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Legislative Round-Up: State and National Efforts to Expand Housing Access Continue

Does Building Luxury Condos Create More Affordable Housing?

Brian Hanlon and Ned Resnikoff write that building market-rate housing lowers prices for everyone while John Washington and Tara Raghuveer argue that the private sector can’t fix itself.

How to Solve the Housing Crisis With One Weird Trick

California Seeks to Close Loophole Allowing Schools to Be Built Near Toxic Sites

California Seeks to Close Loophole Allowing Schools to Be Built Near Toxic Sites Bigad Shaban, Robert Campos, Sean Myers, Mark Villarreal and Jeremy Carroll © Provided by NBC Bay Area The Stratford School in Fremont opened in August 2018, right next door to the Tri City Rock concrete plant, which has remained at that location since 1987. A new bill, that could drastically limit where future schools can be built throughout the state, cleared a major hurdle in the California legislature on Thursday and is now headed for a full vote in the Assembly in the coming weeks.  The legislation would force private and charter schools to comply with tougher environmental standards – the very same regulations that are already in place for public schools – in hopes of preventing classrooms from being constructed near potentially toxic sites.

Three Major Progressive Proposals Just Stalled In California s Legislature

Three Major Progressive Proposals Just Stalled In California’s Legislature Listen Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Democratic freshman Assemblyman Alex Lee, left, talks with Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Lakwood, after swearing-in ceremonies in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli California Assemblymember Alex Lee entered office late last year with a splash.  At 25 years old, he’s the youngest state lawmaker elected to office in over 80 years. Shortly after being sworn in, he introduced a slew of ambitious proposals that would test California’s reputation as a spearhead of progressive policy. The young lawmaker who earned the backing of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders authored bills this session to implement a single-payer health care system, ban political contributions from corporations and levy a wealth tax on the richest Californians

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