AP: Governor Says California's Budget Deficit Has Grown To Nearly $32 Billion

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AP: Governor Says California’s Budget Deficit Has Grown To Nearly $32 Billion

May 12, 2023 – The AP’s Adam Beam covers Governor Newsom’s May Budget Revision. The article quotes Director of Legislative Affairs Michelle Pariset:

“Its disappointing that the governor is not taking bigger measures to fight California’s worsening housing crisis,” said Michelle Pariset, director of legislative affairs for Public Advocates, a nonprofit law firm and advocacy group. “Until we address the housing issues in our communities at the scale of the problem, we will see more and more of our neighbors struggling, displaced and pushed into homelessness.”

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Newsweek: California Housing Market Could Change Under New Bill

Even in cities building housing at scale, lower-income renters are being left behind and paying more. Newsweek reports on Public Advocates' co-sponsorship of SB 1091, a bill that would convert existing market-rate units into long-term affordable homes—putting state resources directly in the hands of the communities hardest hit by decades of redlining and disinvestment.

SF GATE: Calif.’s newest homelessness solution is letting college kids sleep in their cars

Public Advocates' Director of Legislative Affairs Michelle Pariset, speaks to the Sacramento Bee about this year's unusually hard advocacy to get stronger protections for renters in the most expensive state to rent, particularly as legislators speak out about making affordability concerns top priority.

The Sacramento Bee: Bills to help Ca renters didn’t get to Newsom’s desk in 2025. Which ones and why?

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