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Coachella Valley tackles affordable housing with regional cooperation

by Guest Commentary November 24, 2020November 24, 2020

California needs more regional cooperation and community buy-in to deal with affordable housing and make our state affordable for every family.

A farmworker holds a box of strawberries with his left hand and a one wheel cart with his right as he walks to get another empty box in Watsonville, on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian

Do California ag counties hold solutions to Monterey County farmworker housing crisis?

by Kate Cimini November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

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Real reforms needed to deal with affordable housing

by Guest Commentary November 22, 2020November 19, 2020

Gov. Gavin Newsom participates in a ribbon cutting ceremony at a new $120 million, 134,000 sq. foot coronavirus testing facility Oct. 30, 2020, in Valencia. The state is working with corporate partner PerkinElmer to run the lab which will enable the state to process an additional 150,000 COVID-19 tests per day. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo/Pool

Is California prepared for shutdown #3?

by Emily Hoeven November 18, 2020November 18, 2020

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Tax subsidies for affordable housing cry out for reform

by Guest Commentary November 18, 2020November 17, 2020

Los Angeles is ready for single-family zoning reform

by Guest Commentary November 13, 2020November 11, 2020

The affordable housing crisis is about to get worse; here’s a policy that will help renters

by Guest Commentary October 26, 2020October 23, 2020

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Government needs to act fast to help affordable housing

by Guest Commentary October 21, 2020October 20, 2020

Sarah Rivas, 27, sits for a portrait at her desk where she teaches high school history from her childhood bedroom at her parents’ home in Elk Grove, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2020. Rivas, who moved back in with her parents during lockdown and subsequently gave up her apartment in Silicon Valley, worries that she would be unable to afford a new apartment if she were to return to teaching on campus. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

For many Californians, the pandemic marks the end of ‘barely making it’

by Laurence Du Sault October 15, 2020October 15, 2020

Prop. 21 modernizes rent control while incentivizing new housing construction

by Guest Commentary October 9, 2020October 7, 2020