A proposed constitutional amendment to make housing a fundamental human right in California is moving forward in the Legislature.
Democratic leadership referred Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 10—introduced by Assemblyman Matt Haney (D-San Francisco)—to the Assembly’s Housing and Community Development Committee, where it is expected to receive its first public hearing. No date had been set for the hearing as of April 25.
“Housing is indeed a human right,” Haney wrote on Twitter April 25. “Without access to housing, everything else suffers: health, safety, educational attainment, access to food and water, addiction, and jobs.”
According to a coalition of housing activist organizations, if the constitutional amendment is passed by the Legislature and voters, it would establish a government obligation to:…