Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast

By Manuela Tobias and Liam DillonNews

Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast episodes

October 07, 2022 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.
23 min
September 22, 2022 Gimme Shelter: How will Los Angeles’ next mayor address homelessness
In this crossover episode, L.A. Times reporters Dough Smith and Ben Oreskes discuss plans by mayoral candidates Karen Bass and Rick Caruso to deal with homelessness.
26 min
September 06, 2022 Gimme Shelter: What would California look like with housing on commercial strips?
On this episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast,” CalMatters’ Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon sit down with Peter Calthorpe, a San Francisco-based architect, urban designer and urban planner to discuss a new bill that could allow a lot more housing along California’s commercial strips.
28 min
August 16, 2022 Gimme Shelter: The limits of emergency housing vouchers in California
On this episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast,” CalMatters’ Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon sit down with Jack Lahey, homeless services coordinator in San Luis Obispo, to discuss the mixed results of a federal rental assistance program.
37 min
July 27, 2022 How bad is California's housing crisis for renters?
On this episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast,” CalMatters’ Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon talk to a tenant and landlord about evictions and rent relief more than two years into the pandemic and after billions in spending.
Podcast editing by Victor Figueroa. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicfig
50 min
July 11, 2022 Gimme Shelter: Can California build millions of new homes amid drought?
On this episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast,” CalMatters’ Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon sit down with Ellen Hanak, director of the Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center, to discuss the intersection between housing growth and drought.
Podcast editing by Victor Figueroa. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicfig
47 min
June 16, 2022 Gimme Shelter: Why L.A. apartments don’t come with fridges
On this crossover episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast” and the Los Angeles’ Times’ “The Times” daily podcast, L.A. Times reporter Liam Dillon sits down with Times host Gustavo Arellano to discuss why L.A. apartments often lack refrigerators.
19 min
June 02, 2022 Gimme Shelter: A breakdown of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court proposal
On this episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast,” CalMatters’ Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon sit down with Los Angeles Times reporter Hannah Wiley to discuss Newsom’s CARE Court proposal.
37 min
May 17, 2022 Gimme Shelter: Attorney General Rob Bonta on housing law enforcement
On this episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast,” CalMatters’ Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon sit down with California Attorney General Rob Bonta to discuss his approach to housing.
33 min
May 03, 2022 Gimme Shelter: Deplorable conditions and poor oversight in Los Angeles apartment complex
On this episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast,” CalMatters’ Manuela Tobias and the Los Angeles Times’ Liam Dillon sit down with data reporter Aaron Mendelson to discuss poor living conditions and lack of oversight at an LA apartment complex.
43 min

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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 housing reporter Manuela Tobias chat about the latest developments in California housing policy and interview key newsmakers and other reporters. You can also subscribe to us on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and anywhere else you get your pods.