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Sunday Commentary: Will SB 50 Solve the Housing Crisis? How Can We Increase Affordable Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Will SB 50 Solve the Housing Crisis? How Can We Increase Affordable Housing?

Senate Bill 50 is back… again… for the third time. It is controversial, with opponents arguing that it t ...

Senate Bill 50 is back… again… for the third time. It is controversial, with opponents arguing that it takes away local control while supporters argue that it is designed to increase housing producti ...

January 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Senator Wiener Announces Revised SB 50, with New Local Flexibility Option for Cities, as Well as New Endorsements

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 08, 2020
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Senator Wiener Announces Revised SB 50, with New Local Flexibility Option for Cities, as Well as New Endorsements

Amendments to major zoning reform legislation allow more local flexibility. New housing equity groups and ...

Amendments to major zoning reform legislation allow more local flexibility. New housing equity groups and elected officials now support SB 50. (From Press Release – Senator Wiener) – On Tuesday, Senat ...

January 08, 2020
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Will the Third Time Be the Charm for SB 50?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 07, 2020
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Will the Third Time Be the Charm for SB 50?

Twice San Francisco-area Senator Scott Wiener has introduced legislation that would reform zoning in Cali ...

Twice San Francisco-area Senator Scott Wiener has introduced legislation that would reform zoning in California – twice he has not been able to get it to a vote. On Monday, he introduced new changes t ...

January 07, 2020
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Commentary: California’s Housing Crisis Driving the Nation’s Homeless Increase

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 24, 2019
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Commentary: California’s Housing Crisis Driving the Nation’s Homeless Increase

Last Friday, HUD released its annual estimate of homelessness and that figure shows that people living on ...

Last Friday, HUD released its annual estimate of homelessness and that figure shows that people living on the streets increased by 2.7 percent this year nationally – almost exclusively because Califor ...

December 24, 2019
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An Open Letter to California Officials: Housing First

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|Date: December 12, 2019
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An Open Letter to California Officials: Housing First

By Eve Garrow After she became homeless, Callie Rutter entered Bridges at Kraemer Place, an emergency she ...

By Eve Garrow After she became homeless, Callie Rutter entered Bridges at Kraemer Place, an emergency shelter that promises to "connect participants to housing as quickly as possible." For her, howeve ...

December 12, 2019
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Governor Newsom Convenes Meeting to Confront Housing Crisis

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|Date: November 14, 2019
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Governor Newsom Convenes Meeting to Confront Housing Crisis

(From Press Release – Governor’s Office) - Governor Gavin Newsom today convened top executives from major ...

(From Press Release – Governor’s Office) - Governor Gavin Newsom today convened top executives from major California employers for a roundtable discussion on the important role the private sector must ...

November 14, 2019
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Statewide Rent Control in Effect Due to Declarations of Emergency

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 10, 2019
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Statewide Rent Control in Effect Due to Declarations of Emergency

Ongoing Wildfire Emergencies Trigger State’s Anti-Price Gouging Law - Prohibits Landlords from Raising Cu ...

Ongoing Wildfire Emergencies Trigger State’s Anti-Price Gouging Law - Prohibits Landlords from Raising Current or Advertised Rents by More than 10% (From Press Release – Berkeley Tenants Union) - Cal ...

November 10, 2019
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League of Women Voters of California Endorses Senator Wiener’s SB 50

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|Date: November 01, 2019
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League of Women Voters of California Endorses Senator Wiener’s SB 50

(From Press Release – Senator Wiener) – Today, the League of Women Voters of California announced its s ...

(From Press Release – Senator Wiener) – Today, the League of Women Voters of California announced its support for Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 50. SB 50 eliminates hyper-low- ...

November 01, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Did California Do Enough to Solve Its Housing Problems This Term?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 14, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Did California Do Enough to Solve Its Housing Problems This Term?

Last week Governor Gavin Newsom proudly sent out a press release boasting of signing 18 bills to boost ho ...

Last week Governor Gavin Newsom proudly sent out a press release boasting of signing 18 bills to boost housing production. One of those was not the controversial SB 50 sponsored by Senator Scott Wien ...

October 14, 2019
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Bill That Would Prevent Large Rent Increases Passes Senate, Close to Becoming Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 15, 2019
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Bill That Would Prevent Large Rent Increases Passes Senate, Close to Becoming Law

Earlier this week, the legislature passed AB 1482 by Assemblymember David Chiu. The bill would prevent l ...

