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Other National Housing and Public Interest Organizations 
ACORN
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National Association of State and Local Equity Funds
National Center on Poverty Law
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
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National Community Reinvestment Coalition
National Council of La Raza
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National Economic Development Law Center
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National Housing Institute
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National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
National Rural Housing Coalition
Older Women’s League
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Planners Network
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Trust for Public Land
Urban Institute
Urban Land Institute
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Youthbuild

State Legislative Housing Advocacy Organizations  
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Housing California
Western Center on Law and Poverty

State Affordable Housing and Land Use Litigation Support  
California Affordable Housing Law Project

Regional Nonprofit Housing Advocacy Organizations  
California Coalition for Rural Housing
Non Profit Housing Association of Northern California
San Diego Housing Federation
Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing

Nonprofit Housing Development, Shelter and Advocacy Organizations 
A Community of Friends, Los Angeles
Affordable Housing Affiliation, Benicia
Affordable Housing Associates, Berkeley
Affordable Housing Clearinghouse, Orange County
Allied Housing, Hayward
Bay Area Homeless Alliance
Beyond Shelter
Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS), Berkeley
BRIDGE Housing Corporation
Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation, Ventura/Santa Barbara  
California Housing Consortium
California Housing Partnership Corporation
Calistoga Affordable Housing, Inc.
Century Housing Corporation, Los Angeles
Charities Housing Corporation, San Jose
Chinatown Community Development Center, San Francisco
Citizens Housing, San Francisco
City Heights Community Development Corporation, San Diego
Clearinghouse, CDFI, Lake Forest
Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, Riverside County
Community Corporation of Santa Monica
Community Development Corporation of North Richmond
Community Housing Improvement Program, Chico
Community Housing Improvement Systems and Planning, Salinas
Community Housing Works, San Diego
Community Housing Opportunities Corp, Davis
Corporation for Supportive Housing
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, Oakland
East Bay Housing Organizations
Ecumenical Association for Housing, Marin
Eden Housing, Oakland
Emergency Housing Consortium, Santa Clara
Esperanza Community Housing Corporation, Los Angeles
First Community Housing, San Jose
Habitat for Humanity, Greater Los Angeles
Habitat for Humanity, San Francisco
Harbor Interfaith Shelter, San Pedro
Hollywood Community Housing Corporation
Homeward Bound of Marin
Housing Action Coalition, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Housing Choices, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa Clara Counties
Housing Investment Project (HIP), San Mateo County
Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County
Housing Trust of Santa Clara County
Innvision, San Jose
Jamboree Housing Corporation, Orange County
Kennedy Commission, Orange County
L.A. Family Housing Corp, Los Angeles
LAMP Community, Los Angeles
Las Palmas Housing, Encinitas
LINC Housing, Los Angeles
Livable Places, Los Angeles
Loaves and Fishes, Sacramento
Long Beach Affordable Housing Coalition
Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger/Homelessness
Los Angeles Community Design Center
Low Income Investment Fund
Many Mansions, Ventura County
Marin Housing Council
Mary Erickson Community Housing, South Orange County
Mercy Housing California
Merritt Community Capital Corporation
Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition, Monterey Bay/SF Area
Mission Economic Develoment Assn, San Francisco
Montebello Housing Development Corporation
Napa Valley Community Housing Corporation
Neighborhood Housing Services of Inglewood
Neighborhood Housing Services of the Inland Empire
Neighborhood Housing Services of Orange County
Neighborhood Housing Services of Sacramento
Oakland Community Housing
Orange County Community Housing Corporation
PACE Housing Development Services, Los Angeles
Palo Alto Housing Corporation
Peninsula Habitat for Humanity, San Mateo County
People Assisting the Homeless, PATH, Los Angeles
People’s Self Help Housing, San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara
Project New Hope, Los Angeles
Resources for Community Development, Berkeley
Rubicon Programs, Richmond
Rural Commmunities Housing Development Corp, Ukiah
Rural Community Assistance Corporation
Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center
Sacramento Housing Alliance 
Sacramento Mutual Housing Association
Sacramento Self-Help Housing
St. Vincent de Paul Village, San Diego
San Diego Interfaith Housing Foundation
San Diego Regional Task Force on the Homeless
San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness
San Francisco Housing Action Coalition
San Francisco Housing Development Corp
San Luis Obispo County Housing Trust Fund 
Satellite Housing, Inc, Berkeley
Self Help Enterprises, San Joaquin Valley
Shelter, Inc., Contra Costa County
Shelter Network, San Mateo County
Shelter Partnership, Los Angeles
Skid Row Housing Trust
Sonoma County Housing Coalition
South County Housing, Gilroy
Southern California Housing Development Corporation
SRO Housing Corporation
Tenant and Owners Development Corp, San Francisco
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation, San Francisco
Unity Council, Oakland
Vallejo Nieghborhood Housing Services
Venice Community Housing Corporation
Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation, San Diego
Ward Economic Development Corporation, Los Angeles
Weingart Center for the Homeless, Los Angeles
West Bay Housing Corporation
West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation

Legal Services Programs 
Bay Area Legal Aid
California Indian Legal Services
California Rural Legal Assistance
Central California Legal Services
Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Legal Aid of Marin
Legal Aid of Orange County
Legal Aid of San Mateo County
Legal Aid of Santa Clara County
Legal Services of Northern California
Legal Services Programs of California Directory
Law Help California


Public Interest and Social Justice Organizations 
Asian Inc., San Francisco
Asian Law Alliance, San Jose
Asian Law Caucus
Asian Neighborhood Design, San Francisco
California Alliance for Retired Americans
California Association of Homes/Services for the Aging
California Catholic Charities
California Catholic Conference
California Center for Creative Land Recycling
California Community Economic Development Association
California Council of Churches
California Foundation of Independent Living Centers
California Human Development Corporation
California Immigrant Welfare Collaborative
California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
California Reinvestment Committee
Casa Familiar
Centro Legal de la Raza
Children Now
Coalition for Economic Survival
Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County
Congress of California Seniors
East Bay Community Law Center
Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley
Fair Housing of Marin
Fair Housing Council of Orange County
Fair Housing Council of Riverside County
Fair Housing Council of San Diego
Fair Housing Foundation, Long Beach and Los Angeles
Friends Committee on Legislation
Greenlining Institute
Homes for Life Foundation
Housing Choices Coalition, Santa Clara, Monterey, Santa Cruz
Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco
Independent Living Center of Southern California
Inland Fair Housing and Mediation, San Bernardino
Jericho, Voice for Justice
La Cooperativa Campesina
La Raza Centro Legal, Oakland
Latino Issues Forum
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of San Francisco
Life Steps Foundation, Los Angeles
Lutheran Social Services of Southern California
MAAC Project, San Diego
Nehemiah Corporation of California
New Directions, Los Angeles
New Economics for Women, Los Angeles
Northern California Land Trust
Oakland Tenants Union
Peninsula Interfaith Action
People of Progress, Redding
Policy Link
Progressive Los Angeles Network
Protection and Advocacy
Sacramento Central Labor Council
Sacramento Human Rights Fair Housing Commission
Sacramento Gray Panthers
San Francisco Organizing Project
Santa Clara County Council of Churches
Santa Monicans for Renters Rights
Senior Action Nework, San Francisco
Solutions for Change, Vista
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California
Tenderloin Housing Clinic, San Francisco
United Cerebral Palsy, Los Angeles
United Farm Workers
Vietnam Veterans of California
Watts Labor Community Action Committee


Private Developers, Law Firms, Architects and Planners
Bruce Race, Racestudio, Achitect/Community-Based Urban Design
Calthorpe Associates, Urban Designers
Goldfarb and Lipman, Redevelopment and Land Use Attorneys
Gubb and Barshay, Affordable Housing Finance Attorneys
Kate Funk, Keyser Marston Associates, Land Use Consultant
New Faze Housing Development Corp, Sacramento
The Planning Center
Michael Pyatok, Pyatok Architects
Related Capital Company
St. Anton Partners, Sacramento
USA Properties Fund, Incorporated, Roseville


Other Business, Environmental and Public Interest Organizations
American Assn of University Women of California
American Civil Liberties Union of N. California
American Civil Liberties Union of S. California
American Planning Association, California Chapter
Association of Housing Management Agents
Bank of America Community Development Banking
Bay Area Council
California Apartment Association
California Association of Homeowners Associations
California Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies
California Association of Realtors
California Building Industry Association
California Business Roundtable
California Center for Regional Leadership
California Chamber of Commerce
California Council, American Institute of Architects
California Council on Environmental and Economic Balance, Policy Reform
California Housing Council
California League of Conservation Voters
California Manufactured Housing Institute
California Mortgage Bankers Association
California Planning and Conservation League
California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG)
California Redevelopment Association
California Taxpayers Association
Center on Policy Initiatives, San Diego
Common Cause California
Community Housing Partnership, San Diego
eHousingHelp.com
Federal Home Loan Bank of SF
Golden State Manufactured-Home Owners League
Great Valley Center
Greenbelt Alliance
International Conference of Building Officials, LA Chapter
League of Women Voters of California
Novogradic & Company LLP
Orange County Business Council
Public Advocates
Public Law Center
San Francisco Aids Foundation
San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Assn (SPUR)
Sierra Club, California
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Transportation and Land Use Coalition
Urban Land Institute-LA
Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association

