In summary

On this episode of Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast, CalMatters’ Matt Levin and the Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon discuss what’s in California’s latest housing plans…and what isn’t.

Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Pod · California’s post-pandemic housing package

Some California Democratic lawmakers have released their long-awaited plans to goad the state into building more housing. Will their proposals pass, and will they actually help Californians afford to live here if they become law? Do they go as far as Senate Bill 50, the failed “upzoning” bill that tried to transform California cities and single-family neighborhoods? And how has the novel coronavirus changed what housing proposals are actually feasible?

On this episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast,” CalMatters’ Matt Levin and the Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon discuss what’s in California’s latest housing plans…and what isn’t.

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Matt Levin is the data and housing dude for CalMatters. His work entails distilling complex policy topics into easily digestible charts and graphs, finding and writing original stories from data, yelling...