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Articles by Dan Dunmoyer
California’s new housing tax will further our housing crisis Original
California is in the middle of a housing policy crisis that is stubbornly hard for lawmakers to solve. Families are struggling to pay rent. First-time buyers are watching prices climb out of reach. Communities across the state are losing young people who can’t afford to stay where they grew up. Over the past several years, the California Legislature has passed important reforms designed to speed up housing production, cut red tape, and make it easier to build in the places where people want to live.
Secure California’s water future - Capitol Weekly
Opinion by JIM WUNDERMAN and DAN DUNMOYER posted 08.22.2025 Capitol Weekly welcomes Opinions on California public policy or politics. Click here for more information about submitting an Op-Ed. OPINION – The Golden State’s weather whiplash, seen year after year, intensified by climate change, is straining the state’s entire water supply.
Overly broad bill puts California’s housing future on shaky ground - Capitol Weekly
Opinion by DAN DUNMOYER posted 05.19.2025 OPINION – Ensuring adequate housing to meet community needs is essential to California’s long-term stability and prosperity. The Legislature has repeatedly affirmed that housing is a top priority for state policymakers. That’s why it’s deeply disappointing and concerning to see Senate Bill 682 advancing, as it risks exacerbating the very crisis we are working to resolve.
Opinion: California Can Build New Housing That Is Resistant to Wildfires
As thousands of California families are mourning the loss of their homes to the latest destructive fires in Los Angeles, some are calling for a blanket moratorium in San Diego County on developing new housing in areas that are potentially at risk of wildfire. While wildfire is an inevitable feature of our landscape and concerns regarding the risk of loss are understandable, particularly in the aftermath of the recent tragedies, a moratorium like this is a bad idea.
California’s insurance crisis is worsening the housing crisis - Capitol Weekly
Opinion by DAN DUNMOYER posted 10.01.2024 OPINION – California’s homeowners insurance crisis is making it more difficult to build and buy affordable homes — and in some cases impossible. By restricting the supply of housing, particularly condominiums and multi-family housing, lack of insurance availability is driving up consumer housing costs and limiting the lowest priced homeownership option for consumers.
CalPERS has vital role in state's economic recovery - Capitol Weekly
News The headquarters of the California Public Employees' Retirement System in Sacramento. (Photo: Kit Leong, via Shutterstock) by DAN DUNMOYER posted 09.10.2020 Twitter Facebook Email It may not be top of mind, but Californians should be aware that the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is a key part of ensuring that the state recovers quickly and completely from the coronavirus pandemic.
How California legislators can help fix housing crisis
By Guest Commentary published: February 18, 2020 How to ease California housing crisis in four easy steps, and four more that are a little harder New home construction needs a boost from the Legislature. (File photo.) The Construction Industry Research Board Report should be a wakeup call to California lawmakers. The report shows that 110,218 housing unit permits were issued in 2019, a 7% decrease from the prior year.
Fresh ideas and collaboration is the only way to solve California’s housing crisis
Note to readers: Each week through November 2019, a selection of our 101 California Influencers answers a question that is critical to California’s future. Topics include education, healthcare, environment, housing and economic growth. One influencer each week is also invited to write a column that takes a closer look at the issue. Get weekly updates on the issues that matter to you: Sign up for the California Influencers newsletter here.
Fresh ideas and collaboration is the only way to solve California’s housing crisis
Note to readers: Each week through November 2019, a selection of our 101 California Influencers answers a question that is critical to California’s future. Topics include education, healthcare, environment, housing and economic growth. One influencer each week is also invited to write a column that takes a closer look at the issue. Get weekly updates on the issues that matter to you: Sign up for the California Influencers newsletter here.
Fresh ideas and collaboration is the only way to solve California’s housing crisis
Note to readers: Each week through November 2019, a selection of our 101 California Influencers answers a question that is critical to California’s future. Topics include education, healthcare, environment, housing and economic growth. One influencer each week is also invited to write a column that takes a closer look at the issue. Get weekly updates on the issues that matter to you: Sign up for the California Influencers newsletter here.
Fresh ideas and collaboration is the only way to solve California’s housing crisis
Note to readers: Each week through November 2019, a selection of our 101 California Influencers answers a question that is critical to California’s future. Topics include education, healthcare, environment, housing and economic growth. One influencer each week is also invited to write a column that takes a closer look at the issue. Get weekly updates on the issues that matter to you: Sign up for the California Influencers newsletter here.
Fresh ideas and collaboration is the only way to solve California’s housing crisis
Note to readers: Each week through November 2019, a selection of our 101 California Influencers answers a question that is critical to California’s future. Topics include education, healthcare, environment, housing and economic growth. One influencer each week is also invited to write a column that takes a closer look at the issue. Get weekly updates on the issues that matter to you: Sign up for the California Influencers newsletter here.
Fresh ideas and collaboration is the only way to solve California’s housing crisis
Note to readers: Each week through November 2019, a selection of our 101 California Influencers answers a question that is critical to California’s future. Topics include education, healthcare, environment, housing and economic growth. One influencer each week is also invited to write a column that takes a closer look at the issue. Get weekly updates on the issues that matter to you: Sign up for the California Influencers newsletter here.
CA needs common sense housing solutions everyone can agree on | San Luis Obispo Tribune
Note to readers: Each week through November 2019, a selection of our 101 California Influencers answers a question that is critical to California’s future. Topics include education, healthcare, environment, housing and economic growth. One influencer each week is also invited to write a column that takes a closer look at the issue. Get weekly updates on the issues that matter to you: Sign up for the California Influencers newsletter here.
How the next governor can ease the housing crisis
Experts state that California’s housing crisis – the sheer unaffordability of homes – is caused by a severe housing shortage: high demand and low inventory are driving up prices. We are 75,000 units short each year on needed new homes and yet housing projects have been delayed for years because of time-consuming permitting, mitigation and local approval processes, or litigation abuse invoking environmental regulations. All that adds to costs.
My turn: How the next governor can ease the housing crisis
By Dan Dunmoyer, Special to CALmatters Experts state that California’s housing crisis – the sheer unaffordability of homes – is caused by a severe housing shortage: high demand and low inventory are driving up prices. We are 75,000 units short each year on needed new homes and yet housing projects have been delayed for years because of time-consuming permitting, mitigation and local approval processes, or litigation abuse invoking environmental regulations. All that adds to costs.
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