Today I find myself asking the same questions I last asked 12 years ago. It was May of 2008, and I was the Staff Director for then–Councilmember Sam Liccardo for the City of San Jose. The economy was spiraling out of control and the housing market had crashed. The questions I was asking then are the same ones I find myself grappling with today: Since that … Read more
As we thank our health workers during National Public Health Week, communities across the country continue emergency response to COVID-19. In the Bay Area, residents have been sheltering in place for weeks and grappling with the threat posed by this global pandemic—not just to our health, but to widening existing inequities in our housing and economic … Read more
As the Bay Area adjusts to the recent shelter-in-place order to address the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s clear that people’s access to quality housing that they can afford has tremendous impact on our ability as a community to stop the spread of the virus. At the most basic level, how can we be asking folks to shelter in place if they don’t have shelter, … Read more
On Tuesday, February 4, 2020, we celebrated the first anniversary of the Partnership for the Bay’s Future and shared the achievements of our first year. Hear from CZI Director of Housing Affordability Caitlyn Fox At the event we announced the recipients of the Partnership’s first-ever “Challenge Grants” to seven Bay Area local governments and non-profit partner … Read more
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