Policy Category: California
The Financial Impacts of Construction Defect Liability on Housing Development in California
Author: William Fulton, Terner Center Fellow Despite significant state legislation over the past decade to boost housing production, new housing…
Housing Opportunities: Governor’s Reorganization Plan to Create the California Housing and Homelessness Agency
Authors: Doug Shoemaker, Terner Center Affiliate Geeta Rao, Senior Director, Northern California Market, Enterprise Community Partners Co-authors: Sarah Karlinsky, Director…
Property Tax Exemptions to Facilitate Affordable Housing: Lessons from California
This brief explores increasing the use of property tax exemptions as a way to enable new construction and preserve affordable…
Aligning Housing with Climate Goals: The Importance of Measuring VMT
Authors: Rachel Strangeway, Assistant Specialist Zack Subin, Associate Research Director Download the PDF with additional maps and resources Introduction California…
2025 California Legislative Preview: Rebuilding, Accelerating Production, and Strengthening Protections
Authors: Muhammad Alameldin, Andres Chaidez, and Yumna Talaat Download the PDF The 2025 California legislative session is officially underway with…
Rebuilding after the Los Angeles Fires: What California Can Do to Facilitate Recovery
As people in the Los Angeles region undertake the task of rebuilding, the complexity of the effort is heightened by…
Lessons from California’s Statewide Efforts to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
To counter the impacts of decades of discriminatory housing policies and worsening racial segregation, the State of California established a number of Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) strategies. Designed to foster racially and economically inclusive, opportunity-rich communities, these efforts were intended to facilitate effective local fair housing planning and enacting statewide policies to promote integrated communities. A new Terner Center policy brief highlights key AFFH strategies, noting areas of progress and where additional efforts are needed. It examines California’s successes and challenges since 2016, offering recommendations for other states working toward fair housing goals.
California Housing Laws that Go into Effect in 2025
Earlier this fall, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed over 60 housing-related bills into law, most of which will become effective…
Repurposing Public Land for Housing: An Analysis of California’s United States Postal Service Sites
Authors: Quinn Underriner and Christi Economy Introduction Repurposing public lands for housing development can help to address pervasive housing shortages…
Addressing the Housing Needs of Low-Income Households in the Bay Area: The Importance of Public Funding
This policy brief explores how public funding can address the San Francisco Bay Area's housing affordability crisis by increasing the…