Housing Assistance Council
California’s Farmworkers, HCD, Housing Market: Key Issues, (PDF File, p 25)
HCD, Farmworker Housing Bibliography, (PDF File)
Rural Housing Programs, HCD

State Treasurer, Farmworker Housing Tax Credit Program
US Dept of Labor, National Agricultural Worker Survey
US Dept of Labor, Profile of US Farmworkers
HUD Resources for Farmworkers
USDA Economic Research Service, Rural America
USDA Economic Research Service, Rural Housing
USDA Economic Research Service, California Fact Sheet
USDA Rural Information Center
National Low Income Housing Coalition, Rural Housing Information
National Housing Law Project, Federal Rural Housing Programs
National Office, USDA Rural Housing Service
California Office, USDA Rural Housing Service
National Farm Workers Service Center
Center for Rural Affairs, Nebraska
National Center for Farmworker Health, Farmworker Housing Info
National Farmworker Ministry
Rural LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation)
Stand Up for Rural America Campaign
Farmworker Justice Fund
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Rural Community Assistance Corporation
California Institute for Rural Studies
California Coalition for Rural Housing
Rural Migration News
California Rural Development Council
Farmworker Housing Prototype Unit Plans
Voices from the Dustbowl, Library of Congress
KVIE Broadcast, "California Heartland", Farmworker Housing

A Research Bureau Report: Farmworkers in Calif.
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Housing Elements

Housing Element Law Overview, CA Affordable Housing Law Project
Housing Element Fact Sheet, CA Affordable Housing Law Project 
2004 Amendments to Housing Element Law, AB 2158
2004 Amendments to Housing Element Law, AB 2348 
HCD Housing Element Review Letters

 

Removing Barriers to Housing Approvals  
Locating and Approving Affordable Housing, CA Affordable Housing Law Project
Anti-Nimby Tools, CA Affordable Housing Law Project (Adobe PDF)
Anti-Downzoning Law, AB 2292 (Adobe PDF)
The NIMBY Report, National Low Income Housing Coalition NIMBY Resources, HCD Neighborhood Acceptance, League of California Cities


Density Bonuses  
SB 1818 Fact Sheet, CA Housing Law Project (Adobe PDF)
AB 1866 Fact Sheet, CA Housing Law Project (Adobe PDF)
Density Bonus Guide, State Bar, CA Real Property Journal (Adobe PDF)

Housing Trust Funds  
Housing Trust Fund Project, Center for Community Change (Adobe PDF)
Policy Link, California Housing Trust Fund Report (Adobe PDF)
Housing Trust of Santa Clara County State of Florida SHIP Program
 Vermont Housing and Conservation Trust Fund Illinois Affordable Housing Trust Fund

 

Inclusionary Zoning  
Inclusionary Zoning, Legal Issues, CA Affordable Housing Law Project
 Inclusionary Zoning, Policy Considerations, CA Affordable Housing Law Project
 Inclusionary Housing Bibliography, HCD (Adobe PDF)
Inclusionary Housing in California, NPH and CCRH (Adobe PDF)
Takings Defense, Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger Nexus Studies, Kate Funk, Keyser Marston California Inclusionary Zoning Reader (Adobe PDF)
Inclusion and Affordable Housing in the Silicon Valley
City of Los Angeles Inclusionary Report (Adobe PDF)
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Inclusionary Report (Adobe PDF)
Innovative Housing Institute, Maryland Washington, D.C., The Case for Inclusionary Zoning (Adobe PDF)
Expanding Housing Options Through Inclusionary Zoning (Adobe PDF)
Mixed Income Housing Developments, Neighborworks (Adobe PDF)
City of Sacramento, CA Program
 Sacramento County Affordable Housing Ordinance
Massachusetts Housing Partnership Fund
New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing
New Jersey Land Use Law Firm,  Hill, Wallack
California and New Jersey Compared, Fannie Mae Foundation
 Expanding Affordable Housing Through Inclusionary Zoning, Brookings (Adobe PDF)
Inclusionary Zoning, Unanswered Questions, HUD USER National Housing Conf., "Inclusionary, the California Experience" (Adobe PDF)
Inclusionary Zoning, Policy Issues, Shimberg Center, U of Fla (Adobe PDF)
Field Guide to Inclusionary Zoning, National Assn of Realtors Do Affordable Housing Mandates Work, Reason Institute (Adobe PDF)

Second Units
Second Unit Bibliography, HCD (Adobe PDF)
Santa Cruz Manual ABAG Housing Forum
AARP Model State Act and Local Accessory Unit Ordinances
Municipal Research Services Center
SPUR (San Francisco), Secondary Units (Adobe PDF)
AB 1866, Statutes of 2000, HCD Summary (Adobe PDF)
AB 1866 Fact Sheet, CA Housing Law Project (Adobe PDF)