The City of Oakland has received a Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) 2.0 grant of $10 million to support housing, infrastructure, streetscape, and transit access for...
Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature reached an agreement on a state budget totaling $310.8 billion for the 2023-24 fiscal year. It came into...
The State of California has approved the County of Marin’s plan to meet housing needs through 2032 and comply with state housing policies. The California Department...
Losing income is the No. 1 reason Californians end up homeless -- and the vast majority of them say a subsidy of as little as $300...
The City of Richmond hopes to acquire the Motel 6 near Civic Center Plaza in order to convert the hotel into permanent supportive housing for people...
Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas, joined by members of the Oakland Council’s Budget Team, this week released amendments to the city’s 2023-2025 Proposed Budget. At its...
It's hard to know just how many builder's remedy projects have been filed across the state. YIMBY Law, a legal advocacy group that sues municipalities for...
At Tuesday's meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton called a plan to close 118 shelter beds at the Port...
As members of the Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy (FAME) and the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4H) we have created a Moral Budget Platform...
The state has spent billions of dollars on homelessness in recent years. So why is the crisis getting worse instead of better? That's what a bipartisan...
One Silicon Valley lawmaker wants the state to get into the housing market to assist residents in the "missing middle" — comprising those who earn too...
The city is taking the wrong approach to getting unsheltered people off San Francisco streets, according to a citizen group that believes an alternative approach would...
In a city struggling under the weight of a federal injunction that prevents removal of tent encampments because of a shortage of shelter beds, one might...
Food security advocates, policymakers, and others had been warning of the dire consequences to those most in need if Congress chose to halt the extra allotments...
For the second time in as many years, Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for major reform of California's mental health system, this time by overhauling the...
The Public Policy Institute of California is reporting that absenteeism is on the rise among all students in California, and Black children are among the top...
Citing a misguided legal maneuver by city attorneys, a federal magistrate judge late Monday denied a motion by the city of San Francisco to suspend a...
A San Francisco supervisor is calling for a hearing to find solutions to problems within the city's affordable housing production team. Supervisor Dean Preston requested the...
In this economy, who has enough money for a down payment on a house? Despite a projected $25 billion budget deficit, the state of California does....
The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) has launched its annual Frederick Roberts Scholarship Program for college-level study. “We invite our community partners to share this scholarship...
Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a request Tuesday for a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for nine California counties, including Monterey County. If approved, the move will pave...
Landlords held a protest this week at an Oakland City Council meeting calling for an end to the city’s eviction moratorium protection, one of the strongest...
Last week, California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom announced five cities — Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Long Beach, and Fresno — have signed...
Local municipalities around the U.S. now have a road map to pursue housing reform through a first-of-its kind database created by the Terner Center for Housing...
A large community of unhoused people have been living in an empty lot at 1707 Wood Street. The city of Oakland would like to remove them...
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