Why We’re Suing San Francisco: Holding the City Accountable on Housing
After repeated warnings that went unheeded, CalHDF is taking San Francisco to court. Here’s why we had no choice. Yesterday, the California Housing Defense Fund, alongside our partners Californians for Homeownership and YIMBY Law, filed a lawsuit against San Francisco. This wasn’t a decision we made lightly. For over a year, we and other housing […]
Job Opportunity: Legal Intern
Update: As of February 18, 2026, CalHDF is no longer accepting applications for this position. The California Housing Defense Fund (“CalHDF”) is seeking a legal intern for the summer of 2026. The legal intern will assist with CalHDF’s work to enforce California’s pro-housing laws against NIMBY jurisdictions. CalHDF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission […]
Job Opportunity: Legal Intern
CalHDF IS NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION AS OF MARCH 2025 CalHDF is seeking a legal intern for the summer of 2025. The legal intern will assist with CalHDF’s work to enforce California’s pro-housing laws against NIMBY jurisdictions. CalHDF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to ensure more housing is built […]
How Cities Try to Use Deed Restrictions to Suppress Housing Construction, and Why They Should Fail
In recent years, the California state legislature has passed numerous laws aimed at increasing the state’s housing supply. Some of these laws are incremental; some are more ambitious. Nearly all of them focus in some way or another on restricting local governments’ power to limit or increase the cost of housing construction – a power […]