'More affordable housing is one of the state’s most pressing needs, but so is an increase in the supply of good jobs. 'California should be encouraging the creation of blue-collar jobs with good pay and benefits,' writes The Times Editorial Board.
California has a glaringly obvious housing shortage that is exacerbating poverty and homelessness and driving up rents and home prices. Yet for the last two years, a political standoff between labor unions, developers and lawmakers in Sacramento has stalled too many good bills that would make it easier to build homes, including affordable ones.
Most of these programs are union-run, and graduates typically get better pay and benefits than nonunion laborers. Robbie Hunter, the president of the Trades Council, has argued the state cannot address poverty and housing affordability by promoting a race to the bottom on construction wages. Developers counter that the “skilled and trained workforce” requirement would add yet another mandate that would make construction even more pricey in a state that is already one of the most expensive places to build in the country. It costs, on average,
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