The Kennedy Commission will host the 2019 California Affordable Housing Legislative Briefing. Our panelist will lead a discussion on new legislation signed into law and measures aimed at addressing California's affordable housing and homelessness crisis. They will also highlight new opportunities for affordable housing developers and local governments to use these new tools to increase affordable housing.

Topics include:

* Federal updates on affordable housing

* Recently enacted California affordable housing legislation and funding

* Land use legislation

* Tenant Protections legislation

* 2020 California and Federal legislative and housing policy outlook

Presenters:

Goldfarb and Lipman, one of California's leading law firms in Affordable Housing, Community Economic Development, Land Use, Redevelopment Law and Municipal Law.

Marina Wiant, VP of Governmental Affairs for the California Housing Consortium (CHC). Marina directs all legislative and policy efforts for CHC at the State Capital in Sacramento. CHC is a nonpartisan advocate for the production and preservation of housing affordable to low and moderate income Californians.