Housing

The California Public Utilities Commission will consider on May 9 a new proposal that would change how Californians pay for electricity.

The U.S. Supreme Court is about to hear a case that will have major implications on homelessness policy in California. Find out where your leaders stand on the issue.

A bill to ban homeless encampments statewide near parks, schools and transit hubs failed to get out of the same legislative committee as last year.

A new bill would make it illegal for homeless residents to camp in certain places, such as near schools, throughout California. Its authors say such a ban has had great success in San Diego. But a closer look at that city paints a more nuanced picture.

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said insurers need to come up with ideas beyond increasing rates to help solve the insurance crisis.

Public agencies are funding private security guards in homeless shelters and on the street, opening a new front in the state’s housing crisis — one ripe for violence and civil rights issues, but thin on oversight.

There’s so little data available, it’s impossible to even tell if several of California’s largest homelessness programs are working, according to a statewide audit released Tuesday.

Tenants in many new privately owned, low-income units will be protected from double-digit increases. So will some in existing units, after a state committee on affordable housing imposed a rent cap.

Some of California’s top lawmakers want to clear up, but also rein in, the state’s most controversial housing statute

HUD wants to see what happens when you give cash directly to renters, instead of traditional vouchers. At least one California housing authority is interested.