Hearing about housing bills at the California Progressive Alliance @CAProgAlliance online conference! First up is @BobbiLopezOak talking about #AB71, "Bring California Home" which would increase taxes on large corporations / close some tax loopholes, to fund affordable housing.
Next up is @uhshanti talking about #AB1199, a bill to tax large landlords (10+ properties) as well as create more transparency about who actually owns the buildings. Funding would go to housing & tenant services. 🏠
come watch the livestream at live.californiaprogressivealliance.org/housing !📺🐦
Oakland City Councilmember @carroll_fife is on next, talking about Moms 4 Housing work in getting vacant houses turned into affordable housing & current work on city council. There's a similar thing going on in SoCal where activists have occupied empty houses owned by Caltrans.
next we have @JaneKim introducing Assemblymember @VoteAlexLee2020, and reminding everyone to keep electing progressives until we get those majorities, or in some cases, 2/3 supermajorities needed to pass legislation.
.@VoteAlexLee2020 talks about #AB387, the Social Housing Act. The bill details are still to be written, and Alex is inviting tenant and housing justice groups to join in to help shape the bill.
Other bills @VoteAlexLee2020 is highlighting: #AB854 - Ellis Act reform to reduce the number of tenants being kicked out of rent controlled apartments, and #AB946 $200 million for new homeownership opportunities by closing a tax loophole for 2nd homes.
Jane asks: how do we help move these bills? Alex: "make your opinion heard" - call and write your representatives frequently. Letters, emails, social media. findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
another bill coming soon: a California Tax on Extreme Wealth (a 1% tax on wealth of $50,000,000 or more) - $22 billion a year from the richest 0.01% in the state to make sure the wealthy pay their fair share. 💵🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦
wrapping up with Pedro from the Non Profit Housing Association of Northern California @NPHANC talking about #AB1271, using Public Land for affordable housing. It will make sure that large sites such as former military bases have a minimum amount of affordable housing.
Question from the audience: are there any plans to go after Costa-Hawkins (state law that limits rent control)? Answer: not at the moment due to focus on Covid relief and getting more cities to pass local rent control / limits on evictions by ballot measure or council vote.
and now, a question on what a good #SB50 size production bill look like? answers: a unified effort, not top-down, with tenant groups involved from the beginning. a bill big enough for millions of homes while focusing on exclusionary communities rather than low income areas.
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