Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast

Matt Levin and Liam Dillon

Why is it so expensive to live in California? And what can the state do about it? Every other week, Los Angeles Times housing reporter Liam Dillon and CALmatters' data reporter Matt Levin chat about the latest developments in California housing policy and interview a key housing newsmaker. Listen to this podcast and we promise your rent will drop in half instantly. You can also subscribe to us on iTunes and Stitcher.

  • 27 minutes 14 seconds
    Gimme Shelter: Mobile home parks in disrepair
    In the new episode of "Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast," CalMatters Housing Reporter Manuela Tobias shares her findings from a five-month investigation on California’s mobile home parks, the last stop in housing affordability for the state’s most vulnerable residents.
    23 March 2023, 12:15 pm
  • 27 minutes
    Gimme Shelter: Homeless veterans in Los Angeles offer statewide insights
    In the first of an eight-part series, Anna Scott of KCRW takes listeners through the story of Veterans Row, a homeless encampment in Los Angeles.
    23 February 2023, 1:00 pm
  • 36 minutes 51 seconds
    Gimme Shelter: Can an obscure law unleash a lot more housing in California?
    With a majority of housing plans out of compliance with state housing law, developers could theoretically use a little-known law to kick building into high gear. On this week’s podcast, a housing law expert breaks down the untested “builder’s remedy.”
    9 February 2023, 5:10 pm
  • 37 minutes 45 seconds
    Gimme Shelter: CARE Courts are coming to California
    A new court system to address the needs of people with severe mental illness who are often homeless will launch in some counties in 2023.
    27 January 2023, 1:15 pm
  • 43 minutes 35 seconds
    Gimme Shelter: Mayor Karen Bass on housing and homelessness
    Liam Dillon and Ben Oreskes of the L.A. Times interview Mayor Karen Bass about homelessness and housing problems in California.
    12 January 2023, 1:15 pm
  • 26 minutes 14 seconds
    Why Many Unhoused Californians Can't Access Healthcare
    CalMatters health reporter Kristen Hwang discusses the health care crisis facing California’s homeless population with housing reporters.
    15 December 2022, 1:15 pm
  • 37 minutes 59 seconds
    Avocado of the Year: The Wildest Housing Story of 2022
    CalMatters' Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times' Liam Dillon pick the wildest housing story of 2022: how a California town almost used mountain lions to sidestep housing law.
    1 December 2022, 1:30 pm
  • 25 minutes 24 seconds
    How California’s Housing Crisis Hurts College Students
    California’s housing crisis is pushing public higher education out of reach for low-income college students.
    17 November 2022, 1:10 pm
  • 24 minutes 23 seconds
    Gimme Shelter: Gavin Newsom promised 3.5 million homes. How'd he do?
    Last time he was on the campaign trail, Gov. Gavin Newsom promised 3.5 million new homes to fix California’s housing crisis. Two housing reporters take stock of what he’s done so far.
    3 November 2022, 12:20 pm
  • 31 minutes 19 seconds
    Gimme Shelter: How L.A. became the nation's most housing-overcrowded place
    It’s both the capital of single-family-home suburban sprawl and the most crowded place to live, as highlighted by a new investigation by the Los Angeles Times.
    20 October 2022, 12:20 pm
  • 22 minutes 35 seconds
    Gimme Shelter: How Parking Lots Explain California's Housing Crisis
    A new state law unravels decades of parking rules in California cities. On this episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast” CalMatters’ Manuela Tobias and The Los Angeles’ Times’ Liam Dillon explain how that could trim housing costs.
    7 October 2022, 12:20 pm
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