About this episode

This episode features a discussion on the changing landscape of housing policy in California with Assemblymember Buffy Wicks.

California has long been synonymous with housing impossibility — sky-high costs, entrenched red tape, and years-long permitting nightmares. But something is changing. In this episode, Sean Faries sits down with Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, District 14, one of Sacramento's most active housing reformers, to break down the policy shifts reshaping the California construction landscape. Assembly member Wicks authored AB 2011, helped eliminate CEQA for infill housing, and is now championing a package of bills to unlock factory-built and modular construction at scale. If you finance construction in California — or you're watching this market to understand where the regulatory tide is turning — this conversation belongs in your queue.

People in this episode

Host: Sean Faries

Guest: Buffy Wicks

Topics covered

• housing reform
• construction policy
• California
• permitting
• factory-built construction
• modular construction

Keywords

• California housing
• construction financing
• permitting issues
• AB 2011
• CEQA
• modular construction
• factory-built housing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: California, AB 2011, CEQA, Sacramento

Places: District 14

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