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Oct 4, 2024 The state of California holds multiple first-place distinctions in the latest annual homeless report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — but none of them are positive. No. 1 in the number of homeless individuals. No. 1 in the number of unaccompanied youth that are homeless. No. 1 in “chronic patterns of homelessness.” In Read More
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 that flew when she plugged her phone into an outlet. Then the 11-unit complex on Simmons Avenue in East L.A. went up for sale and became a prime target for investors looking Read More
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 on the state’s history, and for good reason — the ballot measure was championed by the real estate industry in 1950 as a tool to “combat socialism” at the height of McCarthyism Read More
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 middle-income Californians to be approved with a 55% vote. Currently, for a local electorate to pass these kinds of bonds there needs to be a two-thirds majority ruling. READ MORE
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 signing a bill into law that will help protect affordable housing for poor and working tenants across California. Assembly Bill (AB) 2926 will help preserve affordable housing by shifting how properties are sold. Under Read More
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 weather, sunny beaches, Hollywood and the Golden Gate Bridge, the skyhigh cost of housing has become part of the state’s national identity. The high cost of housing touches virtually every aspect of Read More
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 to solving its affordability problem is a textbook example of how simplistic supply-side solutions can not only fail to address complex economic issues but potentially exacerbate them. Let’s start with some basic Read More
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 and it’s not at all clear that Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign off on it. On one side of the bargain is more money for subsidized housing. A bill by Encino Democratic Read More
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 will of everyone else. In California, the will of the majority has historically been vetoed by the will of the minority, especially on issues that impact working-class families and people of color. Read More
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 lesson in San Francisco, where affordable homes have become too expensive and cumbersome to build, despite overwhelming need. But one local group thinks it has unlocked an approach that could reverse that Read More