CalHDF Posts
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Interesting Hearings Week of May 6th
MAY 8th, 1:30 pm, 375 Beale St.: The MTC Policy Subcomittee is considering the state wide streamlining/ pro-housing bills. Here is the agenda. Here is an 11 page summary of many of the housing bills before the state this year. MAY 10th, 9:15 am, 375 Beale St.: The Joint MTC and ABAG Policy Subcommittee is
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Exclusivity is a luxury amenity
The Fair Housing Act turned 50 last year, and the community of housing scholars and activists continue to reflect on the progress not made since segregation because officially illegal. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development recently held a symposium on the 50th anniversary of the FHA. You can read all of the papers
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Emergency Criteria for SB 330
*** Non-partisan legislative analysis *** One of the housing bills being considered this year is SB 330. This is an interesting bill because parts of it attempt to reduce local control over building and permitting in cities that have demonstrated their inability to permit sufficient housing, but how can the state tell that a city
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What’s happening in Lafayette?
Way back in 2015 we filed a lawsuit against Lafayette, CA in an effort to compel the city to allow O’Brien Homes to build 315 apartments. 4 years later, O’Brien is on the path to building these apartments, but Lafayette neighbors are still fighting. Currently they are arguing that because 5 years have passed since
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We have shirts!
Long before CaRLA was on the scene, there was the Bay Area Renters’ Federation. And then BARF got a shirt! And then they stopped printing them. And then CaRLA started printing them! And now, you can acquire one! They are locally sourced from Alliance Graphics, a union print shop based here in the bay area.
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California’s Undocumented Homes
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SB 35 is working!
Los Altos is a wealthy suburban enclave in the Northwestern part of Santa Clara county. It has a population of just under 30,000 people and is comprised primarily of low-rise single family neighborhoods. A small portion of the city, Downton Los Altos, is zoned for non-residential and multifamily residential uses, though these are still subject
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SB 50: What cities are covered now?
Every city, at least somewhat. Recent amendments to SB 50 have put cities into 3 different categories: 1) Cities with population less than 50,000 in counties with population less than 600,000. 2) Cities with population more than 50,000 in counties with population less than 600,000 3) Cities and towns in counties with population greater than
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Read Our Annual Report for 2018
2018 was a big year for housing! Read our Annual Report to learn where CaRLA fit in: what we did, where we’re going, and why we’re recognized as the statewide expert on the Housing Accountability Act.