Gov. Gavin Newsom was in San Francisco to sign a package of bills designed to address the state’s seemingly intractable dual crisis of housing and homelessness.

Newsom signed seven bills during Thursday news conference at a Mission District affordable housing development. The bills are among 32 he intends to approve that deal with housing production and local land use regulations, among other things.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.