Former California Senate Majority Leader and Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg shares his call to championing the proposed Middle-Class Homeownership and Family Home Construction Act, a 2026 ballot initiative aimed at expanding housing opportunities for middle-income Californians. Calling it a “war for the middle class,” Hertzberg emphasizes its goal: enabling working families and their children to build wealth and remain in California.
TPR covers a timely and important panel discussion—“The State of the Insurance Industry”—convened by Capitol Weekly and the UC Student and Policy Center. The panel explored how California’s insurance landscape is evolving in response to escalating climate-related risks, with a particular focus on the impact of recent wildfires in the Los Angeles region.
US Rep. Blumenauer offers his Congressional perspective on our nation’s housing crisis, the scale and complexity of which he argues demands affirmative federal action.
Charles Loveman explains the historical role that subsidized demand played in spurring housing production and the value of low to moderate-income affordable homeownership development.
