Read the full article … “Almost half of the women that the DWC and USC surveyed are experiencing homelessness for the first time. Additionally, chronic homelessness (that is, homelessness more than four times in a three-year period) is also on…
Introducing your new place to keep up with California’s housing and homelessness crisis
Read the full article … “The Los Angeles Times is continuing its commitment to covering the state’s homelessness and affordable housing crisis with a new section on latimes.com that will bring together our best coverage. This section, which launches today,…
Opinion: NIMBY Opposition in Southern California Grinds Up Major Housing Bill
Read the full article … “Senate Bill 50 was aimed at overcoming local single-family zoning laws to authorize higher-density, multiple-family developments that meet certain criteria in hopes of enticing developers to build more housing, particularly for the low- and moderate-income families…
Controversial SB 50 Officially Dead After Failing To Pass In The Senate. Now What?
Listen to the full podcast … “Lawmakers voted it down Wednesday but gave author Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, one more shot at getting it passed. According to the Sacramento Bee, Wiener only needed three more lawmakers to vote in…
Statement of California YIMBY CEO Brian Hanlon on Senate Vote to Reject SB 50 – the More HOMES Act
Sacramento, CA – Today California YIMBY President and CEO Brian Hanlon offered the following statement in response to the state Senate’s 18 – 15 vote against SB 50, the More HOMES Act: “Today, the Senate failed to advance SB 50,…
Morning Report: The Pro-Housing Mayor in a Housing-Averse City
Read the full article … “Catherine Blakespear is a pro-housing politician who serves one of California’s most housing-averse cities. How does she keep getting elected?” … Read the full article
New way to rethink urban housing? Density isn’t bad
Read the full article … “This is a big problem. To address the country’s monumental housing crisis and also become less automobile- and carbon-dependent, America needs to densify its job-rich metro areas so that more people can afford to live…
Opinion: Why cities like Palo Alto need SB 50 to solve housing crisis
Read the full article … “As a lifelong resident and now the mayor of Palo Alto, as a young family man and working professional, as a trained city planner, as an environmentalist, and as someone committed to the future of…
Editorial: Atkins deserves praise for keeping needed housing bill alive
Read the full article … “With Wiener’s bill facing a Jan. 31 deadline to advance out of the Senate or die, Atkins reassigned it from Appropriations to the Senate Rules Committee, which she chairs. That’s a power move worthy of…
Op-Ed: Revised SB 50 Could Make Silicon Valley Livable Again
Read the full article … “Coming from a low-income, working-class background that shaped my passion for public service, I know better than most that there’s a place for affordable housing in new development, lest we risk hollowing out the vibrant…