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"content": "\u003cp>The future’s looking grim for affordable housing projects across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing developers and advocates hung their hopes on Proposition 5, a measure rejected by voters that would have made it easier to raise local funding for affordable housing and public infrastructure projects. Meanwhile, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, no one expects the federal government to dole out more money for subsidized housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can’t sugarcoat the fact that this is a significant setback,” said Susannah Parsons, director of policy and legislation at All Home, a Bay Area housing justice advocacy group. “We are running low on public funds for housing. We are facing significant headwinds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing took center stage in state and national elections this November as more Americans feel the pinch of rising rents and a shortage of affordable housing. However, the results of the election have California affordable housing developers concerned that a shortage of public funds will put a stop to some of their projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"https://mtc.ca.gov/sites/default/files/meetings/attachments/6021/09a_3_Attachment_B_Bay_Area_Affordable_Housing_Pipeline_Brief_v2.pdf\">May report from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission\u003c/a>, almost 41,000 affordable homes and apartments in the Bay Area are in the pre-development phase, meaning developers still need a certain amount of funding — collectively, about $9.7 billion — to start construction. Without that money, the projects sit idle as other funding sources, sometimes contingent on each other, disappear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 5 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006445/transcript-proposition-5-would-lower-the-voting-threshold-for-certain-local-bond-measures\">could have unleashed more funding\u003c/a> by lowering the threshold for approving local bond measures for housing and infrastructure from a supermajority of 66.67% to 55%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Karlinsky, research director for the UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation, likens the complicated funding structures for affordable housing to a layer cake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are many different sources of funding for affordable housing at the state level and different departments and parts of the government that control different pieces, and then affordable housing developers kind of have to knit all of them together,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karlinsky said there will be increased competition for what funding is still available, while projects that can’t get enough will be pushed further into the future.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12013983,news_12012489,news_12007340\"]“We know it’s going to be extremely challenging because it’s been hard enough as it is,” said Noni Ramos, CEO of Housing Trust Silicon Valley, an affordable housing development financing organization. “Now we’re in a position where it’s going to be even harder to do this work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defeat of Proposition 5 was a particularly big blow because it was one of the only large-scale funding efforts put to voters after a Bay Area-wide $20 billion housing bond and a statewide, billion-dollar housing bond both failed to get to the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, there were some successes at the local level. San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approved Measure B, a $390 million bond that includes funding for homeless shelters. Los Angeles voters approved Measure A, a sales tax initiative that would raise an estimated $1.1 billion per year for housing and homelessness efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As proponents and opponents seek to understand why Proposition 5 failed, they agree that the measure’s complicated nature was its biggest setback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When voters don’t understand a measure and how it would impact them, they are more likely to vote against it, according to Mark Baldassare, statewide survey director for the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people who put it on the ballot really did not promote what it was in a way that connected the dots for people,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents fear that the opposition campaign may have swayed voters at a time when people are concerned about high costs. While Proposition 5 would not have increased taxes, it would have made it easier for bond measures to pass locally, potentially meaning higher property taxes. Opponents said the proposition was “\u003ca href=\"https://reformcalifornia.org/news/no-on-prop-5-save-prop-13-and-block-tax-hikes\">deceptive” and that it would “trick voters into approving the tax-hike measure\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think voters vote for measures that benefit the social good when they feel more flush,” Karlinsky said. “They may not feel like they have anything left over for others.