Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

Governor Newsom to ‘San Francisco’ all of California With No ‘Red Tape’ Affordable Housing

July 13, 2026 12:00 pmJuly 13, 2026 1:26 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom, the “greatest champion of affordable housing,” announced Monday he was signing legislation “cutting red tape, helping build more affordable housing in California.” The Oakland press conference sounded more like a presidential campaign stop, with lawmakers and local...

Come One, Cabal: How America Turned Affordable Housing into a Self-Protecting Industry

January 12, 2026 3:00 amJanuary 12, 2026 3:01 am

Good Intentions, Terrible Results American housing policy has become a blend of politics and profit, over people. In America’s most prosperous cities, taxpayers now routinely spend close to, and in some cases more than a million dollars to produce a...

California’s Boondoggle Archipelago

November 15, 2019 2:07 amNovember 14, 2019 9:09 pm

The Boondoggle Archipelago is defined primarily by the corrupt patronage it exemplifies. Across California, there is a growing string of islands, exquisite gems in the urban ocean. Dredged from the pockets of taxpayers, constructed by elite artisans, these pristine...

San Francisco’s Prop. A: Expensive Insanity Marches On

October 8, 2019 10:05 amOctober 8, 2019 7:38 am

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. – Albert Einstein There is no solid evidence that one of history’s greatest geniuses ever said this, but its applicability to California’s housing crisis is...