscal ‘conservatives’, and deficit […]

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Manhattan Beach Tries to Find Itself

  • California
February 27, 2017August 27, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In California Development Report I recently saw a story [unfortunately inaccessible to those without an account], about Manhattan Beach and the regulations it was putting in place to define itself.  Manhattan Beach is at one and the same time a […]

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