Housing Crisis

Democrats may carve out another exemption to CEQA, the landmark California environmental law, after a ruling on UC Berkeley enrollment.

A new study says that California has sent rent relief to only 16% of applicants, who are waiting months. The state disputes the analysis, but according to its figures, only 41% of applicants have been paid.

It’s crazy that we need a law to protect building owners who need to exit the rental market in rent control cities.

Volunteers fanned out across the state for the first statewide count of California’s homeless population since 2020. The number is expected to be higher, raising more questions about the impact of the state's increased spending.

Ongoing funding from the state is needed to support housing production, subsidize affordable housing and invest in supportive infrastructure.

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.