Legislative Analyst’s Office
Sierra College Opens $107MM, 358-Bed Sierra Hall Student Housing in Rocklin
About $218 million in state lease revenue bond authority remains for future community college student housing, and Sierra College's new 123,000-square-foot hall opened...
Downtown Merced’s Bullet-Train Station Rides on Legal Demand, $2.4B Contract Option and $1B Savings Pitch
A legal demand from California Rural Legal Assistance and nine Valley groups, a City of Merced push for mitigation and a $2.4 billion...
Propositions 1 and 37 Put $36B Housing Bet Before Northern California Voters
The two measures on California's November ballot would authorize more than $36 billion in bonds to build affordable apartments and push middle-income renters...
Dueling Transfer Tax Measures Put Billions in California Real Estate Revenue on the Line
A Howard Jarvis ballot initiative and a last-minute legislative compromise, AB 736, are racing toward a June 25 deadline that will determine how...
California’s AB 2074 Targets Downtown High-Rise Housing with $500MM Revolving Loan Fund
Assemblymember Matt Haney's Downtown Revitalization Act would mandate by-right residential density near transit in cities of 400,000-plus, directly addressing office-vacancy-driven decline in downtown...
Beacon Economics’ 2025 Outlook: Can California Sustain Its Economic Edge Amid Rising Pressures?
California begins the second half of 2025 in a precarious economic position—still the nation’s most powerful state-level economy, yet grappling with fundamental constraints...
CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost Names Michael Cohen New Chief Financial Officer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – CalPERS today named Michael Cohen its new chief financial officer (CFO) to oversee all financial systems and risk programs of...
Stripe Makes $1MM Contribution to California YIMBY in Support of Lower-Cost, High-Density Housing
SAN FRANCISCO (May 03, 2018) - Technology company Stripe is announcing a $1 million contribution to California YIMBY, an advocacy organization dedicated to...
The Rise of the YIMBYs
By Todd Williams [dropcap]D[/dropcap]espite an undeniable housing shortage marked by skyrocketing rents, virtually all housing development in the Bay Area remains controversial. Be...