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Kirsch, a Proposition 5 opponent and the director of the Catalyst Institute for Local Control, an organization focused on local control in housing development, was relieved that voters rejected the measure. She feared its passage might have meant higher taxes for people like her, a home-owning senior living on a fixed income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that there’s already more people moving out of the state because of California’s high taxes,” she said. “I would feel much more vulnerable in terms of how those taxes would keep coming in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for future elections, affordable housing developers and advocates are regrouping and debating whether to reintroduce a regional or statewide bond measure or a version of Proposition 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heather Hood, the vice president of affordable housing advocacy group Enterprise Community Partners, said the onus is on local agencies and organizations like hers to plan for future funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the face of the federal administration, we’re going to need to be more efficient with our dollars and mightier with our will,” she said. “It seems to me that we’ve collectively managed to be divided and nit-pick at each other, and we don’t have time for that anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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The new parking rules were set to go into effect on Nov. 1, but they’re on hold while the process plays out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA did not respond to requests for comment on the appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA’s board approved the parking rules change at a contentious Oct. 1 meeting, allowing the city to tow oversized vehicles if the people living in them turn down offers of shelter, housing or services. Current city law allows RVs to park overnight on certain streets, but under the new policy, large RVs and trailers parked between midnight and 6 a.m. on city streets where signage is posted could get towed. If someone lives inside, city workers would first have to offer shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news/mayor-london-breed-proposes-new-city-policy-address-oversized-vehicle-parking-across-san\">proposed the change\u003c/a> as part of her broader effort to crack down on visible homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change comes as the number of people living in vehicles rises in the city. At last count, 9% of people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco lived in vehicles, up from 5% in 2022. Officials say the increase is driven in part by rising family homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its appeal, the coalition — which includes Bay Area Legal Aid, Compass Family Services and the Coalition on Homelessness — argues the rule changes will result in “dire economic hardship for impoverished individuals and families who cannot afford the fees” and disproportionately affect women and families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group calls the protections included in the new policy “insufficient and ill-advised, noting there aren’t enough shelter beds even for those sleeping on the streets. “Individuals and families inhabiting RV’s should not be given access to shelter in front of those who are in worse situations,” it wrote in the appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11771351\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1655px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11771351\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RV-Balboa-Park-SF.jpg\" alt=\"An RV is parked in Balboa Park up the street from San Francisco's first proposed safe parking lot, where people living in their vehicles would be able to park legally and access services.\" width=\"1655\" height=\"1186\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RV-Balboa-Park-SF.jpg 1655w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RV-Balboa-Park-SF-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RV-Balboa-Park-SF-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RV-Balboa-Park-SF-1020x731.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RV-Balboa-Park-SF-1200x860.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1655px) 100vw, 1655px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An RV is parked in Balboa Park up the street from San Francisco’s first safe parking lot, where people living in their vehicles were able to park legally and access services. San Francisco ran the site from 2019 to 2021. \u003ccite>(Kate Wolffe/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Earlier this summer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000285/unhoused-rv-families-return-to-winston-drive-after-eviction-from-s-f-zoo-road\">the city evicted\u003c/a> an RV community near Lake Merced made up primarily of Latino families established during the pandemic. The community, which included some 50 children, had been in talks with the city about finding a safe parking site for years. That never materialized, and the city began \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983146/san-franciscos-new-parking-rules-set-to-displace-rv-community-near-sf-state\">enforcing four-hour parking restrictions\u003c/a> in an effort to force out the RVs before eventually evicting them. Twenty families accepted offers of shelter and housing from the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city currently operates a single-sanctioned RV parking site at Candlestick Point in the Bayview, but problems have dogged it since opening in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A local neighborhood group tried to block it with a lawsuit, the site’s residents have complained about the living conditions, and a report from the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12320995&GUID=059EBD1F-2F09-42E5-816A-E23E32FD85CC\">Budget and Legislative Analyst\u003c/a> deemed it “by far the most expensive homeless response intervention” at an annual cost of $140,000 per RV. The site was intended to house 135 RVs, but PG&E delays establishing power to the site delayed the expansion, driving the high cost.[aside postID=news_12007425 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231017-LakeMercedRVs-009-BL-KQED.