Can California’s New Housing Laws Put a Dent In The State’s Housing Shortage?

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🗓️ 6 October 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Many California lawmakers agree that the lack of unaffordable housing is a huge challenge, but for years they have not agreed on how to fix the problem. This year, the Legislature passed more than 40 laws that promise to boost housing construction. One law allows developers to turn empty strip malls and office buildings into housing. Other laws reduce parking requirements for new housing developments and make it easier for school districts to build teacher housing. Advocates say that though the laws are mostly incremental tweaks to existing policies, they could add up to big changes in the long run. We’ll take a look at this year’s new housing laws and what they could mean for you. Guests: David Garcia, policy director, Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley Buffy Wicks, member, California State Assembly - She represents California’s 15th Assembly District, which includes all or portions of the cities of Oakland, Richmond, Berkeley, Emeryville, Albany, El Cerrito, San Pablo, Pinole, El Sobrante, Hercules, Kensington, and Piedmont. Alfred Twu, architect; housing activist; commissioner, Berkeley Planning and Landmarks commissions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.0	From KQED. From KQED, and San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal, and it is Housing Policy Day here on Forum.
1:31.3	If I sound excited, it's because there's a lot of work to do here on housing in the state
1:35.3	and our state lawmakers are at least trying to do it.
1:38.3	Unlike our federal legislature, bills can actually move through our chambers and become new laws.
1:43.3	And this session, Governor Newsom signed more than 35 pieces of legislation
1:47.6	intended to address a variety of problems in our housing system.
1:51.9	We'll sort through them with State Assembly member Buffy Wicks and a couple of housing policy pros.
1:56.6	Did the state legislature do enough?
1:58.7	When can we expect to see some results?
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