Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY · [email protected]

November 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM

NEW: WATCH new video: Pathways to affordable homeownership

Let’s rebuild the California dream. Dear Friends -- For millions of Californians, the vision of owning their own home is at the heart of the California dream. But the housing shortage and affordability crisis has put that dream out of reach for a huge share of hard-w…

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  Joe Sangirardi, California YIMBY · [email protected]

November 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM

RSVP: 2024 SF Victory Party

Now more than ever, celebrating our wins is important. Dear friends, YIMBYs won a lot of victories in the legislature and at the ballot box in California in 2024 -- and we deserve to celebrate them! We passed bills such as SB 1123 to make it easier to build starter hom…

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  Brian Hanlon, California YIMBY · [email protected]

November 20, 2024 at 1:00 AM

Election Aftermath: We Still Need More Homes

What happened and what it means. Dear Friends -- It's been two weeks since the historic election of 2024. Some races are still too-close to call, and statisticians will need another few weeks to collect, clean, and analyze election data before we can confidently substantia…

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  Konstantin Hatcher, California YIMBY · [email protected]

October 28, 2024 at 11:00 PM

Our endorsements for the 2024 election

Help us send more housing champions to Sacramento. Dear Friends -- If we're going to succeed in changing more laws to solve our housing shortage and affordability crisis, we need to elect more champions to the state legislature. Several of our key legislative champions ar…

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  Joe Sangirardi, California YIMBY · [email protected]

October 22, 2024 at 10:46 PM

RSVP now for our SF Victory Party

Join us in San Francisco on December 12! Dear friends, Save the date -- December 12! Join us for California YIMBY's 2024 Victory Party in San Francisco. Each year, we bring together incredible YIMBY VIPs and housing champions like yourself. Former honorees include Senato…

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  Konstantin Hatcher, California YIMBY · [email protected]

October 16, 2024 at 7:01 PM

Re: THURSDAY: Meet YIMBY candidates for the 2024 election

YIMBYs helping elect YIMBYs. Let's go! Dear friends, I just wanted to make sure you saw this message about our big Meet-n-Greet event happening Thursday evening with YIMBY candidates across California! It's online and easy for you to attend. Please click here to RSVP now!…

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  Konstantin Hatcher, California YIMBY · [email protected]

October 14, 2024 at 11:04 PM

THURSDAY: Meet YIMBY candidates for the 2024 election

YIMBYs helping elect YIMBYs. Let's go! Dear friends, As YIMBY champions like Nancy Skinner are termed out of the legislature, it's critical that we have new pro-housing champions joining the Assembly and State Senate in every election. That's why we are inviting you to m…

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  Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY · [email protected]

September 17, 2024 at 7:31 PM

Send a message asking the Governor to sign SB 937 – more affordable homes!

Support sensible reforms that will lower housing costs and help get more housing built to tackle our affordability crisis. Dear friends, The YIMBY movement is on a roll, with the national focus on the housing shortage and affordability crisis – and the need for sensible …

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  Joe Sangirardi, California YIMBY · [email protected]

September 12, 2024 at 11:30 PM

RSVP: LA Victory Party on October 2

Get your tickets now for an amazing party in Los Angeles! Dear friends, We're excited to invite you to our 2024 LA Victory Party, hosted by California YIMBY and Abundant Housing LA on October 2! This is the inaugural Los Angeles celebration of pro-housing champions, newly…

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  Konstantin Hatcher, California YIMBY · [email protected]

September 4, 2024 at 8:30 PM

GOTV for this fall’s election: Help build more housing!

YIMBYs helping elect YIMBYs. Are you in? Dear friends, President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris both made a clear call for building more housing at last month’s convention. Now it’s time for us to Do Something about it and help elect some YIMBYs! Californ…

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  Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY · [email protected]

August 26, 2024 at 5:46 PM

Send a message in support of SB 937 – more affordable homes!

Help pass sensible reforms that will lower housing costs and help get more housing built to tackle our affordability crisis. Dear friends, This is an urgent moment – we need your help to pass one of our priority bills to make it easier and less expensive to build new hou…

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  Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY · [email protected]

August 23, 2024 at 7:01 PM

URGENT: Send a message to your legislator in support of more homes

It’s time to fix SB 9 – and build more homes that people can afford. Dear friends, Last night Kamala Harris reiterated the need to end America's housing shortage – to build more housing to solve the affordability crisis. We have an urgent opportunity to do something – pa…

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  Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY · [email protected]

August 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM

Tell your legislator to vote for SB 1123 – build affordable starter homes!

