by Nick Eckenwiler | Feb 17, 2026 | Housing Elements, Legal Action, News
After repeated warnings that went unheeded, CalHDF is taking San Francisco to court. Here’s why we had no choice. Yesterday, the California Housing Defense Fund, alongside our partners Californians for Homeownership and YIMBY Law, filed a lawsuit against San...
by Nick Eckenwiler | Dec 9, 2025 | Jobs
Update: As of February 18, 2026, CalHDF is no longer accepting applications for this position. The California Housing Defense Fund (“CalHDF”) is seeking a legal intern for the summer of 2026. The legal intern will assist with CalHDF’s work to enforce...
by Nick Eckenwiler | Jan 28, 2025 | Jobs
CalHDF IS NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION AS OF MARCH 2025 CalHDF is seeking a legal intern for the summer of 2025. The legal intern will assist with CalHDF’s work to enforce California’s pro-housing laws against NIMBY jurisdictions. ...
by Nick Eckenwiler | Nov 14, 2024 | Accessory Dwellings
In recent years, the California state legislature has passed numerous laws aimed at increasing the state’s housing supply. Some of these laws are incremental; some are more ambitious. Nearly all of them focus in some way or another on restricting local governments’...
