By Dr. Julianne Malveaux

California has been experiencing a housing shortage for quite some time, as evidenced by crushingly high rents and home prices, along with a large, visible homeless population – some estimates suggest as many as 170,000 people are unhoused on any given night. These challenges are more acute in California than elsewhere, with about 30 percent of the nation’s homeless population residing in the state.

The “Yes in My Backyard” (or YIMBY) Democratic coalition in the legislature thinks that housing policy reform has moved too slowly, and recent actions they have taken will make housing more affordable, making make The Golden State more attractive for workers and for employers.

On April 22, YIMBY lawmakers on the Senate housing committee succeeded in advancing a bill

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