Let's take action to help more Californians achieve the dream of homeownership. Dear friends, Why is it so difficult to find an affordable "starter" home to buy across much of California? Because decades ago, cities made it illegal to build more homes in single-family zo…

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  Max Dubler, California YIMBY · [email protected]

July 26, 2024 at 10:00 PM

Sign our petition for SB 1211 – build more ADUs!

Backyard cottages and other ADUs are a housing success story. Let’s make it easier to build even more! Dear friends, Thanks to pro-housing reforms that California YIMBY helped pass, more than 80,000 new homes have been built over the past seven years – often in people’s …

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  Joe Sangirardi, California YIMBY · [email protected]

July 24, 2024 at 10:30 PM

Help your fellow YIMBYs get elected to the legislature

Electing housing champions -> passing good housing policies. Dear friends, Our ability to pass a bold pro-housing agenda in Sacramento depends on having housing champions in the legislature. Term limits are causing some of our biggest allies like Sen. Nancy Skinner to…

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  Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY · [email protected]

July 19, 2024 at 7:33 PM

Sign our petition for SB 937 – more affordable homes!

Help pass sensible reforms that will lower housing costs and help get more housing built to tackle our affordability crisis. Dear friends, One of the many causes of high housing costs are the various impact fees that cities tack on to the cost of new housing -- fees tha…

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  Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY · [email protected]

July 11, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Sign our petition for SB 1123 – affordable starter homes!

Housing doesn’t have to be expensive. Let’s take action to get more affordable starter homes built across the state. Dear friends, In the not-so-distant past, California had an abundance of starter homes that were affordable to people at all income levels. But then our…

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  Joe Sangirardi, California YIMBY · [email protected]

June 28, 2024 at 5:03 PM

How you can help support California's housing champions

Elections are crucial to legislation. Dear friends, This has been a successful month for California YIMBY's 2024 legislative agenda! Our priority bills have made it through their house of origin and are on their way to clearing their policy committees in the second chambe…

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  Emily Jones, California YIMBY · [email protected]

June 26, 2024 at 11:00 PM

Add your name: Stop NIMBY abuse of historic preservation

NIMBYs found a loophole to block new housing -- help us fight back! Dear friends, Residents in some of the wealthiest, most exclusive neighborhoods in California are abusing historic preservation rules in an attempt to block the construction of more inclusive and afford…

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  Lilia Malfavon, California YIMBY · [email protected]

June 4, 2024 at 11:20 PM

Join us for these great YIMBY events in June

We hope to see you there! Hi there -- Want to learn more about how we can end the housing shortage and affordability crisis? Are you eager to meet local YIMBYs in your corner of California? If so, take a look at these local events taking place across the state in the mont…

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  Konstantin Hatcher, California YIMBY · [email protected]

May 31, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Summer Lobby Blitz: RSVP now!

On April 8 we're going to the State Capitol to tackle the housing shortage. Dear friends, Hello YIMBYs and pro-housing advocates! We are kicking off our 2024 Summer Lobby Blitz next week -- join us on June 5! Legislators will be returning home to their local districts f…

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  Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY · [email protected]

May 29, 2024 at 4:30 PM

Take on abuse of historic preservation rules

NIMBYs found a loophole to block new housing. Help us fight back. Dear friends, A few months ago, a group of NIMBYs in San Mateo announced that they found a loophole to try and block the construction of desperately-needed new homes in their community: get the neighborho…

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  Lilia Malfavon, California YIMBY · [email protected]

May 1, 2024 at 10:00 PM

Join us for these great YIMBY events in May

We hope to see you there! Hi there -- Want to learn more about how we can end the housing shortage and affordability crisis? Are you eager to meet local YIMBYs in your corner of California? If so, take a look at these local events taking place across the state in the mont…

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  Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY · [email protected]

April 22, 2024 at 10:50 PM

We need more homes, not more costly housing fees

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down an important ruling that could have a direct impact on how we solve the housing affordability crisis. Dear friends, The U.S. Supreme Court handed down an important ruling this month that could have a direct impact on how we solve the h…

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  Brian Hanlon, California YIMBY · [email protected]

April 5, 2024 at 11:00 PM

Our 2024 pro-housing agenda

Building an even broader platform for pro-housing progress. Dear friends, For the past seven years, California YIMBY and our allies have made substantial progress on achieving our mission of making California an affordable place to live, work, and raise a family. From par…

