123% more Californians are paying $3,000-plus for rent

123% more Californians are paying $3,000-plus for rent

California has 1.07 million households paying at least $3,000 a month to a landlord, and that flock has more than doubled in four years. My trusty spreadsheet looked at Census Bureau housing data focusing on renters and how much they pay, comparing new 2023 results with pre-pandemic 2019. Tenants paying $3,000 or more is the…