What’s going on with housing and homelessness in California in 2025?
Housing and homeless continue to gain attention at the top of the state’s priority list. In January, Gov. Gavin Newsom, legislators, housing and homelessness leaders and advocates will outline their plans for the state’s 2025 agenda on housing and homelessness. This page will be updated as new proposals are introduced.
CalMatters housing and homelessness team:
- Editor: Richard Procter, richard@calmatters.org
- Housing Reporter Ben Christopher, ben@calmatters.org
- Homelessness Reporter Marisa Kendall, marisa@calmatters.org
Quick Facts
- 52%: Share of California renters spending at least 30% of their income toward rent.
- 8x: How much larger the price of the average home is than the state’s median income.
- 2,500,253: The number of new homes California’s housing department says the state needs to build before 2030 to meet demand.
- 181,399: The number of homeless Californians, per the latest point-in-time count estimate.
- 28%: The percentage of homeless Americans that live in California.
Housing and homelessness Bills
In Focus
Here are all of the bills related to housing or homelessness that are being considered this session. Highlighted bills are identified by CalMatters as among the most significant in 2024.
Key Players
Legislative Leaders
Scott Wiener
District 11, San Francisco
Chris Ward
District 78, San Diego
Buffy Wicks
District 14, Oakland
Non-Legislator leaders
These people are the most active on housing and homeless issues as determined by how many times they testified in a related hearing or took a position on a bill.
