Read the full article … “The mayor has slashed general fund spending for the Housing + Community Investment Department, which oversees the Proposition HHH program, by $1.2 million, and its staffers are among the 16,000 civilian employees who will be…
Streets Need to Be Safe for Black Lives, Too
Read the full article … “ Now, America’s tolerance for violent police brutality may be near its breaking point, as protests across the nation take over streets and major highways to demand justice. For advocates of safer streets and sustainable…
Saying Their Names is Not Enough
George Floyd. Saying their names is important — but it is not enough. Black Americans who have been murdered by the police are not statistics, they are our friends and neighbors, they’re our fathers and mothers and sisters and brothers.…
The Bay Area’s Housing Deficit – Past and Future
Our friends at SPUR released a strong new manifesto in March, “What Will It Really Take to Create an Affordable Bay Area?” The think-tank has consulted several population projections, economic indicators, and good old fashioned principles of compassion to compile…
How the Housing Shortage Punishes Essential Workers
In the previous installment of The HomeWork, we reported that Los Angeles has the most overcrowded housing conditions of any major city in the United States. Even though LA is not the densest city, it presents a major risk for…
Minorities hit hard by coronavirus
Read the full article … ‘Lack of health insurance, working in essential jobs and living in multigenerational households all contribute to higher infection rates.’ … Read the full article
The Pandemic Hasn’t Killed California’s Big Housing Plans — But They Have Mutated
Read the full article … “Atkins and Senate Democratic leaders unveiled a suite of compromise legislation aimed at making it easier to build more housing. While no individual bill is as sweeping as SB 50, developers and housing experts say…
Editorial: California’s constituency for a permanent housing shortage is winning
Read the full article … “In a pandemic-postponed effort to pick up the wreckage of the Legislature’s last attempt to grapple with California’s housing shortage, state Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins this week unveiled a package of bills to…
California leased 15,000 hotel rooms to help homeless people. Half now sit empty
Read the full article … “Only about half of the 15,000 hotel and motel rooms that California has leased for mostly homeless people to slow the spread of the coronavirus are now occupied, a review of state records shows.“ ……
This Is How Hard It Is to Invest in Black Neighborhoods
Read the full article … ‘The story of one investor trying to revitalize a crumbling block in Birmingham, Alabama, shows how little value American institutions place on black properties.’ … Read the full article