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Homeless Housing Legislation Clears Major Hurdle

Apr 21 2023

With an estimated 170,000 Californians experiencing homelessness on any given day, it’scritical that we find fast, affordable housing solutions. ...

SF State Breaks Ground on New Affordable Student Housing

Apr 14 2023

San Francisco State University this week broke ground on its West Campus Green project, which includes a first-year residence hall with 750 afforda...

Council-Backed Housing Bills Move Forward

Apr 14 2023

The Bay Area Council’s housing bills are all doing well as the Legislature holds its first round of hearings. This week the Assembly Housing Comm...

Please Permit Us to End Onerous Housing Permit Review

Mar 24 2023

With the Legislative session briskly underway, the Bay Area Council is excited that our priority housing streamlining bill (AB 1114) by Assemblymem...

About Time! CA Supreme Court Tosses Abusive CEQA Lawsuit; Clears Way for Lafayette Housing

Mar 17 2023

While the news was good, even if it took so long, for a 315-unit housing project in Lafayette (item above), a report by the University of Californi...

Council-Sponsored Bill Seeks to Accelerate Housing Permitting in San Francisco

Feb 24 2023

San Francisco is one of the only jurisdictions in the country that requires developers to go through arduous and discretionary permitting processes...

Majority of Bay Area Cities Shirk Housing Deadline

Feb 3 2023

A majority of Bay Area cities and counties this week struggled to meet a deadline for submitting plans required by the state to show how they will ...

Council Celebrates Ruling for Livermore 100% Affordable Housing Project

Jan 20 2023

A rabid anti-housing group in Livermore recently got a solid beat down in its lawsuit opposing a 100% affordable housing project by Bay Area Counci...

CEQA Court Case Could Be Unmitigated Disaster for California’s Housing Crisis

Jan 13 2023

The stakes could not be higher for addressing California’s historic housing shortage and affordability crisis than the outcome of a court case hi...

Building Support for More U.S. Investment in Housing

Dec 16 2022

The Bay Area Council and 30 of our members met this week with Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg to hear more about ...

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