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 excerpts this latest report from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute on how shifting federal immigration enforcement policies and expanded immigration enforcement could impact California’s economy.
In the aftermath of the LA Wildfires, Sam Hall Kaplan reports on the sudden halt in rebuilding activity across fire-impacted communities like Malibu and links the disruption to escalating immigration enforcement actions
TPR shares this article from February 2025 by Urban Institute on the potential impact that mass deportations would have construction labor and housing production
TPR excerpts here with permission, Sam Lubell on the current federal administration's impacts on the building industry and its far-reaching implications for urbanism, environmentalism, and construction.
