Updated Analysis of Governor Newsom’s Executive Order on Evictions in California
From Western Center on Law & Poverty, Disability Rights California and California Rural Legal Assistance Updated Analysis of CA Gov Eviction Executive Order
Washington Post: While the Bay Area shelters in place, construction on mansions and luxury condos continues
Nitasha Tiku of the Washington Post reports that the construction of mansions and other luxury housing is continuing in the S.F. Bay Area despite the shelter in place order intended to slow the [...]
Court Rules That City Isn’t Exempt From Surplus Land Act
Bay City News reports on the Appeals Court ruling last week that charter cities are not exempt from the state law known as the Surplus Land Act when they’re deciding what to do with public [...]
Will rent control and other tenant bills get through the capitol this time?
Matt Levin of CalMatters and Liam Dillon of the Los Angeles Times, co-host Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast. Featured are Michelle Pariset of Public Advocates and Assemblyman [...]
California’s rent control initiative was crushed in the election. Don’t expect the issue to go away
November 8, 2018 – Liam Dillon of the Los Angeles Times writes about next steps for tenant advocates after Proposition 10 failed to pass. Proposition 10 would have repealed Costa-Hawkins, a [...]
Sacramento inches closer to rent control. But which competing proposal will win?
Tony Bizjak reports for the Sacramento Bee that the city is coming closer to passing rent control with competing proposals. Public Advocates’ Michelle Pariset is quoted. Sacramento [...]
On June 26, Oakland City Council Faces Crucial Decision on Public Land
The Oakland City Council’s Community & Economic Development Committee is voting on what to do with unused public land — a decision that will have a profound impact on the housing crisis in [...]
BART Votes Conditional Support for SB 827
March 23, 2018 – Zelda Bronstein of the Daily Berkeley Planet writes about the BART board’s vote of conditional support for SB 827. Senior Staff Attorney David Zisser is mentioned in [...]
Ben Carson’s Furniture Spree and What It Means for People Desperate for Help
March 1, 2018 – WDET interviewed Liz Ryan Murray, Project Director of CarsonWatch. The conversation focused on revelations that HUD spent $31,000 on a luxury dining table set in the midst [...]
Oakland advocates to offer ‘people’s proposal’ for public land use
February 23, 2018 – Ali Tadayon of the East Bay Times writes about the battle in Oakland over the use of public land. Public Advocates is calling for unused public land to be developed into [...]
