California Gov. Gavin Newsom released the May Budget Revise on May 14, kick-starting final budget negotiations with the Legislature.

Preserving existing housing that is affordable to low-income households today is one of the most cost-effective ways to address California's housing crisis. A new senate bill would establish the Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Program (CAPP), a new statewide program to acquire and preserve at-risk, currently unsubsidized affordable housing.

A year later after wildfires ripped through LA Country, nearly 12,000 lots have been cleared, but the journey to recovery is far from over. Burn scars still stretch through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, and while some survivors have begun rebuilding, many remain displaced, entangled in red tape, and waiting for insurance payments.

Following the devastating Los Angeles wildfires last year, the California State Legislature introduced and heard dozens of wildfire-related bills during its first year of the two-year legislative cycle.