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A prime illustration of this is District 8, where voters saw a contentious election between a well connected nonprofit executive, Tunua Thrash-Ntuk and an incumbent who held a seat on the Long Beach City Council for over eight years, Al Austin.
Two major political action committees, Working Families for Thrash-Ntuk and Ethical Leadership supporting Austin, spent thousands of dollars on mailers and campaign ads.
A common characteristic of PACs is that it’s difficult to identify who’s behind them and that’s by design, according to Matt Lesenyie, assistant professor of political science at Cal State Long Beach, who has studied how voters respond to campaign finance disclosures in political advertisements.
Real Estate Prices Soar During Pandemic, Climbing 25% In Parts Of California Wednesday, December 9, 2020 | Sacramento, CA
In this Feb. 18, 2020 file photo a real estate sign is shown in front of a home for sale in San Francisco.
AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File
Today, that would be extremely unlikely.
The price of real estate has soared across the country since the pandemic, and California isn’t immune. Across the state, home prices are up by almost 20% and the Central Coast, a tight housing market to begin with, has been squeezed even tighter with prices up an average of 25%.
Wealthier residents of San Francisco, San Jose and even Los Angeles are flooding markets from Redding to the Central Valley, hitting each suburb in between.
Dick Law | Other Voices
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced dramatic changes in the real estate industry, which was deemed an essential business by the governor and his health advisers when the coronavirus first hit the United States.
An overview
Areas such as ours are called “Zoom Towns,” an acknowledgment that Zoom and other video-audio conferencing platforms are changing the composition and culture of rural areas due to urban flight. People who are able to telecommute are relocating to regions more desirable than the cities and suburbs where their companies are located. Nevada County boasts many of the amenities coveted by that niche market of remote workers, and the exodus of city dwellers is boosting local home prices and residential rents even higher.