Bramson: Voters have spoken, but California’s affordability crisis remains

For a family in San Jose struggling to pay $3,000 a month in rent, the results of the Nov. 3 election probably won’t change much about next month’s bills. Neither will they shorten the commute of a worker traveling two hours each day because living near their job is simply too expensive. And for someone facing eviction, the promise of future housing construction offers little comfort when the rent is due tomorrow. Yet California voters delivered an important message last week. They are willing to invest in making their communities more affordable. The challenge now is turning that political support into something residents can actually experience. Consider the results. Proposition 1, authorizing more than $11 billion in housing bonds, passed with approximately 61% support. Voters also rejected Proposition 43, preserving the ability of citizen-led local tax measures to pass without a two-thirds supermajority.

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