Newsom backs bill to add more affordable housing for California’s poorest residents

After pledging to hold local governments accountable for solving homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom is throwing his support behind a bill that would require cities and counties to plan for potentially hundreds of thousands of new affordable homes for California’s very poorest residents by 2040.

The requirement would be part of the every-eight-years housing plans jurisdictions already must send to the state.

“This new approach will require locals to better account for the needs of the...