Why I wrote this bill: California can’t solve homelessness without more housing

By Jim Beall, Special to CalMattersOn any given day, as many as 150,000 Californians are homeless, struggling to exist without the most fundamental of necessities: shelter.
At the same time, millions of lower-income and middle-class families are struggling to afford a roof over their heads and are just one paycheck or one emergency away from being out of a home.
That’s why I’ve authored Senate Bill 5, which would create the Affordable Housing and Community Development Program. It wo