State Government California Lawmakers Consider Next Year's Housing Priorities October 3, 2017 | Ben Bradford Days after Governor Jerry Brown signed a package of bills to address California's high housing costs, lawmakers are already discussing more changes to bring down home prices—particularly for the middle-class. Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki Gonzalez The View From Here: Housing Crisis Stories October 3, 2017 | Cody Drabble Two people featured in The View From Here: Place And Privilege join Beth Ruyak in studio to share personal stories and observations about the affordable housing crisis in California. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State Government California Will Strengthen "Anti-NIMBY Act" As Part Of Housing Package September 28, 2017 | Ben Adler Gov. Jerry Brown will sign a package of bills Friday that seek to address California’s exorbitant housing costs. One piece that’s flown below the radar would make it harder for cities and counties to evade state housing mandates. Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki Gonzalez Senator Toni Atkins On Affordable Housing September 26, 2017 | Cody Drabble Senator Toni Atkins has been trying for almost a decade to pass permanent funding for affordable housing in California, and in the last week of the legislative session she sent S.B. 2 to Governor Brown's desk. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Hepatitis A Outbreak Among Homeless Has Sacramento Health Officials On Alert September 25, 2017 | Sammy Caiola San Diego, Los Angeles, and Santa Cruz are all seeing high Hepatitis A numbers, especially among the homeless. Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State Government Many Californians Considering Moving Due To Housing Costs September 19, 2017 | Ben Adler California housing costs are driving more than half of registered voters to consider moving and a quarter of them to look at leaving the state, according to a new U.C. Berkeley poll. Listen / Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki Gonzalez Short Supply Drives The Affordable Housing Crunch September 19, 2017 | Cody Drabble A big part of the affordable housing crisis is that the demand is so much greater than the supply. Bernadette Austin from UC Davis Center for Regional Change and Tyrone Buckley from Housing California discuss the impact of new housing laws on supply. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The View From Here Place And Privilege: Whatever It Takes September 19, 2017 In the final episode of the Place and Privilege podcast, Cosmo Garvin examines Sacramento’s 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness. Hint: we’re in year 11. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State Government The Basics On California Lawmakers' Housing Proposals September 15, 2017 California lawmakers approved and Gov. Jerry Brown signed a package of bills designed to address the state's housing crisis. Here's what you need to know about each proposal.
Business Modesto's Home Flipping Rate Rises, Bucking National Trend September 14, 2017 | Steve Milne Modesto has one of the highest home flipping rates in the United States. Analysts say flippers like Modesto because it still has a lot of low-priced housing available. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Mayors Darrell Steinberg And Michael Tubbs On Addressing HomelessnessJanuary 14, 2020In Gov. Newsom’s new budget there’s a major push to fund initiatives to address the state’s homelessness crisis. Cities and counties will be required to partner with the state in this effort. Two mayors discuss what they hope to do. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Wave Of New Housing Laws Set To Take Effect This YearJanuary 8, 2020New state laws are set to take effect, all related to some aspect of housing: from prohibiting landlords rejecting tenants who use vouchers, to easing construction of granny flats, to the building of high density housing near jobs and transit. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Sacramento Explores Tiny Homes As A Partial Solution to HomelessnessOctober 30, 2019In an appearance on Insight last week, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg unveiled a proposal for a future campus of tiny homes to begin to address housing the City’s burgeoning homeless population. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
California Lawmakers Tackle Housing Issues Impacting RentersJune 10, 2019CALmatters Data and Housing Reporter Matt Levin looks at how renters fared in the current legislative session: what bills were discussed, which ones died and what survived. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
California Dream: The Cost Of Living In CaliforniaMay 8, 2018Why does it cost so much to live in California? CALmatters data reporter Matt Levin explains why housing costs are so high. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.