Marketing & Communications Intern
CalHDF is a non-profit housing organization that uses legal advocacy and education to hold cities accountable and get housing built. If you have a love of housing, messaging, design, and word play, we can use your help. CalHDF is working on upping our public profile going through a rebranding, redesign, and rethinking of our public-facing […]
CalHDF and Pro-Housing Legal Allies File Housing Element Lawsuits against Cities and Counties across Bay Area
In response to the widespread failure by Bay Area cities and counties to meet the January 31 deadline for adopting their sixth cycle housing element updates, three California pro-housing legal nonprofits are announcing an effort to sue cities across the region. As of Friday, February 3, 2023, Californians for Homeownership, California Housing Defense Fund, and […]
CaRLA is Now CalHDF
What’s in a name? A LOT if it leads to confusion. While our mission is to advocate and educate legally on behalf of California renters, we didn’t think California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund accurately portrayed our mission or our work – and it was also a mouthful even for us. So it is […]
CaRLA is Suing Santa Clara County over NIMBY Zoning
On Thursday, September 15, 2022, CaRLA joined with co-petitioner Kenneth Shotts, a political scientist at Stanford, to sue Santa Clara County for their illegal downzoning of the newly created Upper San Juan Residential District (SJRD), an area right outside of Stanford in the unincorporated area of Santa Clara County. The Board caved to NIMBY outrage […]
The Gates that Parks Create: Fremont’s Parks Impact Fees
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The Surf City Saga *Finally* Comes to an End
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]In a 6-to-1 vote on Tuesday night, the Huntington Beach City Council finally approved the 48 zoning-compliant condominiums we’ve been fighting over for nearly two years. All it took was a lawsuit, a trial court decision, a reversal of the decision, […]
Courtney Welch Joins CaRLA as Planning & Investigations Director
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”3px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] CaRLA is excited to announce Courtney Welch has joined the CaRLA team in our newly created position of Director of Planning & Investigation. She brings a wealth of experience in housing advocacy and practice, and has already hit the […]
Celebrating One Hell of a Ride at the CaRLA 2021 Gala
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CaRLA Announces the End of the Year Departure of Victoria Fierce
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”] CaRLA is both happy and sad to announce the end of the year departure of our Director of Operations Victoria Fierce. As a three-person nonprofit, CaRLA is a close knit team and Victoria’s departure at the end of December brings both sadness at the […]
Victory Alert – Huntington Beach
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”] CaRLA is happy to announce another fresh victory in a string of significant rulings in favor of housing. If you haven’t been following the Huntington Beach saga, it is finally coming to an end, and the series finale has a surprising conclusion. We were […]