California leaders and elected officials have expended an inordinate amount of energy trying to blunt the worst of some of President Donald Trump’s second-term policies. This time around, they are attempting to head off one such policy before it’s even implemented.
In a countermove to proposed rules changes by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, the state Legislature in August passed and sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom a measure that forbids California housing authorities from imposing either work requirements or limits on how long low-income tenants can receive federal rental assistance.
