Since its inception in 2021, California’s COVID-era $5.2 billion rent relief program has been plagued with delays, criticism and a lawsuit. Now, it might be at risk of running out of money.
Could 2023 be the sleeper year for solving California’s housing crisis? Last week Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a whopping 56 bills designed to streamline housing construction and protect tenants.
From 1993 to 2003, there was a 44% increase in emergency department visits nationally, according to a 2016 study. The COVID pandemic only intensified the problem.
Neither the draw of making California the first state to pass such a law, nor the month-long hunger strike by supporters persuaded Gov. Gavin Newsom to add caste to the list of categories in the state’s housing, education and employment discrimination laws. In his veto message on Oct. 7, Newsom said the bill was “unnecessary.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have decriminalized the possession and personal use of a short list of natural psychedelics, including “magic mushrooms.”