The Claremont City Council is defending its decision to reject granting an easement to Larkin Place, a proposed affordable housing development, after being accused of violating state of California housing law.
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Monarch Terrace residents get relief from eviction threats, following Claremont city council’s eviction moratorium
The Claremont City Council voted Tuesday evening to adopt a temporary urgency ordinance banning “renovictions” — forced evictions for renovation purposes — for six months, beginning Jan. 1, 2023, when COVID-19 tenant protections expire in Los Angeles County. The vote comes after months of organizing by residents of Monarch Terrace
5C students rally behind Claremont residents facing eviction at Claremont City Council
Dozens of Claremont residents face imminent eviction, through a loophole in tenant protection law which prompted a vote Tuesday evening to draft the ordinance. a vote Tuesday evening to draft the ordinance.
What’s going on with Larkin Place? Legal troubles loom for Claremont over affordable housing initiative
Throughout Claremont’s residential areas, many homes have signs on their front lawns reflecting both support and opposition for Larkin Place, a proposed affordable housing development for vulnerable populations in the city.
‘I feel like I’m less accessible’: Pomona, Scripps students say off-campus housing continues to cause frustration, uncertainty
Students placed in off-campus housing for the second year leave some to figure out how to adjust to life outside their respective colleges’ residential communities.
Students lived alongside infected peers after CMC and Mudd ran out of isolation space
As COVID-19 cases surged to unprecedented levels at the 5Cs throughout April, Claremont McKenna College and Harvey Mudd College quickly found themselves in a complicated position: they didn’t have enough isolation space for everyone who tested positive.
‘It looked like a scene out of Titanic’: Pomona students’ belongings ruined in Mudd flood
A seemingly ordinary Monday night turned into a disaster for some Pomona College students when the Mudd Hall basement flooded with a foul-smelling black water around 10 p.m. April 4.
OPINION: Forcing unvaccinated students to Oasis endangers public health
The Pomona College administration is ignoring basic public health guidance by forcing students with medical exemptions to COVID-19 vaccination to move to the Oasis apartments and bundling them together in shared spaces, writes guest columnist Gabe Schuhl PO ‘25.
Film files: You don’t get to hate ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’ unless you love it
Though its exploration of gentrification can be shallow, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” is a heartfealt meditation on the meaning of a home, argues film columnist Hannah Eliot SC ’24.
Scripps unveils fall 2021 housing plans: off-campus apartments, no triple rooms
Scripps College elaborated on its previously announced plans for summer and fall housing in a Monday email to students from Dean of Students Charlotte Johnson.