Orange County

From her years as a public school teacher, Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva has seen the impacts of housing instability and homelessness on kids and families. As the parent of young adults, she knows the challenge of launching them into independence when there is no affordable place for young professionals just starting out. These experiences have made Sharon Quirk-Silva a true champion for housing! She states:

We support Prop 5 because we support more funding for affordable housing. Prop 5 would make it easier for local governments to raise money for affordable housing by allowing bonds to pass with 55% of the vote. This will make it easier for the state legislature to pass bills that fund housing and critical public infrastructure. We wholeheartedly support this effort.

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We oppose Prop 33 because it would allow NIMBY cities to completely block new housing, driving up the cost of housing for everyone over the long term.

Prop 33 would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, a 1995 state law that generally prevents local governments from limiting what landlords can charge new tenants when they first move in. It also prevents cities from limiting rent increases that existing tenants can be charged in housing built on or after Feb. 1, 1995.

YIMBY Action has supported measures that would curb dramatic year-over-year increases in rent, such as the 2019 anti-rent gouging measure in the CA Legislature (AB 1482). But Prop 33 is poorly written and will allow wealthy cities to block new affordable homes from being built.

Prop 33 blocks the state from putting any reasonable checks on local rent control policies, allowing local governments to “maintain, enact or expand residential rent control.” This is a recipe for systemic denial of new housing because wealthy cities constantly look for ways to avoid building more homes. We can already see what anti-housing jurisdictions are planning, for example Former Huntington Beach Mayor Tony Strickland has already openly stated that he’s excited for this measure because it will allow them to block new homes.

We oppose Prop 33 because it is poorly written and will give wealthy communities a powerful tool to block housing all income levels.

Rhonda Bolton has been a strong advocate for housing during her tenure as Huntington Beach City Councilmember. Rhonda has consistently stood up for state housing laws, arguing that the city must follow the law by having a compliant housing plan and allowing new homes at all income levels to be built in the city.

We are backing Natalie because she has a proven track record of advocating for the unhoused and supporting permanent supportive housing. “By changing the planning process from conventional zoning to form based code, creating a detailed community vision, writing prescriptive regulations for what we want instead of what we don’t want built, and only then enabling a by-right process can we safely remove the discretionary review process and still retain local control and an increased housing supply.” Natalie is committed to building diverse communities. “Our working families and young people need a way to live and work in our city and are currently priced out of the market. Diversity of people, incomes, and backgrounds will make for a more vibrant city. … Diverse communities require a diversity of building types.”

Dan brings years of experience from being a part of the planning comission for eight years before being elected to the Huntington Beach City Council in 2020. He has been a champion of the city's housing plan and has pushed the city council majority as well as the city attorney to follow state housing law. He is not afraid to stand up for housing and continues to do so weekly in city council chambers and beyond.