The state passed a major housing package last year. Is it working so far?

One year ago this month, Gov. Jerry Brown signed 15 bills aimed at easing the state’s crippling housing crisis. While state lawmakers repeatedly cautioned not to expect rents or home prices to drop overnight, the package was heralded as the state’s most ambitious attempt in decades to alleviate housing woes.
Key provisions of the package have been in effect for about nine months now. That’s far too soon for a definitive judgment, but long enough to discern some early