A new ordinance, funding commitment, or the launch of a housing program offers a clear marker of progress. These visible outcomes rest on months or years of less visible work: gathering evidence, building relationships, organizing residents, coordinating public agencies, designing implementation systems, and finding a path forward when political or economic conditions change. Adoption is … Read more
On April 28, Novato passed the Tenant Protections Ordinance, marking an important win for renters in Marin County. The ordinance was shaped by months of research, legal drafting, community engagement, and tenants speaking directly about what displacement had done to their lives. As a Partnership for the Bay’s Future (PBF) Fellow supporting this work in … Read more
The former Las Deltas public housing site in North Richmond reached a new milestone in June 2025 as the preference policy moved from paper to practice, when market-rate, scattered-site homes were listed for sale. The Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa (HACCC) launched a 120-day offer period that gives former Las Deltas residents … Read more
The Bay Area is already one of the hardest places in the country to keep a roof overhead. Now a new federal budget proposal would make that task dramatically harder. The Partnership for the Bay’s Future and the San Francisco Foundation partnered with the Urban Institute to examine the local impact of the White House’s … Read more
The 2025 Housing California Conference brought together an impressive cross-section of advocates, policymakers, developers, and organizers—each committed to addressing the state’s ongoing housing crisis. As Partnership for the Bay’s Future (PBF) Policy Fund Fellows, we arrived in Sacramento with a unique perspective. Each of us is embedded in a partnership between a local government and … Read more
On March 19th, the Richmond City Council took a historic step forward by unanimously adopting the Equitable Public Land Disposition Policy. This pioneering policy charts a new course for developing affordable housing on city-owned land, embodying the city’s commitment to inclusivity and sustainability, and reflecting the core objectives of Partnership for the Bay’s Future. The … Read more
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