Housing

By some estimates, California is short more than a million rental units that are affordable and available to extremely low-income residents, and this reality is exacerbating homelessness and affecting people's ability to achieve their California Dream. | Photo by Adriene Hill

Homelessness

The shrunken California Dream: Just keeping a place to live

The California Dream media collaboration is rolling out an exploration of why people fall into homelessness—and the innovative ways governments try to help people keep their own place.

By

Adriene Hill

• August 24, 2018

Commentary

My turn: CA can lead on climate change and housing equity

Sen. Henry Stern's Senate Bill 1477 offers a roadmap for California to lead on climate action and housing equity.

By

Guest Commentary

• August 15, 2018

Brandon Miller waters the lawn in front of his Riverside home. Photo by Signe Larsen.

Housing

Where do people get money to buy California homes these days? Often, from mom and dad

Federal data shows first-time buyers in California increasingly rely on family for help.

By

David Wagner and Aaron Mendelson, KPCC

• July 31, 2018

Maureen Sedonaen, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco, stands in the vacant lot where the nonprofit is looking to build new affordable housing. Photo by Ben Bradford/Capital Public Radio

Environment

Is California’s legacy environmental law protecting the state’s beauty or blocking affordable housing?

The California Environmental Quality Control Act is the focus of heated debate, with environmentalists saying it's a success but critics saying it's been weaponized to impede housing.

By

Ben Bradford, Capital Public Radio

• July 5, 2018

Newsletters

What was left out of the privacy legislation

Why California's new privacy legislation will allow consumers to sue over data breaches by business, but not by government.

By

Dan Morain

• July 5, 2018

Lakewood resident Jenny Gov drives three to four hours a day to her job in Santa Monica so during her off hours she sticks as close to home as possible.

Housing

Narrowed world: Traffic and pricey housing conspire to shrink our sliver of ‘paradise’

Many of us are paying a higher price for an ever-shrinking sliver of California paradise—and losing some of the quintessential perks of life in the Golden State.

By

Meghan McCarty Carino, KPCC

• July 3, 2018

Newsletters

Brown passes a torch; SF’s new mayor

By

Dan Morain

• June 14, 2018

Housing

Making San Francisco’s gritty Tenderloin safer for kids

The Tenderloin is notorious for the homelessness on its streets and open drug use and sales. But it's also one of the only affordable neighborhoods left in San Francisco and is home to hundreds of low-income and immigrant families.

By

Farida Jhabvala Romero, KQED

• May 31, 2018

Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk plays ball with her son Owen outside their San Diego apartment, May 8, 2018.

Economy

California’s high rent leaves many one crisis away from financial ruin

The state’s notoriously high housing costs are gobbling up paychecks, leaving many teetering on the brink of financial disaster.

By

Amita Sharma, KPBS

• May 29, 2018

Commentary

Commentary: Hasty rooftop solar decree could backfire

The California Energy Commission has decreed that new homes must have rooftop solar power installations beginning in 2020. However, energy experts warn that the new rules were hastily drafted and could have adverse effects.

By

Dan Walters

• May 27, 2018