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The future of the site is unclear, but the city \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/RFP-150-Jerrold-Commons.pdf\">plans to open another sanctioned RV parking area\u003c/a> and tiny home community next year, with spots for 20 vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing executive director Shireen McSpadden told the Homeless Oversight Commission in October that the agency is working on a broader RV strategy for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But asked if there’s funding for a safe parking site on the city’s west side, Emily Cohen, deputy director for communications and legislative affairs for HSH, told commissioners that it’s limited. “I’m not sure it’s everything we would need to do it,” she said, adding that the city would continue looking for sites there and elsewhere “because we know there’s a lot of demand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA decision review process requires the buy-in of five board members: Supervisors Ahsha Safaí, Aaron Peskin, Shamann Walton, Hillary Ronen and Dean Preston agreed to hear the coalition’s appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing is scheduled for the Dec. 10 board meeting, where the group appealing will have a chance to present its case, the SFMTA and other city departments will respond, and the public will have the chance to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors have 60 days from the day the appeal was filed to decide.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA’s board approved the parking rules change at a contentious Oct. 1 meeting, allowing the city to tow oversized vehicles if the people living in them turn down offers of shelter, housing or services. Current city law allows RVs to park overnight on certain streets, but under the new policy, large RVs and trailers parked between midnight and 6 a.m. on city streets where signage is posted could get towed. If someone lives inside, city workers would first have to offer shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news/mayor-london-breed-proposes-new-city-policy-address-oversized-vehicle-parking-across-san\">proposed the change\u003c/a> as part of her broader effort to crack down on visible homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change comes as the number of people living in vehicles rises in the city. At last count, 9% of people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco lived in vehicles, up from 5% in 2022. Officials say the increase is driven in part by rising family homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its appeal, the coalition — which includes Bay Area Legal Aid, Compass Family Services and the Coalition on Homelessness — argues the rule changes will result in “dire economic hardship for impoverished individuals and families who cannot afford the fees” and disproportionately affect women and families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group calls the protections included in the new policy “insufficient and ill-advised, noting there aren’t enough shelter beds even for those sleeping on the streets. “Individuals and families inhabiting RV’s should not be given access to shelter in front of those who are in worse situations,” it wrote in the appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11771351\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1655px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11771351\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RV-Balboa-Park-SF.jpg\" alt=\"An RV is parked in Balboa Park up the street from San Francisco's first proposed safe parking lot, where people living in their vehicles would be able to park legally and access services.\" width=\"1655\" height=\"1186\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RV-Balboa-Park-SF.jpg 1655w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RV-Balboa-Park-SF-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RV-Balboa-Park-SF-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RV-Balboa-Park-SF-1020x731.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RV-Balboa-Park-SF-1200x860.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1655px) 100vw, 1655px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An RV is parked in Balboa Park up the street from San Francisco’s first safe parking lot, where people living in their vehicles were able to park legally and access services. San Francisco ran the site from 2019 to 2021. \u003ccite>(Kate Wolffe/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Earlier this summer, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000285/unhoused-rv-families-return-to-winston-drive-after-eviction-from-s-f-zoo-road\">the city evicted\u003c/a> an RV community near Lake Merced made up primarily of Latino families established during the pandemic. The community, which included some 50 children, had been in talks with the city about finding a safe parking site for years. That never materialized, and the city began \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983146/san-franciscos-new-parking-rules-set-to-displace-rv-community-near-sf-state\">enforcing four-hour parking restrictions\u003c/a> in an effort to force out the RVs before eventually evicting them. Twenty families accepted offers of shelter and housing from the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city currently operates a single-sanctioned RV parking site at Candlestick Point in the Bayview, but problems have dogged it since opening in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A local neighborhood group tried to block it with a lawsuit, the site’s residents have complained about the living conditions, and a report from the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12320995&GUID=059EBD1F-2F09-42E5-816A-E23E32FD85CC\">Budget and Legislative Analyst\u003c/a> deemed it “by far the most expensive homeless response intervention” at an annual cost of $140,000 per RV. The site was intended to house 135 RVs, but PG&E delays establishing power to the site delayed the expansion, driving the high cost.