For years, Gov. Jerry Brown has resisted efforts to spend more money to build affordable housing.
As part of his revised budget released Friday, Brown announced what he said was a better solution: making it easier to build homes for low-income residents. In a new package of legislation, Brown is proposing to streamline the permitting process for developers building affordable homes.
“Hopefully, the supply is going to bring down the cost,” Brown said. “Otherwise, through subsidies and through restrictions, we're just spending more and more tax dollars and getting very, very little.”
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