Newly elected state Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris said Monday she is trying to negotiate an end to a potentially costly legal battle in California’s housing lawsuit against Huntington Beach and said the city should get more time to comply with state requirements.

Habitat For Humanity built a bedroom in front of the State Capitol Wednesday as they prepared to speak with legislators about affordable housing in the state.

Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that the state is taking first-of-its-kind legal action against a city for standing in the way of affordable housing production and refusing to meet regional housing needs — local actions that harm California families’ ability to find affordable places to live and drive up housing costs for everyone...

When families don’t have stable housing, their risk of struggling with poor health outcomes and material hardships, such as food insecurity, increases, according to a new study from Children’s HealthWatch. Researchers surveyed over 22,000 families and found that one third of low-income renters were housing unstable, which was associated with negative impacts on their health.