CAPITOL WATCH: Senator Steinberg Affirms Commitment to Permanent Source Funding

Updated May 12, 2009 - Senator Steinberg Affirms Commitment to Permanent Source at Housing CA's 30th Anniversary Gala

(from Housing CA.) Proclaiming that "Homelessness does not have to be hopelessness," Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) accepted Housing CA's "Public Service and Leadership" award on April 27, 2009, at the organization's 30th Anniversary Gala.

Referencing his bill, SB 500, which would create permanent state investment in affordable-home programs, Senator Steinberg promised the hundreds of gala attendees, "We will get this done."

Senator Steinberg was joined at the gala by other "heavyweights" from the political and affordable-home arena. Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) presented Housing CA with a California State Senate Resolution, praising the organization's 30 year history helping to increase the supply of affordable homes and its work toward ending homelessness.