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Read the full article … “Even before the crisis, Oakland, like many cities across the state, struggled with limited revenue and tight budgets to address critical needs like affordable housing and homeless services. The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated those…

Read the full article … “The city’s most thoughtful academics, politicians, business leaders, artists, and chefs answer the question on everyone’s covered lips: ’What’s next?’“ … Read the full article

Read the full article … “California Democrats want to give tenants who’ve lost their jobs or had wages cut during the coronavirus outbreak a decade to repay late rent.“ … Read the full article

Read the full article … “Now the development, which will consist of 2,402 apartments, 400,000 square feet of retail, and 1.8 million square feet of office space, has been cleared by a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge.’“ … Read…

Read the full article … “The trouble with letting a crisis linger is that a new one inevitably arrives. California’s leaders have finally waited long enough: The state’s housing shortage has been joined by another disaster, one that compounds and…

Read the full article … “As the Legislature returns for a session redefined by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, lawmakers say they remain committed to addressing what has become one of the biggest debates at the Capitol: How to…

Read the full article … ‘At San Francisco General Hospital, more than 80% of the first patients admitted for COVID-19 were Latino, nearly three times the rate the hospital usually sees.’ … Read the full article

Read the full article … “Scientist Sacoby Wilson has long focused on health issues related to environmental injustice. In an e360 interview, he discusses how social and environmental inequality have contributed to the outsized impact of Covid-19 on low-income neighborhoods…

Read the full article … ‘Americans have always had a difficult relationship with urban density. But in a crisis, we need what cities can provide.’ … Read the full article