ReloShare is a technology company working to provide emergency housing for families in crisis in California, with the goal of making the process of finding emergency housing as simple as booking a hotel room.
30 district attorneys from California have publicly opposed Proposition 50, arguing that it would dismantle the state’s independent redistricting system and allow partisan gerrymandering to return.
San Diego has become a model for other cities in California seeking to increase housing production and reduce delays, by restructuring its planning and permitting processes, conducting full environmental analysis upfront, and providing density bonuses for projects near major transit hubs.
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill 484, creating a 10-year pilot program to streamline the coastal development permitting process for 100% affordable infill housing in coastal cities, in an effort to address California’s severe housing shortage while maintaining environmental protections.
Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 715, a bill to strengthen protections against antisemitism in K-12 schools across California, which establishes a new state Office of Civil Rights and creates an Antisemitism Prevention Coordinator to help develop training, review complaints, advise school districts, and recommend policy changes.
The Trump administration is expected to cut federal funding for permanent housing, which could reverse recent progress made in solving California’s homelessness problem and result in thousands of vulnerable residents being evicted from their subsidized housing.
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has been ruled to have violated federal and state laws by failing to provide effective communication to blind Medi-Cal consumers, and must now offer accessible options including large print, audio, and Braille formats.
Housing and civil rights advocates have criticized the growing criminalization of homelessness, calling it a moral failure and a counterproductive public policy, and urging instead for investments in supportive services and housing.
The University of California is facing a serious threat from the Trump administration, which is demanding concessions that would cede control of core university functions and compromise academic freedom, leading to a potential loss of significant research and other federal funding.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a nationwide injunction against President Trump’s executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, affirming the constitutional right to birthright citizenship and blocking the order from being enforced.
Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 255, which would have allowed state funding for abstinence-based recovery housing as part of California’s homelessness response system, citing the need to remain aligned with the evidence-based Housing First policy.
Governor Gavin Newsom has warned that any California university that signs the proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” will lose state funding, as it requires universities to adopt government definitions of gender, ban consideration of race or sex in admissions and hiring, and freeze tuition for U.S. students.
Senate Bill 634 would hold cities accountable for addressing homelessness by preventing them from banning supportive services and ensuring that those services reach people experiencing homelessness.
California’s housing growth over the past five years has been among the slowest in the country, contributing to the state’s ongoing affordability crisis, with the typical Californian paying $2,280 a month for housing, 70% above the national average.
Families share how Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order upended their hopes, and forced them to consider early births or leaving the U.S.
Attorneys for Venezuelan and Haitian Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders have filed an opposition brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging justices to reject the Trump administration’s request for an emergency stay of a federal ruling that blocked Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from stripping TPS protections.
The fractured nature of American government has created a major obstacle to solving the nation’s housing crisis, but the ROAD to Housing Act, which introduces a framework for federal incentives for zoning reform, could help to reshape how the federal government influences housing.
An ICE officer was placed on administrative leave after video surfaced showing him shoving a woman to the ground during the arrest of her husband, adding to rising tensions over increased federal enforcement presence in immigration courthouses.
The YIMBY movement has shifted the narrative in California’s housing debate, pushing for more housing construction and resulting in the passage of SB 79, which allows for taller, denser buildings near major bus stops and transit lines.
The California legislature passed AB715, a bill that would equate criticism of the Israeli government’s policies with antisemitism and allow for the removal of instructional materials deemed objectionable, prompting civil rights groups and educators to urge Governor Newsom to veto the bill.