Mahan’s new committees including council members, staff and community representatives will center around key issues raised by his mayoral campaign.

On Sunday, many of the 997 bills that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law last year — out of the nearly 1,200 state lawmakers sent to his desk — went into effect.

Newsom campaigned on housing production, an issue important to many Californians. But despite some accomplishments, the housing crisis is worse now than when he took office.

Community engagement will include a series of public meetings hosted between July and September, which began with the first workshop today, July 6.

Santa Clara County will receive $16.7 million to buy and convert the Crestview Hotel in Mountain View into 48 housing units for chronically homeless residents, homeless youth and young people at risk of becoming homeless. The county has already approved spending roughly $23 million on the project in addition to the state funding, which means each apartment unit will cost approximately $827,000. 

Proponents are targeting laws such as Senate Bill 9, which took effect Jan. 1, and allows for a property zoned single-family to be split for a duplex without a public hearing.

The Legislature's super-majority of Democrats sent Gov. Gavin Newsom hundreds of bills that he signed into law, including several with major consequences for Californians.

The zoning changes will limit the number of single-family homes that can be built across the parts of Coyote Valley that do not fall within the boundaries of the cities of San Jose and Morgan Hill. 

Seven in 10 Californians say the gap between rich and poor is getting larger, according to a statewide survey.

Four out of five people responding to the latest San Jose Inside Power Poll who say they have considered leaving Bay Area say housing and homelessness are the issues prompting them to move elsewhere.

Developer says 'Having a readily available supply of land is critical to meet the City of Gilroy’s anticipated housing needs. Once annexed and entitled, the project will be an important source for various housing types and affordability levels for many years.'

Developer Gary Dillabough says there’s “definitely a threat” the 2.8 acre Valley Title project implodes if the Pacific Motor Inn is approved.

The county and cities announced Thursday that they are submitting more than a dozen proposals to the state for funding to build more than 800 housing units over the next nine months.  

Instead of a proposed $627 monthly fee, the Housing Department must recalculate rents that don’t exceed 30% of tenant incomes

Ray Wang sarcastically compared the suggestion to follow California state housing laws to democratic elections in "the Soviet Union."

Fresh from beating back a recall, the governor signed a package of bills to address the California housing crisis. But what do these new laws mean for housing affordability in a state where median home prices have already shot past $800,000?