El Dorado County Local News: Housing


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Image caption: Does California’s signature environmental law protect the state’s scenic beauty, or cause more problems than it solves?
CEQA: The Surprising Story of CA’s Key Environmental Law

The California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA, is both the state’s signature environmental legislation, and is also often named as the villain in the state’s housing shortage. But the story may not be that simple.

Image caption: Zoning laws tell you what you can and can't build on the property you own. How does government get away with that?
How Zoning Laws Shape California and Society

Zoning laws determine what can be built and where. These laws have shaped California, but are they really just tools for social engineering? The history of zoning is closely tied to racial segregation, as well as the state's shortage of …

Image caption: Owning homes is the primary way the middle class builds wealth, and an option no longer available to most Californians.
Is California’s Housing Crisis Making Inequality Worse?

California has some of the worst economic inequality in the United States. Is the housing crisis a cause?

Image caption: Thousands of homeowners have been kicked off their fire insurance policies.
California Fire Insurance Crisis: How the State Helps Homeowners

As California insurance companies have revoked the fire policies of thousands of homeowners, the state has taken steps to get them covered again.

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02/06/2025
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Ten local families are one step closer to homeownership with a new low-income housing project in the Historic Folsom neighborhood.

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02/04/2025
State Farm, which already has rate increase requests pending, asked state officials to approve more insurance price increases.

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01/27/2025
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This past week, leaders with the City of Folsom joined volunteers, Habitat for Humanity staff, and future homeowners to raise the walls of the first homes in a new affordable housing community in Folsom’s Historic District. The event marks a significant milestone for the project, which is transforming dreams of homeownership into reality for ten hardworking families.

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01/24/2025
Damages in the ongoing Southern California wildfires are topping $250 billion, on track for the costliest disaster in US history. Read on to learn more.

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01/22/2025
A look at how the rebuilding effort is going in the California town of Paradise, wiped out in a 2018 fire, and how it offers insights for the tough road ahead for residents in neighborhoods destroyed in the fires of Southern California.

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01/16/2025
The wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles County communities have destroyed at least 10,000 homes so far and more are in the path of still-uncontrolled flames.

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01/14/2025
Read on to learn about the measures taken to harden and protect the lone remaining house of the neighborhoodfrom the Pacific Palisades fire in Southern California.

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01/08/2025
Now you can pay your property tax with monthly payments. Read on to learn how.

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01/02/2025
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A one-story residence at 3515 Rancho Circle has been a concern of the city of South Lake Tahoe since 2022. Though it has stood since 1961, in the past few years, it has fallen into disrepair and has become a health and public safety concern.

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12/26/2024
California officials continued to fight with cities that don’t want to build more housing and everyone struggled to find more money to pay for new housing.

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12/26/2024
Tenant advocates suffered a big defeat this fall when California voters decided against expanding cities’ ability to limit rent increases. But a state law set to take effect Jan. 1 will give renters facing eviction a little more breathing room.

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12/17/2024
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Last week's final city council meeting of the year had several housing updates, including the second hearing on employee housing signage ordinances, the Prohousing Incentive program grant application for Sugar Pine Village, and an ADU agreement with Workbench.

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12/16/2024
There’s no law requiring California property owners to carry insurance, but the vast majority buy it to protect themselves from fire and other perils, or are required to do so by their mortgage lenders.

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12/11/2024
Gov. Newsom launched an ambitious program that uses Medi-Cal to help Californians access housing, healthy food and more. Now, its fate is in the hands of President-Elect Trump.

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12/05/2024
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City officials recently approved the 136-unit “Sendero” affordable housing project on a nine-acre lot in Folsom Ranch south of Highway 50.

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12/05/2024
The Public Policy Institute of California, a think tank that conducts vigorous and objective research into vital state issues, is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a series of retrospective reports.

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12/01/2024
California and federal prosecutors have accused software company RealPage of enriching itself ”at the expense of renters who pay inflated prices.”

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11/28/2024
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The Folsom Planning Commission on Nov. 20 approved the subdivision of 363 acres in Folsom Ranch, creating 24 new large lots for sale and development near the freeway.

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11/28/2024
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The Folsom Planning Commission last week approved the 52-unit Harrington Grove multi-family, affordable housing project near Blue Ravine Road and East Bidwell Street.

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11/25/2024
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The November 19 South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting had city housing manager Jessica Wackenhut Lomeli at the podium for several items, including discussing an amendment to employee housing ordinances, contracts with the Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless and Live Violence Free, and decisions on Placemate's role in the Lease to Locals program, which ends on January 15, 2025.