Congrats to all the 2022 Avocado of the Year nominees. You've make California's housing crisis all the more kooky. Make sure to get your vote in by 11/28. Winner revealed on our next episode publishing 12/1! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

It's here! The 2022 Avocado of the Year — California's craziest housing story — goes to the town of Woodside for declaring itself a mountain lion habitat so it wouldn't have to build duplexes. Check out all of 2022's housing hijinks on a new CAHousingPod latimes.com/homeless-housi…

CAHousingPod Big thank you to angelaswartz of The Almanac local newspaper who broke the Woodside mountain lion story and led us in a great discussion on the pod about housing politics in some of the nation's wealthiest, most exclusive towns latimes.com/homeless-housi…

Am thinking of putting on a CAHousingPod All-Time Avocado Bracket at some point. Maybe as a fundraiser. Top seeds: Woodside Mountain Lions, UC Santa Barbara Dormzilla, Berkeley Zucchini Lady, Buffy Wicks' newborn.

Why is it so hard for California's homeless residents to receive the healthcare they need? Find out on the new CAHousingPod — our final episode of 2022. latimes.com/homeless-housi…

Very excited for the first CAHousingPod episode of 2023. TWO special guests including new Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Will be in your ear buds later this week.

This was a great interview with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on housing and homelessness from my co-host Liam Dillon and worthy (but temporary 😉) replacement Ben Oreskes calmatters.org/housing/2023/0…

Bloomberg columnist Justin Fox follows our CAHousingPod interview with Mayor Karen Bass on whether building housing in gentrifying neighborhoods causes further gentrification and displacement and includes links to a bunch of studies on the issue. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

We're back with a new CAHousingPod episode! Liam Dillon and I talked with Orange County's mental health director Dr. Veronica Kelley about what to expect from CARE Courts, which will go into effect this year in some of California's biggest counties. calmatters.org/housing/2023/0…

We just taped a new CAHousingPod — in your ears later this week — and one of these two people were our guest. Can you guess who it is?

New podcast just dropped, in which Liam Dillon and I discuss the implications of the builder's remedy with the help of the very smart Chris Elmendorf. Feedback on our Steph Curry puns welcome🏀 calmatters.org/housing/2023/0…

Love the lane! Can active transportation infrastructure reduce the cost of living for Angelenos while also helping CA meet its climate goals? Liam Dillon joins us for a quick segment at then end of this week’s Bike Talk to talk about it! 🥑🚲🗣️ CAHousingPod Los Angeles Times

No CAHousingPod this fortnight. But Manuela Tobías and I promise we'll have something big for you in a couple weeks.

Just finished taping a new CAHousingPod on this incredible Manuela Tobías story about horrible conditions at mobile home parks in California and why they're allowed to fester. In your ears — with some other important CAHousingPod news — later this week calmatters.org/housing/2023/0…

The new CAHousingPod is an audio version of Manuela Tobías's investigation into the oversight gaps of California's mobile home parks and the deplorable conditions at some of the most affordable housing in the state latimes.com/homeless-housi…

CAHousingPod Manuela Tobías This Gimme Shelter episode is also 🚨 because it's Manuela Tobías's last one. I have a lot to share about Manuela's incredible reporting and co-hosting during the episode. But suffice it to say it's been a gift to work with her and I'll miss her dearly

As far as what's next for CAHousingPod, the Times and CalMatters are working on next steps and we hope to bring it back soon. But for the moment we'll be on a brief hiatus. Thanks to everyone for all your support going on almost six years now.

Some news. After six years, the Gimme Shelter housing podcast (@cahousingpod) has officially come to an end. It was a great run talking about California's housing affordability crisis and chatting with so many fascinating people about it (1/3)

I'm privileged to have worked with Matt Levin, who approached me to start Gimme Shelter, and Manuela Tobías on over 100 episodes. What I'm most disappointed about is that the podcast didn't receive a fitting end on air and that it took so long to decide on its future (2/3)

Manuela Tobías Nevertheless, it was a pleasure broadcasting every fortnight, hearing your questions, feedback and episode ideas and talking about everything from mountain lions to golf courses to, of course, casitas. I hope we were interesting and informative. (3/3)