Did California Just Kill Shared Micromobility?
California is undermining its own stated goals to shift to sustainable transportation—and regulators around the world should take note to avoid making similar mistakes.
October 27, 2022
Legislative Update: Tracking Some of California’s Housing Bills
The elephant in the housing legislation room is S.B. 827, but there are many other housing bills in the works.
April 17, 2018
Senate Bill 827, Equity, and the Need for Coalition Building in the YIMBY Movement
Senator Wiener's bill, aimed at making it easier to build housing at a time when the state is suffering from a debilitating shortage, has, to put it mildly, ignited a robust debate in activist circles.
February 15, 2018
Bill to End Statewide Limits on Rent Control Fails in Committee
Last Thursday, the California State Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee narrowly killed a controversial bill that would have repealed the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which limits local jurisdictions’ ability to enact or strengthen rent control laws.
January 18, 2018
Assemblymember Richard Bloom Talks Housing Package
Late last month, Governor Jerry Brown signed a package of 15 bills designed to begin addressing California’s historic housing crisis.
October 23, 2017
With California Lawmakers Back from Recess, Housing Crisis Is in the Crosshairs
It won’t be an easy task to get the votes necessary to pass some of bigger-ticket legislation, like S.B. 2 and S.B. 3.
August 22, 2017
California Lawmakers Call for Affordable Housing Funding, Fewer Obstacles to Growth
A group of California Assemblymembers, including Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount), gathered yesterday for a press conference to continue to the beat the drum for immediate and long-term action to address the state’s dire housing crisis.
April 18, 2017
Don’t Look to Sacramento to Fix California’s Housing Crisis, Says New Report
A report by California's Legislative Analyst’s Office released Wednesday lays out the limits of state power to solve California’s worsening housing crisis. It has bad news for those hoping Sacramento would be able to rescue the state from decades of local anti-development policies.
March 13, 2017
State Legislators Put California’s Housing Crisis in the Crosshairs
At a press conference in San Francisco Friday, state legislators announced their plans to tackle California’s growing housing crisis.
March 7, 2017
Governor Brown to City Governments: It’s On You to Make California Affordable Again
Governor Brown's budget proposal explicitly states that money for affordable housing will not come out of the State’s General Fund and no new funding sources will be available without significant reform to local laws that currently stand in the way of housing growth
January 12, 2017