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Advocates for unhoused residents in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/berkeley\">Berkeley\u003c/a> are reckoning with the limits of their famously progressive city’s liberalism after council members Tuesday night dismissed a resolution to oppose the “criminalization of poverty and homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution from the city’s Peace and Justice Commission called on Berkeley to rebuke both Gov. Gavin Newsom’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-Encampments-EO-7-24.pdf\">July executive order\u003c/a> urging cities to clear encampments and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991340/supreme-court-says-laws-criminalizing-homeless-camping-do-not-violate-constitution\">June Supreme Court decision\u003c/a> that granted cities greater power to police homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Champions of the measure said it would have reined in Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004348/berkeley-moves-to-expand-homeless-encampment-sweeps-in-more-aggressive-approach\">newly aggressive approach\u003c/a> to policing homelessness, though city officials disagreed with their assessment, \u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024-11-12%20Item%2018b%20Companion%20Report%20Resolution%20Opposing.pdf\">arguing existing policy is already consistent with this approach\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council took no action on the resolution, marking the second time in five months that Berkeley leaders opted not to take a stand against punitive strategies to address homelessness. It followed a resolution this summer from \u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/UrgentItem-GrantsPass.pdf\">Councilmember Cecilia Lunaparra\u003c/a> calling for a similar action that was also scuttled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For advocates, however, Tuesday’s decision took on new meaning after the election of former President Donald Trump, as several invoked what they expected to be a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013983/how-another-trump-presidency-could-impact-housing-in-california\">draconian federal homelessness agenda\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003055\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/011_KQED_Berkeley_Homelessness_03192020_9408_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/011_KQED_Berkeley_Homelessness_03192020_9408_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/011_KQED_Berkeley_Homelessness_03192020_9408_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/011_KQED_Berkeley_Homelessness_03192020_9408_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/011_KQED_Berkeley_Homelessness_03192020_9408_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/011_KQED_Berkeley_Homelessness_03192020_9408_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/011_KQED_Berkeley_Homelessness_03192020_9408_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tent encampment under a freeway overpass in Berkeley on March 19, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>George Lippman, vice chair of the Peace and Justice Commission, which advises the City Council on social justice issues, said the resolution was a “referendum on who we are and our values,” adding the city “should take a moral stance of upholding a stronger standard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That doesn’t end after Election Day,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, Berkeley surprised observers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004348/berkeley-moves-to-expand-homeless-encampment-sweeps-in-more-aggressive-approach\">by joining the growing list\u003c/a> of cities embracing stronger enforcement tools to crack down on encampments in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling. Some two dozen cities and counties across the state have enacted or begun enforcing anti-camping laws, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006541/sfs-homeless-sweeps-have-cleared-over-1200-tents-where-are-people-going\">San Francisco\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2024/09/23/sheng-thao-homeless-camps-order-grants-pass/\">Oakland\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25291291-9_10_2024-clk-resolution-city-council-71513-encampment-policy-resolution-to-promote-healthy-and-safe-neighborhoods?responsive=1&title=1\">Berkeley’s new policy\u003c/a>, workers will continue to offer shelter “whenever practicable” before closing encampments, but there are now several exceptions. City workers can clear tents and cite and arrest unhoused people if an encampment is determined to be a health or fire hazard, public nuisance, too close to traffic or near a construction zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Radu, assistant to the city manager, emphasized that \u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024-10-7%20Implementation%20of%20Berkeley%E2%80%99s%20New%20Encampment%20Policy.pdf\">the policy’s exceptions are narrow\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12013983 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-2176495054-1020x574.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a high bar,” he said. “We need to get them out of a dangerous situation now, or we need to accommodate some urgent operations or construction schedule now. And sometimes it’s just as simple as asking them and working with them to move across the street to accommodate that while we continue the hard work of getting them connected to resources that will end their homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, Radu said, the city has twice taken advantage of its new authority to ask people to move without offering shelter: to clear Civic Center Park for a construction project and to remove someone encamped on a center median on University Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Radu, who manages the division that oversees the city’s homeless response team, said no one was cited or arrested during the operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not interested in criminalizing homelessness,” he said. “We want to end it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, advocates like attorney Andrea Henson argue that the policy’s exceptions are overly broad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not narrow exceptions,” she said. “To be in proximity to traffic — every homeless encampment is in proximity to traffic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henson said unhoused residents are rattled by the shift toward more aggressive enforcement at the state and local level, and Trump’s election has only exacerbated that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are really scared,” she said. “They’re very scared because of what’s happening, because of the election, because of the language that they’re hearing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was among those who invoked the incoming federal administration at the City Council meeting and urged leaders to take a stand against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a decision to make here in Berkeley, and it’s the same decision that people need to make in this country,” she said. “Either you’re with our new government, which is quickly becoming very fascist … or you take a firm stand. 