Covid-19 Federal Protections in Place to Avoid Eviction for Millions in Californians
With rent due for millions of people in California, the patchwork of protections can be confusing. See these overviews of various protections now in place at the federal level, in English and [...]
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 Proposition 10 would have repealed Costa-Hawkins, a [...]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 [...]
Capital Public Radio on Sacramento Rent Control
Capital Radio show Insight with Beth Ruyak takes a look at rent control in Sacramento. During the program, Public Advocates’ Michelle Pariset comments on the effort to pass rent control in [...]
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 [...]