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In a press conference following the first COVID-19 death in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom condemns price gauging on necessary medical and safety items such as hand sanitizer. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Podcast: Coronavirus and the housing crisis

by Matt Levin March 30, 2020March 30, 2020

CalMatters’ Matt Levin and the Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon discuss how the state’s housing woes are complicating California’s response to the virus

A vacant home is photographed at 1818 Adeline Street on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. Photo by Aric Crabb, Bay Area News Group

Could vacancy fines ease California’s housing crisis? Vancouver tries it, with mixed results

by Jakob Lazzaro March 13, 2020March 12, 2020

Moms 4 Housing members Sharena Thomas, left, Misty Cross, Dominique Walker and Tolani King look on during a press conference outside the house they have occupied on Magnolia Street in Oakland on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. Photo by Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group

Podcast: How activist homeless moms scored an Oakland win — and what’s next

by Jakob Lazzaro and Matt Levin January 28, 2020January 28, 2020

A woman walks toward friends at a homeless encampment where she lives next to the Interstates 101 and 280 in San Jose

You’ve just been named California’s homelessness czar — what’s your first move?

by Matt Levin January 23, 2020January 23, 2020