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Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy quietly cuts funding for affordable housing, homelessness groups
May 2, 2025 In April 2024, Priscilla Chan sat on a stage during the five-year anniversary celebration for a housing initiative that she and husband Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy had seeded [...]
Trump corporate tax cuts could cost CA affordable housing $250M
May 1, 2025 If President Trump succeeds in lowering corporate taxes from 21 percent to a historic low of 15 percent, as he has promised to do, the California affordable [...]
In these 4 Bay Area counties, being ‘low-income’ means earning $100K a year
April 30, 2025 In four Bay Area counties, you can now earn a six-figure salary and still be considered low-income. According to the latest state eligibility requirements for [...]
Surprise! Housing Here Sucks, and We Have the Depressing Data to Back it Up
May 1, 2025 More extremely low-income residents in Humboldt County spend more than half of their income on housing than in any other county in California north of [...]
Political Watch: April 24, 2025
April 24, 2025 U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) and U.S. Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) and Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) recently announced the reintroduction of the Housing for All Act, described as “a comprehensive approach [...]
California Lawmakers Push Housing Laws to Boost Affordability
April 24, 2025 Several high-profile housing and homelessness bills are moving through key legislative committees this week, as lawmakers act with renewed urgency to address the affordability crisis facing Californians. While the [...]
Study Praises Statewide AHSC Program
April 22, 2025 A new report by the California Housing Partnership and Enterprise Community Partners studying the outcomes of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program found that AHSC [...]
Padilla, Lieu, Carbajal Announce Transformative Legislation to Address Affordable Housing and Homelessness Crises
April 21, 2025 Housing for All Act would invest in proven solutions to address affordable housing shortages and provide historic level of federal funding for existing programs and [...]
Plans updated for 122-unit affordable housing development at 1318 4th Street
March 25, 2025 Updated plans for a proposed affordable housing development at the former site of Parking Structure 3 were presented recently in a staff report to the Santa Monica [...]
California’s Affordable Housing and Climate Program Delivers Major Gains for Communities and the Environment
March 23, 2025 A new report released by the California Housing Partnership and Enterprise Community Partners highlights the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program as one of [...]
Newsom appoints Emeryville Councilmember Welch to California housing agency role
March 18, 2025 Courtney Welch, an Emeryville city councilmember since 2021, has been appointed to the California Housing Partnership Corp., Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said last week. The [...]
Fresh renderings for affordable housing at 1318 4th Street in Santa Monica
March 18, 2025 A staff report to the Santa Monica Architectural Review Board offers a look at updated plans for a proposed affordable housing complex at the former site of [...]
Trump’s cuts are poised to make San Francisco’s homeless problem even worse
March 17, 2025 The president’s efforts to slash HUD threaten to sink a network of nonprofits and dampen prospects for new development. Affordable apartments for retired seniors and [...]
Newsom Names Council Member Welch To Housing Post
March 16, 2025 Courtney Welch, an Emeryville city council member since 2021, has been appointed to the California Housing Partnership Corp., Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said Friday. The [...]
Breaking: Disney Housing Nightmare Unfolds in California
March 16, 2025 Imagine a place where the fairy tale fantasies of Disney come to life – where families can live, work, and play in a beautiful and [...]
Solvang Community Event Talks Homelessness, Housing Insecurity, and Resources
March 15, 2025 Santa Barbara County staff and nonprofit partners homed in on the link between housing insecurity and homelessness at Solvang’s community event on Wednesday. The event [...]
Governor Newsom announces appointments 3.14.25
March 14, 2025 SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Janessa Goldbeck, of San Diego, has been appointed to the California Veterans Board. Goldbeck has been the Chief [...]
Governor Newsom announces appointments 2.7.25
Feb. 7, 2025 SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Khalil “KC” Mohseni, of Sacramento, has been appointed Commissioner of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, [...]
Sacramento County affordable housing pilot program for low-income residents begins soon
Jan. 18, 2025 A Sacramento County pilot program to offset housing fees for multi-family and low-income households was approved by the Board of Supervisors earlier this month. The [...]
California Developers Want to ‘Turbocharge’ Building After LA Fires
Jan. 15, 2025 The fires that have ravaged Southern California for over seven days now will have to “turbocharge” change at the government level in order to rebuild [...]
Experts say Los Angeles rental prices will ‘inevitably’ spike post-wildfires
Jan. 11, 2025 Los Angeles residents affected by the wildfires can expect to see rent prices increase as they look for a new place to seek shelter in [...]
Developers making millions from ‘affordable housing’ program lobbied California lawmakers to shut down regulation
Dec. 31, 2024 With their lucrative ‘middle-income housing’ deals under threat, developers spent thousands to lobby legislators who wanted to regulate program. Developers who have reaped millions of [...]
Impact Housing JV Gets $112M for San Diego Affordable Project
Dec. 20, 2024 Impact Housing and Verbena Road Holdings have obtained a financing package amounting to $112.2 million for the development of Mission Gorge, a 483-unit modular workforce [...]
Local Rental Owners Collaborative Preserves Affordable Housing Through Community-Centered Solutions
Dec. 19, 2024 Small local rental owners like William King are partnering with a first-of-its-kind program to prevent displacement and strengthen communities in South Los Angeles, California. Rising [...]
