The Press Democrat: Billions More For California Housing? Why Some Construction Unions Aren't Sold Yet

This November, voters across the San Francisco Bay Area will be asked whether to back the largest affordable housing bond in California history — a $20 billion IOU aimed at building homes in the epicenter of the state’s housing crisis.

But before developers, workers, pro-tenant and pro-building activists can start campaigning for the blockbuster borrowing measure in earnest, they’ll need to stop squabbling over who will get hired to build all the new homes and under what conditions.

That fissure is mostly playing out behind closed doors, but both sides of the debate warn it could soon spill out into the open. Such a public spat could jeopardize a measure that affordable housing supporters have spent six years pushing toward the ballot and which all sides agree is likely to be the subject of a challenging campaign.

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