As a candidate in 2017, Newsom pledged to lead the effort to build 3.5 million new housing units in California by 2025 to address the housing affordability crisis.

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Derived from a tracked promise: “As a candidate in 2017, Newsom pledged to lead the effort to build 3.5 million new housing units in California by 2025 to address the housin…”