June 26, 2025
Stockton, CA —
Today, state leaders broke ground on a new affordable housing community in downtown Stockton. Through an executive order signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, the former state-owned site will be turned into 94 homes for low-income households.
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June 19, 2025
Oakland, CA —
Governor Gavin Newsom, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, and California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Director Gustavo Velasquez today issued a statement after a trial court sided with Newport Beach and determined…
June 18, 2025
San Francisco, CA —
Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the groundbreaking of two new affordable housing communities in San Francisco’s Fillmore District. Utilizing Governor Newsom’s …
May 23, 2025
Sacramento, CA —
Continuing California’s success in reducing homelessness in youth, Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) today announced $56 million awards to help 52 California counties provide housing…
May 20, 2025
Oakland, CA —
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Director Gustavo Velasquez today announced that the Orange County Superior Court has granted their application to file amicus briefs in…
May 13, 2025
Sacramento, CA —
Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the groundbreaking of Monarch in Sacramento – the city’s third affordable housing community created on excess state land. The Monarch community will transform a former state-owned storage warehouse into 241…
April 30, 2025
Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) today announced nearly $118.9 million in awards from three federally funded programs to address homelessness by funding development of 487 affordable…
March 12, 2025
Sacramento, CA —
The California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) today unveiled its 2025-2027 Statewide Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, a bold and data-…
February 25, 2025
What you need to know: Governor Newsom is expanding access to the state’s program to create new housing on underutilized state property by streamlining the effort. Today the Governor launched a revamped Excess Sites Program and…
February 24, 2025
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Governor Newsom today announced stronger accountability measures to hold local governments accountable if they fail to make progress in addressing homelessness. The Governor also unveiled a new online…