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Governor Signs Legislation to Build More Housing, Faster

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|Date: September 29, 2022
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Governor Signs Legislation to Build More Housing, Faster

Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA - Building on California’s historic efforts to tackle the housi ...

Special to the Vanguard San Francisco, CA - Building on California’s historic efforts to tackle the housing crisis, Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed legislation to streamline the housing appr ...

September 29, 2022
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Senator Dodd’s Affordable Housing Bill Signed into Law by Governor

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|Date: September 20, 2022
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Senator Dodd’s Affordable Housing Bill Signed into Law by Governor

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - Governor Gavin Newsom has signed his legislation to assist the c ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - Governor Gavin Newsom has signed his legislation to assist the creation of affordable housing in California by identifying excess state property that could be ...

September 20, 2022
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My View: LA Times Editorial Notes That California’s Laws Prioritize Housing Cars Rather Than People

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|Date: September 10, 2022
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My View: LA Times Editorial Notes That California’s Laws Prioritize Housing Cars Rather Than People

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In an editorial on Friday, the LA Times wrote that Governor Newsom ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In an editorial on Friday, the LA Times wrote that Governor Newsom “can chip away at one of the biggest barriers to building more housing, more cheaply. All he h ...

September 10, 2022
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Legislature Approves Dodd Affordable Housing Bill

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|Date: September 02, 2022
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Legislature Approves Dodd Affordable Housing Bill

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento. CA – This week, the state legislature approved a bill from Senator Bi ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento. CA – This week, the state legislature approved a bill from Senator Bill Dodd that would assist the creation of affordable housing in California by identifying exces ...

September 02, 2022
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Commentary: Will Housing Bills Help Address Housing Shortfalls?

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|Date: September 01, 2022
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Commentary: Will Housing Bills Help Address Housing Shortfalls?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This week the state legislature approved two bill ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – This week the state legislature approved two bills that they hope will spur housing development (assuming the governor signs them). AB 2011 and ...

September 01, 2022
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Legislative Leaders Agree to Housing Affordability Production Package

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|Date: August 26, 2022
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Legislative Leaders Agree to Housing Affordability Production Package

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – After weeks of negotiations, legislative leaders announced that ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – After weeks of negotiations, legislative leaders announced that they have reached an agreement on a package of legislation aimed at increasing California’s hou ...

August 26, 2022
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Student Housing CEQA Streamlining Legislation Overwhelmingly Passes Assembly

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|Date: August 23, 2022
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Student Housing CEQA Streamlining Legislation Overwhelmingly Passes Assembly

To address growing student homelessness, SB 886 makes it easier and faster for UC, CSU, and community col ...

To address growing student homelessness, SB 886 makes it easier and faster for UC, CSU, and community colleges to build on-campus housing for students and faculty Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, ...

August 23, 2022
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Student Opinion: Interpreting the So-Called Californian Exodus

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|Date: August 22, 2022
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Student Opinion: Interpreting the So-Called Californian Exodus

By Michelle Lin LOS ANGELES — The existence of a “Californian Exodus” was debated before the pande ...

By Michelle Lin LOS ANGELES — The existence of a “Californian Exodus” was debated before the pandemic, but COVID-19 has exacerbated the issues that cause people to leave. College student’s choi ...

August 22, 2022
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HCD’s Letter to San Francisco Should Be Read as a Warning to Other Communities

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|Date: August 10, 2022
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HCD’s Letter to San Francisco Should Be Read as a Warning to Other Communities

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The California Department of Housing and Commu ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) delivered a 17-page rejection of San Francisco’s Housing element. In a ...

August 10, 2022
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AG Wants Court to Expedite Review of CEQA Lawsuit

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|Date: August 10, 2022
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AG Wants Court to Expedite Review of CEQA Lawsuit

Special to the Vanguard Oakland, CA – The California Attorney General is on the front lines of the housin ...

