Our Regulatory Committee explored two housing challenges facing California: widespread student homelessness across CA’s public colleges and a collapsing fire insurance market. Learn how these parallel crises impact development statewide and what solution experts propose to address them.

HAC’s Regulatory Committee hosted Tom Mayhew, partner at Farella Braun + Martel LLP and HAC’s lead attorney, for an in-depth look at our lawsuit against the City of Lafayette over its non-compliant Housing Element, and what’s at stake for housing accountability statewide.

California has passed important laws to support housing, but big barriers still remain. In 2025, HAC is backing new legislation to cut delays, lower costs, and get more homes built.

We are proud to sponsor a robust package of pro-housing legislation for the 2025 legislative session, focused on our core policy areas.

Our bills aim to streamline housing development, reduce unnecessary costs, improve feasibility, and ensure that existing pro-housing laws are implemented as effectively as possible.

When cities like Lafayette try to dodge state housing laws, we take action. That’s why the Housing Action Coalition just filed a lawsuit — with powerhouse legal firm Farella Braun + Martel LLP’s Tom Mayhew — to hold Lafayette accountable for a Housing Element full of loopholes and misleading claims.

We co-hosted the Oakland Special Election Candidate Forum in Downtown Oakland last week. This event brought together six candidates vying for both the Mayor’s office and District 2 Council office ahead of the special election that will be held on April 15th.