Weekly Update for December 16, 2022
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: Six cities across California were awarded the state’s new “Prohousing Designation” by HCD this week, a program created in 2019 that recognizes local governments committed to policies and practices that remove barriers to housing production. Cities with this designation also qualify for additional community development resources, including […]
Federal Update for December 2022 from David Gasson
Well, the November elections are behind us and as it turns out, once again, the pundits are fallible, and the electorate was full of surprises. When the 118th Congress is seated on January 3rd, 2023 the Republican’s will have a very small majority in the House and Democrats will again control the U.S. Senate. Whether […]
Weekly Update for November 18, 2022
Election Update:As the final votes continue to be tallied this week, a few major election outcomes with implications for affordable housing are coming into focus. A new Speaker will lead the Assembly this summer: Assembly Democrats voted for a new Speaker last week, supporting the transition of power from the current Speaker, Asm. Anthony Rendon […]
Weekly Update for November 8, 2022 — Election Eve Preview
With Election Day upon us, we’re sharing a preview of the seven ballot measures and contested congressional and legislative races across the state compiled by our lobby firm Axiom Advisors. BALLOT MEASURES Prop 1 Prop 1 would amend the California Constitution to enshrine a fundamental right to reproductive freedom. That includes the right to choose […]
Weekly Update for October 28, 2022
This week in affordable housing news: State Update: This Tuesday, the Housing Action Coalition held its 20th Annual Housing Heroes Award and awarded CHC a Housing Hero Award. CHC’s VP of Government Affairs, Marina Wiant gave a speech along with other notable members of the State Assembly and Senate. The full list of awardees included State Attorney General Bob Bonta, […]
Weekly Update for October 21, 2022
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: The November ballot won’t have any statewide housing measures for the first time in years, but several major local ballot measures are making news with a few weeks until election day: In the City of Los Angeles, voters are being asked to support a proposed new “mansion tax” that […]
Weekly Update for October 14, 2022
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: California’s homeless population grew by 22,000 during the pandemic, according to a new CalMatters analysis of the latest point-in-time count—pushing the state’s overall homeless numbers to over 173,000 people. “We have to solve this rotting core in the center of California, which is that we are a million units short […]
Federal Update for October 2022 from David Gasson
So, it is October 5th and Congress is recessed until after the election on November 8th. This is the last dash leading up to election day and we are all curious to see in what direction the American electorate, in all its wisdom(?), choose to steer the country. While we all exercise that sacred right […]
AB 2011 Signed by Governor Newsom
Governor Newsom signed CHC’s sponsored bill, AB 2011 (Wicks), yesterday in a signing ceremony celebrating a nearly 40-bill housing package that also included CHC’s two other sponsored bills, AB 2006 (Berman) and AB 2334 (Wicks). AB 2011 took center stage at the event, with Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), and many other legislative housing champions joining CHC […]
Weekly Update for September 23, 2022
This week in affordable housing news…: State Update: California’s shortage of affordable housing affects everyone in the state, but it is hurting women of color and single mothers most of all, according to a new report from the Gender Equity Policy Institute (GEPI), which finds women burdened by a gap between rising rents and stagnant wages at […]