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Dear Friends --

Workers build California.

California has a housing shortage and affordability crisis. We need to build millions of new homes close to jobs, services, good schools, and transit. But most cities in California have made it illegal to build multi-family homes in high-demand neighborhoods.

By killing new home construction, these cities have also killed thousands of good-paying construction jobs, forcing skilled construction workers to leave our state to find more reliable, sustainable work. It’s time for that to change.

That's why California YIMBY produced this new video – and are asking you to help spread the word by sharing it today!

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Our new video explains the compounding challenges to housing affordability of a statewide shortage of construction workers, and explains how legalizing more homes in our communities can lead to a virtuous cycle of both more affordable homes, and good-paying jobs in construction for workers seeking better pay.

For many of the construction workers who remain in California, the housing shortage means they're forced to spend hours every day commuting to job sites – because they still can’t afford to live in or near the homes they build.

Instead of leaving California for jobs building homes in other states, construction workers can stay in (and return to) the Golden State, build and live in the homes we need, and contribute to making our state more affordable and equitable – while earning a good living, with good pay.

When we say "yes" to more homes in our communities, we create good-paying jobs for the construction workers we need to end our housing shortage and affordability crisis – and make California more affordable and equitable for everyone.

Please share this video today!

Thank you for taking action,

Matthew

Matthew Lewis
Communications Director
California YIMBY

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