Nigel Duara joined CalMatters in 2020 as a Los Angeles-based reporter covering poverty and inequality issues for our California Divide collaboration. Previously, he served as a national and climate correspondent on the HBO show VICE News Tonight. Before that, he was the border correspondent at the Los Angeles Times based in Phoenix, deployed to stories across the country. He is a longtime contributor to Portland Monthly magazine and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Other languages spoken: Spanish (intermediate); Mandarin (beginner)
State housing planners continue to allocate tens of thousands of low-income units in Riverside County despite a lack of suitable land and willing developers. The broken zoning process is a lose-lose for state and local governments alike.
Los planificadores de vivienda estatales continúan asignando decenas de miles de unidades de bajos ingresos en el condado de Riverside a pesar de la falta de terrenos adecuados, y mucho menos de los desarrolladores dispuestos. El proceso de zonificación interrumpido es una pérdida para los gobiernos estatales y locales por igual.
Con la moratoria de desalojos del estado que expira a fines de enero, los legisladores de California aprobaron dos proyectos de ley que la extienden hasta junio.
Under a legislative agreement, California would extend its eviction moratorium to the end of June. Landlords would get an incentive to forgive back rent using an extra $2.6 billion from federal relief.
Según un acuerdo legislativo, California ampliaría su moratoria de desalojo hasta finales de junio. Los propietarios obtendrían un incentivo para perdonar el alquiler atrasado utilizando $2.6 mil millones adicionales de la ayuda federal.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders need to reach an agreement by Jan. 31 for California renters to avoid the beginning of a statewide eviction tsunami.
El gobernador Gavin Newsom y los líderes legislativos deben llegar a un acuerdo antes del 31 de enero para que los inquilinos de California eviten el comienzo de un tsunami de desalojo en todo el estado.
Nigel Duara joined CalMatters in 2020 as a Los Angeles-based reporter covering poverty and inequality issues for our California Divide collaboration. Previously, he served as a national and climate correspondent on the HBO show VICE News Tonight. Before that, he was the border correspondent at the Los Angeles Times based in Phoenix, deployed to stories across the country. He is a longtime contributor to Portland Monthly magazine and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Other languages spoken: Spanish (intermediate); Mandarin (beginner)