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Economic & Planning Systems, the firm Redwood City hired, found its reach extends well past the rent cap — the eviction, relocation and fee provisions carry “material costs and risks to property owners and investors,” managing principal Jason Moody told the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>William Gomez, a school social worker and Faith in Action leader, said nearly 60% of students in the Redwood City School District are socioeconomically disadvantaged, and that many live doubled- or tripled-up while parents work multiple jobs to cover rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A family of three earning about $50,000 a year takes home roughly $4,000 a month, he said — about what rent for a one-bedroom now costs in the area.[aside postID=news_12089546 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1571.jpg']“When it comes to housing, it seems for us to always prioritize corporations that value profit over human belonging,” Gomez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the campaign, rents in older buildings have risen 57% over 15 years, and corporations and real estate trusts own 87% of the city’s apartments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Redwood City has never had local rent control, relying instead on California’s 2019 Tenant Protection Act, which imposed rules concerning rent increases and tenants rights in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents tried to qualify a similar measure in recent years but fell short on valid signatures. Sturken said the city’s absence of a rent cap — even as neighbors like East Palo Alto have had one for years — comes down to a “fierce” real estate lobby and past policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier councils had sought compromise, producing an anti-displacement strategy and a tenant-protection ordinance that stopped short of rent control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents, led by real estate and landlord groups, argue the measure would do the opposite of what it intends. Fernando Peña, government affairs director for the San Mateo County Association of Realtors, said it “doesn’t add one unit of housing” and would “reduce supply, increase cost for everyone, and discourage investment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2226825406.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2226825406.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2226825406-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2226825406-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial view of Redwood City, California in the Silicon Valley, June 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He noted that only two of the measure’s 46 pages deal with rent control, with the rest covering evictions, relocation and fees. The burden, he said, would fall on small homeowners — “families, the retirees” — not just corporations. The city should focus on building housing, he said, arguing Redwood City already has among the county’s strongest anti-displacement protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Apartment Association, which represents landlords across the state, also opposes the measure. In a statement, Joshua Howard, the group’s executive vice president of local public affairs, said California and Redwood City already provide strong protections and that the initiative would swap them for “an expensive new layer of city bureaucracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This measure builds government, not housing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howard also pointed to Proposition 33, the 2024 statewide rent-control expansion he said nearly 60% of Redwood City voters rejected, and dismissed the measure’s provision letting owners petition for higher increases as “a farce.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EPS’s analysis estimated the new program would cost the city $5 million to $11 million a year — far more than the $84 to $120 per-unit annual fees written into the ordinance, which it said would cover only 13% to 32% of the cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Real per-unit fees, it projected, would run $320 to $700. Moody said the heaviest impact would fall on pre-1995 buildings, which he called the city’s “naturally occurring affordable housing,” and warned that the ban on billing tenants for utilities would be “an immediate hit” to older properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970115\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-672643689-1.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of a city, with a bridge over a waterway.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1104\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-672643689-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-672643689-1-800x460.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-672643689-1-1020x587.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-672643689-1-160x92.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-672643689-1-1536x883.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of Redwood City. \u003ccite>(Thomas Winz/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>EPS also found that, adjusted for inflation, Redwood City rents have gradually declined over the past decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EPS associate Kaavya Chhatrapati, who modeled the effect on affordable housing, said the measure “is not expected to directly prevent Redwood City from meeting its” state-mandated housing goals, “but it could make affordable housing production and preservation more difficult over time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sturken told KQED the council’s role is “a bridge” between “sides that are diametrically opposed.” His bigger worry, he said, is the campaign ahead: “There’s going to be a lot of misinformation, a lot of fear-mongering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He urged voters to read the measure and the city’s financial reports before Election Day arguments are due on Aug. 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/redwood-city\">Redwood City\u003c/a> residents will decide in November whether to adopt a rent-control and tenant-protection law that would reach well beyond current state and local rules, after the City Council opted on Tuesday to bring the issue to voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council \u003ca href=\"https://meetings.redwoodcity.org/AgendaOnline/Documents/ViewDocument/July_7%2C_2026_Special_City_Council_Meeting_2726_Agenda_Packet_7_7_2026_6_00_00_PM.pdf?meetingId=2726&documentType=AgendaPacket&itemId=0&publishId=0&isSection=false\">voted unanimously\u003c/a> to send the citizen-led rent stabilization and tenant-protection measure to the ballot. The measure, organized by Faith in Action Bay Area, a religious advocacy group, qualified after county elections officials verified 4,751 signatures, more than the roughly 4,500 required.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are legally obligated by state law to either enact the measure outright or to place it on the ballot for the voters to decide,” Councilmember Chris Sturken told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure would cap annual rent increases for qualified units at 5% — or 60% of inflation, whichever is less — and roll rents back to their October 2025 levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of California’s Costa-Hawkins Act, the cap would reach only multifamily buildings built before Feb. 1, 1995 — about 40% of the city’s rental stock, according to a city staff report, or roughly one in five housing units citywide, according to the city’s consultant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But most of the \u003ca href=\"https://meetings.redwoodcity.org/AgendaOnline/Documents/ViewDocument/8.A.%20ATTACHMENT%20A%20%E2%80%93%20PROPOSED%20ORDINANCE.pdf?meetingId=2726&documentType=Agenda&itemId=14940&publishId=23496&isSection=false\">46-page measure\u003c/a> is even more stringent, expanding just-cause eviction protections to nearly all rentals, including single-family homes and ADUs; raising relocation payments for no-fault evictions to at least $12,000; guaranteeing displaced tenants a right to return to the unit; barring landlords from passing utility costs to tenants in rent-capped units; and creating a new, fee-funded city program to run a rent registry, hear petitions and provide free legal aid to low-income tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090358\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2246065193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2246065193.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2246065193-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2246065193-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Logo for Redwood City, California on the side door of a city vehicle, Nov. 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city commissioned its own study of what the ordinance would do. Economic & Planning Systems, the firm Redwood City hired, found its reach extends well past the rent cap — the eviction, relocation and fee provisions carry “material costs and risks to property owners and investors,” managing principal Jason Moody told the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>William Gomez, a school social worker and Faith in Action leader, said nearly 60% of students in the Redwood City School District are socioeconomically disadvantaged, and that many live doubled- or tripled-up while parents work multiple jobs to cover rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A family of three earning about $50,000 a year takes home roughly $4,000 a month, he said — about what rent for a one-bedroom now costs in the area.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“When it comes to housing, it seems for us to always prioritize corporations that value profit over human belonging,” Gomez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the campaign, rents in older buildings have risen 57% over 15 years, and corporations and real estate trusts own 87% of the city’s apartments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Redwood City has never had local rent control, relying instead on California’s 2019 Tenant Protection Act, which imposed rules concerning rent increases and tenants rights in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents tried to qualify a similar measure in recent years but fell short on valid signatures. Sturken said the city’s absence of a rent cap — even as neighbors like East Palo Alto have had one for years — comes down to a “fierce” real estate lobby and past policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier councils had sought compromise, producing an anti-displacement strategy and a tenant-protection ordinance that stopped short of rent control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents, led by real estate and landlord groups, argue the measure would do the opposite of what it intends. Fernando Peña, government affairs director for the San Mateo County Association of Realtors, said it “doesn’t add one unit of housing” and would “reduce supply, increase cost for everyone, and discourage investment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090359\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2226825406.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2226825406.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2226825406-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2226825406-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial view of Redwood City, California in the Silicon Valley, June 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He noted that only two of the measure’s 46 pages deal with rent control, with the rest covering evictions, relocation and fees. The burden, he said, would fall on small homeowners — “families, the retirees” — not just corporations. The city should focus on building housing, he said, arguing Redwood City already has among the county’s strongest anti-displacement protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Apartment Association, which represents landlords across the state, also opposes the measure. In a statement, Joshua Howard, the group’s executive vice president of local public affairs, said California and Redwood City already provide strong protections and that the initiative would swap them for “an expensive new layer of city bureaucracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This measure builds government, not housing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howard also pointed to Proposition 33, the 2024 statewide rent-control expansion he said nearly 60% of Redwood City voters rejected, and dismissed the measure’s provision letting owners petition for higher increases as “a farce.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EPS’s analysis estimated the new program would cost the city $5 million to $11 million a year — far more than the $84 to $120 per-unit annual fees written into the ordinance, which it said would cover only 13% to 32% of the cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Real per-unit fees, it projected, would run $320 to $700. Moody said the heaviest impact would fall on pre-1995 buildings, which he called the city’s “naturally occurring affordable housing,” and warned that the ban on billing tenants for utilities would be “an immediate hit” to older properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970115\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-672643689-1.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of a city, with a bridge over a waterway.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1104\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-672643689-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-672643689-1-800x460.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-672643689-1-1020x587.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-672643689-1-160x92.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-672643689-1-1536x883.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of Redwood City. \u003ccite>(Thomas Winz/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>EPS also found that, adjusted for inflation, Redwood City rents have gradually declined over the past decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EPS associate Kaavya Chhatrapati, who modeled the effect on affordable housing, said the measure “is not expected to directly prevent Redwood City from meeting its” state-mandated housing goals, “but it could make affordable housing production and preservation more difficult over time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sturken told KQED the council’s role is “a bridge” between “sides that are diametrically opposed.” His bigger worry, he said, is the campaign ahead: “There’s going to be a lot of misinformation, a lot of fear-mongering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He urged voters to read the measure and the city’s financial reports before Election Day arguments are due on Aug. 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When Dahlia Burns was placed in a homeless shelter that housed 90 men, they didn’t feel comfortable — not least of all because they don’t identify with a specific gender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After voicing concerns, they were moved to New Haven Inn in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a>, an LGBTQ-focused shelter with a capacity of 20 people. After four months there, the 61-year-old says they’ve found a bit more security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the freedom of knowing that somebody is there to care,” Burns says. “They don’t say, ‘Yeah, we’ll get to it,’ and don’t ever do it. They stay true to their word.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New Haven Inn is one of only a handful of adult LGBTQ-focused homeless shelters in the country, despite the community being overrepresented in the homeless population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who identify as LGBTQ+ make up around \u003ca href=\"https://nationalhomeless.org/lgbtq-homelessness/\">40% of homeless youth\u003c/a>, but only 10% of the general youth population. Among the general homeless population in the Bay Area, a little \u003ca href=\"https://files.santaclaracounty.gov/exjcpb1571/2025-09/santa-clara-county-point-in-time-count-2025-final-report.pdf?VersionId=aGEbcN9xWzAZ0Kv8FEcDq5fBpwvhDJlr\">less than 10%\u003c/a> of unhoused residents \u003ca href=\"https://homelessness.acgov.org/homelessness-assets/docs/infographic/Alameda%20County%202024%20PIT%20Homelessness%20Report%20-%20FINAL%20.pdf\">surveyed\u003c/a> in recent years self-identified as LGBTQ+.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area housing nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://lifemoves.org/\">LifeMoves\u003c/a>, which oversees more than two dozen interim shelters, is piloting a new training model for the staff at all their sites to better support their LGBTQ+ residents. The New Haven Inn, an LGBTQ-focused shelter for over seven years, is one of the first LifeMoves sites to implement it before the model rolls out to all other sites by the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The New Haven Inn offers the same resources as other LifeMoves sites, including intensive case management, housing and employment specialists, and on-site therapists. But at this San José shelter, pride flags are strung up in the backyard over picnic tables, and the kitchen is decorated with colorful tissue paper hearts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building feels more like a large, welcoming house than a typical homeless shelter. The dorm-style rooms are divided into sections with two people each. Each resident gets their own cabinet and fridge space in a large, shared kitchen stocked with appliances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11754459\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1350px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11754459\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/GettyImages-1150342344.jpg\" alt=\"A Pride and Trans Flag.\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/GettyImages-1150342344.jpg 1350w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/GettyImages-1150342344-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/GettyImages-1150342344-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/GettyImages-1150342344-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/GettyImages-1150342344-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Pride and Trans Flag. