The Governor’s Plan to Convert Vacant State-Owned Lands to Housing Begins to Take Shape
On Thursday April 11, the California Department of General Services (DGS) released its initial inventory of vacant state-owned lands that are potentially available for the development of affordable housing. This January, Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-06-19 which directed DGS to create an inventory of all state-owned properties that are in excess of the State’s foreseeable needs and could be available for potential development to alleviate the state’s housing crisis. The Excess Property plan further directed DGS, along with the…