By: Matt Levin October 22, 2019 — Larry Pace is giving a tour of a construction site … kind of. He’s near the entrance of a 258,000-square-foot factory in Vallejo, on the outskirts of the…
By: JD Supra October 17, 2019 — As part of the 2019 housing package, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a number of bills modifying density bonus rules, and information and reporting rules. Each of these bills…
By: JD Supra October 16, 2019 — As part of its response to California’s housing crisis, the Legislature passed a handful of new laws that further limit local regulation of accessory dwelling units, or ADUs….
As part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pledge to create 3.5 million new housing units by 2025, he signed Senate Bill 330 on Oct. 9. The new law makes numerous changes to the Permit Streamlining Act and the…
By: JD Supra October 16, 2019 — As California cities consider local rent control measures and other mechanisms to address the impacts of escalating residential rents on local housing, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 1482 as…
By: JD Supra October 15, 2019 — Agencies will have expanded roles under the Surplus Land Act, and will have to satisfy new housing element requirements under Assembly Bill 1486, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on…
By: Jared Brey October 17, 2019 — Expanding Medicaid in the United States may help reduce the rate of eviction by lowering the cost of healthcare for low-income people and giving renters a better shot…
By: James Queally October 18, 2019 — Curled up in bed with his two cats nearby, Freddie was reading a paperback novel and drifting toward sleep late on a Sunday night when someone blew a…
By: Best, Best and Krieger October 16, 2019 — The California Department of Housing and Community Development was given more tools to hold cities accountable for housing-element compliance. Spanning 140 pages, Assembly Bill 101, signed last…
By: Joy Moses October 17, 2019 — Unsheltered individuals manage profound health challenges that broadly define them as a social group. This is the basic conclusion of a recent California Policy Lab (CPL) brief—Health Conditions…
By: Steven Greenhut October 16, 2019 — One of the wonderful – and frustrating – things about living in our relatively free society is the authorities have only limited ability to tackle big problems. Because…
By: Zoie Matthew October 15, 2019 — On a Sunday earlier this month, Freddy G. was dozing off with a book in his Echo Park tent when he was startled by the sound of a…
By: Alan Murphy October 14, 2019 — California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law yesterday a major set of restrictions on the actions California cities and counties may take to impede housing development. Senate Bill 330 …
By: Tim Houchen October 16, 2019 — The old news is that homelessness has increased dramatically over the past few years. 2018 Point-in-Time (PIT) surveys verify that the numbers of persons experiencing homelessness have risen…
By: Tim Houchen October 14, 2019 — Once-upon-a-time, a portly pitch man promised that, “We will sell no wine before its time.” This slogan presupposes a product of superior quality and speculates that wine improves…
By: The Office of the Governor October 11, 2019 — SACRAMENTO – Building on the state’s historic actions and investments this year to tackle the housing affordability crisis, Governor Gavin Newsom today signed 18 bills designed to…
By: Sean Coffey October 7, 2019 — A report released today finds that physical and mental health care needs as well as abuse and traumatic experiences are major contributing factors to a loss of housing for unsheltered…
By: Emily Bergeron October 2, 2019 — In the early seventeenth century, Thomas Benton built a pigsty. It was so close to his neighbor’s house that the odor of the swine made the home unbearable,…
By: Markian Hawryluk October 2, 2019 — DENVER – One patient at Denver Health, the city’s largest safety net hospital, occupied a bed for more than four years – a hospital record of 1,558 days….
By: Ben Christopher October 2, 2019 — Californians are increasingly pessimistic about the future of the state and are more worried about housing and homelessness than ever before. And at least according to one major…