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  • Analysis: Low number of lung cancer deaths saved California more than half a billion

    Matt Levin

    October 24, 2018 |

    CalMatters |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States Minor Outlying Islands, California

    Cases of lung cancer dropped in California after the state implemented “early and aggressive anti-smoking initiatives.” By targeting younger communities, taxing cigarettes and starting a tobacco control program, not only did the state see less cases of lung cancer, but also saw huge savings in health care expenses.

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  • To fix its housing woes, should California look to Seattle?

    Matt Levin

    July 26, 2018 |

    CalMatters |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In response to the rapidly developing Seattle housing crisis, the city has begun to rezone single-family housing as high-rise apartment buildings and create accessible public transportation in redeveloped areas. Though this fastest-growing city in the country has a long way to go in the fight for affordable housing, the Bay Area cities can look to these rent-stabilizing solutions as possible responses to their own housing crisis.

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  • Should California look to Massachusetts to fix its housing crisis?

    Matt Levin

    September 13, 2017 |

    CalMatters |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    The California Legislature, inspired by a decades-old Massachusetts affordable housing bill, recently passed SB 35. However, a few differences distinguish the two bills. In Massachusetts, the 40B bill fast-tracks development projects that include 20% affordable units in cities that have below the mandated amount of affordable housing. California’s bill rewards affordable housing projects, but it also rewards projects with above-average income housing. Still, the bill is a big step forward in the fight for more affordable housing at the state level.

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