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California Median Home Price Breaks $800,000 and is Still Climbing

June 24, 2021 4:10 pmMarch 22, 2022 11:49 am

The California Association of Realtors recently announced that the median home price in the Golden State has surpassed $800,000. Press play to hear a narrated version of this story, presented by AudioHopper. “Heated market conditions and a shortage of homes...

Feds Stepping in on California’s Homeless Crisis

January 25, 2020 8:10 amJanuary 26, 2020 4:23 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Friday that he and the federal government have reached a preliminary agreement with the Trump administration on a joint plan to help combat the city’s homelessness crisis by erecting temporary shelters. There has been...

Ninth California Golden Fleece® Award Goes to State, Local Politicians, Government Planners, Regulators, and Anti-Development Activists

January 22, 2020 11:03 amJanuary 22, 2020 1:58 pm

“California is the national poster child for expensive housing and homelessness,” Independent Institute Senior Fellow Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D. said in a new report on California’s housing crisis. “The average home price in the state is about 250 percent above...

Gov. Newsom to ‘Jump-Start New Homeless Fund’ with Executive Order

January 8, 2020 2:17 pm

‘$1 billion to fight homelessness, including $750 million for this new Fund, and a major new investment to reform Medi-Cal.’ How much spending billions of dollars before California residents will see results? “The State of California is treating homelessness...

Gov. Newsom Names ‘Leaders & Statewide Experts’ to Advise on Homeless Crisis

July 17, 2019 2:13 amJuly 17, 2019 7:27 pm

Rather than consult with successful non-profit organizations and church groups in the business of helping to change the lives of people on the street, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday regional leaders and “statewide experts” who will advise his administration on...

California’s Regulatory Hostility Prevents More New Homes

June 29, 2019 7:20 amJune 29, 2019 3:10 pm

If “NIMBYism” means stop destroying well established and tranquil low density neighborhoods with mandated high density projects, then California needs more NIMBYism, not less. The median home price in Los Angeles County is $618,000. In Santa Clara County it’s $1.2 million. In the entire...