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“Affordable Housing” Could Actually Be Affordable with CEQA Reform

Michele Daugherty August 3, 2020

Yet again, California is ranked the #1 most expensive state to live in America for 2020. And while taxes and childcare costs are also in the top five in the nation, it is housing costs that really stand out. Rent and mortgage payments run an average of $3,000 per month, nearly seventy percent higher than the national average, and this covers the entire state. Major cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco come with even higher price tags. Taken together, it is clear to see that California has an affordable housing problem.

Employers Eye COVID-19 Testing to Keep People Working, Safely

Pauline Bartolone June 17, 2020

Michele Daugherty, president and CEO of the Northern California chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, gets covid19 testing done at a North Highlands site her organization set up to test construction workers.

Governor’s Business & Job Recovery Task Force Should Give an Equal Chance to All Qualified Workers

gnfwrt May 13, 2020

As the California Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery meets to formulate plans to restore and rebuild the state’s economy, it should remember Gov. Gavin Newsom’s official slogan: “California for All.”

The state recognized construction as an essential business and California needs all hands to help rebuild the state as quickly as possible. When it comes to actual building of hospitals, housing, police and fire stations, transportation and government funded building projects, a thumb should not be put on the scale to favor one trained and educated building group over another.