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve had people come in and say that there’s no scarcity because people will cook together and share meals together and things like that. So it’s a very, very home vibe,” Program Director Kate Horsting says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LifeMoves Director of Client Experience De Anna Garcia organized the staff training program after noticing a significant need for it. Those experiencing homelessness are faced with unique challenges. Some have been rejected by their families or support systems, leaving them isolated. They face \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrc.org/resources/understanding-intimate-partner-violence-in-the-lgbtq-community\">higher rates\u003c/a> of intimate partner violence and increased vulnerability to violence on the streets. Traditional shelters can also pose safety risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia says that while there are a number of resources geared toward LGBTQ+ youth or young adults, options dwindle with age. “We have a lot of data that suggests that LGBTQ youth are overrepresented in the unhoused community, and those youth become adults. That doesn’t just disappear, right?”[aside postID=news_12078932 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_010_qed.jpg']Many of New Haven Inn’s residents have aged out of those services, and Garcia says it’s nice to see intergenerational friendships develop in the shared communal living room, where residents gather on sofas and at a shared table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The staff-to-resident-ratio at New Haven is also high, ranging from eight to 10 people each night, and the shelter is open 24 hours a day with extended case management hours. Most residents are there for a four-month stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new training program staff aims to cultivate support and acceptance. That starts with using language that affirms residents’ identities, Garcia says. \u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>That’s the big question mark that a lot of [staff] are just scared to say the wrong thing or use the wrong terminology. So language is a big component of it.” Training includes exploring and defining concepts like pronouns, gender expression, and microaggressions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also covers how to deal with sensitive information. Staff is taught that a client’s sexual orientation and gender expression shouldn’t be disclosed without their permission, since Garcia says that information could potentially invite discrimination if it appears on paperwork for housing or employment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a big part of the training is reminding staff not to make assumptions. Garcia says details about clients’ identity, like pronouns, should always come from the client themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main goal for New Haven Inn residents is to land stable housing. Garcia says this often comes in the form of reconciling with family or friends. It can also mean a job and steady income consistent enough to support living on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re all just people that are trying to be loved and cared for and accepted out in the world for who we are,” Garcia says. “Most of this has nothing to do with the LGBTQ piece. This is just people being people going through one of the hardest times in their life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area housing nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://lifemoves.org/\">LifeMoves\u003c/a>, which oversees more than two dozen interim shelters, is piloting a new training model for the staff at all their sites to better support their LGBTQ+ residents. The New Haven Inn, an LGBTQ-focused shelter for over seven years, is one of the first LifeMoves sites to implement it before the model rolls out to all other sites by the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The New Haven Inn offers the same resources as other LifeMoves sites, including intensive case management, housing and employment specialists, and on-site therapists. But at this San José shelter, pride flags are strung up in the backyard over picnic tables, and the kitchen is decorated with colorful tissue paper hearts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building feels more like a large, welcoming house than a typical homeless shelter. The dorm-style rooms are divided into sections with two people each. Each resident gets their own cabinet and fridge space in a large, shared kitchen stocked with appliances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11754459\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1350px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11754459\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/GettyImages-1150342344.jpg\" alt=\"A Pride and Trans Flag.\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/GettyImages-1150342344.jpg 1350w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/GettyImages-1150342344-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/GettyImages-1150342344-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/GettyImages-1150342344-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/06/GettyImages-1150342344-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Pride and Trans Flag. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve had people come in and say that there’s no scarcity because people will cook together and share meals together and things like that. So it’s a very, very home vibe,” Program Director Kate Horsting says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LifeMoves Director of Client Experience De Anna Garcia organized the staff training program after noticing a significant need for it. Those experiencing homelessness are faced with unique challenges. Some have been rejected by their families or support systems, leaving them isolated. They face \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrc.org/resources/understanding-intimate-partner-violence-in-the-lgbtq-community\">higher rates\u003c/a> of intimate partner violence and increased vulnerability to violence on the streets. Traditional shelters can also pose safety risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia says that while there are a number of resources geared toward LGBTQ+ youth or young adults, options dwindle with age. “We have a lot of data that suggests that LGBTQ youth are overrepresented in the unhoused community, and those youth become adults. That doesn’t just disappear, right?”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Solano County residents and local officials have mixed feelings about a draft legislative deal with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-forever\">California Forever\u003c/a> that could speed environmental approvals for proposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037142/california-forevers-shipbuilding-plans-need-more-details-solano-county-officials-say\">shipbuilding\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12048321/california-forever-wants-to-build-a-manufacturing-town\">advanced manufacturing projects\u003c/a> on company-owned land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some are lauding the move as a way to bring jobs to a county with the \u003ca href=\"https://vitalsigns.mtc.ca.gov/indicators/unemployment\">highest unemployment rate\u003c/a> in the Bay Area. Others are concerned it could fast-track the projects without sufficient environmental review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m skeptical,” Mayor Edwin Okamura said. His city, Rio Vista, neighbors California Forever’s proposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059985/california-forever-clears-first-hurdle-in-suisun-city-annexation\">new mega-development\u003c/a>. “I feel like…they’re finding a workaround to getting approvals on their project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the bill’s authors — former Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and former Senate majority leader Bob Hertzberg, who joined California Forever’s team in mid-April as “special counsel” — the draft legislation provides several mechanisms to speed environmental and regulatory approvals for the two proposed projects: a shipyard in Collinsville and the Solano Foundry, an advanced manufacturing site seven miles away. It would also extend to any workforce housing included on either site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It asks for the proposed shipyard to rely on a 2008 environmental impact report the county has already approved for that site. And, it requires any challenges to the two projects under the landmark California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) be resolved \u003ca href=\"https://lci.ca.gov/ceqa/judicial-streamlining/\">within 270 days\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s a catch: in order to trigger those mechanisms, the company first has to sign a deal with a major manufacturer that promises to bring thousands of jobs to the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067288\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067288\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 113 in Solano County outside of Suisun City on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since late last year, California Forever has been in talks \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/california-forever-drone-ship-factory-solano-21041261.php\">with Saronic\u003c/a>, an autonomous shipbuilding \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/technology/drone-ship-builder-saronic-valuation-more-than-doubles-9-billion-after-funding-2026-03-31/\">defense startup\u003c/a> valued at more than $9 billion, to see if it might open its $3.2 billion naval shipyard called Port Alpha in Solano County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to create the environment where any of these companies that want to come to California to create these high-wage jobs can actually happen,” Hertzberg told KQED. “And we’re not going to be in a situation where it takes 10 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The draft legislation has not been published yet, but company officials said it will be included in a trailer bill to the state’s budget, which lawmakers approved this week. The use of a trailer bill, or a secondary piece of legislation the state can enact to implement the state budget after it has been approved, has been \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2024/02/california-trailer-bills-sneaky-law/\">criticized \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kcra.com/article/california-gavin-newsom-criticism-fast-trackbills/44203421\">by some\u003c/a> as a way to sidestep public input.[aside postID=news_12069959 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20250114_Mare-Island_DMB_00333_qed.jpg']Sarah Soroken, a resident of Rio Vista and member of Solano Together, a coalition opposed to California Forever, said she’s deeply concerned this legislation could allow the project to be approved without proper oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is why transparency in a public process is so important,” she said. “Because if we let decisions happen behind closed doors, there may be factors taken into account that really don’t prioritize the health and well-being of the people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Job seekers, however, are eager for a change. Last week, labor groups across the state \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aeEocOpjB-RKTsxRoGZxSNh-NC-W9SIy/view?pli=1\">called on\u003c/a> Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state leaders to approve the proposed draft legislation and bring jobs to Solano County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Kowalski, a union pipe fitter and plumber based in Vacaville, said he has spent most of his career traveling outside the county for work. He pointed to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/fairfield-budweiser-anheuser-busch-closing/\">Budweiser plant\u003c/a> shutting down in Fairfield, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000877/californias-fuel-fears-threaten-benicias-just-transition-to-green-economy\">Valero plant \u003c/a>shutting down in Benicia and \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-02-24/jelly-belly-to-lay-off-close-to-70-employees\">Jelly Belly\u003c/a>, the candy company based in Fairfield, closing its corporate-commercial operations there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no real industry here,” he said. “With [the Foundry] and the housing that California Forever would like to bring to Solano County, it’s needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036285\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036285\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan Sramek, CEO of California Forever, speaks during a town hall meeting in Rio Vista on Dec. 5, 2023, for the proposed California city backed by Silicon Valley investors on farmland in eastern Solano County. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Steinberg and Hertzberg told KQED that California Forever would still need to complete environmental impact reports and would need county approval on its projects. But those approvals, they acknowledged, can take years to negotiate, especially with property, sales or other tax-sharing agreements. The draft legislation includes a provision requiring binding arbitration to protect the county from any costs the project could incur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company is currently pursuing plans for nearby Suisun City to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043295/suisun-city-proposes-annexing-most-of-california-forevers-new-city\">annex some of its land, \u003c/a>including the Foundry site. City Manager Bret Prebula said this legislation would not impact the city’s involvement in that process. Instead, he said, it could free the annexation deal and the development from being caught in bureaucracy that he argued goes beyond common sense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would say the majority of people in the state would tell you there’s too much bureaucracy broadly in the state of California,” he said. “This is trying to move towards … a place of what is common sense bureaucracy and what is just process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg and Hertzberg said they spent months listening to local elected officials about their concerns, which the legislation attempts to assuage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Okamura said he wasn’t approached by Steinberg or Hertzberg during that tour, even though his city would be the most impacted. And while he agreed, in principle, with the idea of speedy approvals, he said that in practice, it could lead to bad outcomes, especially for his small town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043300\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043300\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-02-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-02-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-02-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-02-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign says, ‘Welcome to Suisun City’ on Highway 12 in Suisun City on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“By no means am I a NIMBY; I want that to be very clear,” Okamura said. “I support the shipyard. I don’t support not mitigating challenges that my community will have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Rico, president and CEO of the Solano Economic Development Corporation, said his county desperately needs these jobs and this project could be a catalyst to turn things around for the county’s economic health. He noted that similar deals have previously been struck to expedite approvals for the Oakland A’s stadium, the Golden State Warriors Arena and the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, among other projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we’re willing to give CEQA exemptions to [sports] stadiums, we should be willing to give a CEQA exemption to a manufacturer that’s going to bring 10,000 jobs and a $3.2 billion investment,” he said. “It’s kind of a no-brainer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Solano County residents and local officials have mixed feelings about a draft legislative deal with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-forever\">California Forever\u003c/a> that could speed environmental approvals for proposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037142/california-forevers-shipbuilding-plans-need-more-details-solano-county-officials-say\">shipbuilding\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12048321/california-forever-wants-to-build-a-manufacturing-town\">advanced manufacturing projects\u003c/a> on company-owned land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some are lauding the move as a way to bring jobs to a county with the \u003ca href=\"https://vitalsigns.mtc.ca.gov/indicators/unemployment\">highest unemployment rate\u003c/a> in the Bay Area. Others are concerned it could fast-track the projects without sufficient environmental review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m skeptical,” Mayor Edwin Okamura said. His city, Rio Vista, neighbors California Forever’s proposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059985/california-forever-clears-first-hurdle-in-suisun-city-annexation\">new mega-development\u003c/a>. “I feel like…they’re finding a workaround to getting approvals on their project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the bill’s authors — former Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and former Senate majority leader Bob Hertzberg, who joined California Forever’s team in mid-April as “special counsel” — the draft legislation provides several mechanisms to speed environmental and regulatory approvals for the two proposed projects: a shipyard in Collinsville and the Solano Foundry, an advanced manufacturing site seven miles away. It would also extend to any workforce housing included on either site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It asks for the proposed shipyard to rely on a 2008 environmental impact report the county has already approved for that site. And, it requires any challenges to the two projects under the landmark California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) be resolved \u003ca href=\"https://lci.ca.gov/ceqa/judicial-streamlining/\">within 270 days\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s a catch: in order to trigger those mechanisms, the company first has to sign a deal with a major manufacturer that promises to bring thousands of jobs to the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067288\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067288\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 113 in Solano County outside of Suisun City on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since late last year, California Forever has been in talks \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/california-forever-drone-ship-factory-solano-21041261.php\">with Saronic\u003c/a>, an autonomous shipbuilding \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/technology/drone-ship-builder-saronic-valuation-more-than-doubles-9-billion-after-funding-2026-03-31/\">defense startup\u003c/a> valued at more than $9 billion, to see if it might open its $3.2 billion naval shipyard called Port Alpha in Solano County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to create the environment where any of these companies that want to come to California to create these high-wage jobs can actually happen,” Hertzberg told KQED. “And we’re not going to be in a situation where it takes 10 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The draft legislation has not been published yet, but company officials said it will be included in a trailer bill to the state’s budget, which lawmakers approved this week. The use of a trailer bill, or a secondary piece of legislation the state can enact to implement the state budget after it has been approved, has been \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2024/02/california-trailer-bills-sneaky-law/\">criticized \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kcra.com/article/california-gavin-newsom-criticism-fast-trackbills/44203421\">by some\u003c/a> as a way to sidestep public input.