Lower The
Cost of Housing
The median cost of a home in California is more than twice that of the rest of the country, and renters in California pay an average of $12,600 more per year. These skyrocketing housing costs have caused unprecedented level of homelessness across the state.
Despite these realities, policies passed by legislative Democrats have only increased the cost of building new housing. In 2019, Sacramento set mandates on cities to build new housing and patted itself on the back for addressing the housing shortage. However, all the mandates and demands for new housing won’t matter unless we streamline regulations like the California Environmental Quality Act which prevent new development.
Policies must meaningfully change, or housing will remain out of reach for too many Californians.