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Patrick Range McDonald Writes New Book, ‘Selling Off California’

February 16, 2022 By Staff

Housing Is A Human Right members protest pro-gentrification state bill SB 50 in California.

Patrick Range McDonald, the award-winning advocacy journalist for Housing Is A Human Right, has written a new book: Selling Off California: The Untold Story. It’s a must-read for understanding the powerful alliances and devastating policies that fuel the housing affordability and homelessness crises in California and around the country. Read more...

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: corporate landlords, gentrification, housing affordability crisis, Housing Is A Human Right, Patrick Range McDonald, Scott Wiener, YIMBYs

California Housing Activists Fight for What’s Right

December 25, 2019 By Patrick Range McDonald

As Californians struggle with a worsening housing affordability crisis, I decided to profile the crucial work of housing justice activists fighting for stronger tenant protections. All of them, I found out, were engaged in underdog battles against influential lobbyists, indifferent politicians, and politically connected landlords and developers. Read more...

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: activists, California, Concord, El Cerrito, housing affordability crisis, Housing Is A Human Right, housing justice movement, Jesse Hurtado, Jessica Aguallo-Hurtado, Karina Ioffee, Patrick Range McDonald, Rafael Bautista, San Diego

Housing Is A Human Right Investigates LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and State Sen. Scott Wiener

April 13, 2019 By Patrick Range McDonald

For my advocacy journalism work for Housing Is A Human Right, I routinely delve into the backroom politics that fuel gentrification and housing affordability crises in California. For two special reports, I specifically examined the housing policy records of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and California State Sen. Read more...

Filed Under: Updates Tagged With: California, Eric Garcetti, gentrification, homeless crisis, housing affordability crisis, Housing Is A Human Right, Los Angeles, Patrick Range McDonald, San Francisco, Scott Wiener

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