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The Housing Crisis Part I: Pasadena – The Fight Over City And State Development Laws

September 9, 2019 6:19 amSeptember 9, 2019 12:34 pm

Since 2015, California has been adding more and more laws to create more affordable housing. With a rise in rents and homelessness, laws such as a measure forcing new developments to include low-income housing, have been passed by the Legislature....

Bill to Create Statewide Database of Land Available for Development Goes Before the Assembly

September 3, 2019 8:09 pmSeptember 4, 2019 8:41 am

Senate Bill 6, by Senators Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) and Jim Beall (D-San Jose), would create a statewide database of public land for housing construction. Supporters of the bill are in favor because it would streamline how land for potential new...

Sen. Wiener’s SB 50 is Back; Will Strip Zoning and Land-Use Requirements From Any Type of Housing

June 22, 2019 9:29 amJune 24, 2019 12:43 pm

Unable to accept the killing of his controversial housing/zoning bill SB 50, Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has found the backdoor answer to reviving it: Wiener has replaced the language in two other bills with most of his SB 50...

Conflict Over Sen. Appropriations Chairman’s Decision to Kill Housing Bill Until 2020

May 17, 2019 1:55 pmMay 18, 2019 5:16 am

Thursday the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee announced that SB 50 by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) will become a “two-year bill,” effectively shelving the bill would mandate building significantly more dense housing throughout the state, near public mass...

Housing and Transportation: Why California’s Legislature Gets EVERYTHING Wrong

May 1, 2019 2:30 amMay 1, 2019 6:27 am

California, the welcoming sanctuary state, has a population on track to break 40 million by the end of this year. Its highway system was designed to handle a population of 20 million. Its cities, bound by legislated “urban containment,” are...

Make California Affordable Again: The Grand Bargains We Ought to See

April 1, 2019 2:05 amApril 2, 2019 8:59 am

The good life in California is out of reach to ordinary people. The reason for that is simple: homes cost too much, energy costs too much, water costs too much, and transportation infrastructure is inadequate. In each of these critical...