CaRLA News

CaRLA Announces Precedent-Setting Victory in San Mateo Appeal

by Greg Magofña | Sep 13, 2021 | Housing Accountability Act, Legal Action, News

Oakland, CA — The California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund (CaRLA) is pleased to announce a precedent-setting victory in the fight for more housing and a more equitable California. In a much anticipated decision released Friday afternoon, the California...

CaRLA Disappointed in Huntington Beach Housing Lawsuit Ruling

by Greg Magofña | Aug 11, 2021 | Housing Accountability Act, Legal Action, News

We are simultaneously disappointed in and surprised by a trial judge’s ruling last week to deny 48 units of desperately needed and zoning-compliant housing in Huntington Beach on the grounds that the project is not protected by the Housing Accountability Act. This...

A Guide to Ending Single Family Zoning: Lessons Learned from 39 Years of ADU Legislation

by Dylan Casey | May 26, 2021 | Education, News, Reports

A Guide to Ending Single-Family Zoning Lessons from 39 Years of ADU LegislationCalifornians don’t have time to deal with the housing shortage and high housing costs linked to the prevalence of single-family zoning. If single-family properties are going to be a source...

CaRLA Grows with Greg Magofña and Luis Villa

by Greg Magofña | Apr 16, 2021 | News

CaRLA is excited to announce that, much like California, our team is growing with the addition of Greg Magofña and Luis Villa. Greg Magofña, Director of Development and Outreach Greg Magofña joins us as our new Director of Development and Outreach to bring his wealth...

We’ve filed our appeal brief against San Mateo

by Victoria Fierce | Mar 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

In 2017, the state legislature passed SB167 to strengthen the Housing Accountability Act. The changes it brought were profoundly boring: it simply required cities to follow their own zoning laws instead of making them up on the spot at every project hearing. If you've...

Sue the Suburban Lifestyle Dream

by Dylan Casey | Dec 1, 2020 | News

The soon-to-be-former President, in his failed attempt to appeal to voters this election, unsurprisingly decided to take a stand against fair housing. In an effort to “save the suburban lifestyle dream,” Trump repealed Obama era regulations designed to give teeth to...

Los Altos concedes defeat. Housing won.

by Victoria Fierce | Sep 8, 2020 | Uncategorized

Today, we’re pleased to announce that Los Altos has conceded defeat in our lawsuit against them for an unlawful denial of affordable housing under Senate Bill 35’s streamlined approval provisions. The city tried announcing this late Saturday night in the middle of the...

We’ve filed our first appellate brief in CaRLA v. City of San Mateo

by Victoria Fierce | Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorized

As we announced earlier this year, CaRLA is appealing the ruling we received at trial in our lawsuit against the City of San Mateo for violating the Housing Accountability Act. At the same time, the California Attorney General intervened in our suit to defend the...

Huntington Beach isn’t just breaking quarantine, they’re breaking housing law. CaRLA is suing.

by Victoria Fierce | Jun 12, 2020 | Uncategorized

Today, California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund is announcing the filing of yet another lawsuit against a Californian suburb for violating state housing law; this time, in Huntington Beach. The coastal town has made a habit of defying state law mandates in...

It Doesn’t Stop At Housing.

by CaRLA | Jun 3, 2020 | News

In early April of 1968, the US Senate passed the Fair Housing Act, but the bill’s prospects looked bleak in the House. It appeared that enacting federal legislation to ban discrimination in housing was too much for Congress to take on. Housing had been excluded from...