How do California Senate candidates plan on tackling housing affordability?
Teresa Ramos’ day starts at the crack of dawn when many in the American workforce are still sound asleep. She’s out the door by 6 a.m., and when the days …
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Just 15% of Californians can afford a home, lowest rate in 16 years
“Swift swings” takes a quick peek at one economic trend. The number: Just how unaffordable is California housing? The share of folks who can afford to buy hit a 16-year …
Seven in 10 Californians say kids growing up there will be worse off
By Laura Curtis | Bloomberg Seven out of 10 Californians think kids growing up in the Golden State will be financially worse off than their parents, according to a statewide …
LA hosts U.S. Conference of Mayors to address homelessness – Daily News
City leaders from across the country arrived in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov. 8, for a two-day U.S. Conference of Mayors gathering to discuss the challenges in addressing homelessness. The …
Quebec finance minister unveils plan to address hunger, homelessness and climate change
With economic growth slowing dramatically, Quebec intends to take a targeted approach to pressing social issues like food insecurity and the housing crisis, Finance Minister Eric Girard announced in an …
Homeless shelters break ground in Palo Alto, Richmond
Construction is underway on two new homeless shelters in the Bay Area — a prefabricated project in Palo Alto for more than 200 people and a tiny home village in …
Why two Bay Area cities are falling behind in housing
Why can’t California build enough housing to meet its demand, even though the state’s population is declining? The state Department of Housing and Community Development was recommending that the state build …
Tech moguls used ‘strong-armed’ tactics to buy Bay Area land for secret city, farmers say
By Nadia Lopez | Bloomberg A group of landowners say a Silicon Valley-backed company trying to build a sustainable city northeast of San Francisco used unfair and “strong-armed” tactics to …
LA supervisors demand answers about delay in landlord-relief program – Daily News
Two Los Angeles County supervisors on Monday called for an audit to determine why a rent-relief program for small property owners who are owed back rent accumulated during the COVID-19 …
A ‘tsunami’ of cases as Alameda County eviction moratorium ends
One is spending all her money on a messy divorce. One was shot in the foot and couldn’t collect his disability check. More than one lost a job to the …