The California housing crisis is damaging our very existence. Homelessness is higher than any point during my lifetime. High housing costs are a drag on our local employers. Many working poor have a job, but live out of their vehicles.…
California Bill Would Allow Unrestricted Housing by Transit, Solve State Housing Crisis
“It’s just about the most radical attack on California’s affordability crisis you could imagine. Almost everyone agrees California needs more housing. The state is home to 6 of the country’s 10 most expensive metro areas, in part because of decades…
California Needs a Housing-First Agenda: Senator Weiner’s 2018 Housing Package
“Too often, the areas around transit lines and stops are zoned at very low densities, even limiting housing to single family homes around major transit hubs like BART, Caltrain, Muni, and LA Metro stations. Mandating low-density housing around transit makes…
Yes, Red Tape and Fees Do Raise the Price of Housing
Few public policy issues can match urban housing politics for its incendiary combination of passion and misconception. To wit: the confounding idea that relaxing regulations and fees to decrease the cost of homebuilding won’t make homes more affordable. Why? Because, goes…