February 29, 2024
READ AND DOWNLOAD THE FULL MEETING NOTES HERE.
For those who were not able to join us at this meeting, we were saddened to share that Maurilio Leon, the CEO of the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation, an incredible housing justice leader, and a friend to many in our group passed away over the weekend. The Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation has shared a moving tribute to Maurilio and the impact he had on his community that you can read here. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
Action Items:
Join us on April 23 in Sacramento for a day of meetings with legislators
On April 23, members of the Housing Working Group will convene in Sacramento to meet with legislative offices to discuss the impact of California’s housing crisis on their communities and the solutions needed to create more affordable, accessible, and equitable rental and homeownership opportunities. These conversations will be focused on broad solutions and will not include lobbying for specific bills. We hope as many members as possible can attend to share your stories. If you are interested or plan to attend, please fill out this survey by March 15: HWG Sacramento Day Interest Form. We will discuss logistics, topics, and other details on next month’s call and California YIMBY will have travel funds available for those who need it.
Log into the Member Portal on the HWG website
The member portal provides a platform to share information and resources from HWG members and make it easier to connect with other members on projects of interest. The portal includes:
Archive of Meeting Notes & Recaps
Bill Status Updates and Information
Information about Member Projects (local and statewide)
Participant List
Research
The direct link to the Member Portal is: https://www.communityhousingworkgroup.org/member-site-homepage
Password: housingcommunities24
The intent is to provide a platform for members to share information with this group only so please do not share the password outside of your organization/staff.
Include your logo on the main HWG website
We are also updating the HWG public-facing website to add additional logos for any HWG members who are interested in being included. The website and principles page are what we share when reaching out to legislators and other state leaders to ask them to speak at our regular monthly meetings and can provide additional profile for your organization with these decision makers. Please email emily@cayimby.org if you would like to add your logo to the website.
Summary: Legislative Guest: Assembly Transportation Chair Lori Wilson
Assemblymember Wilson emphasized her understanding of the importance of homeownership as a wealth building tool. She also shared her perspective on the implications of our historic transportation choices and the ways they can perpetuate inequalities.
As Assembly Transportation Chair, Assemblymember Wilson sees transportation choice as an important indicator of economic mobility and intends to use her new role to fight for policies that will help make transportation options and systems, and the opportunities they can create, more equitable and inclusive.
She shared two bills she is working on related to housing:
AB 3057 (Wilson) - sponsored by California YIMBY
Technical fix to ADU law extending CEQA exemptions granted to standard ADU ordinances to Junior ADU ordinances.
AB 2785 (Wilson) - sponsored by the Women’s Foundation
Making security deposits and application fees reimbursable
Finally, Assemblymember Wilson shared that she relies on groups like yours to marry data with real stories and help keep legislators accountable to what’s happening on the ground.