California is at a pivotal moment. We have real, proven solutions to unaffordable housing–we just need our legislators to have the courage to act. Yet today, over half of renters are rent-burdened and housing costs have far outpaced wages–displacing working-class families and disproportionately impacting communities of color. We have the power and resources to make California affordable for everyone–let’s use it!

The Affordable California Bill Package offers immediate protections and relief for rising housing costs, invests in deeply affordable housing, calls for a dramatic increase in new revenue and is a critical opportunity for California to lead with policies that center housing as a human right so that all Californians have a dignified, stable, and affordable place to call home.

• AB 1157 (Kalra) Affordable Rent Act further limits allowable annual rent increases, includes more families who rent their homes under California's Tenant Protection Act, and makes these protections permanent.

• SB 436 (Wahab) 14 Day Pay or Quit protects from avoidable evictions by extending the time renters have to pay back late rent before an eviction case can be filed in court – from 3 to 14 business days.

• AB 1248 (Haney) Junk Fees prohibits landlords from charging hidden & excessive fees—such as inflated application charges and “convenience” fees. These unfair costs often add hundreds of dollars to families’ expenses.

• AB 736 (Wicks) & SB 417 (Cabaldon) CA Housing Bond places a $10 billion bond on next year’s ballot — allowing voters to support the production and preservation of affordable housing for lower-income households, including supportive housing.

• AB 1165 (Gipson) Housing Justice Act declares California’s intent to require ongoing state investments in proven housing solutions that match the scale of the need and requires CA to create finance plans to solve our affordable housing and homelessness crisis and invest the resources needed on an ongoing basis.

• AB 801 (Bonta) California Community Reinvestment Act ensures that state-chartered banks, credit unions (with more than $75 million in deposits), independent mortgage companies, and money transmitter financial technology companies, actively invest in under-resourced, low and moderate income communities—mirroring the obligations of the federal CRA, and unlocking more than $13 billion in corporate capital annually for housing solutions and other community economic development.