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Trump corporate tax cuts could cost CA affordable housing $250M
May 1, 2025 If President Trump succeeds in lowering corporate taxes from 21 percent to a historic low of 15 percent, as he has promised to do, the California affordable [...]
In these 4 Bay Area counties, being ‘low-income’ means earning $100K a year
April 30, 2025 In four Bay Area counties, you can now earn a six-figure salary and still be considered low-income. According to the latest state eligibility requirements for [...]
Surprise! Housing Here Sucks, and We Have the Depressing Data to Back it Up
May 1, 2025 More extremely low-income residents in Humboldt County spend more than half of their income on housing than in any other county in California north of [...]
Political Watch: April 24, 2025
April 24, 2025 U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) and U.S. Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) and Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) recently announced the reintroduction of the Housing for All Act, described as “a comprehensive approach [...]
California Lawmakers Push Housing Laws to Boost Affordability
April 24, 2025 Several high-profile housing and homelessness bills are moving through key legislative committees this week, as lawmakers act with renewed urgency to address the affordability crisis facing Californians. While the [...]
California’s Affordable Housing and Climate Program Delivers Major Gains for Communities and the Environment
March 23, 2025 A new report released by the California Housing Partnership and Enterprise Community Partners highlights the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program as one of [...]
Newsom appoints Emeryville Councilmember Welch to California housing agency role
March 18, 2025 Courtney Welch, an Emeryville city councilmember since 2021, has been appointed to the California Housing Partnership Corp., Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said last week. The [...]
Trump’s cuts are poised to make San Francisco’s homeless problem even worse
March 17, 2025 The president’s efforts to slash HUD threaten to sink a network of nonprofits and dampen prospects for new development. Affordable apartments for retired seniors and [...]
Newsom Names Council Member Welch To Housing Post
March 16, 2025 Courtney Welch, an Emeryville city council member since 2021, has been appointed to the California Housing Partnership Corp., Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said Friday. The [...]
Governor Newsom announces appointments 3.14.25
March 14, 2025 SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Janessa Goldbeck, of San Diego, has been appointed to the California Veterans Board. Goldbeck has been the Chief [...]
How Wildfires Threaten California’s Affordable Housing
In early January, multiple wildfires erupted across Los Angeles County causing devastating losses. More than 50,000 acres of land have burned, thousands of homes and businesses have been [...]
Governor Newsom announces appointments 2.7.25
Feb. 7, 2025 SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Khalil “KC” Mohseni, of Sacramento, has been appointed Commissioner of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, [...]
The Road to Decarbonizing Affordable Housing and the Importance of Utility Allowances and Electricity Rates
A little known schedule of estimated utility costs paid by renters and published by public housing authorities (PHAs) is threatening California’s progress in decarbonizing affordable rental housing, a [...]
LIWP 2024 Case Study: St. Mary’s Seniors, Christian Church Homes
Belmont updates plan for housing accessibility
Nov 4, 2024 The city of Belmont has taken a step to address housing needs by adopting an updated 2023-2031 Housing Element, a blueprint that aims to improve housing [...]
A Ballot Measure About Rent Control Is Dividing California Democrats
Nov 5, 2024 As Americans cast their votes in an election dominated by debates over inflation and the cost of living, a ballot measure in Vice President Kamala Harris’ [...]
Ideas & Opinions — Galen Dobbins: The cost of housing was one of the reasons I never moved back to Nevada County
Oct 30, 2024 Upon graduating from Nevada Union High School in the Summer of 2003, the plan for many in that class of new graduates was to go [...]
Why California Housing Costs Are So High
Oct 24, 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 [...]
California Told Its Richest Cities to Build Housing. Instead, They Made Homelessness a Crime.
Oct 18, 2024 In August, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, in his working-man’s clothes—aviators, jeans, and a trucker hat—starred in a video where he carted people’s possessions out of a homeless [...]
Prop 5: California voters could change the rules of approving local bond measures
Oct 15, 2024 California voters will decide a statewide proposition this fall that would make it easier for governments to borrow money for affordable housing and local infrastructure [...]
How Are CA’s Funding Programs Progressing on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing?
Between 2019 and 2021, the State of California adopted new policies to encourage production of family-serving affordable housing in “high-opportunity” neighborhoods with characteristics linked to upward mobility, college [...]
Californians: Here’s why your housing costs are so high in 2024
Oct 15, 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 [...]
A new 142-unit housing community in Marina welcomes residents.
Oct 15, 2024 Celia Jiménez here, thinking about Terracina at The Dunes, a 142-apartment affordable housing community right off Highway 1 in Marina. It’s a project I’ve seen from [...]
Santa Monica approves development agreement affordable housing at 1318 4th Street
Oct 15, 2024 The Santa Monica City Council has a development and disposition agreement for the former site of Parking Structure 3 at 1318 4th Street, clearing the way [...]