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Sarah Soroken, a resident of Rio Vista and member of Solano Together, a coalition opposed to California Forever, said she’s deeply concerned this legislation could allow the project to be approved without proper oversight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is why transparency in a public process is so important,” she said. “Because if we let decisions happen behind closed doors, there may be factors taken into account that really don’t prioritize the health and well-being of the people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Job seekers, however, are eager for a change. Last week, labor groups across the state \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aeEocOpjB-RKTsxRoGZxSNh-NC-W9SIy/view?pli=1\">called on\u003c/a> Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state leaders to approve the proposed draft legislation and bring jobs to Solano County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Kowalski, a union pipe fitter and plumber based in Vacaville, said he has spent most of his career traveling outside the county for work. He pointed to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/fairfield-budweiser-anheuser-busch-closing/\">Budweiser plant\u003c/a> shutting down in Fairfield, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000877/californias-fuel-fears-threaten-benicias-just-transition-to-green-economy\">Valero plant \u003c/a>shutting down in Benicia and \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-02-24/jelly-belly-to-lay-off-close-to-70-employees\">Jelly Belly\u003c/a>, the candy company based in Fairfield, closing its corporate-commercial operations there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no real industry here,” he said. “With [the Foundry] and the housing that California Forever would like to bring to Solano County, it’s needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036285\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036285\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan Sramek, CEO of California Forever, speaks during a town hall meeting in Rio Vista on Dec. 5, 2023, for the proposed California city backed by Silicon Valley investors on farmland in eastern Solano County. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Steinberg and Hertzberg told KQED that California Forever would still need to complete environmental impact reports and would need county approval on its projects. But those approvals, they acknowledged, can take years to negotiate, especially with property, sales or other tax-sharing agreements. The draft legislation includes a provision requiring binding arbitration to protect the county from any costs the project could incur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company is currently pursuing plans for nearby Suisun City to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043295/suisun-city-proposes-annexing-most-of-california-forevers-new-city\">annex some of its land, \u003c/a>including the Foundry site. City Manager Bret Prebula said this legislation would not impact the city’s involvement in that process. Instead, he said, it could free the annexation deal and the development from being caught in bureaucracy that he argued goes beyond common sense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would say the majority of people in the state would tell you there’s too much bureaucracy broadly in the state of California,” he said. “This is trying to move towards … a place of what is common sense bureaucracy and what is just process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg and Hertzberg said they spent months listening to local elected officials about their concerns, which the legislation attempts to assuage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Okamura said he wasn’t approached by Steinberg or Hertzberg during that tour, even though his city would be the most impacted. And while he agreed, in principle, with the idea of speedy approvals, he said that in practice, it could lead to bad outcomes, especially for his small town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12043300\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12043300\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-02-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-02-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-02-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-02-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign says, ‘Welcome to Suisun City’ on Highway 12 in Suisun City on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“By no means am I a NIMBY; I want that to be very clear,” Okamura said. “I support the shipyard. I don’t support not mitigating challenges that my community will have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Rico, president and CEO of the Solano Economic Development Corporation, said his county desperately needs these jobs and this project could be a catalyst to turn things around for the county’s economic health. He noted that similar deals have previously been struck to expedite approvals for the Oakland A’s stadium, the Golden State Warriors Arena and the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, among other projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we’re willing to give CEQA exemptions to [sports] stadiums, we should be willing to give a CEQA exemption to a manufacturer that’s going to bring 10,000 jobs and a $3.2 billion investment,” he said. “It’s kind of a no-brainer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As this year’s legislative session speeds to a close, a handful of bills focused on the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/homelessness\">homelessness\u003c/a> crisis have made the cut so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though homelessness improved slightly last year, there are still an \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2026/05/point-in-time-homelessness-report/\">estimated 182,000\u003c/a> Californians with nowhere to call home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue is top of mind for many lawmakers in Sacramento, who are pushing a range of laws that would do everything from free up state funds for sober housing, dispose of RVs on city streets and create a plan for homelessness prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are a few of the bills to watch as they approach their final votes and await a potential signature from the governor:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>State-funded sober homeless housing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom hit \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/matt-haney-165453\">Assemblymember Matt Haney\u003c/a> with a surprise veto last year, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/10/newsom-ab-255-veto/\">blocking his bill\u003c/a> that would have allowed state funding to pay for sober homeless housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haney is back with a similar bill, which he says will give people recovering from drug and alcohol addiction the choice to live in an environment free from dangerous temptations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people who are on the street right now or exiting shelter programs would prefer drug-free housing options,” the San Francisco Democrat said. “And right now there are few options, if any, for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027566\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Matt Haney speaks during a press conference announcing legislation to increase nightlife in Downtown San Francisco to help the recovery of the neighborhood, in Union Square, San Francisco, on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last year, Assembly Bill 255 would have allowed cities and counties to spend up to 10% of their state funding on “recovery housing” where people are required to stay sober. That was a tweak to California’s “housing first” strategy, which emphasizes a no-strings-attached approach to housing and generally frowns on barriers that require people to stay clean or participate in treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his veto message, Newsom said the state already allows the state to fund sober housing. His office pointed to a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/11/sober-housing-ca-texas/\">new set of guidelines\u003c/a> on the subject, published online the day after Newsom’s veto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Haney says that guidance is unclear, and housing providers still believe state funds are off-limits for sober housing. The proof: Haney said that as far as he knows, no one has used state funds to pay for sober housing since the governor’s veto last year.[aside postID=news_12088488 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-02-KQED.jpg?ver=1722631109']His new bill, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1556\">Assembly bill 1556\u003c/a>, lays out the rules a sober housing provider must follow to be eligible for state funding. Each provider must have a policy to handle relapses, which is supposed to help the resident get sober again, but also can include evicting them if they continue to use alcohol or drugs and do not follow the policy. That worries critics, including Sharon Rapport, director of California state policy for the Corporation for Supportive Housing, who fears it could put people back on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike last year’s bill, AB 1556 doesn’t limit the amount of state money that could go to sober housing. The bill comes with no additional funding, meaning the more money that goes to sober housing, the less will be left for the low-barrier housing needed for people who aren’t ready to overcome their addiction, Rapport said. That’s even more worrying because the Trump administration also is prioritizing sober housing for federal funds – creating an even bigger gap in low-barrier housing, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t really want to see Trump policy implemented in California at the state level,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Haney is expecting a more positive reaction from Newsom. “The governor’s office has been very collaborative and responsive from the beginning this time around,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Solutions to homelessness\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most people in California \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/californians-concern-about-homelessness-has-softened/\">agree that homelessness\u003c/a> is a problem. But exactly how much would it cost to solve it? And how could California get there?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It turns out, the state has never actually done that math publicly. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1165\">Assembly Bill 1165\u003c/a> would force the state to do just that. The bill by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/mike-gipson-28\">Assemblymember Mike Gipson\u003c/a>, a Gardena Democrat, would require the California Department of Housing and Community Development to create a financial plan to solve homelessness, as well as performance metrics for success, by January 2028.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would include determining how much money the state would need to meet the housing needs of everyone who is homeless now or expected to become homeless in the future, and how the state could achieve that goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072189\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-08-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-08-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-08-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-08-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Public Works employees clean up debris after a sweep of an encampment on Merlin Street in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood on Jan. 27, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state has estimated California must plan for 2.5 million homes over the next eight years to meet demand and ease the state’s affordable housing shortage. AB 1165 would require the state to go into more detail about what resources are needed, and lay out a plan to meet that goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Corporation for Supportive Housing \u003ca href=\"https://calneeds.csh.org/\">estimates\u003c/a> it would take $8.1 billion a year for 12 years to solve homelessness. The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/06/california-budget-legislature-deal/\">budget\u003c/a> the legislature proposed this month includes $900 million for Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention funds – the state’s main source of homeless funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it passes, AB 1165 could help hold legislators and the next governor accountable and push the state to spend its homelessness funds more wisely, Rapport said. A \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/04/california-homelessness-spending/\">2024 audit\u003c/a> found the state failed to track its homelessness spending or measure results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill doesn’t come with new resources to fight homelessness, meaning implementing a plan to end homelessness could be tough in the current tight budget environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another measure, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1924\">Assembly Bill 1924\u003c/a>, would require the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to establish a statewide strategy to prevent homelessness before it happens. If passed, the plan would need to be in place by July 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prevention has become an increasingly \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2026/03/homelessness-prevention-pilot/\">popular way to tackle homelessness\u003c/a>, as it’s much easier and cheaper to help someone hold onto their housing than it is to re-house them once they wind up on the streets. Organizations already using this strategy have found that giving someone several thousand dollars can allow them to avoid homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like AB 1165, the prevention bill also comes with no new funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Forcing cities to report homelessness and housing data\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>How much data on homelessness should California cities that aren’t getting state funds be required to report to the state? That’s the question behind a bill by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb866\">Senator Catherine Blakespear\u003c/a>, which has received pushback from some of her colleagues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties, continuums of care (regional groups that coordinate homelessness services) and the 14 largest cities \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/05/13/governor-newsom-delivers-760-million-in-hhap-funding-to-support-communities-efforts-in-reducing-homelessness/\">are eligible\u003c/a> for money from the state’s Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention program. In exchange for the funds, those entities must report certain data about their homeless populations, the services they offer, and the progress they’ve made getting people off the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blakespear, a Democrat from Encinitas, wants the rest of California’s cities, even if they get no funding, to report that data, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072191\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072191\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-13-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-13-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-13-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-13-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teesha Baldree (left) and Jacob Miles go through their belongings after moving from Merlin Street to nearby Fifth Street in San Francisco on Jan. 27, 2026, following a scheduled encampment sweep. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Homelessness is a regional problem that does not stop at city or county boundaries,” she said during a recent Senate floor hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb866\">Senate Bill 866\u003c/a> alarmed some city leaders, who complained they don’t have the staff or money to compile that extensive amount of data. Dozens of cities oppose the bill, as does the League of California Cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a concession, Blakespear agreed to exempt all cities with 50,000 or fewer people – eliminating about half of California’s cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that wasn’t enough to appease some of her colleagues, including \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/marie-alvarado-gil-165433\">Republican Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil\u003c/a> from Modesto, who called the bill an un-funded mandate for cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to ask,” she said, “if we have this level of opposition, not just from rural communities, not just from Republican-represented communities, but from cities across the state, why do we have a half-cooked bill on this Legislature’s floor?