Our Homes, Our Future: How Rent Control Can Build Stable, Healthy Communities
PolicyLink, the Right To The City Alliance, and the Center for Popular Democracy challenge policymakers nationwide to respond to the call for rent control, which could stabilize 42 million households across the country.
READ MORE >February 2019
PolicyLink, the Right To The City Alliance, and the Center for Popular Democracy
affordable housing, economic opportunity, gentrification and displacement
Considerations for the Governor’s Housing Plan
This report lays out and assesses the Governor’s housing proposals so far.
READ MORE >February 2019
Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO)
affordable housing, gentrification and displacement
How Can People-Oriented Design Become the Norm in Affordable Housing?
Enterprise Community Partners launched the Design Matters toolkit to equip developers to make support sustainable, resilient, equitable and community-focused developments
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February 2019
affordable housing, gentrification and displacement, public health
Not Nearly Enough: California Lacks Capacity to Meet Lofty Housing Goals
The UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies report shows that given California’s planned capacity, only 2.8 million housing units can be built, far less than Gavin Newsom’s goal of 3.5 million new homes by 2025.
READ MORE >February 2019
UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
affordable housing, economic opportunity
Equity for All: Building the Infrastructure for Change Through Community-First Funder Collaboratives
This article discusses how Sierra Health Foundation partnered with other foundations to establish the San Joaquin Valley Health Fund, and highlights the groundwork that facilitated the fund’s success and examines the strategies that ensured a community-first orientation.
READ MORE >February 2019
Sierra Health Foundation
community development, economic opportunity, public health
Water and the Future of the San Joaquin Valley
This report focuses on the state’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and related impacts to valley agriculture and the regional economy.
READ MORE >February 2019
Public Policy Institute of California
water
Pricing Roads, Advancing Equity
This report looks at examples of cities that have implemented some form of road pricing, and examines a wide range of strategies to achieve equity outcomes, focused on affordability, access, and community health.
READ MORE >February 2019
TransForm
social justice, transportation
Autonomous Vehicle Heaven or Hell? Creating a Transportation Revolution that Benefits All
Greenlining released the first in-depth analysis of a wide range of mobility, health, and economic implications of electrification, vehicle sharing, and self-driving vehicles.
READ MORE >January 2019
The Greenlining Institute
climate change, economic opportunity, social justice, transportation
First Look: Governor’s Inaugural Budget Proposal Includes Bold and Smart Investments, While Maintaining Fiscal Health
This report looks at Governor Newsom’s proposed 2019-20 budget across a wide range of issue areas, including housing.
READ MORE >January 2019
California Budget & Policy Center
affordable housing
Testing Our Hypotheses on Equitable Development
The Strong, Prosperous, And Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC; supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Ford Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, the JPB Foundation, and The California Endowment) reflects on its work so far to advance emergent ideas and innovative approaches for creating healthier, more climate-smart, and opportunity-rich places for all people. One of the SPARCC regions is the San Francisco Bay Area.
READ MORE >January 2019
SPARCC
affordable housing, transit-oriented development
Voting is the Easy Part: Why LA’s Measure M Hasn’t Led to Greater Transit Use
This report digs into ridership trends in Los Angeles, despite improved public transit, with connections to other cities as well.
READ MORE >January 2019
TransitCenter
transportation
Lead the Way, California: A Transportation Platform to Move Us Forward
Nearly 50 organizations across the state released a shared, comprehensive transportation platform. The platform offers an approach to increase access to opportunity and reduce reliance on driving.
READ MORE >December 2018
ClimatePlan
affordable housing, social justice, transportation
Report and Recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee On Black People Experiencing Homelessness
This report, funded by the California Community Foundation (CCF), Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Enterprise Community Partners, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti, and Weingart Foundation, summarizes the key insights illuminated by this Committee’s work as well as the Committee’s recommendations for necessary actions to advance equity and eliminate racial disparities impacting Black people experiencing homelessness across Los Angeles County.
READ MORE >December 2018
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
affordable housing, gentrification and displacement, social justice
National Opportunity Zones Ranking Report
This report identifies which Opportunity Zones are positioned to bring positive social, environmental, and economic returns, including their smart growth potential and current social equity. The report also provides a policy framework to manage and ensure equitable, inclusive development in Opportunity Zones.
READ MORE >December 2018
LOCUS
affordable housing, community development, economic opportunity
Integrating Water Efficiency Into Land Use Planning in the Interior West
This Guidebook from Western Resources Advocates provides hundreds of techniques, sample codes/policies, and community examples to reduce the water footprint of new development.
READ MORE >November 2018
water
