California, epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis, is finally getting a housing agency

Big changes ahead: D.C. housing policy is finally shifting

On Monday, April 21, 2025, I attended the Small Multifamily & Rental Owners Association’s Spring Summit, “Rent Burdened & the Fight for Reform,” held at Busboys and Poets on 14th Street, N.W. The event featured remarks from Mayor Muriel Bowser and Council member Robert White, Chair of the DC Council’s Housing Committee, who offered a timely update on his efforts to address the rental housing crisis. He was joined by Council member Matthew Frumin…

The Deception of Newsom's California: Biden Should Take Note - Real News Now

Gavin Newsom, presented as a shining example of governance for the rest of the nation, represents a contrasting reality. Undeniably, Newsom’s rule stands as an exemplar– a vivid demonstration of the damage that mismanagement, betrayal of vows, and ideological smugness can wreak on a prosperous region like California. The origins of this critique can be traced back to California’s enduring homeless problem. Since 2005, California has consistently…

Gavin Newsom’s California: A cautionary tale, not a national blueprint

Gavin Newsom would like the rest of America to believe that California is the model for the nation. And in a way, he’s right. California is a model — of how poor leadership, broken promises, and ideological arrogance can take a state from prosperity to dysfunction. Let’s start with homelessness. California has had the highest per capita homeless population in America since 2005. Nearly one in four homeless Americans lives in California. This did…

California creating new agency to focus solely on housing and homelessness

The restructuring aims to bring more focused attention to housing challenges by separating those responsibilities into their own department.

Fresh off testing presidential waters, Newsom announces new housing and homelessness agency

Gov. Gavin Newsom, fresh off a trip to South Carolina to test his political appeal ahead of a likely presidential run, announced Friday that California is creating a new agency to consolidate the state’s efforts to confront two of its most pressing challenges: lowering housing costs and helping people off the streets. The California Housing and Homelessness Agency, which state lawmakers approved earlier this month, will combine multiple existing…

The Abundance Plan: Cut Red Tape With More Paperwork

So-called abundance Democrats claim to want to slash bureaucratic processes to encourage construction and affordable housing. But in California, an abundance-aligned lawmaker and abundance-touting housing proponents are pushing a bill that would add massive red tape for affordable housing funding and other building projects by requiring municipalities to conduct onerous studies before they can even propose ballot measures to raise taxes on prope…