disinvestment

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Previous heavy-handed law enforcement tactics under former council members yielded minimal results, while current efforts focus on addressing root causes of homelessness, addiction, and neighborhood disinvestment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

The long path here has veered between periods of openness, which helped U.S. companies profit and the Venezuelan economy grow, to those of resource nationalism and international disinvestment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

But it’s a city that still suffers more from poverty and disinvestment than an excruciating shortage of housing.

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2025

For a while many businesses made good money trading with South Africa, but the injustice of apartheid attracted global condemnation and UN sanctions which forced disinvestment and, eventually, helped to end the apartheid regime.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

Population loss and disinvestment make it difficult to maintain a water system, with fewer people paying for infrastructure designed for a much larger city.

From Salon • May 8, 2024