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Two Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty today for their role in a conspiracy to rig bids at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced.

Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding President-elect Trump’s infrastructure proposal.

Solar panels provide pollution-free energy that delivers far-reaching benefits to the environment and the electric grid, said a new report released today by Environment California Research & Policy Center. The report outlines how solar panels on homes, schools and businesses often provide more benefits than they receive through programs like net metering, counter to utility claims that solar owners don’t pay their fair share

Over the weekend, Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) penned an op-ed for the OC Register outlining his solution to a growing national problem with sober living homes. In the piece, Congressman Issa makes the case for returning power to state and local government by updating the Fair Housing Act to allow oversight of sober living facilites through his bill — the Safe Recovery and Community Empowerment Act (H.R. 6070).

Mayor Edwin M. Lee and Jeff Kositsky, Director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) announced today the City’s plan to end chronic homelessness for veterans in San Francisco

As a result of recent policy revisions, CalHFA will give underwriting and processing priority to CalHFA-financed multifamily developments that include affordable units restricted for Veterans. CalHFA will also now require developments receiving CalHFA subsidy funding to provide a housing preference to men and women who have served in any branch of the United States military

Rising wages and slightly lower interest rates did little to improve California’s housing affordability, which remained flat compared to the previous quarter, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) said today.

The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) today installed its 2017 Leadership Team. Leading the team is C.A.R. President Geoff McIntosh, a 30-year real estate veteran and broker in Southern California. Serving with McIntosh are President-elect Steve White, Treasurer Jared Martin, and Chief Executive Officer Joel Singer. The 2017 officers begin their official term this week at the close of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR) Conference and Expo in Orlando, Fla.

California is leading the nation in the transformation of K-12 schools and community colleges to zero net energy (ZNE) performance. To honor early innovation and leadership in this market, nine inaugural ZNE School Leadership Awards were given on behalf of the California Investor owned Utilities Prop 39 ZNE School Pilot Program to showcase the people, buildings and districts that are driving this new standard for school environments. ZNE schools are high performance buildings that combine energy efficiency and renewable energy resources to produce at least as much energy as they consume annually.

A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for manufacturing an explosive device in his mobile home in Anaheim while streaming on Facebook Live. Jeff Edward Reece, 34, was charged on Nov. 1, 2016, with one felony count of possession of an explosive, one felony count of possession of a destructive device in a private habitation, and one felony count of attempted arson of an inhabited property, and a sentencing enhancement for a prior felony conviction for assault in 2011 in Oregon. He is scheduled to be arraigned in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana.

Mayor Garcetti, Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education President Steve Zimmer, state and local leaders joined affordable housing developer and architect Abode Communities, land owner Los Angeles Unified School District (District) and residents today for the grand opening celebration of Selma Community Housing in Hollywood. This service-enhanced affordable family/workforce residential community features 66 newly constructed homes in Hollywood.

Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced the completion of the historic transfer of ownership of all 29 public housing sites and nearly 3,500 units from the San Francisco Housing Authority (SFHA) to community-based affordable housing teams as part of the Mayor’s 2013 Re-Envisioning Public Housing Plan and the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD).

California's hardworking teachers and other public school employees have headed back to their home rooms, and the California Housing Finance Agency is recognizing their dedication to our kids by making more of them eligible for down payment assistance to help them purchase their own first homes

Sacramento County Supervisor Phil Serna and other local elected officials along with Sacramento community health care advocates will participate in a ribbon cutting celebration Thursday, November 3, at 11 a.m. at 752B Revere Street to officially unveil a new health clinic named in honor of longtime Land Park health care advocate Steven M. Thompson who passed away in 2004 at age 62. The program will be held in the Community Center of the Alder Grove housing community across from the health clinic.

Five family members were convicted yesterday of defrauding over $100,000 in government subsidies by falsifying information to receive housing assistance.

Marking the fourth fire station built as part of his commitment to improve neighborhood services throughout the city, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer was joined today by City Councilmember Todd Gloria and Fire-Rescue Chief Brian Fennessy to announce the reconstruction and modernization of Fire Station No. 5 to better serve the growing population in Hillcrest and surrounding neighborhoods

The City of San Juan Capistrano today became the third local government to express support for Congressman Darrell Issa’s bill, the Safe Recovery and Community Empowerment Act (H.R. 6070), that would allow cities and states to implement oversight of sober living facilities.

The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) will present its second real estate summit at an event that will focus on housing affordability, the state’s most pressing housing issue. Industry leaders from financial institutions, government agencies, academia, real estate, public policy, business, and investing will engage in deliberate and impactful discussions with the goal of generating cogent action items for the state of California via the valuable input of stakeholders and thought leaders

On November 3, at 4:00 pm, Mayor Garcetti, Councilman Mitch O’Farrell, state and local leaders will join affordable housing developer Abode Communities, land owner Los Angeles Unified School District (District) and residents for the grand opening celebration of Selma Community Housing in Hollywood

In a historic event of its kind for Sacramento, a contingent of more than 30 federal partners from a variety of departments and programs will visit Sacramento to see firsthand how they can fill the gap of need for local partners that are working to enhance the lives of residents in the Promise Zone.