But the vast majority of Newsom’s homelessness spending has been in one-time grants, which providers say makes it difficult to fund the kind of long-term programs that could make a noticeable dent in the crisis
The study bolsters previous research which concluded that California’s chronic shortage of housing, which imposes crushing costs on low-income families, lies at the heart of the crisis.
Other corporate landlords in the industry will argue that bills expanding renter protections will worsen the housing crisis by killing production. This couldn’t be further from the truth
Though groups representing landlords and real estate continue spending millions on lobbying and supporting candidates, tenants rights groups are starting to chip away at their influence
Late last fall, a Southern California developer dropped more than a dozen mammoth building proposals on the city of Santa Monica that were all but designed to get attention
A bill working its way through the Legislature could potentially lead to sanctions against local governments that fail to plan for the needs of homeless Californians.
