“Local Flexibility” Amendments Offer Additional Protections Against Displacement, Give Cities Options for Local Planning Cities that Meet or Beat Housing, Traffic Targets Will See No Changes To learn more about amendments to the More HOMES Act – visit cayimby.org/morehomes Sacramento, CA…
The HomeWork: December 12, 2019
Welcome to the December 12, 2019 edition of 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…
Report: California’s Women of Color Face Extra Burdens from Housing Crisis
USC Study Highlights Need for Reforms in Housing, Wage Equity, Affordable Daycare Demographic Comprises 30% of State Population Download full report Watch the livestream of release event at https://www.facebook.com/pg/cayimby/posts Sacramento, CA – California’s ongoing housing crisis is exacting an especially…
The HomeWork: October 29, 2019
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…
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…
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…
LA Times: “California lawmakers move to reinstate, revamp local affordable housing program”
California lawmakers have approved a bid to renew a program that pumped hundreds of millions of dollars a year into affordable housing and economic development that had been eliminated during the state’s budget crisis eight years ago. But it’s uncertain if Gov.…
California YIMBY Applauds Passage of Historic ADU Legislation
New Law Allows Three Housing Units on Every Parcel in California Statement from California YIMBY President & CEO Brian Hanlon Sacramento, CA – Today California YIMBY released the following statement celebrating the historic passage of a package of bills that…