With the goal of creating more affordable housing opportunities and helping homeless veterans transition off the street, Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer was joined today by Congressman Scott Peters, City Councilmember Todd Gloria, San Diego Housing Commission CEO Richard C. Gentry and other dignitaries for the grand reopening of San Diego Square – a 154-unit affordable housing project for low-income seniors

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today filed an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization legislation to encourage residential water conservation. The amendment is cosponsored by Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.).

Congressman Brad Sherman, who lives in the Porter Ranch community, site of the largest gas leak in U.S. history, responded to reports that the Los Angeles basin may experience power outages if the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility remains offline

U.S. Rep. Mike Honda (D-Silicon Valley, Calif.) will welcome U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Julián Castro to the Silicon Valley this FRIDAY for a tour of a new affordable housing facility that will help recently homeless Veterans.

CORONA DEL MAR, CALIF. - (RealEstateRama) -- Hanley Investment Group, a nationally-recognized real estate brokerage and advisory firm specializing in retail property sales, announced...

How does a barista, some oysters, and a server’s cousin lead to entrepreneurship? Well, it’s a long story and the premise for the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ 2016 consumer ad campaign which launches today in four California markets.

The event begins at 11 am with a speaking program followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony and refreshments. BRIDGE is an award-winning nonprofit developer, owner and manager of affordable homes. AvéVista is affordable to residents with incomes of up to $55,740 for a family of four (60% of Area Median Income). Below-market-rate rents for 34 of the apartments range from approximately $785 to $1,399 per month, depending on factors such as income, household and apartment size; the other 34 apartments have a project-based section 8 subsidy

City and County Leaders Excited to Learn that Hello Housing is now an affiliate of MidPen Housing Corporation. Today MidPen Housing, one of Northern California’s largest non-profit developers and owners of affordable multi-family housing, announced that Hello Housing, an innovator in affordable homeownership programs, has joined as a MidPen affiliate

As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan to reduce carbon pollution, create jobs and move our economy toward clean energy, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Janice Schneider today announced approval of the Soda Mountain Solar Project on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in California

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on a bipartisan bicameral amicus brief of 208 Members and Former Members of...

The California Housing Finance Agency today announced a program change that will help more California households qualify for CalHFA Conventional mortgages.

Monday, CAL FIRE announced it had awarded an additional $3 million in grants throughout the state for a variety of fire prevention projects aimed at reducing the elevated threat of wildfires due to the ongoing drought and significant tree mortality. The announcement comes just two months after CAL FIRE released nearly $2 million for fire prevention projects in the counties hit hardest by tree mortality and bark beetle.

The California Housing Finance Agency today announced a program change that will help more California households qualify for CalHFA Conventional mortgages.

Reps. Huffman and Pallone led 208 current and former members of Congress and Senators in filing a bipartisan “friend of the court” brief in support of the Obama Administration’s final Clean Power Plan in the case West Virginia v United States Environmental Protection Agency. In addition to Huffman and Pallone, the brief was filed by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn, Democratic Caucus Chair Xavier Becerra, Democratic Caucus Vice-Chair Joseph Crowley, and Senators Barbara Boxer, Edward Markey, and Senate Democratic Leadership. Oral arguments in the case will be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on June 2, 2016.

The California Housing Finance Agency today announced a program change that will help more California households qualify for CalHFA Conventional mortgages. Currently, families who earn up to 120% of their county's median income could be eligible for CalHFA loans, although home prices in many communities throughout California still exceed what the median income household can afford. To address this problem, CalHFA has identified 35 California counties that have the greatest disparity between housing costs and household incomes. The maximum qualifying income in these counties has been raised to 140% of the median

Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra (CA-34) today joined 163 current and former House Members as well as 44 current and former Senators in signing on to an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending President Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Larkin Street youth had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to share their concerns as homeless young people with Congresswoman Nancy Pelsoi during a roundtable discussion held at the organization’s main service hub. Top of mind was San Francisco’s affordability crisis, however a variety of issues facing youth without stable housing arose, including the need for increasing awareness of services in middle and high school age youth and the lack of services available outside San Francisco and the Bay Area.

“Sadly, today the Valley is faced with what we all feared and I cautioned against since rains began in January. Despite the El Nino conditions, above average rainfall and an average snowpack in the mountains, today farmers in the San Joaquin Valley have been told they can expect to receive a five percent water allocation from the federal water project,” said. Rep. Costa. “If state and federal agencies had followed my consistent direction and better managed the water in the system, there would have been a different and more positive announcement made today. Instead, as a direct result of the federal agencies failure to act on my recommendations, more land will go fallow, farm workers will be jobless, and the challenges that San Joaquin Valley drought stricken communities face will continue.