Many who work in our County cannot afford to live here. Join the Housing Caucus, committed to engaging and educating the Local League about our region’s affordability crisis. Meetings are held on the third Monday of every month on Zoom.
June Housing Caucus Meeting
Monday, June 16, 2025, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Zoom
Please join us for our next Housing Caucus meeting to discuss future educational programming and identify local policies/legislation our League could support to make housing more accessible for all.
Ask an expert (Actually Two): Financing Affordable Housing
Meg McGraw-Scherer of California Housing Partnership and Mollie Naber of MidPen Housing will share their insights, experience, and know-how to answer your questions about how we can finance and build the affordable homes we need to meet our County's needs.
Project Homekey is a statewide effort to sustain and rapidly expand housing for persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
Mike Callagy, San Mateo County's Executive Officer, oversees the efficient running of the County's daily operations and carries out policies established by the Board of Supervisors.
Jenny Michel works with local groups such as MPC Ready, YIMBY Action, Menlo Together, and CERT with Menlo Park Fire. Most recently, Jenny helped Menlo Park submit their 6th Housing Element. Jenny Michel is a native of Palo Alto and a resident of Menlo Park, where she resides with her husband and young son.
Q&A topics will include housing instability, educating the community on homelessness, and how to prepare if one finds themselves in unstable housing.
Watch the recording of our April 11 General Meeting, Affordable Housing in San Mateo County: Behind the Numbers, to better understand roadblocks and challenges cities in San Mateo County face as each seeks to meet their state-mandated affordable housing goals.
LWVNCSMC: Housing position
LWV - Bay Area: Town Hall on the Regional Housing Bond Measure BAHFA
LWV - California: "Legalizing Housing Abundance in California" webinar
LWV - California: "The HOME Act (SB 9)" webinar
LWV - California: Can California State Policy Fix the Crisis in Housing?