affordable housing – Page 5

The Greenberg Brief: Proposition A – San Francisco’s Next Bond Fiasco

December 22, 2023 3:05 amDecember 22, 2023 3:06 am

Learning of devious plans behind so much of San Francisco’s fiscal fiascoes, it’s hard not to notice familiar names who endorse ballot measures. It’s a clear pattern. Coming to your mailbox next March, 2024, San Francisco voters will be asked...

New HUD Report Shows U.S. Homelessness Increases – As Do the Budgets of the Responsible Agencies

December 16, 2023 9:04 amDecember 18, 2023 9:10 am

Despite spending untold billions on the homeless, we now have 653,000 homeless people in the United States – 70,650 more than last year, a 12 percent increase, House and Urban Development (HUD) announced Friday in a new report. Homelessness would...

Top 50 Disasters Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Ushered into California

November 7, 2023 2:50 amNovember 9, 2023 6:52 am

The blockbuster news this weekend that Obama Democratic Strategist David Axelrod advised President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race after a damning poll showed him trailing behind former President Donald Trump, the New York Post reported. “David...

Watching in Real Time as Two-Term Gov. Gavin Newsom Destroys California With Devastating Policies

November 1, 2023 11:51 amNovember 1, 2023 4:31 pm

One of the benefits of a two-term governor is voters actually get to see the fruits of his policies while he is still in office. If he is a low-tax, budget-cutting, regulations-cutting, pro-2A, liberty-loving 1A governor, life gets better –...

We need more housing, not more rent control

September 21, 2023 2:23 pmSeptember 22, 2023 7:21 am

A progressive economist once said that “rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city — except for bombing.” But California is flirting with this policy wash-up nonetheless: An initiative that would sweep aside...

California Endowment Advocacy, Communications, Etc. Grants Dwarf Others

June 14, 2023 12:53 pmJune 14, 2023 6:14 pm

$50,000 dollars – That’s what The California Endowment awarded in grants specifically to “make health insurance accessible to all in California.” $70,000,000 dollars, at least – That’s what the Endowment spent on advocacy, organizing, media, communications, empowerment, etc. grants. The...

Gov. Newsom Browbeating Huntington Beach Again for Housing Requirements, While Marin Remains Exempted

February 28, 2023 8:01 amMarch 1, 2023 1:11 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Bonta are once again hectoring Huntington Beach in conservative Orange County over state affordable housing requirements. What now? The Voice of OC reported: “The City of Huntington Beach continues to attempt to evade...