FOR GOVERNOR 2026
Pillar 1
Housing Affordability
The Problem → My Policy Plan → Outcomes
THE PROBLEM
WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST
Median rent in California has outpaced wages for two decades. Young families, students, and working people are priced out of the state they grew up in and homelessness has become a humanitarian crisis.
MY POLICY PLAN
WHAT WE'LL DO ON DAY ONE, AND BEYOND
Build 1 million affordable homes in 6 years through streamlined zoning and a state Housing Production Office.
Cap rent increases at CPI + 2% statewide and ban algorithmic price-fixing.
First-time homebuyer down payment assistance for working Californians.
Permanent supportive housing + wraparound services to end chronic homelessness.
Streamline permits 90-day approval for housing near transit and jobs.
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
Reduce healthcare costs through prevention-focused healthcare reform
OUTCOMES
What success looks like
Reduce homelessness by 50% in 4 years.
Lower median rent burden below 30% of income.
100,000 first-time homeowners by 2030.
“Owning a home shouldn't be a fantasy reserved for people who
already had one growing up.”
— SOPHIA EDUM-A-SAM
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