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>No arrest warrants for people who miss court dates\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab2122\">Assembly Bill 2122\u003c/a> doesn’t specifically mention unhoused Californians, but advocates say it would have big implications for people who sleep outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities around California are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/06/homelessness-enforcement-data/\">cracking down\u003c/a> on street homelessness, leading to increasing numbers of arrests and citations in some places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People are ticketed for unauthorized camping, but they can also be cited for other offenses such as loitering, trespassing, public urination, violating park rules, and more. Typically, the police hand them a paper citation that says when they are supposed to show up in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072181\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072181\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020226SUPER-BOWL-HOMELESSNESS-_GH_004-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020226SUPER-BOWL-HOMELESSNESS-_GH_004-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020226SUPER-BOWL-HOMELESSNESS-_GH_004-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020226SUPER-BOWL-HOMELESSNESS-_GH_004-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Felony, a Chihuahua-poodle mix, stands on a leash beside owner Kali Donlin outside the Gubbio Project at St. John’s the Evangelist Episcopal Church on Feb. 2, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s common for unhoused people to miss those court dates – they may lack transportation, be unable to leave their belongings or pets unattended, or simply lose track of the date amid the unpredictability of life on the street. When that happens, the court issues a bench warrant for their arrest. The next time they encounter the police, they could go to jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only does that cost the city money, but it also could make it harder for the person to get housing, Rapport said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Bill 2122, by Assemblymembers \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/ash-kalra-100938\">Ash Kalra\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/josh-lowenthal-164206\">Josh Lowenthal\u003c/a>, would change that. If someone is cited for an infraction (which could include loitering or other minor offenses) and then misses their court date, they could not be jailed as a result. It would also prohibit courts from issuing arrest warrants for people who fail to pay traffic tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill applies only to infractions. Different cities classify crimes differently – in some places, an offense such as loitering might be an infraction, while in other places it could be a misdemeanor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California State Sheriffs’ Association is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab2122\">opposed to the bill\u003c/a>, and says it sends the message that it’s acceptable to fail to appear in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>RVs on city streets\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As unhoused Californians increasingly turn to vehicles for shelter, multiple legislators have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/09/homeless-enforcement-cars-rvs/\">turned their attention to addressing\u003c/a> the resulting rows of RVs, trailers and lived-in cars lining streets up and down the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/mark-gonzalez-187427\">Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez\u003c/a>, a Los Angeles Democrat, pushed through \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab630\">a bill\u003c/a> intended to make it easier for local governments to dispose of inoperable RVs parked on their streets. The goal was to address vehicles that create blight in neighborhoods and are breeding grounds for bad behavior, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He ended up amending the bill to apply only in Los Angeles and Alameda counties. But by making that change, Gonzalez inadvertently made the law basically unusable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077867\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077867\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1317\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-29.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-29-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-29-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Kauffman, 70, closes the blinds to his RV in San Francisco, Calif., on Jan. 21, 2026. Kauffman has been towed three times since the city’s Large Vehicle Refuge Permit Program, and has been navigating new parking restrictions that aim to eliminate RVs in the city. Since his RV is inoperable, he’s had to pay $700 to tow it out of the city’s tow-yard, and paying $107 in San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority fees. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the counties of Alameda and Los Angeles themselves could use the law to dispose of RVs, the cities within them could not. The Los Angeles City Council found that out the hard way, when it voted to establish an RV disposal program, only to have it \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-22/la-wanted-to-dismantle-homeless-rvs-judge-just-shut-that-down\">shot down\u003c/a> in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab647\">Assembly Bill 647\u003c/a> fixes that oversight by allowing cities within those two counties to destroy RVs valued at $4,000 or less. Opponents worry the bill will lead local governments to seize more lived-in RVs, forcing people out of the relative safety of a vehicle and onto the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2026/06/legislature-homelessness-bills-2026/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue is top of mind for many lawmakers in Sacramento, who are pushing a range of laws that would do everything from free up state funds for sober housing, dispose of RVs on city streets and create a plan for homelessness prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are a few of the bills to watch as they approach their final votes and await a potential signature from the governor:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>State-funded sober homeless housing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom hit \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/matt-haney-165453\">Assemblymember Matt Haney\u003c/a> with a surprise veto last year, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/10/newsom-ab-255-veto/\">blocking his bill\u003c/a> that would have allowed state funding to pay for sober homeless housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haney is back with a similar bill, which he says will give people recovering from drug and alcohol addiction the choice to live in an environment free from dangerous temptations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people who are on the street right now or exiting shelter programs would prefer drug-free housing options,” the San Francisco Democrat said. “And right now there are few options, if any, for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027566\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250218-SFDowntown-14-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Matt Haney speaks during a press conference announcing legislation to increase nightlife in Downtown San Francisco to help the recovery of the neighborhood, in Union Square, San Francisco, on Feb. 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last year, Assembly Bill 255 would have allowed cities and counties to spend up to 10% of their state funding on “recovery housing” where people are required to stay sober. That was a tweak to California’s “housing first” strategy, which emphasizes a no-strings-attached approach to housing and generally frowns on barriers that require people to stay clean or participate in treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his veto message, Newsom said the state already allows the state to fund sober housing. His office pointed to a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/11/sober-housing-ca-texas/\">new set of guidelines\u003c/a> on the subject, published online the day after Newsom’s veto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Haney says that guidance is unclear, and housing providers still believe state funds are off-limits for sober housing. The proof: Haney said that as far as he knows, no one has used state funds to pay for sober housing since the governor’s veto last year.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>His new bill, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1556\">Assembly bill 1556\u003c/a>, lays out the rules a sober housing provider must follow to be eligible for state funding. Each provider must have a policy to handle relapses, which is supposed to help the resident get sober again, but also can include evicting them if they continue to use alcohol or drugs and do not follow the policy. That worries critics, including Sharon Rapport, director of California state policy for the Corporation for Supportive Housing, who fears it could put people back on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike last year’s bill, AB 1556 doesn’t limit the amount of state money that could go to sober housing. The bill comes with no additional funding, meaning the more money that goes to sober housing, the less will be left for the low-barrier housing needed for people who aren’t ready to overcome their addiction, Rapport said. That’s even more worrying because the Trump administration also is prioritizing sober housing for federal funds – creating an even bigger gap in low-barrier housing, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t really want to see Trump policy implemented in California at the state level,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Haney is expecting a more positive reaction from Newsom. “The governor’s office has been very collaborative and responsive from the beginning this time around,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Solutions to homelessness\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most people in California \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/californians-concern-about-homelessness-has-softened/\">agree that homelessness\u003c/a> is a problem. But exactly how much would it cost to solve it? And how could California get there?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It turns out, the state has never actually done that math publicly. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1165\">Assembly Bill 1165\u003c/a> would force the state to do just that. The bill by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/mike-gipson-28\">Assemblymember Mike Gipson\u003c/a>, a Gardena Democrat, would require the California Department of Housing and Community Development to create a financial plan to solve homelessness, as well as performance metrics for success, by January 2028.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would include determining how much money the state would need to meet the housing needs of everyone who is homeless now or expected to become homeless in the future, and how the state could achieve that goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072189\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-08-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-08-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-08-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-08-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Public Works employees clean up debris after a sweep of an encampment on Merlin Street in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood on Jan. 27, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state has estimated California must plan for 2.5 million homes over the next eight years to meet demand and ease the state’s affordable housing shortage. AB 1165 would require the state to go into more detail about what resources are needed, and lay out a plan to meet that goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Corporation for Supportive Housing \u003ca href=\"https://calneeds.csh.org/\">estimates\u003c/a> it would take $8.1 billion a year for 12 years to solve homelessness. The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/06/california-budget-legislature-deal/\">budget\u003c/a> the legislature proposed this month includes $900 million for Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention funds – the state’s main source of homeless funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it passes, AB 1165 could help hold legislators and the next governor accountable and push the state to spend its homelessness funds more wisely, Rapport said. A \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/04/california-homelessness-spending/\">2024 audit\u003c/a> found the state failed to track its homelessness spending or measure results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill doesn’t come with new resources to fight homelessness, meaning implementing a plan to end homelessness could be tough in the current tight budget environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another measure, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1924\">Assembly Bill 1924\u003c/a>, would require the California Interagency Council on Homelessness to establish a statewide strategy to prevent homelessness before it happens. If passed, the plan would need to be in place by July 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prevention has become an increasingly \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2026/03/homelessness-prevention-pilot/\">popular way to tackle homelessness\u003c/a>, as it’s much easier and cheaper to help someone hold onto their housing than it is to re-house them once they wind up on the streets. Organizations already using this strategy have found that giving someone several thousand dollars can allow them to avoid homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like AB 1165, the prevention bill also comes with no new funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Forcing cities to report homelessness and housing data\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>How much data on homelessness should California cities that aren’t getting state funds be required to report to the state? That’s the question behind a bill by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb866\">Senator Catherine Blakespear\u003c/a>, which has received pushback from some of her colleagues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties, continuums of care (regional groups that coordinate homelessness services) and the 14 largest cities \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/05/13/governor-newsom-delivers-760-million-in-hhap-funding-to-support-communities-efforts-in-reducing-homelessness/\">are eligible\u003c/a> for money from the state’s Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention program. In exchange for the funds, those entities must report certain data about their homeless populations, the services they offer, and the progress they’ve made getting people off the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blakespear, a Democrat from Encinitas, wants the rest of California’s cities, even if they get no funding, to report that data, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072191\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072191\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-13-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-13-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-13-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-13-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teesha Baldree (left) and Jacob Miles go through their belongings after moving from Merlin Street to nearby Fifth Street in San Francisco on Jan. 27, 2026, following a scheduled encampment sweep. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Homelessness is a regional problem that does not stop at city or county boundaries,” she said during a recent Senate floor hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb866\">Senate Bill 866\u003c/a> alarmed some city leaders, who complained they don’t have the staff or money to compile that extensive amount of data. Dozens of cities oppose the bill, as does the League of California Cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a concession, Blakespear agreed to exempt all cities with 50,000 or fewer people – eliminating about half of California’s cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that wasn’t enough to appease some of her colleagues, including \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/marie-alvarado-gil-165433\">Republican Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil\u003c/a> from Modesto, who called the bill an un-funded mandate for cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to ask,” she said, “if we have this level of opposition, not just from rural communities, not just from Republican-represented communities, but from cities across the state, why do we have a half-cooked bill on this Legislature’s floor?