This report documents racial and health inequities and the effects that they have on the lives and life chances of families raising children in the… Read More »
San Joaquin Valley
The Value of Linking Good Construction Jobs to California’s Housing Reforms
This study shows that linking prevailing wage standards with proposed reforms to streamline new housing development in California would close the affordability gap, save state… Read More »
Shining Cities 2017: How Smart Local Policies Are Expanding Solar Power in America
This report shows how 20 cities are successfully promoting wide-scale adoption of solar energy systems by homes, businesses, and other institutions.
How Funders Can More Effectively Use Philanthropy to Achieve Social Equity
This piece by Edgar Villanueva and William Cordery asks the philanthropic community to have some very uncomfortable conversations about who we are, what we believe,… Read More »
California’s Housing Future: Challenges and Opportunities
This report outlines California’s housing challenges and potential housing affordability solutions. It provides the data and analysis to describe the problem and frame the discussion… Read More »
Right Type, Right Place: Assessing the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Infill Residential Development through 2030
This comprehensive study models three different scenarios for California’s housing future through 2030: business as usual, where development follows the same patterns it did from… Read More »
Leading the Way: Policies and Practices for Sustainable Communities Strategies
This report for advocates and planners presents some of the best strategies that regions around California have used in developing Sustainable Communities Strategies, including public engagement,… Read More »
What If California’s Drought Continues?
This study looks at how if the drought continues over the next few years, the greatest toll will be on small rural communities dependent on well-water… Read More »
Grading California’s Rail Transit Station Areas
This report analyzes California’s transit stations to see which serve as hubs of thriving, walkable areas that support high levels of ridership — and which station… Read More »
California’s Climate Investments: 10 Case Studies Reducing Poverty & Pollution
This report examines 10 projects in underserved communities in California: nine that have been funded by and one that is eligible for funding from the state’s… Read More »