Special to the Vanguard Oakland, CA – The California Attorney General is on the front lines of the housing crisis. On Tuesday, his office filed an amicus brief in Save Livermore Downtown v. City of L ...

August 10, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is It Really Mostly about Zoning?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 08, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Is It Really Mostly about Zoning?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Record high housing prices. Shortages of both for sale and rental ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Record high housing prices. Shortages of both for sale and rental housing. M. Nolan Gray, the research director for California YIMBY and a professional city pl ...

August 08, 2022
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Commentary: It’s Not Just Money, but Bureaucracy Driving Shortage of Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 03, 2022
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Commentary: It’s Not Just Money, but Bureaucracy Driving Shortage of Affordable Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In recent years, cities like Davis have greatly reduced their affo ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In recent years, cities like Davis have greatly reduced their affordable housing requirements in part due to the loss of RDA (Redevelopment Agency) money. Howev ...

August 03, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Prisons Over Colleges Has Implications for Housing Issues Too

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|Date: July 31, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Prisons Over Colleges Has Implications for Housing Issues Too

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Yesterday’s column pointed out that, since the 1970s, funding prio ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Yesterday’s column pointed out that, since the 1970s, funding priorities have shifted away from higher education and toward funding prisons. One piece of data th ...

July 31, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Columnist Cherry Picks Arguments to Attempt to Argue There Is No Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 25, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Columnist Cherry Picks Arguments to Attempt to Argue There Is No Housing Crisis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In his recent column, Tom Elias takes shots at Sacramento Democrat ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor In his recent column, Tom Elias takes shots at Sacramento Democrats who have been attempting to alleviate the housing crisis through housing density laws like SB ...

July 25, 2022
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My View: Housing Is Not Just a California Problem Anymore

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2022
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My View: Housing Is Not Just a California Problem Anymore

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The anti-housing advocates can breathe a sigh of relief—it turns o ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The anti-housing advocates can breathe a sigh of relief—it turns out that not only is housing not just a Davis problem, it’s also not just a California problem. ...

July 16, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: The Homelessness Issue – Housing First Versus Mental Health and Addiction First

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 03, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: The Homelessness Issue – Housing First Versus Mental Health and Addiction First

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Twice now in the past two years we have seen major efforts at coer ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Twice now in the past two years we have seen major efforts at coerced treatment in California raised as a solution or at least part of a solution to homelessness ...

July 03, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Bill for Affordable Housing Worth Keeping an Eye On

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 27, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Bill for Affordable Housing Worth Keeping an Eye On

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the biggest barriers to building affordable housing is cost ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the biggest barriers to building affordable housing is cost. While locally we have pondered where affordable housing will go, there are remedies even to ...

June 27, 2022
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AG Defends State Housing Law Allowing Subdivision of Single-Family Lots

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|Date: June 23, 2022
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AG Defends State Housing Law Allowing Subdivision of Single-Family Lots

By Vanguard Staff Oakland, CA - In March, four Southern California cities filed a lawsuit in the Los Ange ...

By Vanguard Staff Oakland, CA - In March, four Southern California cities filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court arguing that SB 9 is unconstitutional and asking the court to block the Atto ...

June 23, 2022
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Commentary: Could AB 2011 Solve California’s Labor Objections to Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2022
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Commentary: Could AB 2011 Solve California’s Labor Objections to Housing?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – AB 2011 sponsored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – AB 2011 sponsored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks attempts to streamline the production of much-needed affordable housing while reaching a labor a ...

June 22, 2022
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Legislation to Create Transition Age Youth Housing Program Passes Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee

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|Date: June 16, 2022
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Legislation to Create Transition Age Youth Housing Program Passes Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee

By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – A bill that would create a forgivable loan program for new housing for ...

By Vanguard Staff Sacramento, CA – A bill that would create a forgivable loan program for new housing for homeless youth, foster youth, and youth exiting the criminal justice system has passed the Ass ...

June 16, 2022
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