Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast
1) L.A., Houston mayors on housing and homelessness
Matt and Liam were travelling and sick the past two weeks, so no conventional episode of Gimme Shelter this fortnight. Instead we present a collection of interviews with big city mayors on housing and...Show More
2) Gimme Shelter: Mobile home parks in disrepair
In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast," CalMatters Housing Reporter Manuela Tobias shares her findings from a five-month investigation on California’s mobile home...Show More
3) Gimme Shelter: Homeless veterans in Los Angeles offer statewide insights
In the first of an eight-part series, Anna Scott of KCRW takes listeners through the story of Veterans Row, a homeless encampment in Los Angeles.
4) Gimme Shelter: Can an obscure law unleash a lot more housing in California?
With a majority of housing plans out of compliance with state housing law, developers could theoretically use a little-known law to kick building into high gear. On this week’s podcast, a housing law ...Show More
Gimme Shelter: Can an obscure law unleash a lot more housing in California?
36:51 | Feb 9th, 2023
5) Gimme Shelter: CARE Courts are coming to California
A new court system to address the needs of people with severe mental illness who are often homeless will launch in some counties in 2023.
6) Gimme Shelter: Mayor Karen Bass on housing and homelessness
Liam Dillon and Ben Oreskes of the L.A. Times interview Mayor Karen Bass about homelessness and housing problems in California.
7) Why Many Unhoused Californians Can't Access Healthcare
CalMatters health reporter Kristen Hwang discusses the health care crisis facing California’s homeless population with housing reporters.
8) Avocado of the Year: The Wildest Housing Story of 2022
CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon pick the wildest housing story of 2022: how a California town almost used mountain lions to sidestep housing law.
9) How California’s Housing Crisis Hurts College Students
California’s housing crisis is pushing public higher education out of reach for low-income college students.
10) Gimme Shelter: Gavin Newsom promised 3.5 million homes. How'd he do?
Last time he was on the campaign trail, Gov. Gavin Newsom promised 3.5 million new homes to fix California’s housing crisis. Two housing reporters take stock of what he’s done so far.