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No. That comes when you calculate the payments a mortgage on this mansion might require.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assuming a 20 percent down payment — $8.56 million — and a 3.7 percent interest rate on a 30-year mortgage, your \u003cem>monthly\u003c/em> payment would come to something like $200,000. Now ask yourself, “How much did I gross last year?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See? Wasn’t that fun?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, the actual purchaser of 47 Street Through the Trees probably won’t be borrowing money to buy it unless there’s a big tax advantage in it. Which brings up a few interesting points about the 38 or so properties, sold for $12 million and up, reported as having changed hands in the nine-county Bay Area since January 2015:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Meet Your Neighbors, the LLCs:\u003c/strong> The purchasers of 27 of the 38 properties are listed as LLCs, or limited liability companies, set up on behalf of the wealthy individuals who bought the homes. LLCs afford buyers several advantages: They maintain buyers’ privacy, since it’s very difficult to ferret out exactly who’s behind an LLC. These arrangements can also allow wealthy homebuyers to shield their fortunes from liability claims related to their property. But according to an extensive \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/news-event/shell-company-towers-of-secrecy-real-estate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times investigation\u003c/a> published last year, LLCs have been used to shield the identities of money launderers, mobsters and other nefarious types who have invested in high-end Manhattan real estate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10927807\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10927807 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/243_photo1-130.0-400x225.jpeg\" alt=\"The buyer of this 10,236-square-foot San Francisco home? 2728 Pacific LLC.\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/243_photo1-130.0-400x225.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/243_photo1-130.0.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The buyer of this 10,236-square-foot San Francisco home? 2728 Pacific LLC.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>These Places Are Pricey, but ..:\u003c/strong> Yes, it’s mind-blowing that regular oxygen-breathing human beings living right here among us plebeians are pouring tens of millions of dollars into their swank digs. But the residences on this list are not even remotely close to the most expensive residential property in the Bay Area. That honor — is it an honor? — would almost certainly go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/3-million-tax-cut-on-Larry-Ellison-s-estate-3290230.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Woodside estate\u003c/a> of Oracle founder Larry Ellison. The cost of that property, modeled on a Japanese imperial villa, has been estimated at $200 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Wealthiest Nabes:\u003c/strong> No news here, really, but still striking that so many of the most expensive homes are so tightly packed. Eleven of the properties on our list are in Atherton, a Peninsula community of about 7,000 where you don’t live (the median home price there, \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/pictures/hdei45ehg/1-atherton-calif-94027/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Forbes\u003c/a>: about $10.6 million). Another 11 of the residences we list are in San Francisco. Nearly all of those are in a tight cluster in Pacific Heights, including three on the 2900 block of Vallejo Street and two more on the 2700 block of Broadway. The geographic outlier in the group is \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/14-000-square-foot-Berkeley-estate-a-culmination-6171400.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Round House\u003c/a>, a Berkeley Hills home sold for $20.5 million earlier this year by tech entrepreneur Robert Felton. It’s the only property we found in Alameda or Contra Costa county to command an eight-figure price in the last 15 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[DanMapData]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Word on Our Sources:\u003c/strong> Our list was built from and cross-checked using a variety of sources, including the San Francisco Chronicle Bay Area home sales database; online real estate sites, including MLSListings.com, Zillow, Redfin, Estately.com, SF Blockshopper and PropertyShark; print and online publications, including the San Francisco Business Times, Curbed San Francisco and SocketSite; and public records from San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin and Santa Clara counties.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Here’s a fun game you can play when you’re contemplating the homes and estates of the Bay Area’s super-rich: Check out one of the listings for one of the region’s higher-priced properties. For instance, the $42.8 million beauty at \u003ca href=\"http://www.47caminoporlosarboles.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">47 Camino Por Los Arboles\u003c/a> in Atherton 94027 — the nation’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/pictures/hdei45ehg/1-atherton-calif-94027/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most expensive ZIP code\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agents for the home, which is apparently the most expensive currently listed in the Bay Area, describe it as “an Italian villa … designed with Silicon Valley living in mind — a home for families of all sizes with venues for entertaining and myriad options for recreation and well-being.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many of the most expensive homes in the region, it sits on a nice-sized parcel — an acre and a half. The main residence is 16,468 square feet, with six bedrooms, six full bathrooms, four half-baths, half a dozen fireplaces, a pool, a 3,000-bottle climate-controlled wine cellar, an 11-seat home theater outfitted with Dolby’s state-of-the-art Atmos sound system and an elevator to assure access to all of the above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quite a dump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10927802\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1187px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10927802 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1.png\" alt=\"The 16,468-square-foot house would come with a monthly mortgage more than most families make in a year.\" width=\"1187\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1.png 1187w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1-400x265.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1-800x530.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1-1180x782.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-5.28.53-PM-1-960x636.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1187px) 100vw, 1187px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 16,468-square-foot house would come with a monthly mortgage more than most families make in a year. \u003ccite>(Alain Pinel Realtors)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But pondering the presumed wonders of inhabiting such a residence — I think my current life is big enough to occupy a clothes hamper in the maid’s quarters — isn’t the fun part. No. That comes when you calculate the payments a mortgage on this mansion might require.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assuming a 20 percent down payment — $8.56 million — and a 3.7 percent interest rate on a 30-year mortgage, your \u003cem>monthly\u003c/em> payment would come to something like $200,000. Now ask yourself, “How much did I gross last year?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See? Wasn’t that fun?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, the actual purchaser of 47 Street Through the Trees probably won’t be borrowing money to buy it unless there’s a big tax advantage in it. Which brings up a few interesting points about the 38 or so properties, sold for $12 million and up, reported as having changed hands in the nine-county Bay Area since January 2015:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Meet Your Neighbors, the LLCs:\u003c/strong> The purchasers of 27 of the 38 properties are listed as LLCs, or limited liability companies, set up on behalf of the wealthy individuals who bought the homes. LLCs afford buyers several advantages: They maintain buyers’ privacy, since it’s very difficult to ferret out exactly who’s behind an LLC. These arrangements can also allow wealthy homebuyers to shield their fortunes from liability claims related to their property. But according to an extensive \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/news-event/shell-company-towers-of-secrecy-real-estate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times investigation\u003c/a> published last year, LLCs have been used to shield the identities of money launderers, mobsters and other nefarious types who have invested in high-end Manhattan real estate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10927807\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10927807 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/243_photo1-130.0-400x225.jpeg\" alt=\"The buyer of this 10,236-square-foot San Francisco home? 2728 Pacific LLC.\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/243_photo1-130.0-400x225.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/243_photo1-130.0.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The buyer of this 10,236-square-foot San Francisco home? 2728 Pacific LLC.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>These Places Are Pricey, but ..:\u003c/strong> Yes, it’s mind-blowing that regular oxygen-breathing human beings living right here among us plebeians are pouring tens of millions of dollars into their swank digs. But the residences on this list are not even remotely close to the most expensive residential property in the Bay Area. That honor — is it an honor? — would almost certainly go to \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/3-million-tax-cut-on-Larry-Ellison-s-estate-3290230.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Woodside estate\u003c/a> of Oracle founder Larry Ellison. The cost of that property, modeled on a Japanese imperial villa, has been estimated at $200 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Wealthiest Nabes:\u003c/strong> No news here, really, but still striking that so many of the most expensive homes are so tightly packed. Eleven of the properties on our list are in Atherton, a Peninsula community of about 7,000 where you don’t live (the median home price there, \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/pictures/hdei45ehg/1-atherton-calif-94027/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Forbes\u003c/a>: about $10.6 million). Another 11 of the residences we list are in San Francisco. Nearly all of those are in a tight cluster in Pacific Heights, including three on the 2900 block of Vallejo Street and two more on the 2700 block of Broadway. The geographic outlier in the group is \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/14-000-square-foot-Berkeley-estate-a-culmination-6171400.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Round House\u003c/a>, a Berkeley Hills home sold for $20.5 million earlier this year by tech entrepreneur Robert Felton. It’s the only property we found in Alameda or Contra Costa county to command an eight-figure price in the last 15 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[DanMapData]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Word on Our Sources:\u003c/strong> Our list was built from and cross-checked using a variety of sources, including the San Francisco Chronicle Bay Area home sales database; online real estate sites, including MLSListings.com, Zillow, Redfin, Estately.com, SF Blockshopper and PropertyShark; print and online publications, including the San Francisco Business Times, Curbed San Francisco and SocketSite; and public records from San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin and Santa Clara counties.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Sean MacDonald’s shift as a Palo Alto fire captain starts at 8 a.m. By 4 a.m. he’s out the door and on the road. It’s 147 miles from his home in Roseville — northeast of Sacramento — to the fire station. Leave any later, and he risks getting stuck in traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The drive stinks, no easy way about it,” he said, but “that’s the price you pay to have a job in the Bay Area and raise a family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facing sky-high housing costs in the cities they serve, long commutes have become the norm among MacDonald’s fellow firefighters. “We’ve got guys living in Shingle Springs, Rocklin, Citrus Heights, Grass Valley,” he said, ticking off a dozen places over 100 miles from Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the younger firefighters live closer to Palo Alto, but they share apartments to save on rent. And even then, MacDonald said, “what they’re paying in rent is more than what I’m paying on a mortgage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Housing prices here are so, so expensive,” agreed firefighter Matt Goglio, who makes a 105-mile journey from Oakdale, past Modesto. “We’re basically being driven out of the area just due to the wages and the housing costs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not just firefighters who are being priced out by Silicon Valley’s cost of living. As the Peninsula struggles to house a rapidly growing population, many people — especially the middle-class public servants and low-wage workers who keep the region running smoothly — have been moving away to more affordable places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet since their jobs are still back on the Peninsula, these workers are spending more time behind the wheel — at least an hour each way for over 200,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Rising Rents\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The booming tech economy has drawn more workers to Silicon Valley, but housing construction hasn’t kept pace. Between 2010 and 2014, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties gained around 167,000 new jobs, but added only 22,000 additional housing units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10922735 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/1.png\" alt=\"1\" width=\"1040\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/1.png 1040w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/1-400x198.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/1-800x396.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/1-960x475.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/1-1038x515.png 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This imbalance between jobs and housing is even worse at the local level. The region’s jobs tend to be clustered in affluent cities such as Palo Alto, Mountain View and Santa Clara, which don’t have nearly enough homes for their workforces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10922753\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/2.png\" alt=\"2\" width=\"1174\" height=\"980\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/2.png 1174w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/2-400x334.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/2-800x668.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/2-960x801.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1174px) 100vw, 1174px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The amount of housing being built is so small, compared to the growth in demand that it is causing the region to become much more unaffordable,” said Dave Vautin, a planner for the regional \u003ca href=\"http://mtc.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metropolitan Transportation Commission\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With more people jockeying for a home near work, rents have climbed across the Peninsula — especially in the cities with the worst worker-to-housing imbalances:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10922754\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/3.png\" alt=\"3\" width=\"1396\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/3.png 1396w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/3-400x231.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/3-800x461.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/3-1180x680.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/3-960x554.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1396px) 100vw, 1396px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Moving Away\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Priced out of these expensive mid-Peninsula cities, Silicon Valley workers have been moving to places with more affordable living costs. Within Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, the population grew faster between 2010 and 2014 in areas with lower median rents and household incomes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10922755\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/4.png\" alt=\"4\" width=\"1271\" height=\"896\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/4.png 1271w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/4-400x282.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/4-800x564.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/4-1180x832.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/4-960x677.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1271px) 100vw, 1271px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10922756\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.21.32-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-07 at 11.21.32 AM\" width=\"1021\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.21.32-AM.png 1021w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.21.32-AM-400x249.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.21.32-AM-800x498.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.21.32-AM-960x597.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Down at the south end of Santa Clara County, for example, Gilroy — where the median household income was $81,056 — grew 10 percent over that time period. In Menlo Park, where the average household made $115,650, the population dropped by about 100 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many workers are moving even further out, to the East Bay or beyond, noted Matt Regan, a regional planning expert at the business-backed \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareacouncil.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay Area Council\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You only have to drive on (Interstate) 580 at 4:30 in the morning and just look at the headlights coming over the Altamont Pass,” he said, “to know that that’s where we’re building our affordable housing, on the other side of the hill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Disparate Commutes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This growth in places far from core Peninsula cities has driven up commute times, since more workers are traveling longer distances on increasingly congested roads. Between 2010 and 2014, the proportion of workers who spent an hour or more getting to their jobs jumped from 10 to nearly 15 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vautin noted that there’s an important income disparity in those commute times. The highly paid technical and business services workers who live in Silicon Valley have relatively short commute times, since they typically work nearby. It’s middle- and lower-income workers — teachers and firefighters, security guards at tech campuses, waiters at restaurants — who have been priced out of the Peninsula and are spending much more time in traffic:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10922757\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/5.png\" alt=\"5\" width=\"1430\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/5.png 1430w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/5-400x131.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/5-800x263.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/5-1180x388.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/5-960x316.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1430px) 100vw, 1430px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the local level, the disparity is even more apparent. Expensive job centers such as Mountain View and Menlo Park have the highest proportion of workers who travel for an hour or more, yet have some of the lowest shares of residents with long commutes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10922758\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/6.png\" alt=\"6\" width=\"1320\" height=\"885\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/6.png 1320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/6-400x268.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/6-800x536.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/6-1180x791.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/6-960x644.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10922759\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.23.24-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-07 at 11.23.24 AM\" width=\"1026\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.23.24-AM.png 1026w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.23.24-AM-400x248.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.23.24-AM-800x495.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.23.24-AM-960x594.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1026px) 100vw, 1026px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can afford to live in Silicon Valley, you’re actually in pretty good shape when it comes to commuting,” said Vautin. “It’s the folks who can’t afford it and thus have to live really far away that are suffering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Stemming the Sprawl\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Policy experts argue that the key to bringing commute times under control is to address the underlying housing shortage. By building higher-density apartment buildings and townhouses near worksites and along public transit corridors, planners hope to house more workers on the Peninsula and reduce the need to commute from outlying areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That kind of dense housing can be a hard sell in suburban Silicon Valley, where residents often fight new construction they fear will worsen traffic and change the character of their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as a project proponent arrives at City Hall with a multifamily development idea, the pitchforks are sharpened and the flaming torches are lit,” said Regan. Because of such opposition, many attempts to build new housing have been scaled down or abandoned altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, there are signs the worsening housing crunch is making residents more amenable to growth. Voters in Mountain View elected a pro-housing majority to the City Council in 2014, community groups in several Peninsula cities are organizing to support new development, and Redwood City is building a cluster of tall new office and apartment buildings near its downtown Caltrain station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, how much Silicon Valley cities are willing to grow will affect everything from the region’s carbon footprint, to whether it can retain teachers, to whether firefighters like Goglio will be around in a disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Bay Area traditionally has not been the fastest-growing region in the state,” said Vautin, and so it has been ill-prepared for the influx of new arrivals. “This is the critical issue of the decade here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Updated to correctly identify firefighters Sean MacDonald and Matt Goglio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Data Sources\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Data on household incomes, population growth, housing units and commute times come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. To ensure sufficiently large sample sizes in small places like East Palo Alto, most numbers are five-year rolling averages — an estimate for 2013, for example, will be the average of responses from 2009 through 2013. This means that changes over time are likely under-estimated, and may in fact be higher than the numbers shown here.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Rent data are from the Zillow Rent Index, a measure of the median asking rent for multifamily apartments.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Sean MacDonald’s shift as a Palo Alto fire captain starts at 8 a.m. By 4 a.m. he’s out the door and on the road. It’s 147 miles from his home in Roseville — northeast of Sacramento — to the fire station. Leave any later, and he risks getting stuck in traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The drive stinks, no easy way about it,” he said, but “that’s the price you pay to have a job in the Bay Area and raise a family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facing sky-high housing costs in the cities they serve, long commutes have become the norm among MacDonald’s fellow firefighters. “We’ve got guys living in Shingle Springs, Rocklin, Citrus Heights, Grass Valley,” he said, ticking off a dozen places over 100 miles from Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the younger firefighters live closer to Palo Alto, but they share apartments to save on rent. And even then, MacDonald said, “what they’re paying in rent is more than what I’m paying on a mortgage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Housing prices here are so, so expensive,” agreed firefighter Matt Goglio, who makes a 105-mile journey from Oakdale, past Modesto. “We’re basically being driven out of the area just due to the wages and the housing costs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not just firefighters who are being priced out by Silicon Valley’s cost of living. As the Peninsula struggles to house a rapidly growing population, many people — especially the middle-class public servants and low-wage workers who keep the region running smoothly — have been moving away to more affordable places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet since their jobs are still back on the Peninsula, these workers are spending more time behind the wheel — at least an hour each way for over 200,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Rising Rents\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The booming tech economy has drawn more workers to Silicon Valley, but housing construction hasn’t kept pace. Between 2010 and 2014, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties gained around 167,000 new jobs, but added only 22,000 additional housing units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10922735 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/1.png\" alt=\"1\" width=\"1040\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/1.png 1040w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/1-400x198.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/1-800x396.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/1-960x475.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/1-1038x515.png 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This imbalance between jobs and housing is even worse at the local level. The region’s jobs tend to be clustered in affluent cities such as Palo Alto, Mountain View and Santa Clara, which don’t have nearly enough homes for their workforces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10922753\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/2.png\" alt=\"2\" width=\"1174\" height=\"980\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/2.png 1174w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/2-400x334.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/2-800x668.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/2-960x801.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1174px) 100vw, 1174px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The amount of housing being built is so small, compared to the growth in demand that it is causing the region to become much more unaffordable,” said Dave Vautin, a planner for the regional \u003ca href=\"http://mtc.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metropolitan Transportation Commission\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With more people jockeying for a home near work, rents have climbed across the Peninsula — especially in the cities with the worst worker-to-housing imbalances:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10922754\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/3.png\" alt=\"3\" width=\"1396\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/3.png 1396w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/3-400x231.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/3-800x461.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/3-1180x680.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/3-960x554.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1396px) 100vw, 1396px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Moving Away\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Priced out of these expensive mid-Peninsula cities, Silicon Valley workers have been moving to places with more affordable living costs. Within Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, the population grew faster between 2010 and 2014 in areas with lower median rents and household incomes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10922755\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/4.png\" alt=\"4\" width=\"1271\" height=\"896\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/4.png 1271w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/4-400x282.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/4-800x564.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/4-1180x832.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/4-960x677.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1271px) 100vw, 1271px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10922756\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.21.32-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-07 at 11.21.32 AM\" width=\"1021\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.21.32-AM.png 1021w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.21.32-AM-400x249.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.21.32-AM-800x498.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.21.32-AM-960x597.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Down at the south end of Santa Clara County, for example, Gilroy — where the median household income was $81,056 — grew 10 percent over that time period. In Menlo Park, where the average household made $115,650, the population dropped by about 100 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many workers are moving even further out, to the East Bay or beyond, noted Matt Regan, a regional planning expert at the business-backed \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareacouncil.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay Area Council\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You only have to drive on (Interstate) 580 at 4:30 in the morning and just look at the headlights coming over the Altamont Pass,” he said, “to know that that’s where we’re building our affordable housing, on the other side of the hill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Disparate Commutes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This growth in places far from core Peninsula cities has driven up commute times, since more workers are traveling longer distances on increasingly congested roads. Between 2010 and 2014, the proportion of workers who spent an hour or more getting to their jobs jumped from 10 to nearly 15 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vautin noted that there’s an important income disparity in those commute times. The highly paid technical and business services workers who live in Silicon Valley have relatively short commute times, since they typically work nearby. It’s middle- and lower-income workers — teachers and firefighters, security guards at tech campuses, waiters at restaurants — who have been priced out of the Peninsula and are spending much more time in traffic:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10922757\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/5.png\" alt=\"5\" width=\"1430\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/5.png 1430w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/5-400x131.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/5-800x263.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/5-1180x388.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/5-960x316.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1430px) 100vw, 1430px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the local level, the disparity is even more apparent. Expensive job centers such as Mountain View and Menlo Park have the highest proportion of workers who travel for an hour or more, yet have some of the lowest shares of residents with long commutes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10922758\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/6.png\" alt=\"6\" width=\"1320\" height=\"885\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/6.png 1320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/6-400x268.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/6-800x536.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/6-1180x791.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/6-960x644.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10922759\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.23.24-AM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-07 at 11.23.24 AM\" width=\"1026\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.23.24-AM.png 1026w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.23.24-AM-400x248.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.23.24-AM-800x495.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-07-at-11.23.24-AM-960x594.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1026px) 100vw, 1026px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can afford to live in Silicon Valley, you’re actually in pretty good shape when it comes to commuting,” said Vautin. “It’s the folks who can’t afford it and thus have to live really far away that are suffering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Stemming the Sprawl\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Policy experts argue that the key to bringing commute times under control is to address the underlying housing shortage. By building higher-density apartment buildings and townhouses near worksites and along public transit corridors, planners hope to house more workers on the Peninsula and reduce the need to commute from outlying areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That kind of dense housing can be a hard sell in suburban Silicon Valley, where residents often fight new construction they fear will worsen traffic and change the character of their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as a project proponent arrives at City Hall with a multifamily development idea, the pitchforks are sharpened and the flaming torches are lit,” said Regan. Because of such opposition, many attempts to build new housing have been scaled down or abandoned altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, there are signs the worsening housing crunch is making residents more amenable to growth. Voters in Mountain View elected a pro-housing majority to the City Council in 2014, community groups in several Peninsula cities are organizing to support new development, and Redwood City is building a cluster of tall new office and apartment buildings near its downtown Caltrain station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, how much Silicon Valley cities are willing to grow will affect everything from the region’s carbon footprint, to whether it can retain teachers, to whether firefighters like Goglio will be around in a disaster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Bay Area traditionally has not been the fastest-growing region in the state,” said Vautin, and so it has been ill-prepared for the influx of new arrivals. “This is the critical issue of the decade here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Updated to correctly identify firefighters Sean MacDonald and Matt Goglio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Data Sources\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Data on household incomes, population growth, housing units and commute times come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. 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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland's \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/CityCouncil/\" target=\"_blank\">City Council\u003c/a> will consider declaring a housing emergency and a 90-day moratorium on certain rent increases at its meeting tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposals were pushed by housing activists who say Oakland's skyrocketing rents are displacing many residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Libby Schaaf said on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201604050900\" target=\"_blank\">KQED's \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em>\u003c/a> Tuesday that she supports a 90-day moratorium as long as it gives landlords enough notice of the changes. She said landlords should receive only a warning, not a fine, after a first violation of the moratorium and be given an opportunity to correct the violation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also said the moratorium does not apply to many of Oakland's rental units that fall under the state’s Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't have the legal authority to control the rents on such a huge number of the rental units in Oakland,\" Schaaf said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wayne Rowland, president of the East Bay Rental Housing Association, said on \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em> this means that the moratorium would punish housing providers who are not responsible for the higher rent increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These are the people who would be affected. They're already controlled. So this is control on top of control on top of control, and it's getting to be a little bit much,\" Rowland said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland has seen rents on market-rate housing and exempt units rise as much as 40 percent over the last 12 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Landlords can raise rent on units under rent stabilization laws by the value of the Consumer Price Index, which is currently under 2 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed moratorium would be extended to two- and three-unit owner-occupied buildings, which would increase coverage to about 60 percent of Oakland's housing stock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Devin Katayama and Don Clyde contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, April 5, 6:46 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The State Lands Commission directed staff to work together with Redwood City and residents at Docktown Marina to craft a proposal that would allow residents to stay at the marina for 15 years. The city wants to restrict the rental and transfer of liveaboards during that time, which residents oppose. The final proposal would have to be approved by the state Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n[dropcap]T[/dropcap]oday the State Lands Commission is considering the future of Redwood City's Docktown Marina, where more than 85 residents rent dock slips from the city to live in floating homes -- also called liveaboards -- on the flowing waters of Redwood Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The floating home community of retirees, young families and veterans has been around for decades. But now, residents who raised children and bought homes at Docktown are being told they never really had a right to live there, even though they held leases for dock slips all along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/257469367\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the other two State Lands commissioners are deciding whether to support a request by Redwood City to allow for a 15-year transitional period to move residents out. If the commission approves the city's proposal, state legislators would still have to introduce and approve a bill, with an uncertain timeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10919936\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10919936 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18974_IMG_9562-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Pedestrian bridges connect the docks to adjacent land. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18974_IMG_9562-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18974_IMG_9562-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18974_IMG_9562-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18974_IMG_9562-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18974_IMG_9562-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pedestrian bridges connect the docks to adjacent land. Across the creek, new housing developments are growing. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Redwood City Illegally Renting Marina for Residences\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Staff at the Office of the Attorney General and the State Lands Commission, which controls tidal and submerged lands, wrote to Redwood City in recent years that residential uses at Docktown Marina are not permitted, as liveaboards are located on public land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Redwood City is currently looking at options to potentially relocate residents to bring the city back into compliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to be consistent with state law. We don’t have a choice about that,\" Vice Mayor Ian Bain said. \"If state law or policy doesn’t change, that means liveaboard uses are not allowed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news came as a shock to residents such as Ellen Savage, who bought her two-story floating home at Docktown more than 14 years ago. Savage says she loves smelling the sea breeze and seeing the wildlife and occasional seal from her back porch right above the creek. But more than anything, she loves the community she's built there over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't want to move,\" says Savage, 66. \"I love living here with these people. It's very eclectic but it works really well. We are all very good friends and look out for one another.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10919928\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10919928 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18964_IMG_9505-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen Savage has lived for over 14 years at the floating home she bought at Docktown. Savage says she would be unable to afford to live elsewhere in Redwood City or the Peninsula if evicted.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18964_IMG_9505-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18964_IMG_9505-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18964_IMG_9505-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18964_IMG_9505-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18964_IMG_9505-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ellen Savage has lived for over 14 years at the floating home she owns at Docktown. Savage rents her dock slip for $710 a month and says she would be unable to afford to live elsewhere in Redwood City or the Peninsula if the marina closes.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Savage, a Palo Alto native who is now retired, pays the city $710 to rent her dock slip and for city services such as sewage pumpout. She began leasing directly from Redwood City in 2013, when the city took over management of the marina. Before then, Savage paid rent to the private business operating Docktown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I find myself feeling like a pawn in a chess game. Somebody else is going to determine my fate, while they take money from me,\" says Savage, adding that if she had known earlier that residential uses might be unlawful at Redwood Creek, she would not have invested in buying her one-bedroom floating home at Docktown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Savage and other residents believe relocating many of the floating homes, which look more like houses than boats and can't navigate on their own, would be nearly impossible. Other Bay Area marinas, such as in Berkeley and Vallejo, have a years-long wait list for residential slips and require boats to be seaworthy and able to navigate away from those slips every so often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If Docktown is closed and there is no place to relocate us, I'll probably get some settlement from the city and that would be it -- the house would go to the crusher,\" says Savage, glancing at her living room full of books, music CDs and other possessions she collected throughout her life with her late husband.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney Bill Sloan, of San Francisco's Morrison and Foerster law firm, is concerned that Docktown residents found out about their potential eviction from letters between the city and staff at State Lands, without a proper public hearing or discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How can it be that this community has been allowed to exist for 50 years and now it's suddenly revealed to them ... that somehow their existence there is not even permitted,\" says Sloan, who is representing Docktowners before the State Lands Commission. \"That to us doesn't sound right. It doesn't sound right as a matter of fairness. But we also have some questions on whether that is an appropriate interpretation of the law.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vice Mayor Bain, who has been part of Redwood City's City Council for 13 years, said it's standard practice for cities to consult with their own legal counsel on issues like this. The city's goal is to have a plan for Docktown's future by the end of this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are committed to working with Docktown residents who will be heavily involved in developing the plan going forward,\" says Bain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bain says he found out residential uses were not allowed at Docktown only in 2014 from staff at State Lands. Redwood City invited the State Lands Commission to participate in the city's planning process to revamp the 100-acre Inner Harbor area northeast of Highway 101 and along Redwood Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We allowed liveaboard uses because we weren’t aware that that’s what the state policy was,\" says Bain. \"Once we became aware of the issue with State Lands policy, it’s something that we have been working on ... and our No.1 commitment is to our residents.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10919929\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10919929 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18976_IMG_9656-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Emilio Diaz, 71, at the liveaboard he shares with his 20-year old son. Diaz, a Vietnam veteran, says he has stayed at Docktown for more than 15 years because he enjoys the community.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18976_IMG_9656-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18976_IMG_9656-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18976_IMG_9656-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18976_IMG_9656-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18976_IMG_9656-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emilio Diaz, 71, at the liveaboard he shares with his 20-year-old son. Diaz, a Vietnam veteran, says he has stayed at Docktown for 18 years because he values the community. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>History: Docktown Marina\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The state of California granted control and management of \"certain salt marsh, tide and submerged lands\" at Redwood Creek to the city in 1945. In 1964, the city leased the waterway to the owner of the adjacent land, J. Franklin Salaman, who created a marina business that was eventually transferred to Fred Earnhardt Jr.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Records show the city became concerned about residential uses at Docktown Marina, particularly the construction of floating homes without permits, safety issues related to the conditions of some vessels and water pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2001, then-city manager Ed Everett was calling Docktown a \"major concern to the city\" and a \"public nuisance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents say they have repeatedly requested sewage connections, but the city has connected sewage for only four of the 70 liveaboards. The rest have a sewage pumpout service, and gray water from sinks and showers goes into the creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2013, Earnhardt closed his marina business, and the city began managing Docktown and collecting rent from its residents. The city's revenue for the marina over the last eight months was nearly $422,000, which City Manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz says is not enough to cover operating costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 2011 and 2012, the city earned only $20,400, as most of the dock's rents were going to Earndardt's business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10919938\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10919938 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18975_IMG_9643-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"New condo and hotel developments are underway near Docktown Marina. The city is planning to revamp the Inner Harbor area, along Redwood Creek.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18975_IMG_9643-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18975_IMG_9643-qut-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18975_IMG_9643-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18975_IMG_9643-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18975_IMG_9643-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neighboring condo and hotel developments are underway near Docktown Marina. The city is planning to revamp the 100-acre Inner Harbor area, along Redwood Creek. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>City Agrees To Settlement Over Docktown\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Real estate attorney and sailing enthusiast Ted Hannig can see Docktown every day from his new condo right across the creek. Hannig says the city knew residential uses were not included in the state's land grant for a long time, at least 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everyone has a right to that space under the public trust doctrine,\" says Hannig. \"And the city has been knowingly violating that state law by allowing people to isolate parts of it for residential use.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hannig is not popular with his neighbors at the docks. He slammed the city with a 480-page lawsuit last year over public doctrine and environmental violations at Docktown. His lawsuit includes claims that the city didn't properly notify residents or county authorities that the mud under Docktown's liveaboards is highly contaminated with mercury and lead from the area's industrial past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city settled the case within two months. They agreed to set aside $3 million to address potential relocation assistance and contamination costs for Docktown. The city also awarded Hannig and the group he founded, Citizens for the Public Trust, $1.5 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wanted the city to know that when they stray off and they continue to do something unlawful for a period of time ... there will be people who come after them. There will be people who recover attorney's fees against them,\" says Hannig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10919933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10919933\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18969_IMG_9532-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Lush gardens grow from pots at liveaboards in Docktown. The community is fighting for survival.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18969_IMG_9532-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18969_IMG_9532-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18969_IMG_9532-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18969_IMG_9532-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18969_IMG_9532-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lush gardens grow from pots at liveaboards in Docktown. The community is fighting for survival. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The agreement baffles Docktown residents, who say they are good stewards of the creek, cleaning up trash regularly, and that everyone is welcome to enjoy the waterway. They wonder if Hannig, who worked in the sale and closure of a nearby houseboat marina, sued the city to get Docktowners out of the picture and to benefit developers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Hannig denies those claims vehemently. He is aware his lawsuit sped up the potential relocation of Docktowners who can't afford to live anywhere else in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not that we're opposed to affordable housing. What we're saying is this is the wrong place, and it's causing potentially long-term damage,\" says Hannig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vice Mayor Bain says that at this point the city is trying to balance the hardship of requiring the relocation of all tenants from homes that are naturally affordable, with the public's need for greater access to that area. That is why the city is requesting State Lands support legislation that would allow Docktown to remain for a period of 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need a lot of time to look at whether or not we can build another floating community in Redwood City or whether they’ll have to relocate elsewhere,\" says Bain. \"Personally with this community, I would like to keep the community together and I’d like to keep the community in Redwood City.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellen Savage, the Docktown resident, hopes State Lands commissioners will approve the city's request to allow for temporary residential uses at Docktown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It sure beats hearing that we have to be out in 15 months,\" says Savage. \"I can live with this.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, April 5, 6:46 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The State Lands Commission directed staff to work together with Redwood City and residents at Docktown Marina to craft a proposal that would allow residents to stay at the marina for 15 years. The city wants to restrict the rental and transfer of liveaboards during that time, which residents oppose. The final proposal would have to be approved by the state Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">T\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>oday the State Lands Commission is considering the future of Redwood City's Docktown Marina, where more than 85 residents rent dock slips from the city to live in floating homes -- also called liveaboards -- on the flowing waters of Redwood Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The floating home community of retirees, young families and veterans has been around for decades. But now, residents who raised children and bought homes at Docktown are being told they never really had a right to live there, even though they held leases for dock slips all along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/257469367&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/257469367'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the other two State Lands commissioners are deciding whether to support a request by Redwood City to allow for a 15-year transitional period to move residents out. If the commission approves the city's proposal, state legislators would still have to introduce and approve a bill, with an uncertain timeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10919936\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10919936 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18974_IMG_9562-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Pedestrian bridges connect the docks to adjacent land. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18974_IMG_9562-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18974_IMG_9562-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18974_IMG_9562-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18974_IMG_9562-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18974_IMG_9562-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pedestrian bridges connect the docks to adjacent land. Across the creek, new housing developments are growing. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Redwood City Illegally Renting Marina for Residences\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Staff at the Office of the Attorney General and the State Lands Commission, which controls tidal and submerged lands, wrote to Redwood City in recent years that residential uses at Docktown Marina are not permitted, as liveaboards are located on public land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Redwood City is currently looking at options to potentially relocate residents to bring the city back into compliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have to be consistent with state law. We don’t have a choice about that,\" Vice Mayor Ian Bain said. \"If state law or policy doesn’t change, that means liveaboard uses are not allowed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news came as a shock to residents such as Ellen Savage, who bought her two-story floating home at Docktown more than 14 years ago. Savage says she loves smelling the sea breeze and seeing the wildlife and occasional seal from her back porch right above the creek. But more than anything, she loves the community she's built there over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't want to move,\" says Savage, 66. \"I love living here with these people. It's very eclectic but it works really well. We are all very good friends and look out for one another.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10919928\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10919928 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18964_IMG_9505-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Ellen Savage has lived for over 14 years at the floating home she bought at Docktown. Savage says she would be unable to afford to live elsewhere in Redwood City or the Peninsula if evicted.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18964_IMG_9505-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18964_IMG_9505-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18964_IMG_9505-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18964_IMG_9505-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18964_IMG_9505-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ellen Savage has lived for over 14 years at the floating home she owns at Docktown. Savage rents her dock slip for $710 a month and says she would be unable to afford to live elsewhere in Redwood City or the Peninsula if the marina closes.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Savage, a Palo Alto native who is now retired, pays the city $710 to rent her dock slip and for city services such as sewage pumpout. She began leasing directly from Redwood City in 2013, when the city took over management of the marina. Before then, Savage paid rent to the private business operating Docktown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I find myself feeling like a pawn in a chess game. Somebody else is going to determine my fate, while they take money from me,\" says Savage, adding that if she had known earlier that residential uses might be unlawful at Redwood Creek, she would not have invested in buying her one-bedroom floating home at Docktown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Savage and other residents believe relocating many of the floating homes, which look more like houses than boats and can't navigate on their own, would be nearly impossible. Other Bay Area marinas, such as in Berkeley and Vallejo, have a years-long wait list for residential slips and require boats to be seaworthy and able to navigate away from those slips every so often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If Docktown is closed and there is no place to relocate us, I'll probably get some settlement from the city and that would be it -- the house would go to the crusher,\" says Savage, glancing at her living room full of books, music CDs and other possessions she collected throughout her life with her late husband.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney Bill Sloan, of San Francisco's Morrison and Foerster law firm, is concerned that Docktown residents found out about their potential eviction from letters between the city and staff at State Lands, without a proper public hearing or discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How can it be that this community has been allowed to exist for 50 years and now it's suddenly revealed to them ... that somehow their existence there is not even permitted,\" says Sloan, who is representing Docktowners before the State Lands Commission. \"That to us doesn't sound right. It doesn't sound right as a matter of fairness. But we also have some questions on whether that is an appropriate interpretation of the law.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vice Mayor Bain, who has been part of Redwood City's City Council for 13 years, said it's standard practice for cities to consult with their own legal counsel on issues like this. The city's goal is to have a plan for Docktown's future by the end of this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are committed to working with Docktown residents who will be heavily involved in developing the plan going forward,\" says Bain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bain says he found out residential uses were not allowed at Docktown only in 2014 from staff at State Lands. Redwood City invited the State Lands Commission to participate in the city's planning process to revamp the 100-acre Inner Harbor area northeast of Highway 101 and along Redwood Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We allowed liveaboard uses because we weren’t aware that that’s what the state policy was,\" says Bain. \"Once we became aware of the issue with State Lands policy, it’s something that we have been working on ... and our No.1 commitment is to our residents.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10919929\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10919929 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18976_IMG_9656-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Emilio Diaz, 71, at the liveaboard he shares with his 20-year old son. Diaz, a Vietnam veteran, says he has stayed at Docktown for more than 15 years because he enjoys the community.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18976_IMG_9656-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18976_IMG_9656-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18976_IMG_9656-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18976_IMG_9656-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18976_IMG_9656-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emilio Diaz, 71, at the liveaboard he shares with his 20-year-old son. Diaz, a Vietnam veteran, says he has stayed at Docktown for 18 years because he values the community. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>History: Docktown Marina\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The state of California granted control and management of \"certain salt marsh, tide and submerged lands\" at Redwood Creek to the city in 1945. In 1964, the city leased the waterway to the owner of the adjacent land, J. Franklin Salaman, who created a marina business that was eventually transferred to Fred Earnhardt Jr.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Records show the city became concerned about residential uses at Docktown Marina, particularly the construction of floating homes without permits, safety issues related to the conditions of some vessels and water pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2001, then-city manager Ed Everett was calling Docktown a \"major concern to the city\" and a \"public nuisance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents say they have repeatedly requested sewage connections, but the city has connected sewage for only four of the 70 liveaboards. The rest have a sewage pumpout service, and gray water from sinks and showers goes into the creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2013, Earnhardt closed his marina business, and the city began managing Docktown and collecting rent from its residents. The city's revenue for the marina over the last eight months was nearly $422,000, which City Manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz says is not enough to cover operating costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 2011 and 2012, the city earned only $20,400, as most of the dock's rents were going to Earndardt's business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10919938\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10919938 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18975_IMG_9643-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"New condo and hotel developments are underway near Docktown Marina. The city is planning to revamp the Inner Harbor area, along Redwood Creek.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18975_IMG_9643-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18975_IMG_9643-qut-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18975_IMG_9643-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18975_IMG_9643-qut-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18975_IMG_9643-qut-1-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neighboring condo and hotel developments are underway near Docktown Marina. The city is planning to revamp the 100-acre Inner Harbor area, along Redwood Creek. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>City Agrees To Settlement Over Docktown\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Real estate attorney and sailing enthusiast Ted Hannig can see Docktown every day from his new condo right across the creek. Hannig says the city knew residential uses were not included in the state's land grant for a long time, at least 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everyone has a right to that space under the public trust doctrine,\" says Hannig. \"And the city has been knowingly violating that state law by allowing people to isolate parts of it for residential use.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hannig is not popular with his neighbors at the docks. He slammed the city with a 480-page lawsuit last year over public doctrine and environmental violations at Docktown. His lawsuit includes claims that the city didn't properly notify residents or county authorities that the mud under Docktown's liveaboards is highly contaminated with mercury and lead from the area's industrial past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city settled the case within two months. They agreed to set aside $3 million to address potential relocation assistance and contamination costs for Docktown. The city also awarded Hannig and the group he founded, Citizens for the Public Trust, $1.5 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I wanted the city to know that when they stray off and they continue to do something unlawful for a period of time ... there will be people who come after them. There will be people who recover attorney's fees against them,\" says Hannig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10919933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10919933\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18969_IMG_9532-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Lush gardens grow from pots at liveaboards in Docktown. The community is fighting for survival.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18969_IMG_9532-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18969_IMG_9532-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18969_IMG_9532-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18969_IMG_9532-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/RS18969_IMG_9532-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lush gardens grow from pots at liveaboards in Docktown. The community is fighting for survival. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The agreement baffles Docktown residents, who say they are good stewards of the creek, cleaning up trash regularly, and that everyone is welcome to enjoy the waterway. They wonder if Hannig, who worked in the sale and closure of a nearby houseboat marina, sued the city to get Docktowners out of the picture and to benefit developers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Hannig denies those claims vehemently. He is aware his lawsuit sped up the potential relocation of Docktowners who can't afford to live anywhere else in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not that we're opposed to affordable housing. What we're saying is this is the wrong place, and it's causing potentially long-term damage,\" says Hannig.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vice Mayor Bain says that at this point the city is trying to balance the hardship of requiring the relocation of all tenants from homes that are naturally affordable, with the public's need for greater access to that area. That is why the city is requesting State Lands support legislation that would allow Docktown to remain for a period of 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We need a lot of time to look at whether or not we can build another floating community in Redwood City or whether they’ll have to relocate elsewhere,\" says Bain. \"Personally with this community, I would like to keep the community together and I’d like to keep the community in Redwood City.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellen Savage, the Docktown resident, hopes State Lands commissioners will approve the city's request to allow for temporary residential uses at Docktown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Alameda County District Attorney's Office announced today it will not file criminal charges in connection with the \u003ca href=\"http://contextly.com/redirect/?id=4J0uRhkvC9:10757402:1026:6:IlRJRHwxMDU3NDQ0MHwxMDU4Njc0NHwxMDU2NTI1N3wxMDU4MTY4MnwxMDU2NjY5M3wxMDczODQ0OXwxMDY5NDMwMnwxMDQ3OTEyMXwxMDc0ODk1N3wxMDc1MjQ4NnwxMDUxNzAzMXw4MTE4NHwxMDc0NjM1OXwxMDM0MzUwNXwxMDY2NzI3NCI=::previous:56fab1eccadae3-89302494\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley balcony collapse\u003c/a> last June that killed six Irish citizens and injured seven others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The collapse was believed to be caused by \u003ca href=\"http://contextly.com/redirect/?id=AoyrjvXAbs:10757402:1026:6:IlRJRHwxMDU3NDQ0MHwxMDU4Njc0NHwxMDU2NTI1N3wxMDU4MTY4MnwxMDU2NjY5M3wxMDczODQ0OXwxMDY5NDMwMnwxMDQ3OTEyMXwxMDc0ODk1N3wxMDc1MjQ4NnwxMDUxNzAzMXw4MTE4NHwxMDc0NjM1OXwxMDM0MzUwNXwxMDY2NzI3NCI=::previous:56fab1eccadae3-89302494\" target=\"_blank\">extensive dry rot\u003c/a> to the wooden deck of a fifth-floor balcony at the Library Gardens apartment complex on Kittredge Street in downtown Berkeley. Most of the visitors from Ireland had been working in the Bay Area under a cultural exchange program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a nine-month investigation, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley announced that “there is insufficient evidence to bring criminal manslaughter charges against any one individual or company” in regard to the tragedy on June 16, 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/23/confirmed-dry-rot-found-in-collapsed-berkeley-balcony\" target=\"_blank\"> investigation\u003c/a> into the collapse came after Berkeley's Planning and Development Department announced last June that it would not conduct forensic examination and laboratory tests of the balcony -- proceedings it had determined were \"outside its scope of review,” according to the district attorney’s press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DA's investigation set out to determine the cause of the collapse, the foreseeability of it and, essentially, who was to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using forensic analysis of the wood used for the balcony’s construction -- and in collaboration with numerous industry experts -- investigators concluded the main reason for the collapse was water being trapped in the balcony deck during construction, leading to dry rot damage later on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The responsibility for this failure likely extends to many of the parties involved in the construction or maintenance of the building,” O’Malley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After offering his condolences to the victims’ families, Charles Flanagan, Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said in a statement released earlier that his department will “carefully consider the details” of the district attorney’s investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flanagan added, “This investigation is an important step in a process, the ultimate objective of which is to ensure that a tragedy such as Berkeley never occurs again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the criminal investigation into the collapse has come to an end, civil litigation continues with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/11/13/berkeley-balcony-lawsuits-say-long-series-of-errors-led-to-deadly-collapse\" target=\"_blank\">12 lawsuits from victims and their families\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael A. Kelly is one of the attorneys representing the seven who were injured in the collapse, as well as the families of five of those killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a written statement on behalf of his clients, Kelly said the district attorney’s decision does not come as a surprise, considering the high burden of proof that must be met in a criminal case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly added that the DA’s decision should not affect the victims’ ongoing civil proceedings in Alameda County Superior Court. He thanked the district attorney’s office for its investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Much of the information generated, the facts developed, the witnesses identified and the evidence collected in the criminal investigation will benefit the bereaved families and the injured students as they now prosecute the civil actions that have been filed,” Kelly said. “The prosecution of the civil cases will permit our clients to achieve their primary goals: uncovering the truth, publicly identifying the wrongdoers, and holding accountable those responsible for the damage, loss and suffering they have caused …”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several city officials responded to the criminal investigation’s conclusion by offering their condolences to the victims' families once again, and hoped \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/07/15/berkeley-council-approves-new-laws-for-building-safety/\" target=\"_blank\">stricter building regulations\u003c/a> put in place since the collapse will prevent a similar tragedy from occurring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Contractors State License Board may be taking further administrative action against the five contractors involved in the construction of Library Gardens. The decision is pending the conclusion of the board's own investigation.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Alameda County District Attorney's Office announced today it will not file criminal charges in connection with the \u003ca href=\"http://contextly.com/redirect/?id=4J0uRhkvC9:10757402:1026:6:IlRJRHwxMDU3NDQ0MHwxMDU4Njc0NHwxMDU2NTI1N3wxMDU4MTY4MnwxMDU2NjY5M3wxMDczODQ0OXwxMDY5NDMwMnwxMDQ3OTEyMXwxMDc0ODk1N3wxMDc1MjQ4NnwxMDUxNzAzMXw4MTE4NHwxMDc0NjM1OXwxMDM0MzUwNXwxMDY2NzI3NCI=::previous:56fab1eccadae3-89302494\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley balcony collapse\u003c/a> last June that killed six Irish citizens and injured seven others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The collapse was believed to be caused by \u003ca href=\"http://contextly.com/redirect/?id=AoyrjvXAbs:10757402:1026:6:IlRJRHwxMDU3NDQ0MHwxMDU4Njc0NHwxMDU2NTI1N3wxMDU4MTY4MnwxMDU2NjY5M3wxMDczODQ0OXwxMDY5NDMwMnwxMDQ3OTEyMXwxMDc0ODk1N3wxMDc1MjQ4NnwxMDUxNzAzMXw4MTE4NHwxMDc0NjM1OXwxMDM0MzUwNXwxMDY2NzI3NCI=::previous:56fab1eccadae3-89302494\" target=\"_blank\">extensive dry rot\u003c/a> to the wooden deck of a fifth-floor balcony at the Library Gardens apartment complex on Kittredge Street in downtown Berkeley. Most of the visitors from Ireland had been working in the Bay Area under a cultural exchange program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a nine-month investigation, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley announced that “there is insufficient evidence to bring criminal manslaughter charges against any one individual or company” in regard to the tragedy on June 16, 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/23/confirmed-dry-rot-found-in-collapsed-berkeley-balcony\" target=\"_blank\"> investigation\u003c/a> into the collapse came after Berkeley's Planning and Development Department announced last June that it would not conduct forensic examination and laboratory tests of the balcony -- proceedings it had determined were \"outside its scope of review,” according to the district attorney’s press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DA's investigation set out to determine the cause of the collapse, the foreseeability of it and, essentially, who was to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Renay Nonog does not have a bed. She decided to get a futon instead. Every morning she folds the futon into a couch and tucks away her blankets. This way visitors like me have somewhere to sit. Nonog likes guests, but she is not used to welcoming them into her home. This is the first one she has had in six years.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\n\u003cstrong>Homelessness is a complex issue. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more >>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-800x240.jpg\" alt=\"sfproject3\" width=\"800\" height=\"240\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11004769\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-400x120.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Nonog is living in a room at the old Henry Hotel at Sixth and Mission streets, one of \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/6th-and-Mission-intersection-city-s-hottest-crime-2369466.php\" target=\"_blank\">the city's toughest corners\u003c/a>. The city has partnered with \u003ca href=\"http://www.ecs-sf.org/\">Episcopal Community Services\u003c/a> to lease the run-down SRO and transform it into supportive housing for the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10905685\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 266px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10905685\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0205-800x1071.jpg\" alt=\"Renay Nonog says she feels blessed to have a home for the first time in six years.\" width=\"266\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0205-800x1071.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0205-400x536.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0205-1920x2571.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0205-1180x1580.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0205-960x1285.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0205.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renay Nonog says she feels blessed to have a home for the first time in six years. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the new residents, like Nonog, are coming from the city's Navigation Center. The year-old shelter has different rules from most and promises a quick transition from the street to housing. The city is touting the shelter as an \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/22/san-francisco-hopes-new-homeless-shelter-impresses-tech-sector\">innovative approach to homelessness\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials are so confident about the Navigation Center that it's in the process of opening a second one, along with 200 more supportive housing units for those transitioning out of these shelters. The idea is that this housing, like the old Henry Hotel, will be a next step for those leaving the shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonog moved into her room about a month ago. The place is about 8 feet by 12 feet. The room is packed with her belongings -- her collection of baseball hats, a stand with cosmetics, a television. There is a little sink, which is great, Nonog says, because she can hand-wash her clothes. She tells me not to look in her closet. It’s too messy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/254832499\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonog says she has been homeless for six years. Near the end, a man she thought was her friend started abusing her. She had to get off the street, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was determined because I was tired,” she says, “This foot says, 'I'm tired.' This one says, 'Me, too.' I'm sorry to get sentimental. It's just a blessing. You know, that I did this, this far.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonog went to the Navigation Center, which is located at an old public school site on Mission Street between 15th and 16th streets. Residents are expected to work with case managers to get signed up for benefits and housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonog followed the rules, she says, so after about a month the shelter staff sent her to the hotel. They gave her a little housewarming package before she left -- a toaster oven, soup pot and some other kitchen supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I love to cook,\" Nonog says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonog also brought some things she had been carrying around with her for years. She has a sound system she found on the street. She tied it in plastic bags and let it sit for a week to kill any bugs that could be living inside it. Next to the sound system are all the CDs she’s picked up over the years. At the top of the stack are Beethoven and Al Green, two of her favorites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Navigation Center is designed for the chronically homeless, people who have been on the street for over a year. So far, 142 people have passed through the center into housing. That is a fraction of what the city estimates to be about \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-homeless-population-getting-sicker-older-6387308.php\" target=\"_blank\">1,700 chronically homeless\u003c/a> in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam Dodge is \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmayor.org/index.aspx?page=903\">director of Mayor Ed Lee's office of Housing Opportunity, Partnerships & Engagement\u003c/a>, or HOPE. Basically, he's the city’s homelessness czar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We're struggling, clearly, on the street with so much inflow, so many people becoming homeless,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'We're struggling, clearly, on the street with so much inflow, so many people becoming homeless.'\u003ccite>Sam Dodge,\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco homelessness czar\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Dodge says the Navigation Center is just a start, a way to show that the city can actually address homelessness. It pursued a lease of the Henry Hotel in part to provide a next step for those coming out of the shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Henry “is not the end for them,” Dodge says, “It's just a vehicle that they can land in permanent housing and then work on for the rest of their lives for whatever goals they are pursuing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dodge says there is no quick fix. The chronically homeless often do not have IDs, bank accounts or health care. They suffer from physical disabilities, mental illness or the trauma that comes with living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10905686\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10905686\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0225-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"Loretta Olivencia runs the support services at The Henry Hotel\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0225-800x598.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0225-400x299.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0225-1920x1434.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0225-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0225-960x717.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loretta Olivencia runs support services at the Henry Hotel. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Henry Hotel is now operated by Episcopal Community Services, which provides on-site case managers to help out residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Loretta Olivencia runs all the support services at the Henry. She says new tenants have lots of questions. Some are big ones like how to manage money, get health care or apply for a job. But sometimes residents just need to know where to buy furniture and food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Henry Hotel has not always been a place to go for answers. It has a dark history. There are bullet holes in the front facade. And the furniture in the rooms is still bolted to the floor. But the building has been made over -- cleaned and repainted. For many here, like Phillip Torres, it is the best housing they have had in years.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'When I walked in here I was like: Wow, this is what I was looking for all my life.'\u003ccite>Phillip Torres,\u003cbr>\nHenry Hotel resident\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When I ask Phillip Torres to introduce himself, he says he is “a 31-year old Puerto Rican male from San Francisco.” Torres says he has been homeless since he was 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres is showing me his room. It takes him a minute to open the door. He is not used to using a key.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I walked in here I was like: Wow, this is what I was looking for all my life.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10905682\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 291px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10905682\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0222-800x1071.jpg\" alt=\"Phillip Torres says he's been homeless since he was 11.\" width=\"291\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0222-800x1071.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0222-400x536.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0222-1920x2571.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0222-1180x1580.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0222-960x1285.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0222.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phillip Torres says he's been homeless since he was 11. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Torres is in a relationship with Renay Nonog, but they are staying in separate rooms, getting their own lives together. Torres says for years he has had no real family. He relied on a gang for support and often had to fend for himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I've slept under cardboard,” Toress says, “I've went couch-hopping. I've went into abandoned homes. I’ve put a .357 to my head because I wasn't loved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres tells me there were four times he prepared to shoot himself. We are sitting on his bed. On a side table there is a yellow notepad. It's opened to the sketch of a flower, a tulip. Torres has written rap lyrics next to his drawing. He says the song is all about leaving gang life behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres says the hotel is only temporary. He wants to move with Nonog into their own place and have a normal life. Exactly how they will do that, he doesn’t know yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres says he is just trying to take it one step at a time.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Renay Nonog does not have a bed. She decided to get a futon instead. Every morning she folds the futon into a couch and tucks away her blankets. This way visitors like me have somewhere to sit. Nonog likes guests, but she is not used to welcoming them into her home. This is the first one she has had in six years.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\n\u003cstrong>Homelessness is a complex issue. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more >>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-800x240.jpg\" alt=\"sfproject3\" width=\"800\" height=\"240\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11004769\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-400x120.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Nonog is living in a room at the old Henry Hotel at Sixth and Mission streets, one of \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/6th-and-Mission-intersection-city-s-hottest-crime-2369466.php\" target=\"_blank\">the city's toughest corners\u003c/a>. The city has partnered with \u003ca href=\"http://www.ecs-sf.org/\">Episcopal Community Services\u003c/a> to lease the run-down SRO and transform it into supportive housing for the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10905685\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 266px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10905685\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0205-800x1071.jpg\" alt=\"Renay Nonog says she feels blessed to have a home for the first time in six years.\" width=\"266\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0205-800x1071.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0205-400x536.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0205-1920x2571.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0205-1180x1580.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0205-960x1285.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0205.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renay Nonog says she feels blessed to have a home for the first time in six years. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the new residents, like Nonog, are coming from the city's Navigation Center. The year-old shelter has different rules from most and promises a quick transition from the street to housing. The city is touting the shelter as an \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/22/san-francisco-hopes-new-homeless-shelter-impresses-tech-sector\">innovative approach to homelessness\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials are so confident about the Navigation Center that it's in the process of opening a second one, along with 200 more supportive housing units for those transitioning out of these shelters. The idea is that this housing, like the old Henry Hotel, will be a next step for those leaving the shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonog moved into her room about a month ago. The place is about 8 feet by 12 feet. The room is packed with her belongings -- her collection of baseball hats, a stand with cosmetics, a television. There is a little sink, which is great, Nonog says, because she can hand-wash her clothes. She tells me not to look in her closet. It’s too messy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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You know, that I did this, this far.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonog went to the Navigation Center, which is located at an old public school site on Mission Street between 15th and 16th streets. Residents are expected to work with case managers to get signed up for benefits and housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonog followed the rules, she says, so after about a month the shelter staff sent her to the hotel. They gave her a little housewarming package before she left -- a toaster oven, soup pot and some other kitchen supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I love to cook,\" Nonog says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonog also brought some things she had been carrying around with her for years. She has a sound system she found on the street. She tied it in plastic bags and let it sit for a week to kill any bugs that could be living inside it. Next to the sound system are all the CDs she’s picked up over the years. At the top of the stack are Beethoven and Al Green, two of her favorites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Navigation Center is designed for the chronically homeless, people who have been on the street for over a year. So far, 142 people have passed through the center into housing. That is a fraction of what the city estimates to be about \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-homeless-population-getting-sicker-older-6387308.php\" target=\"_blank\">1,700 chronically homeless\u003c/a> in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam Dodge is \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmayor.org/index.aspx?page=903\">director of Mayor Ed Lee's office of Housing Opportunity, Partnerships & Engagement\u003c/a>, or HOPE. Basically, he's the city’s homelessness czar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We're struggling, clearly, on the street with so much inflow, so many people becoming homeless,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'We're struggling, clearly, on the street with so much inflow, so many people becoming homeless.'\u003ccite>Sam Dodge,\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco homelessness czar\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Dodge says the Navigation Center is just a start, a way to show that the city can actually address homelessness. It pursued a lease of the Henry Hotel in part to provide a next step for those coming out of the shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Henry “is not the end for them,” Dodge says, “It's just a vehicle that they can land in permanent housing and then work on for the rest of their lives for whatever goals they are pursuing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dodge says there is no quick fix. The chronically homeless often do not have IDs, bank accounts or health care. They suffer from physical disabilities, mental illness or the trauma that comes with living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10905686\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 350px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10905686\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0225-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"Loretta Olivencia runs the support services at The Henry Hotel\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0225-800x598.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0225-400x299.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0225-1920x1434.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0225-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0225-960x717.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loretta Olivencia runs support services at the Henry Hotel. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Henry Hotel is now operated by Episcopal Community Services, which provides on-site case managers to help out residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Loretta Olivencia runs all the support services at the Henry. She says new tenants have lots of questions. Some are big ones like how to manage money, get health care or apply for a job. But sometimes residents just need to know where to buy furniture and food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Henry Hotel has not always been a place to go for answers. It has a dark history. There are bullet holes in the front facade. And the furniture in the rooms is still bolted to the floor. But the building has been made over -- cleaned and repainted. For many here, like Phillip Torres, it is the best housing they have had in years.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'When I walked in here I was like: Wow, this is what I was looking for all my life.'\u003ccite>Phillip Torres,\u003cbr>\nHenry Hotel resident\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When I ask Phillip Torres to introduce himself, he says he is “a 31-year old Puerto Rican male from San Francisco.” Torres says he has been homeless since he was 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres is showing me his room. It takes him a minute to open the door. He is not used to using a key.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I walked in here I was like: Wow, this is what I was looking for all my life.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10905682\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 291px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-10905682\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0222-800x1071.jpg\" alt=\"Phillip Torres says he's been homeless since he was 11.\" width=\"291\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0222-800x1071.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0222-400x536.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0222-1920x2571.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0222-1180x1580.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0222-960x1285.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/IMG_0222.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phillip Torres says he's been homeless since he was 11. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Torres is in a relationship with Renay Nonog, but they are staying in separate rooms, getting their own lives together. 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"content": "\u003cp>Kelly Henderson loves her job, teaching at Newton South High School in a suburb west of Boston. But she's frustrated she can't afford to live in the community where she teaches: It's part of the 10th most expensive housing market in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For people in the private sector, they're probably saying, 'Oh, poor you, you can't live in the community where you work, what's the big deal?' \" says Henderson, 35. \"And I guess part of the nature of public education and why it's a different kind of job, is that it's all-consuming — as it should be.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like a lot of teachers, she wants to be a vital part of the community where she works. She says people in high-cost communities need to remember that a teacher's job doesn't end at 3 in the afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You want them to coach a team, you want them to teach all day, you want them to be a faculty adviser, you want them to be able to give your kid extra help before school, after school — whenever.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that leaves teachers with a dilemma: \"We're constantly forced to make that choice: Do I stay and watch my students in the school play, or do I go home and remember what my husband looks like once in a while?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.npr.org/player/embed/470710747/471684992\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem is playing out in high-priced real estate markets across the country, from Boston and Seattle to Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Walter Hays Elementary School in Palo Alto, in the heart of Silicon Valley, a group of students enjoys end-of-day flag football on an expansive lawn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside, third-grade teacher Tara Hunt, a 16-year veteran, is preparing for the next teaching day. She gets up around 4 a.m. to make it in from the Santa Cruz County town of Capitola -- a commute that can take two hours in traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She desperately wants to move closer to work. But, so far, that's not happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is where all the tech jobs are. And it's pushing out your community helpers,\" she says. \"The cost of living just keeps going up and up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunt can't help but wonder: \"Who do we blame? Do we blame the homeowners who are renting out their property? Do we blame the city?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I ask Hunt what percentage of her monthly income she's spending on housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"More than 50 percent for rent, no question,\" she says. \"Not including utilities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The general rule, I remind her, is that you shouldn't spend more than one-third.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Right,\" she says, laughing \"Whoever came up with that rule never lived in California. 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That's creating instability in our schools.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these programs that cities are pressing have yet to significantly move the needle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So far, few local initiatives have been able to make a major dent in the problem,\" says Stockton Williams, a housing expert with the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"http://uli.org/\">Urban Land Institute\u003c/a>. The biggest changes cities can make, he says, are \"removing or alleviating local obstacles to more development. This means everything from more flexible zoning, more efficient entitlements and more outreach to neighborhoods that resist more development.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Silicon Valley, Tara Hunt says she knows some parents are sympathetic. But she's not sure they really get it. Many are in a different tax bracket and, at times she says it feels like they're in a different world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Steve Jobs' kids went through this school. We have some pretty high-profile parents. 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"content": "\u003cp>It's normal for millennials to still live at home these days. But what if you're a millennial who doesn't have a home to go back to?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up, Alkeisha Porter says, she didn't like her mom's husband, and her dad had a drug problem. So at 16, she moved out and became homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was basically just house-hopping from friends to some family members. Hey, it was comfortable to me. It wasn't cold. I wasn't sleeping outside,\" says Porter, now 23.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young people — 18- to 24-year-olds — make up one of the \u003ca href=\"http://homeless.samhsa.gov/Channel/Youth-31.aspx\">fastest-growing homeless populations in the country\u003c/a>. 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