Making borrowing easier: Amendment to state constitution could unlock billions of dollars for California housing

by Ben Christopher, CalMatters August 18, 2023August 17, 2023

Construction on Casa Sueños, an affordable housing complex at 3500 E. 12th St. in Oakland, on Aug 7, 2023. (Semantha Norris/CalMatters)

LAST NOVEMBER, 59 percent of voters in Berkeley wanted to give the city permission to borrow $650 million to fund affordable housing.

Two years earlier, 58 percent of San Diego voters supported a $900 million housing bond.

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