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Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast Manuela Tobias and Liam Dillon
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Why is it so expensive to live in California? And what can the state do about it? Every other week, Los Angeles Times housing reporter Liam Dillon and CalMatters housing reporter Manuela Tobias chat about the latest developments in California housing policy and interview key newsmakers and other reporters. You can also subscribe to us on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and anywhere else you get your pods.
Gimme Shelter is supported by The James Irvine Foundation, committed to a California where all low-income workers have the power to advance economically.
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Gimme Shelter: Mobile home parks in disrepair
In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast," CalMatters Housing Reporter Manuela Tobias shares her findings from a five-month investigation on California’s mobile home parks, the last stop in housing affordability for the state’s most vulnerable residents.
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Gimme Shelter: Homeless veterans in Los Angeles offer statewide insights
In the first of an eight-part series, Anna Scott of KCRW takes listeners through the story of Veterans Row, a homeless encampment in Los Angeles.
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Gimme Shelter: Can an obscure law unleash a lot more housing in California?
With a majority of housing plans out of compliance with state housing law, developers could theoretically use a little-known law to kick building into high gear. On this week’s podcast, a housing law expert breaks down the untested “builder’s remedy.”
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Gimme Shelter: CARE Courts are coming to California
A new court system to address the needs of people with severe mental illness who are often homeless will launch in some counties in 2023.
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Gimme Shelter: Mayor Karen Bass on housing and homelessness
Liam Dillon and Ben Oreskes of the L.A. Times interview Mayor Karen Bass about homelessness and housing problems in California.
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Why Many Unhoused Californians Can't Access Healthcare
CalMatters health reporter Kristen Hwang discusses the health care crisis facing California’s homeless population with housing reporters.