David A Kaiser

David A Kaiser

March 16, 2023 | The Recorder

A New Constitutional Right to Housing Is a House of Straw

"Supporters of increased affordable housing think a recently proposed initiative constitutional amendment will generate increased state power to impose building mandates on local governments. That's unlikely to happen, because a new constitutional right to adequate housing has dim prospects in the courts," says David Carrillo and David Kaiser of the California Constitution Center.

By David A. Carrillo and David A. Kaiser

6 minute read

February 28, 2023 | The Recorder

Proposition 8—End It and Mend It

If the U.S. Supreme Court abrogates Obergefell, as it did Roe, then the now-dormant Proposition 8 text in the California constitution will once again ban same-sex marriage in California, according to David Kaiser and David Carrillo of the California Constitution Center.

By David A. Kaiser and David A. Carrillo

5 minute read