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Governor’s Proposed Housing Investments in 2022-2023 Budget

Jan 28 2022

Governor Newsom’s proposed 2022-2023 budget lays out his priorities for tackling the state’s housing crisis and includes $2 billion to...

Council-Endorsed Housing Development in Alameda Wins Preliminary Approval

Jan 21 2022

This week (Jan. 18) the Alameda City Council on a 4-1 vote moved ahead with the approval process for a 589-unit mixed use project proposed by Tim L...

Council-Endorsed Housing Development in Daly City Wins Preliminary Approval

Jan 14 2022

The Daly City City Council last week gave an initial OK to 1,200 units of new housing as part of a larger development the Bay Area Council had endo...

Council-Sponsored Reforms Tighten Screws on Cities to Produce Housing

Jan 7 2022

It was supposed to be the blueprint for meeting the Bay Area’s housing needs. But it was barely worth the paper it was printed on. For years, the...

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks Appointed Housing Committee Chair

Dec 10 2021

California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon this week (Dec. 7) appointed East Bay Assemblymember Buffy Wicks Chair of the Assembly Housing Committee...

Ten Years On, an East Bay Housing Project Poised to Move Forward

Nov 12 2021

When Bay Area Council Senior Vice President Matt Regan first testified in support of a 315-unit housing project in Lafayette in 2011, his daughter ...

Big Housing Wins, But Much More to Do

Nov 5 2021

This week, the Bay Area Council’s Housing Committee led a discussion with state leaders on their priorities for housing reform in 2022 and how ne...

Economists Target Restrictive Zoning in Housing Crisis

Sep 3 2021

A report this week by the White House Council of Economic Advisors came at just the right time as two bills the Bay Area Council supported to ease ...

Big Win for Housing

Aug 27 2021

Breaking the stranglehold of single-family zoning on California’s housing landscape has long been seen as a critical part of addressing the state...

Housing and Homelessness Committees Meet

Aug 20 2021

The Bay Area Council’s Housing and Homelessness Committees this week welcomed Dr. U.S. Housing and Urban Development Senior Advisor Richard Cho a...

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