Matt Levin

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Eviction lawsuits proceed in California despite relief for some tenants

The wheels of the eviction process are still turning in many parts of the state, and renters can remain subject to ejection for many reasons.

By Matt Levin and Nigel Duara • March 19, 2020

Housing

Newsom did not issue a statewide eviction ban. Tenant groups say renters’ health could be threatened

With wide swaths of the economy shutting down, tenants groups are disappointed by the governor's response.

By Matt Levin • March 17, 2020

Housing

Wiener’s new housing bill would still end single-family-only zoning — but more “gently”

Prior bills were a shot of urban growth hormone to force cities to grow vertically; this one is a density vitamin cities could choose to take or not.

By Matt Levin • March 10, 2020

Housing

The developer bonus tucked into the school bond on your ballot

Tucked into a $15 billion school bond measure is a break to encourage developers building apartments around transit. Some fear it could hurt certain school districts.

By Matt Levin • February 24, 2020

Housing

Analysis: Newsom now “owns” homelessness, for better or worse

California's governor delivers a bold speech on homelessness — but shies away from the bolder recommendations of his own task force.

By Matt Levin and Laurel Rosenhall • February 19, 2020

Housing

California’s most controversial homebuilding bill just died. What will Newsom do now?

Gov. Gavin Newsom has a goal of 3.5 million new homes by 2025. His path to reaching it is even more limited, now that a hot zoning "reform" measure is dead for the year.

By Matt Levin • January 30, 2020

Homelessness

California just finished counting its homeless — a tally sure to be inaccurate, and politically weaponized

It's easy for volunteer counters to miss unsheltered people, especially when law enforcement clears camps just before counters arrive. And they're not even trying to count people living doubled up, or renting cheap motel rooms. So why is so much riding on a count so bad?

By Manuela Tobias and Matt Levin • January 30, 2020

Housing

Podcast: How activist homeless moms scored an Oakland win — and what’s next

A group of homeless and housing insecure mothers made national headlines after occupying a vacant home in West Oakland. Podcast hosts CalMatters’ Matt Levin and The Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon discuss why Moms 4 Housing was so successful and ask them where they go from here.

By Jakob Lazzaro and Matt Levin • January 28, 2020

Housing

You’ve just been named California’s homelessness czar — what’s your first move?

Options for addressing the state's most pressing social problem range, at best, from limited to imperfect. What would you choose?

By Matt Levin • January 23, 2020

Housing

Cities should act on homelessness or face lawsuits, Newsom task force says

Recommendations by Gov. Gavin Newsom's task force on homelessness in California call for a legally enforceable 'mandate to end homelessness' on the November ballot, echo the governor's request for more funding and call for a homelessness czar.

By Matt Levin and Jackie Botts • January 13, 2020

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