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"content": "\u003cp>As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to reenter the White House, California housing advocates are bracing for how a second term could impact the state’s notoriously high home prices, rents and rates of homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Trump promised to fix the country’s growing housing affordability crisis by slashing mortgage rates, reducing regulations and opening federal land for housing construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a stark contrast to his first term when housing policy was largely absent from either major candidate’s presidential platforms. This time around, that’s changed, and Trump has recognized housing affordability is a problem, said Matthew Schwartz, executive director of the policy organization the California Housing Partnership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the Trump administration has four years to fulfill a promise to make housing more affordable,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, just how that happens is a point of concern among many California lawmakers, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier last week \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013535/california-and-the-bay-area-took-on-trump-before-theyre-ready-to-do-it-again\">to call for a special session\u003c/a> of the Legislature to strategize ways to counteract the more harmful aspects of Trump’s proposals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How are we going to strengthen — from a legal perspective, as well as a policy perspective — the policies that are in place in California,” state Sen. Aisha Wahab (D-Fremont) said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, policymakers in California are wrestling with Democrats’ losses this election — not just nationally but also inside California. Two statewide ballot measures that would have directly helped residents better afford housing — by \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=5&year=2024\">raising money for new affordable housing\u003c/a> and allowing local governments to \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=33&year=2024\">strengthen tenant protections\u003c/a> — both failed. A third measure, which would raise \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=32&year=2024\">the minimum wage\u003c/a>, also \u003ca href=\"https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/ballot-measures\">appeared headed toward defeat\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For us not to have approved propositions that could have supported the people that we say we care about — I think we’re in an identity crisis,” said Nikki Beasley, executive director of Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services. “We say one thing, but we’re actually doing something completely different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s how other California housing advocates are thinking about \u003ca href=\"#A\">housing supply\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#B\">federal funding for affordable housing\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"#C\">homelessness\u003c/a> under a second Trump term.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"A\">\u003c/a>Housing supply\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>State officials have tasked cities with planning for about 2.5 million new homes in their respective jurisdictions by 2030. But, the number of new homes and apartments that can actually get built is determined by a number of factors; two of the most important are the cost of construction and the amount of red tape developers have to cut through before they can actually build.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthew Lewis, a spokesperson for California YIMBY, said the federal government’s role in local policymaking is limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s mostly about some tax policies and funding mechanisms, but not much else,” he said. “What this really points back to is that the role of the state Legislature is even more important now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While lawmakers in California have made significant strides in passing bills to encourage more housing development, many cities have upheld policies or enacted new ones to slow growth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney General Rob Bonta and the state’s housing department have launched several lawsuits against cities in recent years — including Elk Grove, Huntington Beach, Portola, and most recently, the city of \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/about-hcd/newsroom/governor-newsom-takes-action-against-norwalk-its-unlawful-shelter-ban\">Norwalk\u003c/a> — for violating state housing laws and preventing new housing from being built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most likely outcome [of the Trump presidency] is slightly worse than the status quo,” Lewis said. “But even that won’t change if the cities won’t reduce their barriers to build more housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to the cost of constructing housing, however, Trump’s promises to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013409/immigrant-advocates-anticipate-fight-against-trump-border-policies\">crack down on illegal immigration\u003c/a>, if realized, could grind “the construction industry to a halt,” said Russell Lowery, executive director for the California Rental Housing Association. An estimated \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/EW-Construction-factsheet.pdf\">23% of the construction industry nationally (PDF)\u003c/a> is made up of undocumented immigrant workers, according to the Center for American Progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That would have a negative impact on supply no matter what,” he said. “If you don’t have people who can build the product, you’re not going to increase supply.