 A councilman in Northern California is stepping down because he can no longer afford the community. KCBS' Matt Bigler explains why. The city council now has a vacancy. That vacancy is from Newark City Councilmember Mike Bucci, who announced he was resigning from the position that he's held for 10 years because he and his wife simply can't afford to buy a home here. Dan McHugh, a senior fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies, says nationally home prices have nearly doubled since the pandemic.