Recent Housing Legislation: Impacts & Opportunities
Tuesday, November 16, 12:00 - 1:30 pm
California suffers from a deficit of 3.5 million homes. This scarcity feeds poverty, homelessness, sprawl, and erodes the stability of the middle class, and has a disproportionate impact on Black and Latino households. The California Legislature recently passed SB9 and SB10, as well as other housing legislation. How will these new housing laws affect San Mateo County and our housing issues?
Join Thrive Alliance and The League of Women Voters of North and Central San Mateo County for this important discussion. Michael Lane the State Policy Director at SPUR, a nonprofit working across the political spectrum to develop solutions to the big problems cities face, will lead a panel discussion which will provide clarity on the intent of these measures, the likely timeline for change, and explore what they say about the neighborhoods of the future.
Leora Tanjuatco Ross, Associate Director, Housing Leadership Council and Irving Torres, Director of Community Engagement, All Home will also be in the virtual room to speak about how this legislation may impact San Mateo County.
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KEYNOTE Speaker
Michael Lane, State Policy Director, SPUR
Michael Lane has an extensive background in management, housing development, local government, public policy, legislation, politics and campaigns. Prior to joining SPUR, he worked for SV@Home, the Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH), and Self-Help Enterprises (SHE), the oldest and largest nonprofit developer of affordable self-help housing in the nation. Michael has significant experience working with financial institutions, foundations and other funders. He served as a regional whip on the successful 2002 Proposition 46 and 2006 Proposition 1C statewide housing bond campaigns. Michael served as President of the Board of Directors for the Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County and was a member of the Advisory Committee for the State of California's 2014 Affordable Housing Cost Study. He has also served on the Board of Directors of Housing California and the Board of Governors of the California Housing Consortium. Michael has worked in local government and held elective office as a school board member and city council member.
PanelistS
Leora Tanjuatco Ross, Associate Director, Housing Leadership Council
Leora Tanjuatco Ross joined the Housing Leadership Council (HLC) team in August of 2016 and manages campaigns and staff members as the Associate Director. Prior to joining HLC, she was a paid consultant for community outreach. She has also been active with a number of organizations associated with land use policy and advocacy. She serves on the national board of YIMBY Action, and is the current president of the Peninsula Democratic Coalition.
Irving Torres, Director of Community Engagement, All Home
Irving Torres is the Director of Community Engagement at All Home and serves on the Housing Leadership Council Policy Committee. Prior to joining All Home, Irving served as Senior Legislative Aide to San Mateo County Supervisor Warren Slocum, focusing on housing and land use issues. During his time as Senior Legislative Aide, he worked with constituents in the Fourth District and helped to connect them to housing programs and services. Irving holds a Master’s in Public Administration from San Francisco State University.
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