Infographic: 21 biases that derail critical thought
Math is perfect. The application of math, however, is contextual. Data science involves human logic. The best data science comes from limited human interaction. Still, data scientists must extrapolate meaning from data in order...
Infographic: C19 just the facts
Real guarantee: No models were used in the production of this report.
50% of those who contract the coronavirus are asymptomatic
80% of all coronavirus cases are mild according to the most recent studies...
Infographic: Is convenience a fair trade for privacy?
Is convenience a fair trade for privacy?
What level of market share constitutes a monopoly, effectively obstructing free market competition?
Driver’s licenses, passports, mugshots—are searched using facial recognition technology by the FBI. Watchdogs have asked lawmakers...
Infographic: Rent control – Getting the squeeze for poor housing policy and stifling regulation
5%+rate of inflation
California state legislators have passed AB 1482 sponsored by Assemblyman David Chiu (d)—San Francisco. The bill limits annual rent increases that commercial single-family homes and apartment landlords may implement to 5% plus...
Infographic: Active shooter
What just happened?
Mass killings are still rare. They account for 1 percent of all homicide victims annually
12 percent of mass killings are by public shootings. The majority are murders within families, gangs...
Infographic: Navigating fake assistance animals-Americans with Disability Act (ADA) VERSUS Fair Housing Act (FHA)
ADA
Requires business owners to make necessary, reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities.
Accommodation could allow a person with a disability to be accompanied by a service animal in a place of public...
The vanishing apartment
The affordability crisis is creeping up into middle-income households according to Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ 2020 report, America’s Rental Housing.
48% of renter households are considered cost-burdened. What does this mean? 21 million...
Infographic: Essential workers
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Updated: April 16, 2020
Who gets to work?
essential workers
Real estate is essential (depending on where you work)
Construction. Apartment operations. Maintenance services. Real estate functions are categorized as essential in the Department of Homeland Security’s...
Where have all the apartments gone?
Long time ago. When will they ever learn?
The way government regulates and taxes business and transactions directly shapes investment.
Good regulation addresses market failures that hinder productive investment. It reconciles the interests of firms with...
Infographic: California’s circular housing crisis
"Get me a good package on rent stability this year and I will sign it," Newsom said in his State of the State address in February. This wouldn't be the first time the state...
Infographic: Social credit scores in America?
Social credit will shift law in the west “from constitution to analytics and algorithm'
—Penn State professor
Will AI-driven social scores supplant the constitution? Professor Larry Backer of Penn State University writes in a 2018 paper...
Infographic: COVID-19 A break in the clouds
UPDATED: MAY 7, 2020
COVID-19 genesis
COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, China. Asian Flu, SARS, H7N9 and others were borne of Asia’s close contact with wild animals, poor hygiene and concentrated population.
It‘s thought that COVID-19 was passed...
Infographic: Comfort creatures
The curious case of comfort animals in apartments
Why pay a pet deposit when you can pass an animal off as a comfort animal? Or maybe a resident wants to circumvent a no-pet policy. The...
ISAs set to transform the labor market
Income share agreement (ISAs) fund education. Upon completion, learners pay a percentage of their salary for a term.
Lenders correlate interest rate and pay-back period with borrower’s potential career outcome.
This may mean varying tuitions for...
Infographic: Unsustainable California
5 reasons California is unsustainable in its current state
1. Rent control
Several rent control bills failed to make it through the California Senate. AB 1482 (anti-rent gouging bill) did clear the Senate judiciary committee. If...
