California is facing an affordable housing crisis as the state is 2–3 million homes short of being able to house the entire population, according to a recent study (pdf). The Little Hoover Commission—a bipartisan oversight agency that makes recommendations to the governor and state legislature on how to improve the efficiency of state leadership—began discovering in summer 2021 that there is a lack of focus on affordable homeownership, citing 2 million residents living in poverty. “The consequences of the state’s housing crisis are devastating,” Little Hoover Commission Chair Pedro Nova stated in the letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and members of the legislature on March 9. “Many families have plunged into poverty, Californians are being pushed further away from their jobs, and others are thrust into crowded living conditions.” The letter informed the state leaders of the study to increase affordable housing in the state and urged them to take …