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tariffs could also make the cost of construction materials more expensive, Lowery said. Trump promised to impose \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/11/trump-trade-policies-will-fuel-freight-rates-consumers-pay-price.html\">blanket tariffs of 10% to 20% on all imports\u003c/a>, which could raise the cost of imported construction supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cato.org/blog/how-us-trade-policy-contributes-our-insane-construction-materials-costs\">2018 report from the Cato Institute\u003c/a>, a libertarian think tank, the cost of construction materials increased dramatically after Trump instituted tariffs and trade restrictions during his first term in the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, it is still unknown how Trump’s policies will shape the housing supply. Lowery said it could take years, perhaps after Trump has left office, to determine the effect his administration had on the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The changes that happen at the federal level take time to change the behavior and really impact the rental market in individual states, certainly in a state as large as California,” he said. “It took years to get us into this crisis, and it’s going to take — no matter who is in charge — years to get out of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"B\">\u003c/a>Federal funding for affordable housing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The extent to which a second Trump administration can force its agenda on California remains to be seen, but affordable housing and homelessness policy experts say federal funding could be used as both a carrot and a stick to influence state action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several experts listed cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) budget as top concerns. During Trump’s first term, White House officials proposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbpp.org/research/trump-budget-deeply-cuts-health-housing-other-assistance-for-low-and-moderate-income\">slashing\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://nlihc.org/resource/president-trump-proposes-drastic-cuts-affordable-housing-programs\">federal funding\u003c/a> for affordable housing, though \u003ca href=\"https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/blog/fiscal-year-2024-budget-sees-significant-increase-huds-native-american-programs\">\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Congress rebuffed some of those requests\u003c/span>\u003c/a>. With Republicans likely to take control of Congress this year, that guardrail is less secure, said Christopher Martin, policy director at Housing California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He could probably move these things now under a new Congress that is just as radically motivated as he is,” Martin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sharon Rapport, California state policy director for the Corporation for Supportive Housing, is most worried about efforts to defund rental subsidy programs for lower-income people, known as Housing Choice Vouchers or Section 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cuts to those programs lead directly to more people falling into homelessness,” she said, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/socal-connected/the-rise-of-homelessness-in-the-1980s#:~:text=The%20second%20key%20event%20was,to%20curtail%20them%20were%20introduced\">citing evidence\u003c/a> that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/proposed-cuts-public-housing-threaten-repeat-1980s-housing-crisis\">rise of\u003c/a> mass \u003ca href=\"https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa127.pdf\">homelessness\u003c/a> in the ’80s corresponded with \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519584/#:~:text=The%20recession%20of%20the%201980s,in%201990)%20and%20in%20subsidized\">major cuts to HUD programs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin said that’s one area where the state could step in to help mitigate the impacts of potentially reduced federal funding. Rapport agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Otherwise, we will see significant increases in homelessness for sure,” she said, though she acknowledged the state’s budget deficit presents a challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/trump-administrations-proposed-mixed-status-housing-rule-another-form-family\">previously endorsed\u003c/a> calls for the eviction of all noncitizens, including those in mixed-status families, from federally subsidized housing, a policy proposal that also appears in \u003ca href=\"https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-15.pdf\">Project 2025\u003c/a> — a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/us/politics/trump-project-2025.html\">900-page policy playbook\u003c/a> from the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy document advocates for doing away with federal commitments to the \u003ca href=\"https://endhomelessness.org/resource/housing-first/\">Housing First\u003c/a> approach to homelessness, which prioritizes permanent housing and supportive services. Trump has \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/us/politics/trump-project-2025.html\">disavowed the agenda\u003c/a> despite the fact that many of its authors \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/22/us/politics/project-2025-trump-heritage-foundation.html\">served in his first administration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the driver of what does work in California,” said Alex Visotzky, senior California policy fellow at the National Alliance to End Homelessness. “It’s partially because of California’s commitment to Housing First that the state-funded [Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program] \u003ca href=\"https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/california.business.consumer.services.and.housing.agency/viz/HHAPReport/Overview\">has made 40,000 permanent housing placements\u003c/a> since the beginning of 2023.