{"id":364339,"date":"2026-06-17T15:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/364339\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:39:15","slug":"affordable-ca-qualifies-for-november-2026-ballot-as-momentum-builds-for-landmark-cost-of-living-measure-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/364339\/","title":{"rendered":"Affordable CA Qualifies for November 2026 Ballot as Momentum Builds for Landmark Cost-of-Living Measure – Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release
Contact: John Myers
john.myers@calchamber.com<\/a> | press@calchamber.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Ballot measure will lower housing, energy, water, and other everyday costs, heading to voters this November with support from 125+ organizations across California <\/p>\n

\"Yes-Building-an-Affordable-California\"<\/p>\n

Sacramento, CA (June 17, 2026)\u2014 The Building an Affordable California Act<\/a> (Affordable CA) has officially qualified for the November 2026 statewide ballot, a major step toward lowering California\u2019s cost of living by building the essential projects communities need faster and more affordably.<\/p>\n

California voters consistently rank<\/a> affordability and the high cost of living among their top concerns. Affordable CA offers a practical solution by cutting the bureaucratic delays that drive up rents and home purchase prices, water and electricity bills, healthcare expenses, and make other essentials more expensive.<\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia voters have a clear choice: continue to bear the heavy costs of delay and red tape or embrace a solution that lowers costs and improves quality of life,\u201d said CalChamber President & CEO Jennifer Barrera. \u201cFor too long, Californians have been led to believe that sky-high housing and electricity costs, crumbling infrastructure, and endless delays are inevitable. But voters know better. Delays drive up the cost of everyday essentials and families pay the price. If we\u2019re serious about lowering the cost of living, we must be just as serious about building the housing and infrastructure projects that Californians need. We are confident voters will pass Affordable CA this November and choose a more affordable future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Affordable CA modernizes California\u2019s decades-old project approval process by establishing clear timelines and a faster, more predictable process for legal review\u2014cutting, in some cases, as much as a decade off project timelines while maintaining California\u2019s strong environmental protections.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding clean energy faster means lower bills, cleaner air, and more reliable power,\u201d said Alex Jackson, Executive Director, American Clean Power \u2013 California. \u201cThe Building an Affordable California Act delivers real benefits for Californians while keeping the state on track to meet its climate goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDelivering safe, reliable, and affordable water doesn\u2019t happen by accident\u2014it requires timely investment in the infrastructure that communities depend on every day,\u201d\u00a0said Jennifer Capitolo, Executive Director of the California Water Association. \u201cWhen critical projects are delayed for years, the consequences result in higher costs and added strain on the systems people rely on. Affordable CA will help streamline water projects so essential water investments can move forward with the urgency and accountability Californians need and deserve, while keeping costs down for customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHigh costs disproportionately harm Black & Brown families and communities of color. By accelerating essential infrastructure, the Building an Affordable California Act helps lower costs and make sure communities get the basic services they deserve,\u201d\u00a0said Rick Callender, President,\u00a0NAACP\u00a0California\/Hawaii State Conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia\u2019s housing affordability crisis is being made worse by seemingly never-ending delays,\u201d said Jenna Abbott, Executive Director of the California Council for Affordable Housing. \u201cWhen affordable housing takes years to approve, costs rise, financing becomes harder to secure, and fewer homes get built. Affordable CA will help create a clearer, faster path to delivering the affordable housing Californians urgently need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Momentum behind Affordable CA has created a coalition of 125+ organizations<\/a>\u2014including advocates of affordable housing, clean energy, water, agricultural groups, and business leaders\u2014united behind the need to deliver essential projects faster and more affordably.<\/p>\n

Affordable CA is expected to receive formal certification from the Secretary of State on June 25.<\/p>\n

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BACKGROUND: The Building an Affordable California Act modernizes California\u2019s project approval and permitting process for essential projects\u2014including housing, water infrastructure, clean energy, transportation infrastructure, hospitals and health care facilities, schools and educational facilities, broadband, and wildfire prevention and resilience projects\u2014by establishing clear timelines, improving accountability, and reducing unnecessary delays, while preserving strong environmental, labor, and tribal cultural resource protections.<\/p>\n

Learn More: BuildAffordableCA.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Ad paid for by Committee to Build an Affordable California, Sponsored by the California Chamber of Commerce. Ad Committee\u2019s Top Funders:<\/p>\n

Building a Better California
Edison International & Affiliated Entities
California Building Industry Association
Funding details at www.fppc.ca.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Immediate ReleaseContact: John Myersjohn.myers@calchamber.com | press@calchamber.com Ballot measure will lower housing, energy, water, and other everyday costs,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14705,7,9,8,72960,55409,127835],"class_list":["post-364339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-building-an-affordable-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-jennifer-barrera","tag-news-releases","tag-november-2026-ballot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}