California senator pushes 'Housing for All Act,' 6 Monterey Bay area recipients of Prop 1 funds

KAZU | By Amy Mayer

Published May 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM PDT

A 6-story building under construction on a street corner. — California Democratic Senator Alex Padilla's 'Housing for All Act' would funnel federal funding toward housing and homelessness services.

In today's newscast, California's senior Senator, Alex Padilla, D-CA, has reintroduced a bill to invest in housing solutions. And, several Monterey Bay area groups and local governments are receiving grants in the first round of a behavioral health infrastructure program funded by last year's Proposition 1.

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Amy Mayer is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience in public radio. Before KAZU, she worked as an editor for the California Newsroom and at St. Louis Public Radio. For eight years, she covered agriculture as the Harvest Public Media reporter based at Iowa Public Radio. She's also worked at stations in Massachusetts and Alaska and has written for many newspapers, magazines and online news outlets.

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