Commentary: Are the YIMBYs Really Winning? Housing and Climate Change Are a Duel Threat
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This week, California YIMBY rejoiced at the passage…
Landmark Housing Package Heads to the Governor
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – Two of the critical housing bills are headed to the…
Sunday Commentary: Has the State Been Put on Notice to Fix the Housing Crisis or Lose Control?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor This week, we saw Senator Scott Wiener celebrate the passage of…
Commentary: State Has Prioritized Housing, but Still Messing Around the Edges
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – As another legislative session winds down, a big…
Housing Bills Advance As Legislative Calendar Winds Down
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – The Governor signed one key piece of housing…
Two Housing Bills Pass Assembly Natural Resources Committee
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The Assembly Natural Resources Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San…
Senate Passes SB 423 – To Extend Streamlining of Builder’s Remedy
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The Senate passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 423,…
Senate Passes Bill to Spur Affordable Housing Development
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The Senate passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill…
SF Chronicle Editorial Board Calls on Governor Newsom to Provide Funding to Prevent Public Transportation Collapse
SF Chronicle: “Gavin Newsom can’t just let California’s public transit systems collapse” Special to the Vanguard Sacramento,…
UPDATE: Major Housing Bills Move to Senate Floor
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed major housing bills…
Commentary: Time Running Out Again on Meaningful CEQA Reform
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor There is a growing sense that CEQA has been weaponized as…
Letter: Support For SB 423
Dear Senator Caballero, On behalf of the California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers, we write to respectfully change…
Letter: Support for SB 423, Streamlined Housing Approvals
Dear Chair Caballero: On behalf of the Southern California District Council of Laborers, I am writing in…
SB 423 Gains Additional Labor Support in Extending the Builder’s Remedy
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – SB 423, which would extend and expand the “Builder’s Remedy”…
League of Cities Opposes Extension of SB 35
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – While supporters have called SB 35 “an essential…
Letter: Operating Engineers Come Out in Support of Housing Bill
Special to the Vanguard Senator Wiener’s Bill, received another big new labor endorsement — the Conference of…
Will Legislature Succeed in Streamlining Housing Projects and CEQA?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – With a recent court ruling regarding a housing…
Commentary: Will Berkeley Become the Straw that Broke CEQA’s Back?
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – The only thing more predictable than the ruling…
Sunday Commentary: As If on Cue, Court Illustrates Problems with CEQA
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Earlier this week, I noted the continued problems with CEQA and…
Bill to Repeal One-Year Sentence Enhancement Passes Assembly
Senate Bill 136 repeals a commonly used, expensive, and ineffective one-year sentence enhancement that is added to…
