Oct. 22, 2025 With fresh tears in her eyes, Letty Corral held the brand new keys to her very first place. The 56-year-old, who is disabled and unable to work, has lived in Pomona for 14 years but couldn’t find a place to live after a sudden family emergency. “It’s been a long process — I was overwhelmed,” Corral said, Read More
Oct. 2, 2025 MURRIETA, CA — A new 200-home Oak View Ranch Apartments in Murrieta opened Wednesday, with its first phase opening nearly 120 homes for below median income families. Its subsequent second phase, planned to open in 2027, will be dedicated to seniors with incomes below the median. The first phase of the housing development is dedicated to families Read More
Oct. 2, 2025 It had been several days since a California housing agency announced it was funding housing developments across the state, but Linda Mandolini was still excited. Her organization, Eden Housing, received tens of millions of dollars for five projects. One was for a 67-unit complex in Sacramento’s Central Oak Park for people who are at least 55 years Read More
Oct. 1, 2025 After 25 years of warnings, fines and broken promises, Humboldt County supervisors finally voted last week to crack down on the infamous Yee Haw commune. Their unanimous decision set in motion plans to clear the 10-acre property of unpermitted structures and hazards, a move that would displace the approximate 10 residents who currently call it home and strip Read More
Sept. 26, 2025 Imagine you’ve finally taken your car to the mechanic to investigate that mysterious warning light that’s been flashing on your dashboard for the past week and a half. The mechanic informs you that your car’s brake fluid is too low. Dangerously low. Your brake fluid supply, he says, has reached “crisis” levels, which sounds both scary and Read More
Sept. 15, 2025 SACRAMENTO – Senator Eloise Gomez Reyes’ bill to expand affordable housing financing has cleared the Legislature and now awaits the governor’s signature. SB 686 authorizes the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to approve the payoff of HCD loans in whole or in part prior to the end of their term and to allow equity extraction Read More
Sept. 12, 2025 For more than a decade, the city of San Francisco wanted to turn the historic Balboa Reservoir — long used as a parking lot for City College — into a 1,100-unit housing complex. It took five years to entitle the project and sell the 17-acre lot to Bridge Housing in 2022. But because of the financing crunch of the past several Read More
Sept. 11, 2025 Last week, a bill co-sponsored by Tri-Valley State Senator Jerry McNerney passed through the legislature’s upper chamber by a unanimous vote. The bill, SB 543, streamlines the construction of accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, on existing residential properties in a number of ways. The bill is a much-needed piece of legislation to try to speed up the Read More
Sept. 10, 2025 The Sacramento Housing Alliance is calling on city leaders to reject a developer’s appeal to downzone key parcels in Crocker Village from multifamily to single-family housing, arguing that such a move would worsen Sacramento’s housing crisis, undermine state housing laws, and betray commitments to fair housing. In a letter sent on August 28 to Mayor Kevin McCarty Read More
September 6, 2025 If you’re lucky enough to buy a home in Southern California, know that it would be far less expensive anywhere else in the United States, according to the newly released information from the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LOA). And it’s getting worse. A lack of housing inventory statewide is helping to prop up the high prices. This Read More