Building an Affordable California Initiative Gains Housing Conference Interest

Jennifer Barrera
CalChamber President and CEO Jennifer Barrera explains how the Building an Affordable California Act initiative will expedite construction on housing and other essential projects during a panel discussion at the housing conference presented in Sacramento on February 24 by Capitol Weekly and the University of California Student and Policy Center. Later in the program, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), former chair of the Assembly Housing Committee, declared her support for the ballot measure. Photo by Joha Harrison, Capitol Weekly
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