Source: Alejandro Lazo, Los Angeles Times ( Free Registration )

Want to live closer to work but can’t afford to? Have your boss pay.

A local business group plans to lay out that proposal in a report today. The Los Angeles Business Council, which counts real estate executives as members, contends that an affordable place to live near major job centers in Southern California remains out of reach for many despite a drop in home prices.

“L.A. is not affordable, even with the economic decline,” council President Mary Leslie said.

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