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Housing

California is losing population and building new houses

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | May 15, 2023
There are now more homes per person than there have been since at least 1991.
Housing

A Bay Area homebuilder planned a project with union rules. Can it work anywhere else?

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | May 8, 2023
A builder in a wealthy Bay Area community agreed to a strict union-hiring standard to take advantage of a new housing law. Then it tried to change the deal.
Housing

Cracks in California labor coalition raise hopes for YIMBY breakthrough on housing bill

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | April 24, 2023
United union opposition to a contested housing bill is splintering.
gavin newsom

A boom for concealed carry classes, but long waits for permits

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | March 21, 2023
Many more gun owners are seeking California concealed carry permits, even in blue, coastal counties.
California

Housing battles on the horizon

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | March 10, 2023
City of Huntington Beach sets up a fight with the state over housing law.
COVID-19

New California pay-to-play law taken to court

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | February 24, 2023
The law was co-authored by an ideology-spanning group of Democrats and a Republican.
gavin newsom

Do California’s energy policies conflict?

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | February 23, 2023
Gas pump sticker shock and clean energy transition collide in special legislative session.
Bay Area

California’s persistently shrinking population — and the reasons why

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | February 17, 2023
Californians leaving the state drive the numbers.
Bay Area

California homelessness: Where are the state’s billions going? Here’s the new, best answer

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | February 16, 2023
A new state report offers a bird's-eye view of how much the state has spent to halt homelessness — nearly $10 billion over three years.
lgbtq

Will California protect gay marriage in its constitution?

By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | February 15, 2023
California's Proposition 8 was struck down in federal court but anti-gay marriage language it introduced remains in the constitution.
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