Weekly Update for June 30, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: The final 2023-24 budget was signed this week, with the Governor and Legislature agreeing to maintain ongoing commitments to the state’s successful affordable housing programs. Toplines include $500 million for the LIHTC, $325 million for MHP (including a $100 million boost proposed by legislators), $225 for the Infill […]
Weekly Update for June 23, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: SB 423 (Wiener), CHC’s sponsored legislation extending SB 35, got a significant boost his week when several major building trades unions withdrew their opposition to the bill. According to Politico, Sen. Wiener has described the bills’ remaining opponents as a “small minority of the building trades.” The group of unions […]
Weekly Update for June 16, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: The Assembly and Senate voted this week on a budget bill for the 2023-24 fiscal year, meeting a constitutionally-mandated June 15 deadline—though the final deal with the Governor is still several weeks away. While the Governor and Legislature remain at odds on several major issues—including clean energy and transit […]
Weekly Update for June 9, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: CHC’s sponsored bills continued to move this week, with SB 439 (Skinner), bill creating a new special motion to strike non-meritorious CEQA lawsuits, advancing 11-0 out of the Assembly Committee on Judiciary. The bill was added to the consent calendar in the Senate in May and was also […]
Weekly Update for May 26, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State update: Governor Newsom unveiled an 11-bill CEQA reform package last Friday, saying the legislation was critical to accelerating construction of critical energy infrastructure projects across the state. No affordable housing proposals were included in the package, however, an omission noted with concern by many housing advocates. In response […]
Weekly Update for May 19, 2022
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: Two CHC-sponsored bills advanced in the Assembly this week: AB 1449 (Alvarez), a bill extending CEQA exemptions to a range of 100% affordable housing project approvals, was approved on the Assembly Floor with a vote of 54-13; the bill now moves to the Senate. The Assembly Appropriations Committee […]
Governors May Revise
Governor Newsom unveiled his revised May budget proposal this morning, which forecasts a budget deficit in the 2023-24 fiscal year of $32.5 billion—an increase from the $22.5 billion budget gap projected in January. In spite of the state’s uncertain fiscal situation, the Governor has committed to maintaining nearly $1.5 billion in critical affordable housing investments […]
Weekly Update for April 28, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: All of CHC’s sponsored bills continue to move in advance of this spring’s policy committee deadlines. In the Senate, two bills advanced out of the Governance and Finance Committee and now move to Appropriations: SB 423 (Wiener), legislation extending SB 35 streamlining ahead of a 2025 expiration date, […]
Weekly Update for April 21, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: Labor support continues to grow for CHC’s sponsored bill, SB 423 (Wiener), which earned the endorsement over the last week from two major unions, the California-Nevada Conference of Operating Engineers and the Northern California District Council of Laborers. “Our local unions have long recognized the current housing crisis […]
Weekly Update for April 14, 2023
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: We need your help to advance CHC’s co-sponsored bills, SB 423 (Wiener), SB 439 (Skinner), SB 440 (Skinner), AB 1307 (Wicks) and AB 1449 (Alvarez). Please take action today by placing your letterhead on each of CHC’s sample support letters and uploading them onto the Legislative Position Letter Portal, and sending copies to our Policy Associate, Jennifer Armenta, at jarmenta@calhsng.org. You can find fact […]