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>No arrest warrants for people who miss court dates\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab2122\">Assembly Bill 2122\u003c/a> doesn’t specifically mention unhoused Californians, but advocates say it would have big implications for people who sleep outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities around California are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/06/homelessness-enforcement-data/\">cracking down\u003c/a> on street homelessness, leading to increasing numbers of arrests and citations in some places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People are ticketed for unauthorized camping, but they can also be cited for other offenses such as loitering, trespassing, public urination, violating park rules, and more. Typically, the police hand them a paper citation that says when they are supposed to show up in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072181\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072181\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020226SUPER-BOWL-HOMELESSNESS-_GH_004-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020226SUPER-BOWL-HOMELESSNESS-_GH_004-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020226SUPER-BOWL-HOMELESSNESS-_GH_004-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020226SUPER-BOWL-HOMELESSNESS-_GH_004-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Felony, a Chihuahua-poodle mix, stands on a leash beside owner Kali Donlin outside the Gubbio Project at St. John’s the Evangelist Episcopal Church on Feb. 2, 2026, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s common for unhoused people to miss those court dates – they may lack transportation, be unable to leave their belongings or pets unattended, or simply lose track of the date amid the unpredictability of life on the street. When that happens, the court issues a bench warrant for their arrest. The next time they encounter the police, they could go to jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only does that cost the city money, but it also could make it harder for the person to get housing, Rapport said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Bill 2122, by Assemblymembers \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/ash-kalra-100938\">Ash Kalra\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/josh-lowenthal-164206\">Josh Lowenthal\u003c/a>, would change that. If someone is cited for an infraction (which could include loitering or other minor offenses) and then misses their court date, they could not be jailed as a result. It would also prohibit courts from issuing arrest warrants for people who fail to pay traffic tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill applies only to infractions. Different cities classify crimes differently – in some places, an offense such as loitering might be an infraction, while in other places it could be a misdemeanor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California State Sheriffs’ Association is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab2122\">opposed to the bill\u003c/a>, and says it sends the message that it’s acceptable to fail to appear in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>RVs on city streets\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As unhoused Californians increasingly turn to vehicles for shelter, multiple legislators have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/09/homeless-enforcement-cars-rvs/\">turned their attention to addressing\u003c/a> the resulting rows of RVs, trailers and lived-in cars lining streets up and down the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/mark-gonzalez-187427\">Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez\u003c/a>, a Los Angeles Democrat, pushed through \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab630\">a bill\u003c/a> intended to make it easier for local governments to dispose of inoperable RVs parked on their streets. The goal was to address vehicles that create blight in neighborhoods and are breeding grounds for bad behavior, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He ended up amending the bill to apply only in Los Angeles and Alameda counties. But by making that change, Gonzalez inadvertently made the law basically unusable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077867\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077867\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1317\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-29.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-29-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/01212026-BOBRVTOW-ET-PU-29-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Kauffman, 70, closes the blinds to his RV in San Francisco, Calif., on Jan. 21, 2026. Kauffman has been towed three times since the city’s Large Vehicle Refuge Permit Program, and has been navigating new parking restrictions that aim to eliminate RVs in the city. Since his RV is inoperable, he’s had to pay $700 to tow it out of the city’s tow-yard, and paying $107 in San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority fees. \u003ccite>(Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the counties of Alameda and Los Angeles themselves could use the law to dispose of RVs, the cities within them could not. The Los Angeles City Council found that out the hard way, when it voted to establish an RV disposal program, only to have it \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-22/la-wanted-to-dismantle-homeless-rvs-judge-just-shut-that-down\">shot down\u003c/a> in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab647\">Assembly Bill 647\u003c/a> fixes that oversight by allowing cities within those two counties to destroy RVs valued at $4,000 or less. Opponents worry the bill will lead local governments to seize more lived-in RVs, forcing people out of the relative safety of a vehicle and onto the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2026/06/legislature-homelessness-bills-2026/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-forever\">California Forever,\u003c/a> the tech billionaire-backed group that hopes to build a city from scratch on farmland in the outer San Francisco Bay Area, is lobbying state leaders to fast-track a massive shipbuilding deal that would kick-start its development after years of local opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The billionaires behind the project are seeking a deal to expedite environmental reviews of the development and, if necessary, bypass county restrictions on building by being absorbed into Suisun City boundaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve hired former Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and former Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg — Democratic architects of landmark environmental laws — to make their case, and are using the prospect of luring a major shipbuilder to California to accelerate the dealmaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever has pursued its project for nearly a decade, though the vision has shifted: At first pitched as a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/02/california-forever-promises/\">walkable city\u003c/a> with cottages, bike lanes and even a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/heres-what-a-proposed-california-forever-lagoon-would-look-like/\">water park\u003c/a>, the plan then added a major shipbuilding operation and, last summer, a significant \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailyrepublic.com/business/solano-business/california-forever-marries-new-manufacturing-park-to-travis-shipbuilding-east-solano/article_bfd6f346-0ee7-4492-a08a-b4339439b76b.html\">manufacturing hub\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever’s proponents, led by the state’s powerful building trades union along with realtors, peace officers and pro-housing groups, argue the latest proposal would boost the state’s economy and bring \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaeconomy.org/report/suisun-expansion-plan-and-solano-shipyard/\">an estimated\u003c/a> half a million jobs to California. And now, a prospective tenant has emerged: Defense company \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2026/04/09/saronic-technologies-california-forever-solano.html\">Saronic Technologies, Inc\u003c/a>., which builds autonomous vessels for use in national security, is deciding between California and Texas for its next factory. The state must fast-track the development or lose the deal, supporters argue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The developers are seeking the state’s permission to use an 18-year-old environmental impact report for the shipyard development, limit any legal challenges to the project to 270 days, and allow Suisun City to annex their land if needed, according to Steinberg and Hertzberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067288\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067288\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 113 in Solano County outside of Suisun City on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In short, if legislation is not approved, California will lose billions of dollars in investments and tens of thousands of jobs this summer to Texas and other states,” proponents \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/trades-labor-coalition-ask-state-leaders-to-pony-up-for-california-forever-projects/article_08128859-63cc-4861-b06c-2d3565dd27d3.html\">wrote in a joint letter\u003c/a> to Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some locals and lawmakers are skeptical, arguing that details about the project remain scarce. The proposed development would convert vast farmlands into factories and risk harming the surrounding ecosystem, they said, which deserves rigorous environmental review under the landmark California Environmental Quality Act that proponents are seeking to expedite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For a project this scale in this location, it is what the (law) was designed for,” said Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/christopher-cabaldon-5699\">Christopher Cabaldon\u003c/a>, a Napa Democrat who represents the area. “A central question for the people of Solano County is: Is this going to be for the community or is this a conversion project that leaves them behind?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents also slammed California Forever for pursuing relief behind closed doors with state leaders and circumventing local opposition. Since 2018, the group has secretly bought up agricultural land, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-california-forever-debate-moves-underground/\">shelled out hundreds of millions of dollars\u003c/a> to court local residents and spent at least $330,000 lobbying the governor and legislative leaders for favorable legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think they know that the only way this actually happens is under cover of darkness, by trying to essentially get the governor to work this plan for them,” said Jordan Grimes, legislative director at Greenbelt Alliance, which has advocated for streamlined environmental reviews for housing projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Secretive beginnings foment distrust\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For residents of Solano County, an agricultural community on the outskirts of the Bay Area that includes coastal areas next to a deep-water shipping lane, the suspicion around California Forever has been hard to shake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group’s subsidiary, Flannery Associates, started buying up farmland in 2018, eventually acquiring 62,000 acres while routinely refusing to answer questions about its backers. Some farmers later alleged the company used strong-arm tactics to get them to sell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/business/land-purchases-solano-county.html\">Flannery’s backers were unmasked\u003c/a> as a group of wealthy venture capitalists including the founders of LinkedIn and Netscape, all led by former Goldman Sachs trader and real estate developer Jan Sramek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12048452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12048452\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Solano Foundry would be built next to homes within California Forever’s proposed mega-development and would provide space for defense tech, transportation, energy and other advanced manufacturing companies. The company’s announcement comes just a year after it pulled a ballot initiative to build a city from scratch in southeast Solano County. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of California Forever)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Marc Andreessen, co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, holds investments in both California Forever and Saronic, the defense company eyeing California. Andreessen’s firm did not immediately return a CalMatters inquiry for comment. Despite rocky beginnings, California Forever needed the majority of Solano County voters on its side due to a 1984 “orderly growth” law that requires voters to approve development on unincorporated land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2024, the company debuted the East Solano Plan to rezone 17,500 acres of agricultural land for a dense, 400,000-person city. The proposal was set to go before voters that year, but its backers pulled it following powerful grassroots opposition, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2024/04/08/opposition-groups-poll-shows-majority-reject-new-solano-county-city/?clearUserState=true\">poor polling\u003c/a> and a county assessment that found holes in the plan. Sramek \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook-pm/2024/07/29/how-california-forevers-ballot-initiative-failed-00171735\">acknowledged\u003c/a> the group likely moved too fast and said the initiative would go back before voters in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, the group has pivoted. The East Solano Plan has become the Suisun Expansion Plan and the Solano Shipyard. In January 2025, Suisun City’s city council directed its manager to explore expanding the city’s limits through annexation, which is now underway, although it could take years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The annexation and the ship building have been a clear way to work around the need for voter support in Solano County,” said Nate Huntington, a member of the grassroots group Solano Together, which formed in response to the secretive land purchases. Huntington pointed out that California Forever hasn’t even submitted a proposal for a shipbuilding facility to the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of this has been happening in backrooms of Sacramento, and it’s not been publicly available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Seeking state environmental relief\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California Forever is now selling the development to the state as a major incentive to lure manufacturers and shipbuilders to California — and the subsequent need for housing to accommodate the promised jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company wants the governor and state lawmakers to cut red tape for the development and require enough housing for the new jobs. Steinberg and Hertzberg told CalMatters they are contemplating legislation to that end, but only after California Forever signs a lease with a manufacturer or shipbuilder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their plan would allow the governor to designate construction on company land as “environmental leadership development projects,” which would effectively require any litigation to be resolved within 270 days. Steinberg authored the state law streamlining that process in 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036285\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036285\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan Sramek, CEO of California Forever, speaks during a town hall meeting in Rio Vista on Dec. 5, 2023, for the proposed California city backed by Silicon Valley investors on farmland in eastern Solano County. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/programs/environmental-analysis/standard-environmental-reference-ser/volume-1-guidance-for-compliance/ch-36-environmental-impact-report\">State law\u003c/a> requires government agencies to prepare a report for any project that might have a significant impact on the environment. Instead of assessing the impact of the proposed shipyard, Steinberg and Hertzberg’s proposal would use a \u003ca href=\"https://content.solanocounty.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/Solano%20County%20DEIR%20-%204-18-08.pdf\">2008 report\u003c/a>, which designated the area where the shipyard would go as “\u003ca href=\"https://baynature.org/2026/06/16/science-nature/bay/how-would-california-forevers-proposed-solano-shipyard-affect-the-environment-details-are-scant/\">water-dependent industrial usage\u003c/a>.” Most of California Forever’s \u003ca href=\"https://californiaforever.com/shipyard/\">7,500-acre\u003c/a> planned footprint does not have that designation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg told CalMatters the report is sufficient since the site has changed little.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state and county need the ability to say yes now to these numerous opportunities,” he said in a text. A new report, he said, “would require years of additional delay and lost opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the report is outdated, Cabaldon argues.[aside postID=news_12069959 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/20250114_Mare-Island_DMB_00333_qed.jpg']“This is completely different,” he said. “Just the notion that you would just say, ‘We are not going to do any assessments at all and we’ll just rely on this old one’ — that is not consistent with what the public interest is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg and Hertzberg also want the state to require enough housing in the area, but to allow surrounding cities and Solano County to permit local housing developers to build first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if local governments aren’t willing to or cannot build enough housing within the timeline the manufacturer or the shipbuilder wants, Steinberg and Hertzberg’s proposal would allow Suisun City to annex adjacent California Forever-owned county land into its city boundaries — a controversial idea that has \u003ca href=\"https://www.vallejosun.com/activists-call-for-vote-on-california-forevers-suisun-city-expansion-plan/\">drawn fierce local opposition\u003c/a>. The move would be a “last resort,” Steinberg and Hertzberg stressed repeatedly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The annexation would effectively bypass the county’s orderly growth initiative, which requires voters to have a say in development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The shipbuilders and manufacturers need certainty on a much faster timeline,” Steinberg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cabaldon said the pitch to build new housing to accommodate theoretical jobs is “fantastical,” noting that Saronic, the proposed ship-builder, is a leader in automation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no indication that this is going to generate on an ongoing basis that many jobs, and certainly not more jobs than we have housing for even today without building a single additional unit,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Historic union agreement prompts support\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In January, California Forever announced it had signed a 40-year deal with the Napa/Solano Building Trades Council and Northern California Carpenters Union to use union labor to build its development. The agreement was an important political alliance for CEO Sramek, bringing more influential advocates to the table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Digital Democracy, both the Building Trades Council and the Carpenters Union have given roughly $10 million in direct donations to legislative candidates since 2000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those advocates made themselves heard over the past few weeks, following a Texas county court \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2026/06/17/saronic-brownsville-port-alpha-california.html\">approving significant tax incentives\u003c/a> to lure Saronic to Brownsville. In a statement, Saronic said its nationwide search is still “active and ongoing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250804-CALIFORNIAFOREVERSUISUNCITY-53-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250804-CALIFORNIAFOREVERSUISUNCITY-53-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250804-CALIFORNIAFOREVERSUISUNCITY-53-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250804-CALIFORNIAFOREVERSUISUNCITY-53-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the Suisun Slough in Suisun City, Solano County, on Aug. