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The repeated refrain these past several years: We have a housing crisis in town — we have to build more housing units so more people can live in our fair cities. Most of our local officials agree. Forget about more offices — we need housing — particularly, affordable housing, they say. Enter SB 9 and […]

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CalMatters is a Sacramento-based nonpartisan, nonprofit journalism venture committed to explaining how California's state Capitol works and why it matters. It works with more than 130 media partners throughout the state that have long, deep relationships with their local audiences, including Embarcadero Media.

Diana Diamond is a long time, experience journalist who has been a staff member of the San Jose Mercury News, serving on its editorial board and has been editor of the Daily News and the Daily Post. She...