effecting state-wide change

“Housing is an urgent matter. We have to do things differently to see change.” – Amie Fishman, Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH) Executive Director on KQED’s “Forum” In his proposed budget, Governor Newsom allocated $2 billion for housing initiatives. But perhaps the bigger housing news is money that Newsom has threatened not to distribute. Specifically, the governor says that he will withhold transportation funding from regions that fail to meet new housing goals. Supporters of the idea like…