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Oct 3, 2024 To pay just $770 a month in rent, Mariana Puche Hernandez tolerated the mold growing in the bathroom of her studio apartment, even the sparks [...]
Sept 28, 2024 Everyone agrees it’s a problem, but no one’s doing anything about it: Article 34 of the California Constitution is widely viewed today as a stain [...]
Sept 27, 2024 Proposition 5, one of 10 propositions coming to the California ballot this November, if passed will allow local infrastructure and housing bonds for low and [...]
Sept 21, 2024 Housing advocates including the National Housing Law Project, the California Housing Partnership, and the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation this week applauded Governor Newsom for [...]
Sept 11, 2024 California is an expensive place to call home. It’s such a fundamental part of California life it almost feels silly to say. Along with good [...]
Sept 2, 2024 In the ongoing saga of California’s housing crisis, we’re witnessing a classic case of good intentions paving the road to economic hell. The state’s approach [...]
Aug 30, 2024 The Legislature has foisted a $500 million compromise on affordable housing developers and one of the state’s largest construction unions. Not everyone likes the deal [...]
Aug 16, 2024 A key principle of our democratic process is that the will of the people prevails. But right now, one-third of our voters can override the [...]
Proposition 5 on California’s November 2024 statewide ballot would set the voter threshold to approve local general obligation (GO) bonds for public infrastructure and affordable housing investments at [...]
Proposition 5 would provide an easier path for residents to approve GO bonds that fund infrastructure and housing investments critical to advancing local needs and priorities by reducing [...]
Proponents of California Proposition 36, which would undo many of the reforms brought by voter approval of Proposition 47 in 2014, are claiming that voter approval of this [...]
While state leaders ultimately decided not to approve any new long-term funding for affordable housing production this year beyond the narrowly-focused resources included in Proposition 1 approved by [...]
Jul. 26, 2024 Time kills all deals, so the saying goes. As a process drags on, doubt, uncertainty and expenses tend to multiply. That has been a recurrent [...]
Community Voices: Voters Must Demand Concrete Plans for Affordable Housing From Political Candidates
April 16, 2024 As an advocate for equitable housing solutions, I am deeply concerned about the lack of affordable housing across our state—particularly in the Coachella Valley. Affordable [...]
May 2, 2024 As California tries to claw its way out of its housing affordability crisis, policymakers have been asking the wrong question, according to a new study [...]
June 5, 2024 State and federal funding for affordable housing took a steep drop in Santa Clara County last year, putting more of a burden on local governments [...]
June 12, 2024 At a public hearing last month, a real estate developer approached the Concord City Council with a proposal that, to many, might have seemed too [...]
June 12, 2024 Los Angeles and the Bay Area tend to get their way in the California Legislature. So do labor unions, social justice organizations and defense attorneys. [...]
June 5, 2024 Sacramento, CA – Earlier this spring, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks’ office released the result of a poll that shows “[a] strong majority of Californians would support [...]
June 17, 2024 On average, a single person in San Diego County needs to make $47.67 an hour to afford the average monthly rent. That’s according to a report [...]
July 9, 2024 Online maps displaying a peppering of short-term rentals in San Diego have sparked a furor on social media, with commenters discussing whether the proliferation of [...]
June 26, 2024 San Francisco, CA — Today, Mayor London N. Breed joined City officials, local leaders, and development partners to celebrate the groundbreaking of 2550 Irving Street, a new [...]
June 30, 2024 The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) announced the results of the 2024 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, revealing a slight decline in homelessness. Los [...]
May 31, 2024 When it comes to the housing situation in Santa Ana and Orange County the news is mostly grim despite attempts by the City of Santa [...]
