Monday Morning Thoughts: Did California Do Enough to Solve Its Housing Problems This Term?
Last week Governor Gavin Newsom proudly sent out a press release boasting of signing 18 bills to…
Last week Governor Gavin Newsom proudly sent out a press release boasting of signing 18 bills to…
Earlier this week, the legislature passed AB 1482 by Assemblymember David Chiu. The bill would prevent large…
Article 34 of the California Constitution requires cities to submit projects to a voter referendum when public…
(From Press Release – Senator Nancy Skinner) – The California Legislature has approved Senate Bill 330, the…
Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Assemblymember David Chiu…
by Mark Dempsey California’s recent housing affordability crisis leads to some conversations about zoning and NIMBYism (see…
In recent weeks we have had discussions on whether the proposed ARC (Aggie Research Campus) needs housing…
A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition finds that the Fair Market Rent (FMR)…
Last week, citing a number of sources, we argued that the percentage of homeless suffering from mental…
Senator Scott Wiener could not get his zoning changes through the legislature – yet – but as…
(c) By Mark Dempsey Special to the Vanguard Pundits, public policy mavens, and environmentalists are working overtime…
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Palo Alto) released the following statement in response to Assembly Bill 302…
New Task Force will be co-chaired by Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark…
For the second consecutive year, Senator Scott Wiener’s controversial housing bill has been shelved. On Thursday, the…
AB 32 to End Use of For-Profit, Private Prisons in California Passes Assembly Appropriations Committee (From Press…
An article that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on Friday looks at the impact of Senator…
Unanimous Bipartisan Support For Legislation that would address concerns from the 2017 federal tax overhaul and build…
The Northern California Carpenters Regional Council represents over 35,000 union carpenters throughout Northern California (From Press Release)…
By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO – Rent control advocates fighting for security for renters were…
The statewide housing crisis has definitely spawned a number of initiatives and some different approaches. Earlier this…