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The California Alliance For Jobs, an alliance of influential construction companies and workers, drafted two letters in quick succession calling for legislative leaders to streamline the California Forever expansion and shipyard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We champed at the bit to go all in to get this project moving, and to get legislation through Sacramento this session,” said Joshua Arce, executive director of the alliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suisun City Councilmember Princess Washington, who has consistently been the sole vote on the council against the annexation plan, said she feels organized labor is being used as “political pressure” to win approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Processes are slow, but they’re done that way through government to ensure that it’s being done correctly, that all parties of interest are being treated fairly, and there’s checks and balances,” Washington said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unheard of for a project to be done as quickly as they want it to be done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, California Forever spokesperson Jim Wunderman said any shipyard project will comply with all California environmental and land use laws. He said county supervisors already approved using the 2008 impact report, and that legislation would allow the group to “meet prospective employers’ timelines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said by pursuing expansion within Suisun City, California Forever is following the community’s preferences by channeling new growth into existing cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An ongoing presence in the Capitol\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Since 2024, California Forever has spent at least $330,000 lobbying the Legislature and governor’s office on bills and other actions, according to campaign finance records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg and Hertzberg told CalMatters they were hired in April as “special counsel,” not lobbyists, meaning they are spending less than a third of their time talking with public officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grimes, who said he respects Steinberg for leading landmark environmental land use reforms in the Legislature, said he’s disappointed in his advocacy for California Forever, “a project that is antithetical to all of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12011201\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A California Forever office in the Solano Town Center mall in Fairfield on April 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California Forever reported spending $90,000 lobbying the governor’s office and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, GO-Biz, last year on “federal shipbuilding activities and California business attraction and retention activities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“GO-Biz has discussed relevant state incentive programs with Saronic and explained how they operate,” said GO-Biz spokesperson Willie Rudman. He said the agency does not offer incentive packages to specific companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall though, GO-Biz helped organize a bid for Saronic to settle in Solano County. County staff reported during a board meeting that GO-Biz supported a \u003ca href=\"http://www.thereporter.com/2025/09/03/solano-state-reps-decline-shipyard-legislation-requests/?clearUserState=true\">legislative effort\u003c/a> to override the county’s “orderly growth” law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County supervisors rushed through a proposal to change the boundaries of the Solano Shipyard to comply, but with just days remaining before the end of the legislative session, Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/lori-wilson-165454\">Lori Wilson\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Suisun City, said there wasn’t time to introduce legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, Wilson said, the proposal has been on the table, but “nothing’s been requested” of her office by California Forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company also urged lawmakers to act fast or risk losing the shipbuilder to Texas last year — a negotiating tactic common in economic development, Cabaldon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12048457\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12048457\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1048\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever2-160x84.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever2-1536x805.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Solano Foundry would be located in an area previously designated for “industry and technology” within the new city. It would also be close to Collinsville, where the company wants to build a shipyard. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of California Forever)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Cabaldon argued that Saronic will decide where to place its shipyard based on “defense needs of the United States of America” instead of state incentives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to negotiate with our eyes open.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For the record: This story was corrected to reflect that Joshua Arce is executive director of the California Alliance for Jobs. It was also updated to add that GO-Biz says it does not offer incentive packages to specific companies.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/06/california-forever-solano-shipyard-deal/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever has pursued its project for nearly a decade, though the vision has shifted: At first pitched as a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/02/california-forever-promises/\">walkable city\u003c/a> with cottages, bike lanes and even a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/heres-what-a-proposed-california-forever-lagoon-would-look-like/\">water park\u003c/a>, the plan then added a major shipbuilding operation and, last summer, a significant \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailyrepublic.com/business/solano-business/california-forever-marries-new-manufacturing-park-to-travis-shipbuilding-east-solano/article_bfd6f346-0ee7-4492-a08a-b4339439b76b.html\">manufacturing hub\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever’s proponents, led by the state’s powerful building trades union along with realtors, peace officers and pro-housing groups, argue the latest proposal would boost the state’s economy and bring \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaeconomy.org/report/suisun-expansion-plan-and-solano-shipyard/\">an estimated\u003c/a> half a million jobs to California. And now, a prospective tenant has emerged: Defense company \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2026/04/09/saronic-technologies-california-forever-solano.html\">Saronic Technologies, Inc\u003c/a>., which builds autonomous vessels for use in national security, is deciding between California and Texas for its next factory. The state must fast-track the development or lose the deal, supporters argue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The developers are seeking the state’s permission to use an 18-year-old environmental impact report for the shipyard development, limit any legal challenges to the project to 270 days, and allow Suisun City to annex their land if needed, according to Steinberg and Hertzberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067288\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067288\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-17-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 113 in Solano County outside of Suisun City on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In short, if legislation is not approved, California will lose billions of dollars in investments and tens of thousands of jobs this summer to Texas and other states,” proponents \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/trades-labor-coalition-ask-state-leaders-to-pony-up-for-california-forever-projects/article_08128859-63cc-4861-b06c-2d3565dd27d3.html\">wrote in a joint letter\u003c/a> to Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some locals and lawmakers are skeptical, arguing that details about the project remain scarce. The proposed development would convert vast farmlands into factories and risk harming the surrounding ecosystem, they said, which deserves rigorous environmental review under the landmark California Environmental Quality Act that proponents are seeking to expedite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For a project this scale in this location, it is what the (law) was designed for,” said Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/christopher-cabaldon-5699\">Christopher Cabaldon\u003c/a>, a Napa Democrat who represents the area. “A central question for the people of Solano County is: Is this going to be for the community or is this a conversion project that leaves them behind?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents also slammed California Forever for pursuing relief behind closed doors with state leaders and circumventing local opposition. Since 2018, the group has secretly bought up agricultural land, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-california-forever-debate-moves-underground/\">shelled out hundreds of millions of dollars\u003c/a> to court local residents and spent at least $330,000 lobbying the governor and legislative leaders for favorable legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think they know that the only way this actually happens is under cover of darkness, by trying to essentially get the governor to work this plan for them,” said Jordan Grimes, legislative director at Greenbelt Alliance, which has advocated for streamlined environmental reviews for housing projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Secretive beginnings foment distrust\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For residents of Solano County, an agricultural community on the outskirts of the Bay Area that includes coastal areas next to a deep-water shipping lane, the suspicion around California Forever has been hard to shake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group’s subsidiary, Flannery Associates, started buying up farmland in 2018, eventually acquiring 62,000 acres while routinely refusing to answer questions about its backers. Some farmers later alleged the company used strong-arm tactics to get them to sell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/business/land-purchases-solano-county.html\">Flannery’s backers were unmasked\u003c/a> as a group of wealthy venture capitalists including the founders of LinkedIn and Netscape, all led by former Goldman Sachs trader and real estate developer Jan Sramek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12048452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12048452\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Solano Foundry would be built next to homes within California Forever’s proposed mega-development and would provide space for defense tech, transportation, energy and other advanced manufacturing companies. The company’s announcement comes just a year after it pulled a ballot initiative to build a city from scratch in southeast Solano County. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of California Forever)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Marc Andreessen, co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, holds investments in both California Forever and Saronic, the defense company eyeing California. Andreessen’s firm did not immediately return a CalMatters inquiry for comment. Despite rocky beginnings, California Forever needed the majority of Solano County voters on its side due to a 1984 “orderly growth” law that requires voters to approve development on unincorporated land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2024, the company debuted the East Solano Plan to rezone 17,500 acres of agricultural land for a dense, 400,000-person city. The proposal was set to go before voters that year, but its backers pulled it following powerful grassroots opposition, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2024/04/08/opposition-groups-poll-shows-majority-reject-new-solano-county-city/?clearUserState=true\">poor polling\u003c/a> and a county assessment that found holes in the plan. Sramek \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook-pm/2024/07/29/how-california-forevers-ballot-initiative-failed-00171735\">acknowledged\u003c/a> the group likely moved too fast and said the initiative would go back before voters in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, the group has pivoted. The East Solano Plan has become the Suisun Expansion Plan and the Solano Shipyard. In January 2025, Suisun City’s city council directed its manager to explore expanding the city’s limits through annexation, which is now underway, although it could take years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The annexation and the ship building have been a clear way to work around the need for voter support in Solano County,” said Nate Huntington, a member of the grassroots group Solano Together, which formed in response to the secretive land purchases. Huntington pointed out that California Forever hasn’t even submitted a proposal for a shipbuilding facility to the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of this has been happening in backrooms of Sacramento, and it’s not been publicly available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Seeking state environmental relief\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California Forever is now selling the development to the state as a major incentive to lure manufacturers and shipbuilders to California — and the subsequent need for housing to accommodate the promised jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company wants the governor and state lawmakers to cut red tape for the development and require enough housing for the new jobs. Steinberg and Hertzberg told CalMatters they are contemplating legislation to that end, but only after California Forever signs a lease with a manufacturer or shipbuilder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their plan would allow the governor to designate construction on company land as “environmental leadership development projects,” which would effectively require any litigation to be resolved within 270 days. Steinberg authored the state law streamlining that process in 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036285\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036285\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-39-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan Sramek, CEO of California Forever, speaks during a town hall meeting in Rio Vista on Dec. 5, 2023, for the proposed California city backed by Silicon Valley investors on farmland in eastern Solano County. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://dot.ca.gov/programs/environmental-analysis/standard-environmental-reference-ser/volume-1-guidance-for-compliance/ch-36-environmental-impact-report\">State law\u003c/a> requires government agencies to prepare a report for any project that might have a significant impact on the environment. Instead of assessing the impact of the proposed shipyard, Steinberg and Hertzberg’s proposal would use a \u003ca href=\"https://content.solanocounty.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/Solano%20County%20DEIR%20-%204-18-08.pdf\">2008 report\u003c/a>, which designated the area where the shipyard would go as “\u003ca href=\"https://baynature.org/2026/06/16/science-nature/bay/how-would-california-forevers-proposed-solano-shipyard-affect-the-environment-details-are-scant/\">water-dependent industrial usage\u003c/a>.” Most of California Forever’s \u003ca href=\"https://californiaforever.com/shipyard/\">7,500-acre\u003c/a> planned footprint does not have that designation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg told CalMatters the report is sufficient since the site has changed little.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state and county need the ability to say yes now to these numerous opportunities,” he said in a text. A new report, he said, “would require years of additional delay and lost opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the report is outdated, Cabaldon argues.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“This is completely different,” he said. “Just the notion that you would just say, ‘We are not going to do any assessments at all and we’ll just rely on this old one’ — that is not consistent with what the public interest is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg and Hertzberg also want the state to require enough housing in the area, but to allow surrounding cities and Solano County to permit local housing developers to build first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if local governments aren’t willing to or cannot build enough housing within the timeline the manufacturer or the shipbuilder wants, Steinberg and Hertzberg’s proposal would allow Suisun City to annex adjacent California Forever-owned county land into its city boundaries — a controversial idea that has \u003ca href=\"https://www.vallejosun.com/activists-call-for-vote-on-california-forevers-suisun-city-expansion-plan/\">drawn fierce local opposition\u003c/a>. The move would be a “last resort,” Steinberg and Hertzberg stressed repeatedly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The annexation would effectively bypass the county’s orderly growth initiative, which requires voters to have a say in development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The shipbuilders and manufacturers need certainty on a much faster timeline,” Steinberg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cabaldon said the pitch to build new housing to accommodate theoretical jobs is “fantastical,” noting that Saronic, the proposed ship-builder, is a leader in automation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no indication that this is going to generate on an ongoing basis that many jobs, and certainly not more jobs than we have housing for even today without building a single additional unit,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Historic union agreement prompts support\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In January, California Forever announced it had signed a 40-year deal with the Napa/Solano Building Trades Council and Northern California Carpenters Union to use union labor to build its development. The agreement was an important political alliance for CEO Sramek, bringing more influential advocates to the table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Digital Democracy, both the Building Trades Council and the Carpenters Union have given roughly $10 million in direct donations to legislative candidates since 2000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those advocates made themselves heard over the past few weeks, following a Texas county court \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2026/06/17/saronic-brownsville-port-alpha-california.html\">approving significant tax incentives\u003c/a> to lure Saronic to Brownsville. In a statement, Saronic said its nationwide search is still “active and ongoing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052354\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250804-CALIFORNIAFOREVERSUISUNCITY-53-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250804-CALIFORNIAFOREVERSUISUNCITY-53-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250804-CALIFORNIAFOREVERSUISUNCITY-53-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250804-CALIFORNIAFOREVERSUISUNCITY-53-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the Suisun Slough in Suisun City, Solano County, on Aug. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The California Alliance For Jobs, an alliance of influential construction companies and workers, drafted two letters in quick succession calling for legislative leaders to streamline the California Forever expansion and shipyard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We champed at the bit to go all in to get this project moving, and to get legislation through Sacramento this session,” said Joshua Arce, executive director of the alliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suisun City Councilmember Princess Washington, who has consistently been the sole vote on the council against the annexation plan, said she feels organized labor is being used as “political pressure” to win approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Processes are slow, but they’re done that way through government to ensure that it’s being done correctly, that all parties of interest are being treated fairly, and there’s checks and balances,” Washington said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unheard of for a project to be done as quickly as they want it to be done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, California Forever spokesperson Jim Wunderman said any shipyard project will comply with all California environmental and land use laws. He said county supervisors already approved using the 2008 impact report, and that legislation would allow the group to “meet prospective employers’ timelines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said by pursuing expansion within Suisun City, California Forever is following the community’s preferences by channeling new growth into existing cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An ongoing presence in the Capitol\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Since 2024, California Forever has spent at least $330,000 lobbying the Legislature and governor’s office on bills and other actions, according to campaign finance records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg and Hertzberg told CalMatters they were hired in April as “special counsel,” not lobbyists, meaning they are spending less than a third of their time talking with public officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grimes, who said he respects Steinberg for leading landmark environmental land use reforms in the Legislature, said he’s disappointed in his advocacy for California Forever, “a project that is antithetical to all of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12011201\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240502-CaliforniaForever-10-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A California Forever office in the Solano Town Center mall in Fairfield on April 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California Forever reported spending $90,000 lobbying the governor’s office and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, GO-Biz, last year on “federal shipbuilding activities and California business attraction and retention activities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“GO-Biz has discussed relevant state incentive programs with Saronic and explained how they operate,” said GO-Biz spokesperson Willie Rudman. He said the agency does not offer incentive packages to specific companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall though, GO-Biz helped organize a bid for Saronic to settle in Solano County. County staff reported during a board meeting that GO-Biz supported a \u003ca href=\"http://www.thereporter.com/2025/09/03/solano-state-reps-decline-shipyard-legislation-requests/?clearUserState=true\">legislative effort\u003c/a> to override the county’s “orderly growth” law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County supervisors rushed through a proposal to change the boundaries of the Solano Shipyard to comply, but with just days remaining before the end of the legislative session, Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/lori-wilson-165454\">Lori Wilson\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Suisun City, said there wasn’t time to introduce legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, Wilson said, the proposal has been on the table, but “nothing’s been requested” of her office by California Forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company also urged lawmakers to act fast or risk losing the shipbuilder to Texas last year — a negotiating tactic common in economic development, Cabaldon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12048457\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12048457\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1048\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever2-160x84.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/CAForever2-1536x805.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Solano Foundry would be located in an area previously designated for “industry and technology” within the new city. It would also be close to Collinsville, where the company wants to build a shipyard. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of California Forever)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Cabaldon argued that Saronic will decide where to place its shipyard based on “defense needs of the United States of America” instead of state incentives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to negotiate with our eyes open.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For the record: This story was corrected to reflect that Joshua Arce is executive director of the California Alliance for Jobs. 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"content": "\u003cp>Environmental activists and community members rallied on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday, calling for city leaders to push for a full cleanup of radioactive contamination at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999631/navy-apologizes-for-11-month-delay-in-reporting-radioactive-material-at-hunters-point\">Hunters Point Naval Shipyard\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holding signs like “No homes on toxic land,” more than 100 members of 28 local organizations demanded a comprehensive retesting of the site, full cleanup of all contamination, greater community oversight and health reparations for residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rally comes after the U.S. Navy \u003ca href=\"https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNAVFAC/bulletins/4174021\">disclosed\u003c/a> this spring that radiological material was found in a cabinet at the former naval shipyard in April during the long-running cleanup operation. It’s the latest in a long line of discoveries of dangerous substances at the infamous superfund site, which could soon be developed into thousands of homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a \u003ca href=\"https://hpscac.net/061526er/\">community advisory meeting\u003c/a> last week, the Navy revealed it discovered about \u003ca href=\"https://hpscac.net/061526er/\">200 radiological items\u003c/a>, including samples of uranium, and dozens of jars of other substances. The items were found in a 4,000-square-foot annex called Building 400A. Navy officials said in a \u003ca href=\"https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNAVFAC/bulletins/4174021\">statement\u003c/a> that the items were “unrelated to project work being done at any time over the course of the cleanup.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The materials were likely placed in the building by a former subcontractor, officials with the Navy said. They also said the subcontractor was not authorized to store the material on site and that there are “no public or contractor health and safety issues related to this incident.” The exact materials found were not disclosed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088811\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088811\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-42-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-42-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-42-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-42-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai speaks during a rally on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on June 24, 2026, organized by Bayview-Hunters Point community groups concerned about radioactive and toxic contamination at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Superfund site and its impact on surrounding communities. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Michael Pound, the Navy’s environmental coordinator for the area, said the Navy and its contractors will evaluate the materials, develop a plan to dispose of them and create a summary report. He adds that the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are also developing evaluations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not in a position to declare something illegal,” Pound said. “I can just say that they did not have authorization to have those materials in that building.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though he was invited, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie didn’t turn up at the rally. Instead, the city sent Lila Hussain, senior project manager for the shipyard with the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure, who said she came to “listen to all the voices” there and to work with agencies and the public. She said her department will review the reports on the contamination and share them with the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12088807 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-15-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-15-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-15-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-15-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arieann Harrison speaks during a rally on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on June 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Arieann Harrison, executive director of the Marie Harrison Community Foundation, said she was skeptical of the Navy’s claim that a subcontractor brought in the material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t believe that,” Harrison said. “We’ve been here before, and this is like history repeating itself. Because this fight has been going on generationally, we need to take another look and another approach at what’s actually been transpiring amongst long-term residents in District 10.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Theo Ellington grew up in the area and is running for the District 10 supervisor’s seat. He said the community deserves transparency from the Navy and the city.[aside postID=news_12085617 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260530-bayviewswim01259_TV_qed.jpg']“We’ve lived with contamination, pollution, broken promises and unanswered questions,” Ellington said. “Every time we think we’re getting closer, we learn that there is still more work to do. And so today, we are demanding that our government do right by the people it serves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the Cold War, the soil and groundwater of the 866-acre Hunters Point site — as well as surface water and sediment in the San Francisco Bay — were contaminated with radioactive chemicals, heavy metals and petroleum fuels from ships brought to the yard after atomic bomb tests. The base was declared one of the nation’s most contaminated sites in 1989.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday’s announcement is just the latest in a decades-long effort to clean up the site. Last year, San Francisco officials and advocates raised alarms that the Navy had failed to alert the public to high levels of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1999023/navy-took-11-months-to-alert-sf-to-airborne-plutonium-at-hunters-point-shipyard-site\">airborne radioactive material \u003c/a>detected at the site almost a year earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the Navy \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985646/radioactive-object-found-at-san-franciscos-hunters-point-naval-shipyard-raises-new-concerns\">unearthed two radioactive objects\u003c/a> there. Early last year, the Navy, for the first time, acknowledged what Bay Area climate scientists and residents had asked the agency to investigate for years: In just over a decade, potentially \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1991758/u-s-navy-acknowledges-rising-toxic-groundwater-threat-at-sf-superfund-site\">toxic groundwater\u003c/a> could surface there, partly due to human-caused climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2022, the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury issued a report \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1980324/sf-supervisors-unhappy-with-citys-lack-of-action-to-protect-bayview-hunters-point-residents-from-toxic-sea-level-rise\">alerting the public\u003c/a> that groundwater rise — a result of sea levels rising in response to global emissions melting ice caps and expanding oceans — could have significant effects on the site in the coming decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088805\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators gather on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on June 24, 2026, during a rally organized by Bayview-Hunters Point community groups raising concerns about radioactive and toxic contamination at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Superfund site. \u003ccite>(https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260624-ShipyardCleanupRally-10-BL-KQED.jpg)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The latest findings raise fresh questions about the city’s plans to build thousands of homes amid an exceedingly complex and ongoing cleanup effort. When finished, the 693-acre Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard project — which the Superfund site is part of — could have more than 10,000 housing units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The development would include two new waterfront neighborhoods with housing and retail, along with over 340 acres of parks and open space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harrison said building housing on top of any lingering radioactive contamination is unacceptable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not a call against development,” organizers wrote in a press release. “This is a call for truth. This is a call for science. This is a call for transparency. And above all, this is a call for environmental justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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The report comes as San Francisco has made a number of significant shifts in its approach to homelessness under the leadership of Mayor Daniel Lurie, who made the issue a key component of his campaign for office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Homelessness is growing faster than it is being resolved,” the report read. “The current approach is not enough. San Francisco has invested billions to address homelessness over the last decade, yet the crisis continues to deepen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 7,972 people experiencing homelessness in January of this year, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/2026-point-in-time-count-preliminary-results\">Point in Time Count\u003c/a>, a federal survey of the city’s homeless population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The total marks a 4% dip from the 2024 survey. But the number of people successfully exiting the city’s homelessness response system, meaning they moved on to stable housing, has declined 14.3% year-over-year, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not a picture of success,” it read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072181\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072181\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020226SUPER-BOWL-HOMELESSNESS-_GH_004-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020226SUPER-BOWL-HOMELESSNESS-_GH_004-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020226SUPER-BOWL-HOMELESSNESS-_GH_004-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020226SUPER-BOWL-HOMELESSNESS-_GH_004-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 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communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jurors also analyzed the city’s approach of contracting out homeless services to nonprofits, which run housing sites and other services targeted to people experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How we address homelessness should begin to pivot less from, ‘let’s make sure we incubate these community-based organizations and nonprofits’ to actually delivering on housing units,” Hsueh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several nonprofits tasked with providing homelessness resources have come under fire in recent years for mishandling funds or for underperformance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“HSH and our nonprofit partners are doing urgent and complex work every day with people experiencing significant medical, behavioral health and housing challenges,” the department said. “That work has helped thousands of people move indoors, remain housed and access critical services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s administration has also put an emphasis on building more short-term 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On Tuesday, there were 446 people on the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/data--check-your-position-adult-shelter-waitlist\">online waitlist for shelter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, the number of families experiencing homelessness has gone up. Some critics of the city’s current approach say there should be more investments into longer-term supportive housing options and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12087973/with-family-homelessness-up-san-francisco-looks-to-extend-short-term-rental-subsidies\">rental subsidies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report did not make specific recommendations about how the city should allocate the roughly $700 million annually that is budgeted for the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The report raises important issues around data use, oversight, critical incident reporting and provider monitoring, and HSH recognizes that there are areas where we must continue to improve,” a spokesperson for the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing said in an email. “HSH is already advancing improvements in data infrastructure, contract management, provider oversight and coordination with city partners to better identify risks, strengthen accountability and support safer outcomes for clients and communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jurors also analyzed the city’s approach of contracting out homeless services to nonprofits, which run housing sites and other services targeted to people experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How we address homelessness should begin to pivot less from, ‘let’s make sure we incubate these community-based organizations and nonprofits’ to actually delivering on housing units,” Hsueh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several nonprofits tasked with providing homelessness resources have come under fire in recent years for mishandling funds or for underperformance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“HSH and our nonprofit partners are doing urgent and complex work every day with people experiencing significant medical, behavioral health and housing challenges,” the department said. “That work has helped thousands of people move indoors, remain housed and access critical services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s administration has also put an emphasis on building more short-term shelter and other transitional housing and drug treatment beds, in an effort to get more people off of the streets faster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11962415\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230925-ENCAMPMENT-SAN-FRANCISCO-GETTY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A series of tents lined up along a city sidewalk.