Posts Tagged: housing
News
Panelists grappled with California’s housing crisis Tuesday at Capitol Weekly’s first conference of 2026, painting a discouraging picture of the current state of affairs in the Golden State. Panels explored permitting reform, the impact of environmental concerns and new ideas for addressing affordability, punctuated by a keynote address from Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), who acknowledged the loads of work that still needs to be done but also sounded an optimistic note that things could improve in California.
News
The lack of enough affordable housing has plagued California for decades. Can factory-built homes be at least part of the solution? A growing number of housing advocates believe the answer is yes.
Opinion
OPINION – California has spent too long treating our most pressing challenges as unsolvable. Housing isn’t unsolvable. It requires political courage, creative policy, and a willingness to use every available tool.
Opinion
OPINION – California still lacks a clear, enforceable, statewide certification for recovery residences—one that is distinct from treatment and grounded in nationally recognized standards. Without that clarity, recovery housing exists in a policy gray zone.
Opinion
OPINION – The struggle against veteran homelessness across the country—more so in California—continues to expose critical gaps between national progress and local reality.
Opinion
OPINION – The 2025 legislative session reflected both the complexity and potential of doing business in California. Though not all doom and gloom, Sacramento has much more work ahead to ensure our state remains a place where businesses, families and communities can thrive.
Opinion
OPINION – Tucked away in Trump’s massive legislation is a small silver lining: A historic boost to federal housing tax credits that can help double California’s affordable housing production—and offset some of the pain this legislation will cause.
Opinion
OPINION – The California Legislature recently passed a controversial new law buried in an affordable housing budget trailer bill, known as AB 130. Legislators claim “zombie” subordinate mortgage provisions protect consumers. Unfortunately, what lawmakers passed hurts their constituents.
Capitol Briefs
It has been a big budget week, with lots of ups and downs. In today’s briefs we look at some of those as well as a few more happenings in and around the Capitol.
Opinion
OPINION – Instead of addressing the root causes of rising rental prices, lawmakers are targeting so-called “artificial intelligence” algorithms used in rental pricing software.
Capitol Weekly Editor Rich Ehisen interviews Asm. Buffy Wicks at a Conference on Housing, Feb. 24, 2026 in Sacramento. Photo by Joha Harrison
