Housing

Council Advocacy Helps Move Housing Legislation Forward image

Council Advocacy Helps Move Housing Legislation Forward

In a divide and conquer strategy, the Bay Area Council housing policy team this week zigzagged through the Capitol going from hearing to hearing to...
Major Housing Contributions Underscores the Need for State Action image

Major Housing Contributions Underscores the Need for State Action

Google announced a $1 billion contribution towards the housing crisis, aiming to deliver 20,000 Bay Area homes. Days later, Stanford rivaled with a...
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Council Endorses Stanford University Expansion Plan

Stanford University, the fountainhead for Silicon Valley innovation, is advancing a bold, 20-year vision for expanding the campus to maintain its g...
Major Setback for Ambitious Housing Reform Bill image

Major Setback for Ambitious Housing Reform Bill

Ambitious legislation that would have dramatically eased local zoning and removed other regulatory barriers to allow for more housing near jobs and...
Council Launches Statewide Casita Coalition to Promote ADUs image

Council Launches Statewide Casita Coalition to Promote ADUs

The Bay Area Council has launched a new statewide coalition to expand construction of accessory dwelling units, aka “casitas.” The Casita Coali...
Council Takes Positions on Numerous Housing Bills image

Council Takes Positions on Numerous Housing Bills

The Bay Area Council’s Housing Committee met this week to determine positions on a raft of state housing bills. The meeting in Cupertino, an appr...
Big Week in Sacramento for Council-Supported Legislation image

Big Week in Sacramento for Council-Supported Legislation

Fanning out across hearing rooms in the state capitol, Bay Area Council policy leaders this week testified in support of five housing bills that al...
Key Housing Bills Clear First Hurdle image

Key Housing Bills Clear First Hurdle

Key legislation the Bay Area Council supports to address California’s housing crisis cleared an important first hurdle this week in Sacramento. S...
Homelessness: Causes, Consequences and Solutions image

Homelessness: Causes, Consequences and Solutions

The Bay Area has one of the largest and least sheltered homeless populations in the United States, but does little to coordinate resources at a reg...
Council Sponsors Housing Legislation to Address Missing Middle image

Council Sponsors Housing Legislation to Address Missing Middle

State lawmakers are working furiously to push a suite of housing legislation encompassing over 200 bills and secure endorsements ahead of committe...
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