Weekly Update for October 27, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: HCD accused the City of San Francisco of maintaining “egregious” barriers to housing production that are adding at least 10 months to the city’s construction timelines over the next slowest jurisdiction, according to a scathing, first-of-its-kind report released by the state housing department this week. “It is egregious, […]
Weekly Update for October 20, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: “Could 2023 be the sleeper year for solving California’s housing crisis?” That was how a Los Angeles Times editorial this week summed up this year’s legislative session on affordable housing, noting the passage of all of CHC’s sponsored bills along with dozens of other policy changes that “are expected […]
Weekly Update for October 13, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: Governor Newsom signed a package of 50-plus housing bills this week, including all of the CHC-sponsored legislation on his desk: SB 423 (Wiener) extending SB 35 streamlining for another decade; SB 439 (Skinner) allowing courts to throw out frivolous lawsuits brought against affordable housing projects; and AB 1449 (Alvarez) extending new CEQA exemptions to 100% […]
Weekly Update for September 22, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: The Legislature quietly approved a wave of affordable housing legislation this year—including several bills sponsored by CHC—that could represent a “sea change” in California’s response to the housing crisis, according to a story in CalMatters. “You may not have seen the headlines (there weren’t any). You may have missed […]
Weekly Update for September 15, 2023
The Legislature wrapped up the 2023 legislative session yesterday, approving a wave of affordable housing bills supported by CHC and our partners. The Governor has until October 14 to sign legislation. Highlights of bills advanced this year are below: CHC-sponsored bills: Several bills sponsored by CHC are now on the Governor’s desk: Streamlining approvals: In […]
Weekly Update for September 8, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: CHC’s Policy Forum in Anaheim this week was a huge success! Thank you to all who attended and especially to the recipients of this year’s California Housing Hall of Fame Awards, who we were proud to honor for their leadership in advancing affordable housing development: Rob Wiener, Executive Director […]
Weekly Update for September 1, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: Today was the deadline for bills to pass out of fiscal committees. The following bills passed out of Appropriations and will need to pass by September 15 to take effect on January 1: SB 4 (Wiener), SB 423 (Wiener), ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry), AB 346 (Quirk-Silva), and AB […]
Weekly Update for August 18, 2023
In memory: The affordable housing industry lost one of its longest-serving champions this month, when our friend and colleague Pat Sabelhaus of the California Council for Affordable Housing passed away last week. There are few in our field who worked longer or harder to advance the cause of affordable housing production in California, especially through […]
Weekly Update for August 11, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: CalMatters published a detailed profile this week on the ongoing campaign to lower local vote thresholds for affordable housing bonds, an issue that could appear on the ballot next year. CHC continues to support a measure moving through the Legislature, ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry), that would amend the constitution to allow […]
Weekly Update for August 4, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: SB 35 has become “the streamlining method of choice” among affordable housing developers since its passage five years ago, a newly released report by the UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation confirms. Between 2018 and 2021, the law has led to more than 150 pending or approved […]