Authors: Doug Shoemaker, Terner Center Affiliate Geeta Rao, Senior Director, Northern California Market, Enterprise Community Partners Co-authors: Sarah Karlinsky, Director of Research and Policy, Terner Center for Housing Innovation Ben Metcalf, Managing…

Urban form shapes transportation behavior. Built environment characteristics such as housing density, street connectivity, and proximity to jobs and services help determine how many miles people have to drive every day. Once…

In 2022, California embarked on an ambitious effort to improve its Medi-Cal system—the state’s Medicaid program that insures nearly 15 million people, or 40 percent of California’s residents. It joined other states…

This brief explores increasing the use of property tax exemptions as a way to enable new construction and preserve affordable housing, without relying on oversubscribed, deeper public subsidies such as Low-Income Housing…

Webinar | Wednesday, May 28, 10:00 - 11:00 am PT Policymakers increasingly focus on enabling housing growth in communities where people can accomplish their daily activities with less need to drive. In…

On April 23, 2025, Terner Center Managing Director Ben Metcalf and Research Director Sarah Karlinsky testified at the Little Hoover Commission hearings on Governor Newsom’s proposed state government reorganization, which would create…