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  Joe Sangirardi, California YIMBY · [email protected]

March 31, 2024 at 5:01 PM

Become a Framer and help elect housing champions in 2024

What March's election results mean for the YIMBY movement. Dear friends, With March primary ballots almost completely counted, it's clear that nearly all of the pro-housing candidates California YIMBY endorsed for the state legislature are moving on to the general electio…

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  Konstantin Hatcher, California YIMBY · [email protected]

March 14, 2024 at 4:02 PM

RSVP Now for YIMBY Training: 2024 Legislative Deep Dive

Learn about the most important housing bills this year. Dear friends, The 2024 legislative session is under way -- and we'd love to help get you ready to advocate for bills that can help address our housing shortage and affordability crisis. Join us on Wednesday, March 2…

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  Konstantin Hatcher, California YIMBY · [email protected]

March 7, 2024 at 9:04 PM

YIMBY Training: Your Housing Story for Lobby Day and Beyond

The most effective, time-tested, advocacy tool is telling your story. Dear friends, State legislators often talk about the Sacramento bubble and how they appreciate hearing directly from their constituents about the most important issues facing the communities they repres…

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  Melissa Breach, California YIMBY · [email protected]

February 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Our endorsements for the 2024 primary

Help us send more housing champions to Sacramento. Dear Friends -- Californians have our ballots and are getting ready to vote in the upcoming primary election. This is a crucial opportunity to help housing champions advance to the November election – and to the state legi…

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  Lilia Malfavon, California YIMBY · [email protected]

February 9, 2024 at 10:00 PM

Join us for these great YIMBY events in February

We hope to see you there! Hi there -- Want to learn more about how we can end the housing shortage and affordability crisis? Are you eager to meet local YIMBYs in your corner of California? If so, take a look at these local events taking place across the state in the mont…

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  Konstantin Hatcher, California YIMBY · [email protected]

February 1, 2024 at 9:30 PM

Join us for our next housing webinar!

Learn more about accessory dwelling units and how we can use them to tackle California's housing shortage. Dear Friends -- Since 2017, over 80,000 new accessory dwelling units (ADUs) have been built in backyards, attics, and garages across California, thanks in part the th…

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  Lilia Malfavon, California YIMBY · [email protected]

January 18, 2024 at 1:03 AM

Join us for these great YIMBY events in January

We hope to see you there! Hi there -- Want to learn more about how we can end the housing shortage and affordability crisis? Are you eager to meet local YIMBYs in your corner of California? If so, take a look at these local events taking place across the state in the mont…

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  Konstantin Hatcher, California YIMBY · [email protected]

January 12, 2024 at 5:01 PM

Sign up now for YIMBY Lobby Day 2024

On April 8 we're going to the State Capitol to tackle the housing shortage. Dear friends, Legislators have returned to Sacramento for the new year -- and that means it's time to mobilize for YIMBY Lobby Day! We're scheduling meetings with your state legislators on Mon…

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  California YIMBY · [email protected]

December 31, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Donate today to support housing champions in 2024

We need to support candidates who will help build on our pro-housing momentum in the legislature. This message from Sen. Scott Wiener has already generated a great response from YIMBYs across California. We're re-sending it in hopes you'll read his call to action and make …

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  Sen. Scott Wiener · [email protected]

December 31, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Donate to support housing champions in 2024

We need to support candidates who will help build on our pro-housing momentum in the legislature. Dear friends, California YIMBY has been an incredible presence in Sacramento. Your activism has changed everything about housing policy in our state, and helped pass legislat…

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  Joe Sangirardi, California YIMBY · [email protected]

December 27, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Help elect housing champions in 2024

State elections in 2024 will help determine whether our bills can pass in the years to come. Dear friends, We won major victories for housing in 2023. But we can't build on those wins and pass even bigger bills unless we elect more housing champions in 2024. California Y…

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  Konstantin Hatcher, California YIMBY · [email protected]

December 13, 2023 at 6:30 PM

Save the date: YIMBY Lobby Day is April 8, 2024!

On April 8 we're going to the State Capitol to tackle the housing shortage. Dear friends, The 2024 legislative session is just around the corner -- and that means it's time to mobilize for YIMBY Lobby Day! We're scheduling meetings with your state legislators on Monda…

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  Konstantin Hatcher, California YIMBY · [email protected]

December 7, 2023 at 9:30 PM

Join us for our Housing 101 webinar!

