California lawmakers thought they cracked the code last year on a construction union stalemate holding up housing bills.
A last-minute agreement on a package of bills from Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, and Sen. Anna Caballero, D-Merced, seemed to appease both the powerful construction unions, as well as developers and housing advocates.
Despite the 2022 victories, rifts within labor could reignite the war over how best to craft affordable housing policy.
