by Greg Magofña | Apr 4, 2023 | Jobs
(printable version) The California Housing Defense Fund, also known as CalHDF, is a non-profit housing organization that uses legal advocacy and education to hold cities accountable and get housing built. CalHDF works by proactively monitoring city council and...
by Greg Magofña | Feb 7, 2023 | Legal Action, News
In response to the widespread failure by Bay Area cities and counties to meet the January 31 deadline for adopting their sixth cycle housing element updates, three California pro-housing legal nonprofits are announcing an effort to sue cities across the region. As of...
by Greg Magofña | Dec 16, 2022 | News
What’s in a name? A LOT if it leads to confusion. While our mission is to advocate and educate legally on behalf of California renters, we didn’t think California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund accurately portrayed our mission or our work – and it was also...
by Greg Magofña | Sep 23, 2022 | Legal Action, News
On Thursday, September 15, 2022, CaRLA joined with co-petitioner Kenneth Shotts, a political scientist at Stanford, to sue Santa Clara County for their illegal downzoning of the newly created Upper San Juan Residential District (SJRD), an area right outside of...
by Greg Magofña | May 19, 2022 | News
In a 6-to-1 vote on Tuesday night, the Huntington Beach City Council finally approved the 48 zoning-compliant condominiums we’ve been fighting over for nearly two years. All it took was a lawsuit, a trial court decision, a reversal of the decision, six appeals...
