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ADU Webinar on February 8, 2024

On February 8, 2024 California YIMBY held a webinar on our report, featuring our Research Director Nolan Gray and Ryan O’Connell, founder of How to ADU. You can view the hour-long webinar here!

News from Sacramento: State Senate 2024 Committee Assignments

Hot off the presses! Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire just announced his leadership team and committee chairs for the 2024 legislative session. The following Senators will form the Democratic leadership: The following Senators were appointed Chairs of their respective…

Episode 14

In this episode, California YIMBY research director Nolan Gray chats with Henry Grabar about his brand new book, Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World.

On Sale: Rental Housing, 25 to 50 Percent Off (Some Upzoning Required)

For years, housing advocates and policy experts have sought answers to a key question about land use reform: Does upzoning reduce housing costs? A new paper from Ryan Greenway-McGrevy at the University of Auckland Business School offers evidence that it…

The Keys to the Low-Carbon City: Pro-Housing Land Use Reform

Cities often overlook land use reforms as tools to reduce climate pollution, but such reforms are among the most highly-leveraged (and under-utilized) tools at the disposal of urban leaders. A new report from Holland, Subin, Kay et al at the…

Getting By on Reduced Supply: The Impact of Affordability Mandates

Housing prices in Seattle have soared as the city’s population has grown dramatically in recent decades. In response, policymakers in Seattle have implemented various strategies to try to increase housing affordability. One of these is the Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA)…

Understanding Attitudes Toward Housing in Sacramento

At the end of 2022, Valley Vision—a group dedicated to improving the livability of the Sacramento region—conducted a survey of residents of the capital region on housing and transportation, in partnership with SACOG and Sacramento State’s Institute for Social Research.…

Statement on Senate passage of SB 684

SB 684 will create new pathways to homeownership for Californians SACRAMENTO – Today, California YIMBY released the following statement about the passage of SB 684 on the Senate floor: “By passing SB 684 out of the Senate, California is one…