Earlier this week, the legislature passed AB 1482 by Assemblymember David Chiu. The bill would prevent large rental increases by landlords. Following the passage by the legislature, Governor Gavin Ne ...

September 15, 2019
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Senate Passes Bill to Repeal Constitutional Roadblock to Affordable Housing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 12, 2019
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Senate Passes Bill to Repeal Constitutional Roadblock to Affordable Housing

Article 34 of the California Constitution requires cities to submit projects to a voter referendum when p ...

Article 34 of the California Constitution requires cities to submit projects to a voter referendum when public funds are allocated to developing low-income rental housing. No other type of housing is ...

September 12, 2019
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California Legislature Approves SB 330, “Housing Crisis Act of 2019”

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|Date: September 07, 2019
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California Legislature Approves SB 330, “Housing Crisis Act of 2019”

(From Press Release – Senator Nancy Skinner) - The California Legislature has approved Senate Bill 330, t ...

(From Press Release – Senator Nancy Skinner) - The California Legislature has approved Senate Bill 330, the Housing Crisis Act of 2019, by Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley. SB 330 will accelerate housin ...

September 07, 2019
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Governor and Legislative Leaders Reach Agreement on Rental Cap Legislation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2019
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Governor and Legislative Leaders Reach Agreement on Rental Cap Legislation

Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Asse ...

Governor Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Assemblymember David Chiu on Friday reached agreement on protections against large rent increases. ...

August 31, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Zoning: Planning, Suggestion, or Baloney?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 13, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Zoning: Planning, Suggestion, or Baloney?

by Mark Dempsey California's recent housing affordability crisis leads to some conversations about zoning ...

by Mark Dempsey California's recent housing affordability crisis leads to some conversations about zoning and NIMBYism (see the Davis Vanguard's The Expansion of NYMBYISM into Zoning). But looking for ...

July 13, 2019
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Commentary: Housing’s Impact on the Economy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 05, 2019
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Commentary: Housing’s Impact on the Economy

In recent weeks we have had discussions on whether the proposed ARC (Aggie Research Campus) needs housing ...

In recent weeks we have had discussions on whether the proposed ARC (Aggie Research Campus) needs housing or not. In those discussions, we have cited industry leaders who have pointed out that prospe ...

July 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Study Finds California Rent is Increasingly Out of Reach for Working People

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 02, 2019
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Study Finds California Rent is Increasingly Out of Reach for Working People

A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition finds that the Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two ...

A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition finds that the Fair Market Rent (FMR) for a two-bedroom apartment is $1804 in California. According to their findings, “In order to afford th ...

July 02, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Homelessness Debate – Housing, Mental Illness, Both?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 24, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Homelessness Debate – Housing, Mental Illness, Both?

Last week, citing a number of sources, we argued that the percentage of homeless suffering from mental il ...

Last week, citing a number of sources, we argued that the percentage of homeless suffering from mental illness was only about one-quarter to one-third of the total population. There have been other s ...

June 24, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Is the Elimination of Single-Family Zoning the Answer?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 19, 2019
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Commentary: Is the Elimination of Single-Family Zoning the Answer?

Senator Scott Wiener could not get his zoning changes through the legislature – yet – but as a couple of ...

Senator Scott Wiener could not get his zoning changes through the legislature – yet – but as a couple of recent articles that appeared in the New York Times over the last week demonstrate, it might be ...

June 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Affordable Housing: ‘Income inequality, unaffordable housing, homelessness, are not bugs’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 17, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Affordable Housing: ‘Income inequality, unaffordable housing, homelessness, are not bugs’

(c) By Mark Dempsey Special to the Vanguard Pundits, public policy mavens, and environmentalists are work ...

(c) By Mark Dempsey Special to the Vanguard Pundits, public policy mavens, and environmentalists are working overtime to describe how to make California's housing affordable. Here's the latest from th ...

June 17, 2019
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Safe Lot Bill Gains Momentum, Passes the Assembly

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 24, 2019
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Safe Lot Bill Gains Momentum, Passes the Assembly

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Palo Alto) released the following statement in response to Ass ...

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Palo Alto) released the following statement in response to Assembly Bill 302 passing out of the Assembly today with bipartisan support. Championed by Berman ...

May 24, 2019
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