State Sen. Mike McGuire, whose district includes Marin, and Sen. Jim Beall, D-San Jose, plan to introduce a bill this month to address California’s critical shortage of workforce affordable housing while also differentiating between the needs of rural, suburban and urban communities.

It is no secret that the Bay Area is in the midst of a housing crisis. The Chronicle is filled each week with stories that contrast the impossible-to-ignore plight of the homeless with the eye-watering cost of market-rate homes.

Republican John Cox and Democrat Gavin Newsom – finalists in the race for the state’s top job, which voters will decide in November – agreed in a recent forum that the pervasive lack of affordable housing is California’s number-one issue.

Maureen Sedonaen, President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco can finally announce that they will be breaking ground on a 20 unit development in Redwood City. It was a long road to get to this point, with a California Environmental Quality Act lawsuit stalling the project for over 2 years, Maureen explains the challenges and hurdles the organization faced in her Guest Opinion piece now running in the San Francisco Business Journal. Read the Article...