Oct 31, 2025 | Housing, Legislation, Litigation
By Emily Hoeven, Opinion Columnist
October 31, 2025
California continues to stay in the news for its swath of lawsuits against President Donald Trump. Attorney General Rob Bonta teed up his 45th suit against the administration this week — this time over SNAP benefits.
Yet one of the juiciest lawsuits of the year involving California has nothing to do with the president — it was filed against the state on Oct. 24. And it has mostly flown under the radar.
Oct 30, 2025 | Housing, Opinion
By Gaetan Lion
October 30, 2025
MTC/ABAG’s Bay Area Population Projections Are Fundamentally Flawed.
MTC/ABAG’s economic projections don’t just strain credulity — they represent a form of planning fiction that can lead to profoundly misguided policy decisions. Housing mandates, infrastructure investments, and environmental projections all flow from these unrealistic growth assumptions. If the foundation is flawed, everything built upon it becomes suspect.
Oct 29, 2025 | Housing, Politics
By Emily Hoeven, Opinion Columnist
Oct 29, 2025
About two and a half years ago, Nathan and his wife settled in a home near Martin Luther King Jr. Park in the northern part of the Marin County city. They were excited to raise a family just steps from the park, where their two young kids could play sports, make friends and even attend school. Then he read my Oct. 18 column — which showed that Sausalito officials targeted the beloved park for redevelopment despite several Marinship property owners begging the city to allow them to revitalize their dilapidated parcels.
Oct 28, 2025 | Housing, Politics
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN
October 28, 2025
New York City voters are currently deciding on one of the most polarizing issues in decades. But it has nothing to do with 34-year-old democratic socialist mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani.
Instead, it will determine who has the power to greenlight — or block— affordable housing development in the city. Several proposals on the ballot could speed up affordable housing development and land use approvals in the city. The proposals have pitted the City Council against the mayor, and developers against unions.
Oct 28, 2025 | Housing
By Brody Carter
Octobere 28, 2025
Experts say homeownership is slipping out of reach and rent is becoming unaffordable — leaving in its wake a full-blown housing crisis. A new report reveals homeownership is now unattainable for a record number of Americans. It’s a problem fueled by basic economics: too many buyers and not enough homes. Nationwide, experts estimate a shortage of roughly six million units.
Oct 24, 2025 | Housing
By Johnathan Lansner
October 24, 2025
What’s the biggest cause of high housing costs in the nation? Industry insiders answer that government bureaucracy slows or prevents the construction of new housing, compounded by the public’s “not-in-my-backyard” aversion to adding homes in their neighborhoods. Well, one poll shows the typical American thinks the industry needs to look at itself, too. The Searchlight Institute’s recent poll of 2,123 U.S. adults on housing provides another perspective on the grand affordability debate.
