Housing Crisis

The new episode of the California housing crisis podcast spotlights local resistance against a new law allowing duplexes on single-family lots, including the town of Woodside's attempt to declare itself a mountain lion habitat.

In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast," CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon interview former homeless veteran Fernando Maya and Jackie Botts, who told his story for CalMatters.

Burnout and COVID is causing California homeless service workers to leave. Low pay makes it difficult to recruit new ones. But they're essential to the state's plans to reduce homelessness.

A more effective approach to homelessness is to provide housing that is accompanied by active, ongoing support and treatment.

Fresno added hundreds of shelter beds as well as transitional housing to unhoused residents. But leaders acknowledge there's more work to do.

The California homeless crisis is a focal point for politicians ahead of the 2022 elections. But is permanent supportive housing the answer?

In the latest episode of the California housing crisis podcast, new Assembly Housing Committee chairperson Buffy Wicks talks about her priorities.

In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast." CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon catch up with former podcast co-host Matt Levin on the homebuying process and review the zaniest California housing stories of 2021.

Gov. Newsom says the situation with homeless encampments is unacceptable. The state housing agency is funding more services, while Caltrans is clearing some camps. But advocates are wary.

Listen to the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast," on a Los Angeles Times investigation on how new freeways continue to disproportionately impact Black and Latino neighborhoods.