Weekly Update for February 11, 2022
This week in affordable housing news…: State update: A growing number of vacant seats in the Legislature has begun to have an impact on some of this session’s highest-profile bills—a political challenge that could expand over the course of the year as a combination of redistricting and term limits change the face of the Capitol. […]
Weekly Update for February 4, 2022
This week in affordable housing news…: State update: Governor Newsom announced more than $923 million in awards this week for affordable housing projects through the state’s new California Housing Accelerator, the $1.75 billion program created last year to fund shovel-ready projects stalled in the state’s backlogged tax credit system. “We’re building more housing for people at […]
Weekly Update for January 28, 2022
This week in affordable housing news…: State update: Affordable housing could play a central role in a new Democrat-on-Democrat race for a San Joaquin Valley state senate seat—a campaign that will pit one of the valley’s sitting representatives, Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Fresno), against Senator Anna Caballero (D-Salinas), whose Monterey-area district shifted as a result of redistricting. Caballero, […]
Weekly Update for January 21, 2022
This week in affordable housing news…: State update: New Assembly housing committee chair Buffy Wicks (D-Richmond) shared her legislative priorities for the year with CalMatters and the Los Angeles Times in this month’s new ‘Gimme Shelter’ podcast. At the top of her list, after the housing roundtable series organized this fall by the Assembly Housing […]
Federal Update for January 2022 from David Gasson
As we begin the New Year the work from 2021 continues as we await further negotiations on the Build Back Better Act (BBB) and the FY 2022 budget. Nothing is certain in the current political and economic environment, especially with COVID continuing to affect all aspects of the economy. On BBB we do not believe they […]
Governor Unveils FY 22-23 January Budget
On Monday, January 10, Governor Newsom unveiled his January budget proposal, which includes investments in affordable housing production and addressing homelessness. Key new housing proposals in the Governor’s January budget include: $2 billion to house vulnerable homeless populations with complex behavioral health conditions $1 billion in one-time funds to accelerate affordable development in downtown areas, […]
Weekly Update for January 7, 2022
This week in affordable housing news…: State update: CalMatters offered a preview of legislative leaders’ priorities ahead of the release next week of the Governor’s January budget proposal—with Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins saying they plan to see through affordable housing and homelessness investments made last year, especially in […]
Weekly Update for December 17, 2021
This week in affordable housing news…: State update: A proposal to raise money for affordable housing in the City of Los Angeles through a new tax on property sales over $5 million could be on its way to the November 2022 ballot. The Los Angeles Times reports that a coalition of housing advocates, labor unions […]
Industry Insight – December 2021
This month’s edition of Industry Insight includes:
-A Note from our Executive Director Ray Pearl
-In Case You Missed it
-Introducing CHC’s New Policy Associate: Jennifer Armenta
-CHC Member Spotlight
-Affordable Housing in the News
-CHC Fall Virtual Policy Forum
-CHC 2021 Sponsors
Weekly Update for December 10, 2021
This week in affordable housing news…: State update: Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) was named chair of the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development this week, succeeding former Asm. David Chiu (D-San Francisco), who recently left the Legislature to serve as San Francisco City Attorney. “Asm. Wicks’ policy experiences, at many levels, inside and outside […]