By Saki Bailey December 3, 2019 — A new law benefiting California community land trusts (CLTs) was signed into law by the Governor on October 9, 2019. SB 196, a bill sponsored by Senator Jim Beall with…
By Jared Brey December 3, 2019 — As the links between physical health and community wealth and vitality become clearer all the time, fourteen regional and national health systems are coming together to commit at…
By Alexei Koseff December 3, 2019 — A judge’s ruling in San Mateo County is raising fears among developers and advocates for more housing construction that the state will lose its leverage for forcing cities…
By Sasha Perigo December 1, 2019 — California’s housing shortage is getting worse. In this hot housing market, private developers who are incentivized solely to turn a profit are building to the top of the…
By Julia Sclafani November 26, 2019 — The city of Huntington Beach has agreed to reconsider a twice-rejected 48-unit residential and commercial development proposed for the northeast corner of Beach Boulevard and Ellis Avenue, bringing…
By: Martin Macias Jr. November 22, 2019 — LOS ANGELES (CN) – The mayors of Oakland, Sacramento and Los Angeles said at a housing policy summit Friday that curbing the state’s homelessness and housing affordability…
By: Tim Houchen November 21, 2019 — FULLERTON, CA – Pathways of Hope, a nonprofit agency dedicated to ending homelessness and hunger in North Orange County, California, today announced that it has been selected to…
By: Jeff Stein November 17, 2019 — Matthew Doherty, executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, wrote in an email to colleagues that the administration “no longer wishes to have me” in the…
By: Nick Cahill November 15, 2019 — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – As the number of people living in cars and on the street has boomed, the state auditor said Thursday that California schools and regulators…
By: Inyoung Kang November 6, 2019 — Today, we have a dispatch from our colleague Marie Tae McDermott, who tackled the latest installment of our series answering readers’ questions about inequality in California: Christine Kroger, a reader…
By: Michael Finch II November 7, 2019 Before the lawyers assembled in the modest conference room at the Tommy Clinkenbeard Legal Clinic, nearly two dozen women and men were already lined up against the lobby…
By: Tyler Olsen November 6, 2019 — Housing for low-income people or those dealing with addictions doesn’t crater the property values of surrounding homes. That’s the conclusion of a new study looking at the effects…
By: Marco Valentine November 6, 2019 — As part of his last legislative act of 2019, Governor Newsom signed 18 housing-related bills into law in an attempt to alleviate California’s housing crisis. This package included Senate…
By: Taryn Mento October 31, 2019 — Medical professionals have long considered homelessness a public health matterand a new state law has put doctors on the front lines of managing the issue. Hundreds of physicians are…
By: Randy Shaw November 1, 2019 — The primary image evoked by the Habitat for Humanity name remains that of President Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter working with volunteers to build or improve single-family homes. Habitat’s…
NLIHC Report October 31, 2019 — Thanks to strong advocacy, the Senate passed by a vote of 84-9 a four-bill spending package for fiscal year (FY) 2020 that includes additional funding for affordable housing and…
By: H.B. Wells October 28, 2019 — Californians for Homeownership, a nonprofit organization sponsored by the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) that aims to address California’s housing crisis through impact litigation, today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the City…
By: Chris Nichols October 29, 2019 — Sacramento, CA – To ease California’s homeless crisis and boost affordable housing, cities across the state are slowly embracing so-called tiny homes. In Sacramento, Mayor Darrell Steinberg wants…
By: Susie Steimle October 23, 2019 — NOVATO – More than 100 low income senior citizens living in affordable housing in Novato are worried they’re being priced out. Novato’s senior citizen population grew by more…
By: Thomas Fuller, Tim Arango and Louis Keene October 21, 2019 — OAKLAND, Calif. — Insults like “financial parasites” and “bums” have been directed at them, not to mention rocks and pepper spray. Fences, potted…