What's being done to fix the housing crisis in California?

[TheGoodUsernamesWereTaken]

Originally Posted by joosoon

To rent?
If five adults with a combined household income of over half million dollars can't figure out how not to have roommates, then the problem is much deeper than this housing "crisis". I spent two minutes on zillow and found a 1bd/1ba 600 sq ft apartment right off the 101 in the middle of the city... $2350/month. {shrug}

That sounds about right.

The only thing more insane than choosing to rent a 1b 600 Sq ft unit for right under 2500 a month minus utilities in the landfill dump that is SF, is normalizing that lunacy. I paid over 3k for a 2 bedroom. Most people I know across the country pay far less for a MORTGAGE.

You're right, the problem is deeper than a crisis. Much deeper. It's become an expectation.

[Thekdog]

Originally Posted by Vision67

$10,000 to move into a new apartment?

Bill would give California renters a break on high security deposits

The measure would cap deposits at one month’s rent for most units

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/06...rity-deposits/

"In California, it’s perfectly legal for landlords to ask renters to cough up more than $10,000 before handing over the keys to a new apartment.

That’s because under state law, property owners can charge up to two months’ rent as a security deposit, on top of the initial lease payment. For a furnished unit, deposits can be as much as three months’ rent.

But a new bill making its way through Sacramento aims to put an end to those high charges, capping security deposits at one month’s rent for most apartments, condos and single-family homes."

This will just make it harder for people with marginal credit to rent. The higher security deposit reduced risk

[Vision67]

Originally Posted by Thekdog

This will just make it harder for people with marginal credit to rent. The higher security deposit reduced risk

With so many rules I cannot imagine being a landlord in California. I bet that explains why there are so many vacant rentals.

[blameyourself]

Originally Posted by Vision67

$10,000 to move into a new apartment?

Bill would give California renters a break on high security deposits

The measure would cap deposits at one month’s rent for most units

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/06...rity-deposits/

"In California, it’s perfectly legal for landlords to ask renters to cough up more than $10,000 before handing over the keys to a new apartment.

That’s because under state law, property owners can charge up to two months’ rent as a security deposit, on top of the initial lease payment. For a furnished unit, deposits can be as much as three months’ rent.

But a new bill making its way through Sacramento aims to put an end to those high charges, capping security deposits at one month’s rent for most apartments, condos and single-family homes."

Sounds like much ado over nothing and I doubt it's going to impact anything. Most landlords I know (and I was one until I put my son in our house instead) charge a 1 month security deposit combined with the first months rent. I don't think many ask for 1st and last, plus security deposits much any more. Hell, we didn't even do that when we owed a rental out of state.

[blameyourself]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

California voters could decide if having a place to live should be a constitutional right for state residents.

Working its way through the Legislature is a proposed constitutional amendment that guarantees a “fundamental human right to adequate housing for everyone in California.” The measure holds state and local governments responsible for fulfilling a right to housing, which could include boosting housing production, tenant protections, repurposing vacant properties and housing subsidies.

If ultimately adopted by voters, California would be the first state to guarantee the right to housing in its constitution.

https://legiscan.com/CA/text/ACA10/id/2729557

https://www.ocregister.com/2023/06/0...-up-to-voters/

I'd love to see how this gets implemented should it pass. And putting state and local government in charge of any type of housing has not fared well in the past.

[citizensadvocate]

Its interesting people keep overlooking those who were incarcerated back when California and other progressive states were overzealous about severely over criminalizing every youthful mistake and resulted prisons exploding in population to a point despite building 19 new prisons and more jails prisons became revolving doors and its costing way too much. In otherwords they merely swept the problem under a rug. COVID had really made them realize the consequences of such overcrowding they had to mass release them onto the streets. Like if they need to lift up the rug. Now they realize their mistake and is in a panic to reform but having no viable way to reverse the damages.

Where do you think those inmates had gone to after they were released?
You think after these inmates that are released either prior or after to COVID these people would be returning to thier own homes(that miraclously never got foreclosed) and starting a fresh with a new jobs to pay their bills(the job market is already very difficult without a prison record)? Or have family and friends willing to shelter them? If you think that you are naive. Many end up on the streets after release had resulted in alcohol or drug abuse and forcing them to make money off black market. Originally that had resulted in recitividism but I guess the state has had enough of putting them back into the revolving door and spending so much funding on it.

To think their homes if they owned one prior to prison woudn't be long foreclosed upon? Or they have parents or family willing to take them in. You would be naive. The prison system essentially released those people to the streets to fend for them selves and not just California but many states in the west as well. Those other states treated those homeless subhuman, evicted them from shelters in the name of avoiding spreading COVID and forced them to sleep on black tar parking lots, causing them to get on a greyhound to California with less deadly climate and a greater chance for shelter.

With ever more transparents background checks that makes putting their past behind them impossible, price of housing compared to when they were incarcrated, job markets and rental agencies that fear them, think about how you write on your resume or answer questions on an interview this way.

Building luxury apartments that attract more people with money from overseas or out of state to further overwhelm our infrastructure and traffic would not do anything to alleviate the issues I mentioned above. The issue of housing crisis is tackling the issue of government policies and NIMBYism that adds to the issue. And find them places to live even if it means going out of state. And no those people are not going to depend on a smelly dirty transit system that doesn't go anywhere they need to go (and look at how the LA SD corridor's unreliability) so don't expect you can overlook roads and parking.

[ysr_racer]

One third of all the homeless in the USA live in California. Newsom thinks that's a good thing.

Of course they don't live on his block, they live on mine.