根据加州州政府住房部门的评估，该州各地市县在推进住房建设目标上存在普遍严重不足。[1]州政府为期8年的计划要求新建250万套住房，即年均31.25万套，但实际年均建设仅略超10万套。[1]在中等以上价位住房许可方面，不到三分之一的城市和县正按计划推进，而仅有6%的司法管辖区有望达成最低收入住房目标。[1]全州仅5个司法管辖区有望同时完成四个收入等级的建设目标。[1]
为应对这一困境，加州州政府采取了多项政策手段。[1]2017年通过的州法案规定，未完成一半目标的司法管辖区必须加快审批公寓项目，该法案自2018年以来已批准27,961套住房单位。[1]然而，州政府面临资金压力——原有的2018年债券资金已耗尽，州政府希望获得11月选民对112.5亿美元新债券的批准，以继续推进住房建设计划。[1]
California's local governments are severely underperforming on state-mandated housing development targets, according to an evaluation by the state's housing department.[1] Less than one-third of cities and counties are on track to permit mid-to-upper-income housing as planned, while only 6 percent of jurisdictions—32 in total—are meeting their goals for the lowest-income housing category.[1] The state has set an ambitious eight-year objective to construct 2.5 million housing units, averaging 312,500 units annually, yet actual production has fallen dramatically short, with construction averaging just over 100,000 units per year.[1]
Only five jurisdictions statewide are positioned to simultaneously achieve all four income-level housing targets.[1] Despite multiple state policies and legislative efforts designed to accelerate housing development, the gap between goals and reality remains stark. A 2017 state law requires jurisdictions that have completed fewer than half their assigned targets to fast-track apartment and multifamily housing approvals; since 2018, this provision has resulted in approval of 27,961 housing units.[1] Facing depleted state bond funding from 2018, California's government is seeking voter approval of a new $11.25 billion bond measure in November to support housing initiatives.[1]