Daryoush Mahboubi-Fardi – Renters Alliance

Who’s Behind the Bosse-Gold PAC?

February 28, 2020September 25, 2021 Mark Elliot Bahador Mahboubi, Barbara Sanborn, Behrouz Mahboubi-Fardi, Bosse-Gold PAC, Bruce Meyer, Daryoush Mahboubi-Fardi, Election 2020, Gabriel Frem, Leon Vahn, Mark Tronstein, Stephen Copen, Stephen Massman, Steven Gordon, Steven Hakim, Tom Blumenthal

If you’ve received a Bosse-Gold mailer you will be forgiven for thinking these city council candidates are running as a slate. They appear side-by-side. They celebrate endorsements in common. They even stand together as cartoon likenesses. But these candidates do not share much in style and they make an unlikely slate. The Bosse-Gold mailers are the product of a political action committee (PAC) called ‘Beverly Hills United to Support Bosse and Gold.’ Why are they jamming our mailboxes and who’s behind them?

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Beverly Hills Affordable Housing Eligibility: What You Need to Know

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 Mark Elliot

City of Beverly Hills has guidelines for prioritizing the eligibility of applicants for affordable housing: seniors get first shot then families with children, etc. The guidelines have been on the books for years. But only recently has there been an opportunity to use them as a few new deed-restricted affordable units became available. Looking ahead to the decade ahead, more affordable units will come online so we thought it helpful to describe the process of qualifying with a focus on the guidelines that help to determine eligibility.

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