Ned Resnikoff is an analyst, researcher, journalist, and consultant with 15 years of experience navigating some of America’s most complex policy challenges. He has worked on everything from K-12 education to health care, but his primary focus is housing and overlapping areas of urban policy. In addition to his work at California Forward, Ned is currently a housing policy fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and a member of the EQ Collaborative.

Ned was previously policy director for California YIMBY and has worked as a fiscal and policy analyst for the California legislature. In addition, he is a journalist and editor with bylines in The New York Times, msnbc.com, The New Republic, The San Francisco Chronicle, and various other publications. He is currently working on a book about cities for Island Press, with an expected publication date of Fall 2026.