CHC’s Marina Wiant Appointed Executive Director of TCAC and CDLAC
CHC issued the press release below this morning, following the announcement by State Treasurer Fiona Ma that Marina Wiant, formerly VP of Government Affairs at CHC, has been appointed Executive Director of TCAC and CDLAC. Treasurer Ma’s release is here. Press Release – California Housing Consortium January 11, 2024Press Contact: Mike Roth916-444-7170, mike@paschalroth.com California Housing […]
Governor Unveils January Budget Proposal for FY 2024 – 2025
Governor Newsom released his January budget proposal today, forecasting a $37.9 billion budget shortfall and proposing $8.5 billion in “belt tightening” measures that include cuts to key affordable housing programs—including the “enhanced” $500 million Low Income Housing Tax Creditthe state has supported every year since it was created in 2019. The Governor has proposed maintaining the existing $120 million LIHTC program. In addition to scaling back housing […]
CHC Board Application
CHC’s Board of Directors application window is now open! Please complete the linked Board Application and return to Nancy Martin by October 9th, 2023.
Governor Unveils January Budget Proposal for FY 2023-2024
Governor Unveils January Budget Proposal for FY 2023-2024
Affordable housing providers hail passage of AB 2011 (Wicks) as “watershed, precedent-setting” moment for housing policy—and a critical breakthrough for lower-income Californians who desperately need affordable housing
The Senate and Assembly voted today to approve AB 2011 (Wicks), the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act, sending the bill to Governor Newsom in a major victory for the diverse coalition of affordable housing providers, labor, environmental advocates, equity groups, and pro-housing organizations who joined forces to help Californians struggling to keep up with rising rents find a safe, affordable place to call home. The Senate approved the measure 33-0, and the Assembly concurred by a vote of TK-TK.
Editorial: Downtown San Francisco is dying. This bill could help save it
Downtown San Francisco is failing. Of that, there’s little question. Our recovery from the COVID economic downturn is dead last in the nation,according to a recent study from the Urban Displacement Project. That’s no surprise; our financial district is a relic from the urban renewal school of planning — a way to capture value from commuters […]
Converting idle commercial land would ease state’s housing and climate crises
One of the most consequential housing bills before lawmakers this year — Assembly Bill 2011 — is designed to address California’s housing crisis by making it easier to convert unused commercial space into new homes. While the legislation focuses on housing strategies, it is also critically important environmental policy. AB 2011 would streamline approvals to convert unused […]
Labor unions have a week to agree on housing bills. Can they do it? (CalMatters)
Days from the end of the legislative session, political observers are once again asking themselves whether a bitter, unresolved battle over labor standards will spell the end of California’s most ambitious proposal to solve its housing affordability crisis.
Editorial: California needs more housing and good jobs. There’s a bill to create both
What if California could encourage developers to replace shuttered big-box stores, half-vacant offices and decrepit strip malls with apartments, condominiums and townhomes, with some or even all of the units being affordable? And what if the construction workers building those projects were paid union-level wages and, in some cases, received healthcare, thus creating lots of […]
Why would California unions fight a housing bill that boosts worker pay and protections?
It’s hard to understand why California’s mighty trade unions would object to a policy that could help pull construction workers out of poverty and train the next generation of laborers. Yet the reliably obstructionist State Building and Construction Trades Council, and the legislators too afraid to cross them, are mobilizing against a bill that could […]