For years many Californian cities have resisted the necessity of building housing for their residents while others have shown the willingness to produce housing but have been wary of the fiscal impact it will have on their government. The New California Coalition will help solve this problem – that is the biggest driver of poverty and lack of opportunity in the state – through advocating for the creation a “cap and trade” system for housing production. In this system, cities that do not produce housing consistent with their Regional Housing Needs Assessment goals will have the option of paying into a fund that will support those cities that do produce the needed housing. This will be reinforced by giving cities that build housing even greater priority for transportation, broader infrastructure, school construction and other resources that support housing development.