Press Release
November 15, 2024
The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) today announced five federal 2018 Community Development Block Grant—Disaster Recovery Workforce Development (CDBG-DR-WD) program awards totaling nearly $40.7 million to aid in…
November 4, 2024
Los Angeles, CA —
Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a lawsuit against the city of Norwalk to compel the city to overturn…
November 1, 2024
Sacramento, CA —
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the state has entered into a stipulated judgment with the City of La Habra Heights, putting the city on an expedited timeline to submit a compliant housing element to the Department of Housing and Community…
October 31, 2024
Sacramento, CA —
Governor Newsom today launched a first-of-its-kind program to improve public safety — with new federally funded investments to create long-term supportive housing and comprehensive wrap-around services for individuals exiting incarceration. The…
October 29, 2024
Los Angeles, CA —
Expanding California’s unprecedented support for local efforts to create long-term solutions to address homelessness, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that 37 regional grantees representing 100 local communities and organizations statewide…
October 25, 2024
Sacramento, CA —
One year after being the subject of an unprecedented review of policies and practices impeding housing development, San Francisco has made critical changes to earn the Prohousing Designation, the California Department of Housing and Community…
October 17, 2024
Further utilizing an executive order to prioritize developing housing on excess state lands, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that a new affordable housing project in South Lake Tahoe is opening 68 units to residents. Sugar Pine Village,…
October 4, 2024
Sacramento, CA —
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced nearly $130.7 million in Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) program grants to help 18 cities, counties, and Continuums of Care (CoCs) resolve critical encampment concerns and address the housing and health…
October 3, 2024
What you need to know: Governor Newsom today announced a new project in San Francisco that will transform a dated Department of Motor Vehicles building into a modern DMV office with 372 new homes, including homes dedicated to low…
October 3, 2024
What you need to know: The state is decertifying the City of Norwalk’s housing element following the city’s action breaking state housing law and implementing an illegal shelter ban. The state’s action makes the city ineligible…