Recent Newsletters
Dozens of Priority Housing Bills Move Forward
Dozens of Priority Housing Bills Move Forward Jacqueline Woo, Senior Associate Dozens of bills that address the State’s housing and homelessness needs met the deadline of June 2nd to move out of [...]
Controversial Homeless Bills Fail to Move Forward
Controversial Homeless Bills Fail to Move Forward Yelba Carrillo, Principal Two bills that seek to address the State’s homeless crisis did not make it through committee this year, though the authors will [...]
LACAHSA Takes its First Steps
On May 18th, the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACAHSA) held its first board meeting with all five County Supervisors and elected representatives from all 88 cities in attendance, an important milestone [...]
Governor Releases May Revise
Housing advocates were pleased to see that Governor Newsom’s May Revise (which changes his budget proposal to reflect new revenue projections) would have a relatively small impact on funding for housing and homelessness. Key [...]
Mayors Call for $2 Billion in State Funding for Homelessness
In the middle of a challenging budget process, 13 large city mayors called on Governor Newsom to provide $2 billion in annual, ongoing funding for the Homelessness Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HHAP) grant program [...]
Debt Ceiling/Budget Update
There is some good news to report. Federal spending for nondefense discretionary programs, including housing and homelessness, appears to hold steady in the debt ceiling agreement reached late last week. The deal caps discretionary [...]