by jpitney | Apr 12, 2024 | California Politics, Housing
Marisa Kendall at CalMatters: Exactly how much is California spending to combat homelessness — and is it working? It turns out, no one knows. That’s the result of a much-anticipated statewide audit released Tuesday, which calls into question the state’s ability to...
by jpitney | Mar 16, 2024 | California Politics, Housing
As of the morning of March 16, Prop 1 leads by fewer than 20,000 votes statewide, with about 287,000 left to count. George Skelton at LAT: Gov. Gavin Newsom should have learned this four years ago: You don’t try to sell voters on more government spending in a primary...
by jpitney | Dec 13, 2023 | Bureaucracy, California Politics, Housing, Inequality
Will Parker and Christine Mai-Duc at WSJ: A Los Angeles nonprofit was given government land in January 2007 to build a few dozen units of affordable housing. They’re finally hoping to open the building next year. Lorena Plaza, a 49-unit development rising in the...
by jpitney | Jul 9, 2023 | California Politics, Housing, Texas
Marisa Kendall at CalMatters: Texas as a whole last year recorded a 28% drop in homelessness since 2012, while California’s homeless population grew by 43% over the same period. In Texas, 81 people are homeless for every 100,000 residents. In California, the rate is...
by jpitney | Feb 12, 2023 | Housing, Uncategorized
Senator Tim Scott at a U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on the state of housing, For decades, Washington’s response to housing challenges has simply been more spending. We need to end this cycle and stop spinning our wheels. While...
by jpitney | Dec 27, 2022 | California Politics, Census, Demographics, Housing, Population
Marc Sternfield at KTLA: California will always be a popular destination for tourists and those looking to move away from extreme seasonal weather in other parts of the country. The state’s population, however, continues to decline, according to the latest data from...
