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Newsom Urges California Cities and Counties to Ban Homeless Encampments

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday urged California’s local governments to clear homeless encampments, escalating the st...
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California waits for President Donald Trump at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Jan. 24, 2025. Newsom and the state’s attorney general plan to sue President Trump on Wednesday to try to stop his flurry of tariffs, accusing the president of taking unlawful action to escalate a global trade war that has caused “immediate and irreparable harm” to the state’s economy. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Newsom Urges California Cities and Counties to Ban Homeless Encampments

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday urged California’s local governments to clear homeless encampments, escalating the st...

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Average US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Steady at 6.76%, Near Highest Levels This Year

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State Center Trustees Turn Deaf Ear to Backers of Downtown Student Housing

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Some Fresno councilmembers are calling the city’s Southeast Development Area plan the biggest decision any of them will make. “M...

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Assemblymember Joe Patterson speaks at a press conference before a swearing-in ceremony for newly elected Republican representatives at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Dec. 5, 2022. Photo by Rahul Lal, CalMatters

California Lawmakers Kill Bid to Force HOAs to Follow Open Meeting Laws

Ryan Sabalow CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Republican Assemblymember Joe Patt...

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A worker stands atop a home being rebuilt after the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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California’s Multifamily Housing Production Costs Soar Above Other States

California’s multifamily housing production costs dramatically exceed those in Texas and Colorado, creating barriers to affordable hou...

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A construction worker pauses for a rest as he helps build residential homes in Irvine, California, U.S., March 28, 2025. (REUTERS/Mike Blake/File photo)

US Pending Home Sales Post Biggest Gain in More Than a Year

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes surged by the most in more than a year in March, boosted by a decl...

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