Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast

Manuela Tobias and Liam Dillon
Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast

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.

  1. 03/23/2023

    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.

    27 min

  2. 02/23/2023

    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.

    27 min

  3. 02/09/2023

    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.”

    37 min

  4. 01/27/2023

    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.

    38 min

  5. 01/12/2023

    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.

    44 min

  6. 12/15/2022

    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.

    26 min
  7. Avocado of the Year: The Wildest Housing Story of 2022

    12/01/2022

    Avocado of the Year: The Wildest Housing Story of 2022

    CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon pick the wildest housing story of 2022: how a California town almost used mountain lions to sidestep housing law.

    38 min
  8. How California’s Housing Crisis Hurts College Students

    11/17/2022

    How California’s Housing Crisis Hurts College Students

    California’s housing crisis is pushing public higher education out of reach for low-income college students.

    25 min
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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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