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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>SB 9 Promised Two Homes on Every Lot. Cities Found Ways to Say No</title>
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      <title>AB 1482: The Statewide Rent Cap Most California Tenants Have Never Read</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[California's statewide rent cap under AB 1482: the 5 percent plus CPI limit, just-cause eviction rules, exemptions, and how local rent control fits around it.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Backyard Apartment Era: What California&apos;s ADU Laws Now Guarantee</title>
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      <title>The FAIR Plan: California&apos;s Insurer of Last Resort, Explained</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[How the California FAIR Plan works: last-resort fire coverage, $1 billion assessments, statewide surcharges, and why 5 percent of homes rely on it.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Yuki Tanaka</dc:creator>
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      <title>Proposition 13 at Nearly 50: How California&apos;s Property Tax Actually Works</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>California&apos;s Median Home Price Is Nearly $850,000. Read It Carefully</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[California's median home price hit $850,680 in December 2025 per C.A.R. What the median actually measures, why it misleads, and which indexes to trust.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Yuki Tanaka</dc:creator>
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