California’s Housing Crisis Has a Pattern Most People Aren’t Seeing | Jim Doti

By Siyamak Khorrami
Siyamak Khorrami
Siyamak Khorrami
Siyamak Khorrami has been the general manager and chief editor of the Southern California edition of The Epoch Times since 2017. He is also the host of the “California Insider” show, which showcases leaders and professionals across the state with inside information about trending topics and critical issues in California.
April 25, 2026Updated: April 25, 2026

California has some of the least affordable housing in the country yet prices are not coming down. Jim Doti, economist and President Emeritus at Chapman University, has spent years building an index that tracks which cities are actually gaining ground and why. In this episode he joins us to understand what is driving that disconnect, how other markets are behaving differently, and what that contrast reveals about where California stands right now.

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