It seems everyone in the state wants more housing, but not necessarily in their own backyards.
The city’s housing plan may not create the integrated and balanced communities that state law requires.
Disappointing numbers call into question the state’s market-based prescription for resolving the housing shortage.
A Capital & Main investigation finds the city's fair housing programs are littered with problems.
California's efforts to tackle its housing crisis may be headed for trouble at the local level.
The debate around SB 9 centers on equity, social justice, affordability — and whether it benefits residents or developers.
The city of Clovis was found to be in violation of state housing laws.
An improbable vanguard of poor people is "reclaiming" vacant homes -- forcing policymakers to rethink affordable housing strategies.
Clovis may be the San Joaquin Valley’s most desirable community. It's also largely white and with very little low income housing available.
Rent control polls well among Californians, but statewide and local initiatives were no match for an avalanche of real estate industry cash.
"Plain folks" in ads warn against rent control – but a corporate-funded campaign by the real estate industry raises pay-to-play questions.
When Silicon Valley rents came north, Santa Rosa passed a rent control ordinance. Then the real estate industry went to war.
The real estate industry is a powerhouse opponent of rent control in California politics. But tenant activists are upping their electoral game.
Despite California's epic affordable housing crisis, many state legislators from the dominant party are beholden to real estate interests.
A November initiative is the latest battle in a long war that has driven housing costs in the Golden State exorbitantly high.
Despite warnings from public health experts, ICE still holds nearly 35,000 detainees in close quarters.
An eviction ban failed by a single vote when two council members recused themselves because of what they said were conflicts of interest.
L.A.’s City Council will vote on a far-reaching aid package for workers and renters. Business groups are fighting the plan.
Even as Californians are ordered to shelter in place, renters face the prospect of homelessness.
Sanders proposes to raise the national hourly minimum wage, make joining unions easier and to close gender pay gaps. He also promises to fix "a broken...