CaRLA
California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund is working to restore a legal environment in which CA builds housing equal to its needs.
California state law prevents cities from denying housing proposals that comply with objective zoning standards, general plans and environmental laws.
In practice, cities often deny housing proposals anyways because there is no statewide enforcement agency. New housing production inevitably plays a role in the lives of California renters. Denial of housing proposals means fewer options available to renters as our population grows and our rental stock ages; Home owners have housing security while renters depend on new housing.
Cities that deny housing proposals are denying renters a home in California.
CaRLA is a 501(c)3 that holds municipal governments accountable when acting in violation of California State laws. We pursue legal action where developers have not, bringing suit against cities that fail to approve compliant housing. We work for California’s renters, not homeowner wealth.
Supporters
- Liz Xiao3
Inclusive and sensible housing policies are desperately needed in California to make living here more affordable for all. This scrappy group of lawyers is doing the hard work to put those in place.
- Omar Diab10
SF Bay Area's housing shortage has created extreme inequality. Municipalities refuse to take responsibility. My friend Sonja made CaRLA to sue cities that break state law, refusing to build - a high-leverage way to reshape CA, literally.
- Rahul Gupta-Iwasaki3
I support CaRLA because they're fighting the legal battles we need to win to start implementing sensible housing-first policies in California. They also do excellent writeups of the legal battles they're fighting, including the ones they lo...
- Tina Roh2
Because Omar thinks they're a great nonprofit!
