Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass urged lenders and mortgage servicers to offer extended mortgage forbearance to residents still recovering from the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires that claimed at least 30 lives, destroyed over 16,000 structures, and scorched nearly 60,000 acres. Following the fires, mortgage delinquencies surged from about 700 to over 4,100 in one … Read more
Miami Beach voters propelled Mayor Steven Meiner and city commissioner Laura Dominguez to second terms, while two candidates vying for an open city commission seat are headed to a runoff. Meiner captured 51 percent of the vote, beating his lone challenger, city commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, by about 350 ballots, election results show. Dominguez thumped … Read more
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has threatened to move the company’s headquarters out of New York City if Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani claims victory in the mayoral election on Nov. 4. Portnoy, 48, who has an estimated net worth of around $250 million, founded Barstool Sports in 2003 in his home state of Massachusetts; however, … Read more
Steven Meiner rode into the Miami Beach mayor’s office in 2023 after beating his former city commission colleague, Michael Gongora, in a run-off. Meiner made good on one of his campaign promises to make it a little harder for developers to seek more density for their projects. Last year, the city commission unanimously approved his … Read more
The Miami mayor’s race is a muddled mess. Early voting is in full swing for Miami’s Nov. 4 election, and 13 candidates are sprinting across the city to drum up support in one of the most wide-open races in more than decade. The contenders feature seven relative newcomers to Miami’s political scene, and six veterans … Read more