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California’s Housing Budget Is a Wrap. Here’s What’s Inside.

July 1, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders agreed to spend a fresh $2 billion to combat the state’s housing and homelessness woes. Democratic lawmakers and the new governor settled relatively quickly on the amount — which advocates say is the biggest in recent ...

Photo of a homeless man and his dog in New York City

Cities Pledge to Find Solutions to California’s Homeless Crisis

CALmatters

June 18, 2019

With homelessness worsening, Californians are rightly frustrated that our state, with its abundance of wealth and resources, has not made better progress in helping people get off the streets and into housing. ...

Helping Define What It Means to Be ‘Made in California’

CALmatters

June 16, 2019

Let me start with an admission: government officials — at all levels — don’t do a good job of engaging the public as we grapple with big, complex challenges. Lenny Mendonca Special to CALmatters ...

California Lawmakers OK $213 Billion Budget. Here’s What’s Inside.

AP News

June 13, 2019

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers on Thursday approved a $214.8 billion operating budget, sending the plan to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk with a focus on expanding access to health insurance while spending billions of new money on homelessness and housing. New...

Walters: Politicians Missing in Action on Housing Shortage

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

June 6, 2019

When the year began, the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom had just two must-do jobs – pass a state budget and do something meaningful about the state’s chronic and corrosive shortage of housing. Dan...

California Has Housing Crisis, Legislature Has No Fix Yet

AP News

June 4, 2019

SACRAMENTO — Crisis. Emergency. California lawmakers are describing the state’s housing crunch in dire terms. But few seem to agree on what to do about it. The political wrangling over the last few weeks ...

Walters: Can California Crack Its Housing Nut?

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

May 19, 2019

The state Department of Finance reported this month that California, which has a stubborn and growing shortage of housing, added just 77,000 houses, apartments and condos in 2018. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary “California is h...

Aerial overview of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta

Key Conflicts Roil California’s Ever-Evolving Waterscape

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

May 17, 2019

As 2018 was winding down, one of California’s leading newspapers suggested, via a front-page, banner-headlined article, that the drought that had plagued the state for much of this decade may be returning. J...

Mayor Says Clovis Should be No. 1 City for Medical Care

David Taub

May 9, 2019

Citing examples such as the dramatic expansion of Clovis Community Medical Center, the city's mayor said he wants to turn his community into the Valley's "medical care destination." Mayor Drew Bessinger poi...

Single Family Zoning Could Disappear Under State Housing Bill

AP News

April 25, 2019

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers advanced a proposal Wednesday to spur more housing near transportation and jobs and make it easier to turn single-family homes into fourplexes as the state grapples with a lack of affordable housing. "What works for downtow...

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California’s Struggle to Get Food Stamps to the Hungry

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California’s Housing Budget Is a Wrap. Here’s What’s Inside.

Cities Pledge to Find Solutions to California’s Homeless Crisis

Helping Define What It Means to Be ‘Made in California’

California Lawmakers OK $213 Billion Budget. Here’s What’s Inside.

Walters: Politicians Missing in Action on Housing Shortage

California Has Housing Crisis, Legislature Has No Fix Yet

Walters: Can California Crack Its Housing Nut?

Key Conflicts Roil California’s Ever-Evolving Waterscape

Mayor Says Clovis Should be No. 1 City for Medical Care

Single Family Zoning Could Disappear Under State Housing Bill

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