California has housing crisis, Legislature has no fix yet

Crisis. Emergency. California lawmakers are describing the state's housing crunch in dire terms.

But few seem to agree on what to do about it.

The political wrangling over the last few weeks around bills to cap rent increases, set new rules for evictions and cut red tape to build more housing reveal big splits in the Legislature when it comes to one of the most pressing issues of the session.

The state Assembly passed a bill capping rent increases at 7% plus inflation for some tenants. That bill now goes to the state Senate.

But proposed rules on evictions haven’t gotten a vote. And a bill that would encourage building more homes in some areas won’t get a vote this year.