El Dorado County Housing Digest

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.

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.

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.

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

Floodwaters devastated the small communities of Pajaro and Planada in early 2023. California gave each town $20 million to recover – but as residents face down another winter, much of the aid has yet to reach them.

An update on the renovations to the California Conservation Corps Greenwood Center.

Multiple state agencies spent nearly $24 billion on housing and homeless programs in the first five years of Gavin Newsom’s governorship, but the number of people without homes continued to grow, rising by 20% to more than 180,000 in the most recent federal count in 2023.

After hearing concerns from local mobile home park residents and owners, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors has established an ad hoc committee to explore and address issues.

With the first phase of construction complete, residents are now moving into the 68 units of affordable housing at Sugar Pine Village in South Lake Tahoe.

California allotted half a billion dollars to help community land trusts across the state. But budget cuts and bureaucracy have land trust advocates back where they were in 2020: seeking state aid to preserve affordable housing.

How to apply rebate as part of the recent $80 million state program to electrify homes.

In their September 24 meeting the El Dorado Board of Supervisors upheld an appeal to changes to a parcel slated for development of affordable housing on Bass Lake Road.

On September 24, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors sent a letter signaling support for the transfer of Bureau of Land Management land adjacent to the Indian Creek Ranch into trust for the Shingle Springs Miwok Band of Indians to develop into housing.

Applications are open for open seats on the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency's Tahoe Living Working Group.

Homeless service providers are scaling back and taking out loans as they wait for late payments from the government.

Many California farmworkers have long lacked safe and affordable places to sleep — an issue thrown into sharp relief after last year’s mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, which left seven agricultural workers dead.

Tenant advocates say giving renters 10 days to respond to eviction notices, up from 5, will help those who live in rural areas and have trouble finding legal help. Some landlords argue it will increase their costs.

At a CalMatters event, California’s insurance commissioner says the changes he’s making will help homeowners and business owners. One idea: A state grant for those who spend money to protect their property from wildfires.

The Sacramento Bee takes a look at the Proposition 33 rent-control measure on the November ballot.

California’s inland regions are experiencing dangerous heat waves, exacerbated by rapid population growth. As more people move away from the expensive coastal areas to more affordable inland communities, these regions are seeing significant demographic changes and spiking electricity bills.

An exclusive CalMatters analysis of the latest California homeless count reveals some good news and bad news: Though the growth rate of homelessness appears to be slowing, the overall number of unhoused Californians increased from two years ago.

An public town hall is scheduled for September 23 to provide information and answer questions about Measure N on the November ballot.

Amid a Southern California heat wave, about 300 advocates for rent control — with two 10-foot “greedy landlord” puppets — rallied Thursday in downtown Los Angeles, chanting: “The rent is too damn high!”

A large apartment complex in San Rafael’s majority-Latino Canal neighborhood. Latino families in Marin County are far more likely than white families to have trouble making ends meet, a new report finds.

The Legislature is willing to guarantee $500 million annually to affordable housing developers, but with a caveat.

Backers pulled a $20 billion affordable housing bond off Bay Area ballots today, amid fears that it wouldn’t pass.

Some California agencies are offering incentives and hosting workshops for school districts that want to build affordable housing for teachers.

The state’s landlords see rising insurance costs, so they say they’re going to have to raise rents. But they complain about laws that limit how much they can do so.

A number of Lake Tahoe fire districts are offering free chipping services to encourage home owners to maintain defensible space. (See article to find out how to sign up.)

Sky-high rent is among Californians’ biggest concerns. Nearly 30% of tenants spend more than half their income on rent; and the median rent is $2,850 a month, 33% higher than the national average.

Two propositions on the Nov. 5 ballot address this issue — though one does so in a rather roundabout way.

The process of crafting a long range plan for meeting affordable housing needs has begun by the El Dorado County Planning and Building Department, with public workshops to be held in coming months.

Many landlords in California can only raise the rent a certain amount. On August 1, they — and their tenants — found out how high.