September 15, 2017

Courthouse News: Massive Affordable Housing Package Headed to California Governor

Recognizing that the affordable housing market crisis in California requires immediate attention, California lawmakers passed a flurry of bills Friday that…
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September 15, 2017

Beacon Employment Report: California Job Growth Continues to Slow

The slowdown in California’s labor market is continuing, according to an analysis released jointly by Beacon Economics and the UCR School of…
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September 14, 2017

Urbanland: How States and Cities Can Find Common Ground to Expand Housing Choice and Opportunity

State governments, in partnership with cities and other local jurisdictions, can and should do more to promote housing development and choice…
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September 14, 2017

Los Angeles times: State Lawmakers Advance Major Housing Bills, Including a $75 Fee on Refinancing

Legislators in the Assembly passed Senate Bill 2, a $75 fee on mortgage refinances and other real estate transactions except for…
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September 13, 2017

KQED: One in Five Californians Live in Poverty

About 20 percent of Californians lived below the Census’ “supplemental” poverty measure from 2014 to 2016, according to data released by the Bureau…
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September 13, 2017

CALmatters: Should California Look to Massachusetts to Fix Its Housing Crisis?

For more than 40 years, Massachusetts’ signature affordable housing policy-Massachusetts “40B”-has served as a model for how states can motivate and sometimes bully…
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