California politicians missing in action on housing

When the year began, the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom had just two must-do jobs – pass a state budget and do something meaningful about the state’s chronic and corrosive shortage of housing.
The budget is a slam-dunk, thanks to the state’s fat treasury. Housing, however, is a smellier kettle of political fish.
Midway through the legislative session, there’s been no discernable progress on eliminating the structural impediments to the major surge in housing constructi