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State Sen. Ayesha Wahab outlines housing, homelessness and immigration measures and presents $1 million for Ash Street Park
Summary
State Sen. Ayesha Wahab delivered a legislative update to the Newark City Council on Oct. 23, highlighting state measures for housing affordability, renter protections, and immigrant legal services. She announced programs now in law and presented the city a $1 million funding check for Ash Street Park improvements.
State Sen. Ayesha Wahab (D) briefed the Newark City Council on Oct. 23 about a package of housing and social-service measures she helped advance and presented the city with a $1 million state allocation for Ash Street Park improvements.
Wahab told the council her priorities this year focused on housing affordability and protections for residents. “Housing is the one stabilizer in a household,” Wahab said. She described a new down‑payment assistance program that the state put into the budget, saying it created “$300,000,000 available to California residents who are first time homebuyers” to help with down payments and to be recycled to the next eligible buyer.
Wahab also discussed SB 681 (referred to in her remarks as SB 6 81), a longer bill she described as part of an “affordability…
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