What's being done about California's housing crisis?
A recent report from Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies found that over 650,000 people reported experiencing homelessness in America in January of 2023, up nearly 50% from 2015\u2026
Even if the numbers are staggering, hearing this probably isn\u2019t a huge shock\u2026 Here in California, the housing crisis has long been an issue\u2026 with rents going higher and higher\u2026 and not enough affordable options to go around\u2026 there\u2019s even been an exodus of people leaving the state, hoping to find solid ground on which to have a place to call home\u2026
So, what\u2019s being done about this crisis? Where do we stand on a state level - and on a local one?
We're going to turn first to Chris Martin\u2026 policy director for Housing California, a statewide advocacy nonprofit focused on the production and preservation of affordable housing and addressing homelessness\u2026
To see how the state works with local governments\u2026 and vice versa\u2026 we turn to Sarah Karlinsky, Research Director at SPUR\u2026 the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, a nonprofit public policy organization\u2026