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230925-ENCAMPMENT-SAN-FRANCISCO-GETTY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230925-ENCAMPMENT-SAN-FRANCISCO-GETTY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230925-ENCAMPMENT-SAN-FRANCISCO-GETTY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230925-ENCAMPMENT-SAN-FRANCISCO-GETTY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230925-ENCAMPMENT-SAN-FRANCISCO-GETTY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230925-ENCAMPMENT-SAN-FRANCISCO-GETTY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless encampment on a sidewalk in San Francisco on Sept. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year, the number of people sleeping outside in tents or on sidewalks has decreased by roughly 22% compared to 2024, according to the PIT Count.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“More people are coming inside to get shelter and treatment, and we are moving in the right direction,” Lurie said after the latest PIT Count data was released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But spots in one of San Francisco’s shelters are still hard to secure. On Tuesday, there were 446 people on the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/data--check-your-position-adult-shelter-waitlist\">online waitlist for shelter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, the number of families experiencing homelessness has gone up. Some critics of the city’s current approach say there should be more investments into longer-term supportive housing options and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12087973/with-family-homelessness-up-san-francisco-looks-to-extend-short-term-rental-subsidies\">rental subsidies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report did not make specific recommendations about how the city should allocate the roughly $700 million annually that is budgeted for the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Several longtime residents of a San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/chinatown\">Chinatown\u003c/a> building are facing eviction in what they believe is an effort to turn the units over so the new owner can charge higher rents. Now, they’re working together to fight back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants at 1120 Jackson St. on the border of Nob Hill and Chinatown, including many Chinese immigrants who have lived in the building for decades, announced Monday they are forming a union and urging their new landlord to drop the eviction cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their struggle comes as rents in San Francisco are skyrocketing, largely driven by the artificial intelligence industry boom, and as evictions in the city are at the highest levels in nearly a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that the landlord of this building will hear our voice and stop this kind of harassment and eviction. Any planned evictions need to be stopped,” said Kin Wong, who has lived in the 16-unit building with his wife for more than 35 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the building was sold last summer, six residents have received eviction notices following apartment inspections and nuisance complaints about trash and clutter, according to Shelby Nacino, an attorney with the Asian Law Caucus who is representing tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one complaint obtained by KQED, a resident was dinged for having installed a washing machine “without permission,” but also cited for “unsanitary conditions” in the unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088402\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088402\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-02-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">King Yan and others rally in front of 1120 Jackson St. in San Francisco to protest evictions and rent hikes proposed by the property’s new owner, on June 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the residents are monolingual Chinese speakers and have struggled to get clear information about what is happening to them or their neighbors, Nacino said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not normal to have six nuisance evictions in one building that are all very similar. The notices have slightly different language, but the gist of all six of them is that these people are so messy and so poor at maintaining their units that they’re causing a health and safety concern,” Nacino said. “What we’re really concerned about is the lack of communication. And so that’s why we’re here today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kit Ying Mak’s family is among them. She and her mother moved into the building in 2001 from Hong Kong, and she later married and raised her children in a separate unit in the building to remain close to care for her elderly mother.[aside postID=news_12087973 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260127-SUPERBOWLHOMELESSNESS-13-BL-KQED.jpg']“These inspections feel harassing, and all the while, I have not received any communications on what more I can do,” Mak said, adding that the previous owner and building manager never raised similar complaints about how they maintain their homes. “My kids are teens now. They have grown up in this building.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others, like Wong, have been hit with massive rent hikes that they say they can’t afford. For years under the previous building ownership, Wong’s wife worked as a resident manager at the rent-controlled property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That allowed them to maintain an exceptionally low rent around $210, Wong said. But after the building recently sold, the new owners began charging them $2,820 for the same one-bedroom where the couple raised their three children, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily Wong, Kin Wong’s daughter, called the situation in her parents’ building a “shame.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It speaks to how difficult housing is in San Francisco,” she said. “My parents have said the only reason they have been able to save and put me and my siblings through college is because the building is rent-controlled and not eating up half of their income, especially as people who didn’t work in tech or medicine, but doing blue-collar labor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088403\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088403\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kit Ying Mak speaks at a rally in front of 1120 Jackson St. in San Francisco to protest evictions and rent hikes proposed by the property’s new owner, on June 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The owners of the building, operating under a private LLC called Nabob Hill, said that they had documentation of every allegation of nuisance, which include “clutter and hoarding.” The owners also alleged that some tenants reside in other homes, which the tenants have denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The owners are confident that these matters will be resolved properly and lawfully, based upon their faith in the judicial process. At every stage, the owners have endeavored to act in full compliance with the law and have extended numerous courtesy notices to the tenants in an effort to address these issues amicably before pursuing further action,” Daniel Bornstein, who is legally representing Nabob Hill, LLC, said in an email on behalf of the owners. “The owners are pursuing these matters with the expectation that a resolution with the tenants will be fair, just, and equitable, considering the allegations of each particular matter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average price for a two-bedroom apartment in San Francisco is currently around $5,800, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.zillow.com/rental-manager/market-trends/san-francisco-ca/?bedrooms=2\">Zillow\u003c/a>, a 35% increase from one year ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://vanguardproperties.com/home-search/listings/8540838278265249025-1120-1126-Jackson-Street\">online listing\u003c/a> for the property, now marked as closed, said that current rents in the building are significantly below-market, “with an estimated 224% rental upside achievable through unit turnover.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the longtime residents in the building have been able to stay in San Francisco on fixed incomes due to the city’s rent-control policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088405\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-05-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laura Chiera, with Legal Assistance for the Elderly, speaks at a rally in front of 1120 Jackson St. in San Francisco to protest evictions and rent hikes proposed by the property’s new owner, on June 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s a charming older building along the cable car route, and was even pictured in a scene in \u003cem>The Princess Diaries\u003c/em> where Anne Hathaway as Mia Thermopolis is pushing her scooter up a hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the real estate market around the current tech boom soars, tenants like Wong are increasingly feeling the pressure from building owners who want to cash in on the moment, said Molly Goldberg, director of San Francisco’s Anti-Displacement Coalition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re seeing is the anticipation of an ability to get higher rents from these buildings. We’re seeing speculators go after buildings that have large numbers of long-term rent control tenants,” Goldberg said. “Our rights don’t change when a building is for sale.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laura Chiera, executive director of Legal Assistance to the Elderly, said that eviction notices have increased by roughly 25% in the last year and caseloads at her organization are spilling over. Statewide, seniors represent the fastest-growing demographic of people experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are turning seniors away because we do not have the capacity to take all of the evictions that seniors in San Francisco are facing,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088408\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088408\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-08-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People rally in front of 1120 Jackson St. in San Francisco to protest evictions and rent hikes proposed by the property’s new owner, on June 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has stronger tenant protections and rent control policies than many other cities, but it’s often up to residents themselves to understand and assert those rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants told KQED they hope the union will allow them to share information and resources as they navigate their legal cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am part of the Tenants Association because we feel that the landlord is trying to take us out one by one,” Mac said. “My neighbors’ support has given me strength.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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But after the building recently sold, the new owners began charging them $2,820 for the same one-bedroom where the couple raised their three children, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily Wong, Kin Wong’s daughter, called the situation in her parents’ building a “shame.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It speaks to how difficult housing is in San Francisco,” she said. “My parents have said the only reason they have been able to save and put me and my siblings through college is because the building is rent-controlled and not eating up half of their income, especially as people who didn’t work in tech or medicine, but doing blue-collar labor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088403\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088403\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kit Ying Mak speaks at a rally in front of 1120 Jackson St. in San Francisco to protest evictions and rent hikes proposed by the property’s new owner, on June 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The owners of the building, operating under a private LLC called Nabob Hill, said that they had documentation of every allegation of nuisance, which include “clutter and hoarding.” The owners also alleged that some tenants reside in other homes, which the tenants have denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The owners are confident that these matters will be resolved properly and lawfully, based upon their faith in the judicial process. At every stage, the owners have endeavored to act in full compliance with the law and have extended numerous courtesy notices to the tenants in an effort to address these issues amicably before pursuing further action,” Daniel Bornstein, who is legally representing Nabob Hill, LLC, said in an email on behalf of the owners. “The owners are pursuing these matters with the expectation that a resolution with the tenants will be fair, just, and equitable, considering the allegations of each particular matter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average price for a two-bedroom apartment in San Francisco is currently around $5,800, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.zillow.com/rental-manager/market-trends/san-francisco-ca/?bedrooms=2\">Zillow\u003c/a>, a 35% increase from one year ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://vanguardproperties.com/home-search/listings/8540838278265249025-1120-1126-Jackson-Street\">online listing\u003c/a> for the property, now marked as closed, said that current rents in the building are significantly below-market, “with an estimated 224% rental upside achievable through unit turnover.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the longtime residents in the building have been able to stay in San Francisco on fixed incomes due to the city’s rent-control policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088405\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-05-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laura Chiera, with Legal Assistance for the Elderly, speaks at a rally in front of 1120 Jackson St. in San Francisco to protest evictions and rent hikes proposed by the property’s new owner, on June 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s a charming older building along the cable car route, and was even pictured in a scene in \u003cem>The Princess Diaries\u003c/em> where Anne Hathaway as Mia Thermopolis is pushing her scooter up a hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the real estate market around the current tech boom soars, tenants like Wong are increasingly feeling the pressure from building owners who want to cash in on the moment, said Molly Goldberg, director of San Francisco’s Anti-Displacement Coalition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re seeing is the anticipation of an ability to get higher rents from these buildings. 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Statewide, seniors represent the fastest-growing demographic of people experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are turning seniors away because we do not have the capacity to take all of the evictions that seniors in San Francisco are facing,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088408\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088408\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-SF-CHINATOWN-TENANT-RALLY-MD-08-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People rally in front of 1120 Jackson St. in San Francisco to protest evictions and rent hikes proposed by the property’s new owner, on June 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has stronger tenant protections and rent control policies than many other cities, but it’s often up to residents themselves to understand and assert those rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants told KQED they hope the union will allow them to share information and resources as they navigate their legal cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am part of the Tenants Association because we feel that the landlord is trying to take us out one by one,” Mac said. “My neighbors’ support has given me strength.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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