Learn more about the causes, effects and solutions to California's housing shortage and affordability crisis Dear Friends -- Want to learn more about the causes, effects and solutions to California's housing shortage and affordability crisis? Then join us for our Housing …

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  Lilia Malfavon, California YIMBY · [email protected]

December 4, 2023 at 8:50 PM

Join us for these great YIMBY events in December

We hope to see you there! Hi there -- Want to learn more about how we can end the housing shortage and affordability crisis? Are you eager to meet local YIMBYs in your corner of California? If so, take a look at these local events taking place across the state in the mont…

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  Lilia Malfavon, California YIMBY · [email protected]

November 1, 2023 at 12:01 AM

Let's talk housing: YIMBY events in November

We hope to see you there! Hi there -- Want to learn more about how we can end the housing shortage and affordability crisis? Are you eager to meet local YIMBYs in your corner of California? If so, take a look at these local events taking place across the state in the mont…

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  Joe Sangirardi, California YIMBY · [email protected]

October 26, 2023 at 12:35 AM

RSVP: California YIMBY Victory Party on December 8

Get your tickets now for an amazing party in San Francisco! Dear friends, We're excited to announce California YIMBY's 2023 Victory Party! On behalf of our board of directors, staff, and incredible volunteers, you are cordially invited to join us on Friday, December 8th in…

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  Nolan Gray, California YIMBY · [email protected]

October 14, 2023 at 7:01 PM

RSVP to learn more about housing underproduction in California

Join us as California YIMBY shares insights on our new report about our state's housing shortage Dear Friends -- We know that California has a housing shortage. But what parts of the state aren't building enough housing? What parts of the state are building more? Californ…

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  Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY · [email protected]

October 4, 2023 at 8:30 PM

URGENT: Ask the governor to sign AB 1633

Support environmentally beneficial homes – and solve climate. Dear friends, Governor Gavin Newsom has ten days left to sign AB 1633, one of California YIMBY's priority bills for the 2023 session. Opponents are mobilizing to try and stop the governor from signing it, and we…

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  Team California YIMBY · [email protected]

September 30, 2023 at 5:00 PM

Let's talk housing: YIMBY events in October

We hope to see you there! Hi there -- Want to learn more about how we can end the housing shortage and affordability crisis? Are you eager to meet local YIMBYs in your corner of California? If so, take a look at these local events taking place across the state in the mont…

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  Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY · [email protected]

September 28, 2023 at 12:20 AM

Ask the governor to sign one of the most important bills of 2023

This law has built over 18,000 homes. Help us extend it to build tens of thousands more. Dear friends, The passage of SB 423 is one of our biggest victories in 2023 – but we’re not done yet. SB 423 will streamline the production of new, affordable housing in our cities by…

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  Joe Sangirardi, California YIMBY · [email protected]

September 22, 2023 at 11:00 PM

Save the Date! CA YIMBY Victory Party! 12/8

CA YIMBY Victory Party! 12/8 Dear friends, It’s been another incredible year of progress for California’s YIMBY movement – and it’s all thanks to you, and your passion and commitment to creating a California that is affordable and accessible to everyone. So … it’s time to…

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  Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY · [email protected]

September 20, 2023 at 10:31 PM

Send a message to Governor Newsom: Sign AB 976!

Let’s get more homes built in California. Dear friends, One of the most successful efforts to build more housing in California is the Accessory Dwelling Unit. If Governor Newsom signs AB 976 into law, it will make permanent a key policy that has encouraged the growth of th…

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  Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY · [email protected]

September 15, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Take action now to support AB 1633

Support environmentally beneficial homes – and solve climate. Dear friends, The 2023 legislative session just ended, and our YIMBY movement is among the big winners! But our work isn't done yet. Will you ask Governor Newsom to sign AB 1633? Most of California YIMBY's spon…

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  Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY · [email protected]

September 12, 2023 at 9:20 PM

URGENT: Take action to support affordable housing

Help us democratize funding for affordable housing. Dear friends, We just won some major victories for housing. Now we need your help to win another – and make it easier to fund publicly-subsidized affordable housing. This week, the legislature passed most of California Y…

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  Team California YIMBY · [email protected]

September 9, 2023 at 4:20 PM

Let's talk housing: YIMBY events in September

We hope to see you there! Hi there -- Want to learn more about how we can end the housing shortage and affordability crisis? Are you eager to meet local YIMBYs in your corner of California? If so, take a look at these local events taking place across the state in the mont…

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