San Francisco's trio of state Democratic lawmakers is pushing myriad bills this year to address the housing and homelessness crises in California.
Housing prices have skyrocketed throughout the Golden State during the COVID-19 pandemic as residents look to move into single-family homes due to the health crisis.
Despite efforts to move more unhoused people off the streets and into shelters or supportive housing to protect them from contracting the virus, more than 150,000 people across California remain homeless on any given night.
The state has the largest unsheltered population in the nation. "COVID-19 has cast a big spotlight on our housing problems. If anything, it is often gotten worse under COVID," said gay state Senator Scott Wiener