Housing and HomelessnessHow gentrification is killing the bus: California’s rising rents are pushing out commutersMay 29, 2025Across Los Angeles, rent hikes have led to fewer bus and train riders in an example of how California’s housing crisis is also making its transit crisis harder to solve.
Housing and HomelessnessGovernor Newsom spars with local leaders over California’s homelessness fundingMay 29, 2025 | Laura FitzgeraldAs the state grapples with homelessness, tensions are hitting a high point between Newsom and municipal leaders on funding solutions. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Housing and HomelessnessSacramento’s retail and restaurant workers can’t afford the city’s rent. R Street housing community aims to change thatMay 14, 2025 | Tony Rodriguez | Chris NicholsThe Monarch housing complex is being built on excess state land, part of the governor’s push to convert underused government properties into housing.
State GovernmentState Farm wins first-ever emergency rate hike in CaliforniaMay 13, 2025Unprecedented approval for State Farm after L.A. fires means it can raise premiums in California next month.
State GovernmentNew bill would open homelessness funding to centers that require residents stay soberMay 6, 2025 | Megan MyscofskiA California lawmaker is proposing that the state give sober-living centers a cut of housing funding. That would roll back part of the state’s policy to prioritize getting people into permanent housing over requiring sobriety.
State Government‘Millions out on the street virtually overnight’: How Trump’s budget proposal could affect CaliforniaMay 5, 2025President Donald Trump's budget proposal in its present form would have huge effects on housing and homelessness in California.
