Housing | Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning

Marin Voice: In fight against excessive housing numbers, our hands are far from tied

The California state Capitol building. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images) By SUSAN KIRSCH | April 21, 2023 at 3:43 p.m. You don’t think of the typical Californian giving in to a mantra of “there’s nothing we can do” or “our hands are tied.” But the threats of a...

Wiener, the Yimbys, and the 50-story tower

Housing, Politics

An ambitious politician is backing away from the Yimby position in the face of a project that is going to be deeply unpopular. ByZELDA BRONSTEIN APRIL 19, 2023 Up to now, when it comes to development, Scott Wiener and the Yimbys have always agreed that bigger is...

LOCAL CONTROL BACKERS ATTEMPTING NEW INITIATIVE

Housing, Legislation, Litigation

CALIFORNIA FOCUS FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2023, BY THOMAS D. ELIAS Immediately after state legislators passed the landmark SB 9 and 10 in 2021, taking most local land-use decisions away from city councils and county supervisors, resentful local officials vowed to run a...

Is LA Times Reporter Liam Dillon’s Housing Coverage Biased?

Feature, Housing, Media

Through a weeks-long investigation, Housing Is A Human Right has found disturbing patterns in the housing coverage of Los Angeles Times reporter Liam Dillon. Most troubling, we discovered that Dillon repeatedly dismissed the housing justice movement in his...

Who’s Counting? How McKinsey Hyped California’s Housing Crisis

Feature, Housing, Legislation, Opinion

By Zelda Bronstein When Gavin Newsom was running for California governor in 2017, he famously vowed to “lead the effort to build the 3.5 million new housing units we need by 2025.” Newsom conceded that the goal was “audacious” but argued that “our solutions must be as...

New bill would let California’s attorney general jump into more housing fights

Bills, Housing, Legislation, Litigation

Construction workers work on a home at a housing development in Novato. Justin Sullivan/TNS As cities across California try to avoid complying with new state housing laws, Attorney General Rob Bonta is asking state legislators to give him another tool to rein in...