San Joaquin County Housing Digest

In their May 6 meeting, the Stockton City Council approved the 2025–2029 Consolidated Plan, outlining how $4.9 million in federal housing funds will be utilized.

A Republican bill to require more transparency from California’s 50,000 homeowners associations failed to advance out of committee despite bipartisan support.

Two consecutive committee chairs getting overruled by their committee members signifies a growing rift among California Democrats about how to address the housing crisis.

Mixed-use project on Jackson Avenue in Escalon will be considered in a May 5 public hearing.

Dixon Trail is the first purpose-built “wildfire resilient neighborhood” in the United States. Making that a reality for the millions of Californians who already live in harm’s way is a daunting and costly challenge that lawmakers are only just beginning to grapple with.

California uses Medicaid to pay for a range of nontraditional health care services, including housing. The Trump administration wants to scale back those programs.

In an effort to expedite new housing construction, the City of Sacramento is fast tracking the permitting, inspection and approval pipeline.

California Senate Housing Committee Chair Aisha Wahab is a staunch progressive who is clashing with pro-development activists and other Democrats who want to build more, faster.

A look at the many new housing developments in the pipeline in and around Manteca.

A deep dive into the strategy employed by the City of Manteca to leverage developed fees and state funding to pay for the ongoing costs to provide municipal services to new housing developments over the long term.

A handful of legislators rallied near the state Capitol Thursday to promote what they’re calling an “extremely unsexy,” but important, bipartisan bill package intended to put California’s housing development into overdrive.

A number of bills are making their way through the state legislature with the goal of reducing red tape and fast tracking construction of new housing.

In the recurring legislative fight between YIMBY legislators and defenders of California’s signature environmental law, one bill could be a final legislative showdown.

Read on for more information about how development fees applied to a new subdivision on Union Road in Manteca will be utilized by the city.

A $5 billion pot of federal money set aside to help people on the verge of homelessness pay the rent is running out of cash — and no one has a plan to keep the roughly 60,000 renters, more than 15,000 of them in California — from losing their housing after the last dollar is spent.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to see tangible results from the $6.4 billion mental health bond voters approved last year. Moving fast carries a risk of neglecting under-resourced communities.

Oakland Democrat Buffy Wicks said lawmakers will soon see 20 bills to speed up housing construction, along with more on energy, water and transit.

Feather River College is still reeling from the 2021 Dixie Fire, which destroyed hundreds of homes in the surrounding community and warped the housing market. The college is one of many schools that have tried — and failed — to secure state grants to build more student housing.

Each year, legislation aimed at better wildfire mitigation fails – often due to cost or conflict with environmental regulations.

Read on for details about a report on the 2-year Yolo County Basic Income Program which ended in April 2024.

A passel of recent California laws were supposed to supercharge the construction of desperately needed housing. According to YIMBY Law, they haven’t even come close.

In a dispute over whether he can convert his three-story condominium’s garage into its own ground-floor apartment, one Carlsbad resident is waging a battle against his homeowners association.

The timing could not have been better — or worse.

Against the recommendation of his staff experts, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara denied a request from State Farm to green light “emergency” rate increases for insurance policy holders.

In the wake of the Los Angeles fires, State Farm asked for an “emergency” premium increase of 22% on average for California homeowners. Lara today denied the request pending more information.

Read on for more information about the proposed 4-C Ranch development of 68 homes in East Manteca.

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

Read on to learn more about the 36-unit condominium project on C Street recently approved by the City of Tracy Planning Commission.

Read on to learn more about upcoming developments in River Islands at Lathrop, including a new rental neighborhood and grocery store.

Read on to learn more about the City of Manteca's "growth management ordinance," and how the city remains in compliance despite a record year of new housing permits.

Read on for more information about projected 2025 population increases in Manteca, Lathrop, and Tracy.

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.