California’s affordable housing crisis has been raging for decades, and is the defining issue of our time. I firmly believe that living up to our progressive values means ensuring everyone who calls California home truly has a place to call their own. Just days after I was sworn in as Assemblymember, I went on a different kind of listening tour across Assembly District 15, visiting homeless encampments, shelters, and service providers. It was crucial to me to hear from people impacted by the crisis, so I could learn from their stories and carry them with me in my work.