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The Assembly, Governor and Senate agreed to place a historic, $11.25 billion housing affordability bond on the November 2026 ballot. The bond would make long-term investments in affordable housing and homeownership, accelerating housing production while creating lasting housing opportunities for Californians.

SACRAMENTO – This week, several key committees approved and advanced Senate Bill 1119 and Assembly Bill 2023 authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) and Assemblymembers Buffy

Sacramento, CA – Today, Assemblymembers Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) and Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) amended their joint legislative efforts, Assembly Bill 2023 and

SACRAMENTO – Today a bipartisan group of legislators announced a package of six bills aimed at bringing down the cost of construction to make housing more affordable.

SACRAMENTO – Today the Assembly Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation, chaired by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), announced the release of a report by UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation.

SACRAMENTO, CA — The Assembly Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation, chaired by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), is fully engaged in its mission to explore what role the State of California can play in unlocking innovative construction techniques to lower costs and increase overall housing production.

SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) today announced the launch of an Outcomes Review of Assembly Bill (AB) 2011, the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022, which was enacted to streamline the approval of affordable and mixed-income housing along resource-rich commercial corridors.

SACRAMENTO – Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas has appointed Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D–Oakland) to Chair the newly established Select Committee on Housing Construction Innovation, a body tasked with exploring and advancing modern, cost-efficient, climate-smart approaches to building new homes in California.

OAKLAND — Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) issued the following statement in response to reports that the Trump administration has dispatched more than 100 federal agents — including officers from ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection — to Coast Guard Island in Alameda:

LOS ANGELES — Yesterday, at a signing ceremony in Los Angeles, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two new laws to cut red tape and support struggling restaurants across California. These new laws were authored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino).