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Marin Forum: California’s hidden agenda

Marin Forum/Teliha Draheim Marin Forum: California’s hidden agenda There is a shortage of affordable housing in California, but there is no shortage of expensive homes. In their flawed assessment of how to solve housing needs, the State manufactured a crisis. Cities...

Did one of California’s biggest new housing reforms go too far?

Housing, Opinion

The state desperately needs changes to its housing laws. But did a recent fix create more problems than it solved? By Chris ElmendorfUpdated Nov 20, 2023 8:48 a.m. https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/california-housing-reform-18498941.php A...

Sacramento housing mandates don’t make any economic sense

Housing, Legislation, Opinion

Posted by: Gaetan Lion I am referring to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) housing building mandates. They are called Residential Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). The latter mandates the State builds 2.5 million (mainly) rental...

Google ditches plans for $15 billion in Bay Area development

Housing

By Amanda BartlettNov 5, 2023 https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/google-ditches-15-billion-bay-area-plan-18470583.php Google has abandoned its plans for $15 billion in affordable housing, office and retail development in Silicon Valley, per a Friday announcement by...

State housing lawsuit against Huntington Beach put on pause

Housing, Litigation

By MICHAEL SLATEN | mslaten@scng.com November 4, 2023 The state of California is suing Huntington Beach for blocking laws passed by the Legislature to boost the housing supply. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) State housing lawsuit against...

HOUSING ‘SOLUTIONS’ NOT WORKING

Housing, Legislation, Opinion

BY THOMAS D. ELIAS October 27, 2023 Rarely has California seen so concerted and unified a campaign by its elected officials as the drive for housing density conducted by Gov. Gavin Newsom and allied state legislators over the past five years. All along, as legislators...