May 2024 Newsletter
Federal Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Awardees Announced
In April, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced the awardees of the federal Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GHGRF), a first-of-its-kind, national-scale program to mobilize financing and private capital to [...]
Narrow Supreme Court Decision on Impact Fees Leaves Ambiguity
On April 12, the Supreme Court issued its decision on the case of George Sheetz, who applied for a permit to place a manufactured house on his land in [...]
April Vienna Social Housing Trip Inspires Housing and Homelessness Delegates
Last month, 30+ West Coast delegates from the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, the Inland Empire, San Diego, and Portland, and sectors including philanthropy, government, research and academia, [...]
State Early Action Budget Update
In early April, Governor Newsom, Speaker Rivas (D-Salinas), and Senate pro tempore McGuire (D-Santa Rosa) announced an agreement on $17B of early actions to reduce the state’s budget shortfall [...]
What We’re Reading
Reports
Social Housing in California: Reinvigorating Housing Investment for the Social Good | Othering and Belonging Institute | April 2024
California Affordable Housing Pipeline Report | Enterprise Community Partners | April 2024
Modeling Inclusionary Zoning’s Impact on Housing Production in Los Angeles: Tradeoffs and Policy Implications | Terner Center for Housing Innovation | April 2024
California Affordable Housing Needs Report 2024 | California Housing Partnership | March 2024
The 2024 Economic Report of the President: Increasing the Supply of Affordable Housing | The White House | March 2024
A Well-Informed Start to 2024: BBK’s Guidance for New Laws in California – Housing Part Two | JD Supra | March 2024
The New American Dream | Entrata | March 2024
Articles
California bond could raise $10 billion for housing. Can it survive a state borrowing grab? | Sacramento Bee | April 15, 2024 (possibly paywalled)
California’s youngest lawmaker has a crazy plan to fix housing, and it just might work | The San Francisco Standard | April 11, 2024
Lessons from the American Rescue Plan Act to Inform the Proposed $20 Billion Innovation Fund for Housing Expansion | Urban Institute | April 8, 2024
These Californians just got protection from big rent hikes | CalMatters | April 5, 2024
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $20 Billion in Grants to Mobilize Private Capital and Deliver Clean Energy and Climate Solutions to Communities Across America | US Environmental Protection Agency | April 4, 2024
Multigenerational housing is coming back in a big way | Vox | April 1, 2024
Rep. Schiff proposes bill to turn government buildings into affordable housing | LA Daily News | April 2, 2024 (possibly paywalled)
Lawmakers in California can override local housing limits, state court rules | San Francisco Chronicle | April 1, 2024 (possibly paywalled)
Civic groups launch campaign to double L.A. County’s quarter-cent homelessness sales tax | LA Times | March 27, 2024 (possibly paywalled)
Soaring Property Insurance Rates Threaten Affordable Housing Development | Shelterforce | March 26, 2024