Sep 20, 2026 · 21 min · 11 segments
Miguel Arambula, Executive Director, San Joaquin Valley Housing Collaborative and Alicia Sebastian, Executive Director, California Coalition for Rural Housing, join The Maddy Report to discuss recent…
Alicia SebastianGuest
Miguel ArambulaGuest
Blake ZanteHost
Maybe in just—we only have a few seconds left in this program today, but for residents, for Californians, for Valley residents who may feel like housing policy is sort of too pie-in-the-sky, too wonky, or maybe many residents who feel like this is a very tangible thing that they're concerned about day in and day out, what is In a few seconds or less, your overall message to folks who may feel like it's disconnected from their daily lives, and what's the most important takeaway that you want them to have from this conversation?
And I would try to push back from all the details and maybe start from values.
I think the federal government showed us they could agree on something when they started with values.
families and individuals are better, when their housing's secure and stable, and when families are better, communities are better.
And so I think housing is something we all need, and we just have to figure out how to make more of it so people can access it.
Maybe in just—we only have a few seconds left in this program today, but for residents, for Californians, for Valley residents who may feel like housing policy is sort of too pie-in-the-sky, too wonky, or maybe many residents who feel like this is a very tangible thing that they're concerned about day in and day out, what is In a few seconds or less, your overall message to folks who may feel like it's disconnected from their daily lives, and what's the most important takeaway that you want them to have from this conversation?
And I would try to push back from all the details and maybe start from values.
I think the federal government showed us they could agree on something when they started with values.
families and individuals are better, when their housing's secure and stable, and when families are better, communities are better.
And so I think housing is something we all need, and we just have to figure out how to make more of it so people can access it.
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