Welcome to The Homework, the official newsletter of California YIMBY. In each edition, we aim to support grassroots YIMBYs with the most up-to-date thinking on how to end the housing shortage. The Homework offers top news clips, cutting-edge research by…
The Land of the Free? Well, Maybe If You Own Land
“Homeowners are vastly overrepresented among local elected officials across cities of all sizes.” A new working paper from political scientists at Boston University, finds a dramatic underrepresentation of renters at all levels of government in the United States. This has…
We Belong Together: Housing Supply and Affordability Make Not-So-Strange Bedfellows
Who’s gonna take your place? There ain’t nobody better Oh baby baby, we belong together —Mariah Carey, “We Belong Together” (2005) Can we shave 25% off housing costs in Los Angeles? A new study from the University of Pennsylvania…
Yes, the Bay Area is Still Segregated
Fifty years since Congress passed the Fair Housing Act, one might infer that the San Francisco Bay Area is still a deeply segregated region. And you’d be correct. In a new series of research briefs, Stephen Menendian and Samir Gambhir…
League of Women Voters of California Endorses SB 50 – The More Homes Act
“Confronting the Legacy of Exclusion” — Bill to Expand Housing Near Jobs, Transit, Services Gains Momentum in Sacramento Sacramento, CA – California YIMBY today announced that the League of Women Voters of California has endorsed Senate Bill 50, the More…
Thank Governor Newsom & YIMBY Legislators
Hello YIMBYs! There’s been a lot to celebrate this week! With the Governor’s signature on AB 68, AB 881, AB 1482, SB 13, and SB 330, California becomes the first state in the nation to couple robust rent caps and…
Governor Newsom Signs Package of Historic Housing Legislation
Protection for Tenants, End of Single-Family Zoning, and Guardrails Against NIMBYism Next on the Agenda: Ending the Housing Shortage Sacramento, CA – California YIMBY today celebrated the signing into law of a historic package of housing legislation this week by…
The HomeWork: October 2, 2019
Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Homework, California YIMBY’s bi-weekly newsletter. As our movement grows across the state (and around the country), part of our role is to support grassroots YIMBYs with the best tools and most up-to-date knowledge…
California YIMBY Applauds Governor Gavin Newsom’s New Transit Policy
Executive Order Boosts Funding for Transit Near Infill Housing Statement from California YIMBY President & CEO Brian Hanlon Sacramento, CA – Today California YIMBY released the following statement congratulating Governor Gavin Newsom for his leadership in signing an executive order…
A Commitment to “Yes”
…Looking Back on the 2019 Legislative Session Back in May, California YIMBY and housing activists across the state took a huge setback when the state Senate — and really, a single Senator — blocked progress on one of our top…