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Investment in housing is the bottom-line answer to homelessness

by Guest Commentary June 24, 2022June 21, 2022

This budget season, the Newsom administration and the Legislature must allocate steady — not temporary — funding for rental assistance and the creation of permanent, supportive housing.

California Divide

California legislators want to help you buy a house with down payment, ‘shared equity’

by Alejandro Lazo June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

A BART train runs through a neighborhood of single-family homes in Albany. California lawmakers again rejected a bill that would have led to denser development along public transit routes. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California ends most single-family zoning

by Emily Hoeven September 17, 2021September 17, 2021

Key lawmaker on California’s eviction ban: ‘If we run out of money, all bets are off’

by Manuela Tobias July 12, 2021September 29, 2021

Where are tenants falling through the cracks of California eviction ban?

by Manuela Tobias, Nigel Duara and John Osborn D'Agostino July 1, 2021July 9, 2021

Oakland resident Alex Acuña holds up a sign decrying a rent relief plan during a vigil at the Elihu M. Harris, State of California office building in Oakland on Jan. 29, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff. CalMatters

California’s eviction moratorium extension: What’s in it for tenants and landlords?

by Manuela Tobias June 25, 2021August 5, 2021

A pedestrian with a suitcase walks past a vacant store front on Powell Street in the Union Square shopping district in San Francisco on June 14, 2021. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Why California’s unemployment picture is muddled

by Emily Hoeven June 21, 2021June 21, 2021

Demonstrators calling for California lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom to pass rent forgiveness and a stronger eviction moratorium carry a mock casket past the Capitol in Sacramento on Jan. 25, 2021. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo

Will California’s eviction moratorium be extended beyond June 30?

by Manuela Tobias June 21, 2021June 22, 2021

Legislative budget leaders announced a deal on Tuesday. Image via iStock

Four things to know about the California budget deal

by Laurel Rosenhall June 2, 2021June 3, 2021

With relief in sight, the eviction moratorium can end

by Guest Commentary June 1, 2021May 28, 2021