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"C\">\u003c/a>Homelessness\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A Republican-led \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23504323/housing-first-homelessness-houston-homes\">backlash against Housing First\u003c/a> in recent years, championed most fervently \u003ca href=\"https://ciceroinstitute.org/research/housing-first-is-a-failure/\">by the Cicero Institute\u003c/a>, has helped bring about the rise of punitive approaches to dealing with homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s first-term rhetoric and promises for a continuation of those policies point to an extreme agenda, advocates for people experiencing homelessness said, but one which they say mirrors an anti-homeless approach some state and local leaders in California have already embraced.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12013909,news_12012553,news_12012489\"]“We already see it manifesting in cities across California, and the new administration is just going to supercharge it,” said Eric Tars, senior policy director for the National Homelessness Law Center. “We see the next four years as posing a real threat to the rights of homeless people, and that will likely cause a severe growth of homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his first term, Trump repeatedly disparaged California over its homelessness crisis, calling it “a disgrace to the nation,” and \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/10/trump-pushing-major-crackdown-homeless-camps-california-with-aides-discussing-moving-residents-government-backed-facilities/\">pushed for a crackdown on homeless encampments\u003c/a> in the state. He \u003ca href=\"https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/07/02/trump_we_may_intercede_on_homelessness_crisis_in_california.html\">floated taking unilateral action\u003c/a> on homelessness in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and aides reportedly discussed moving people living on the streets into government facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s built on that foundation with \u003ca href=\"https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/agenda47-ending-the-nightmare-of-the-homeless-drug-addicts-and-dangerously-deranged\">promises\u003c/a> to relocate houseless people to “tent cities,” with doctors and social workers on site and institutionalize those with severe mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has also vowed to divert money spent aiding Ukraine and on “shelter and transport of illegal aliens” to \u003ca href=\"https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/agenda47-ending-veteran-homelessness-in-america\">addressing homelessness\u003c/a>. He’s said he would “ban urban camping wherever possible” and have violators arrested unless they accept drug treatment or services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Supreme Court removed a significant hurdle to implementing that vision earlier this summer when it \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991340/supreme-court-says-laws-criminalizing-homeless-camping-do-not-violate-constitution\">gave cities the green light\u003c/a> to enforce camping bans regardless of whether or not they have shelter beds available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, jurisdictions across California have passed new anti-camping ordinances, and Newsom has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997352/newsom-orders-state-agencies-to-dismantle-homeless-encampments-across-california\">pressured local officials\u003c/a> to seize the opportunity to clear encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eve Garrow, senior policy analyst and advocate at the ACLU of Southern California, wants to see the state push back against a Trump 2.0 agenda, which she calls an “existential threat” to people living on the streets, with a “strong and unequivocal commitment for equal rights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She sees little appetite for that now among elected leaders who’ve taken an increasingly aggressive approach to the crisis but hopes the political calculus could change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It could represent a turning point for policy in California if the Newsom administration and local governments are viewed as following in lockstep with a Trump administration,” she said. “It could be a wake-up call and an opportunity to pivot away from Trump-like policies and move in a direction that is effective and caring and nonviolent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZ-ZKtuSHdeWqxooQwfEcr-oiOpdpJcf2RLZInU7aqjjQlRQ/viewform?embedded=true\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the Trump administration has four years to fulfill a promise to make housing more affordable,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, just how that happens is a point of concern among many California lawmakers, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier last week \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013535/california-and-the-bay-area-took-on-trump-before-theyre-ready-to-do-it-again\">to call for a special session\u003c/a> of the Legislature to strategize ways to counteract the more harmful aspects of Trump’s proposals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How are we going to strengthen — from a legal perspective, as well as a policy perspective — the policies that are in place in California,” state Sen. Aisha Wahab (D-Fremont) said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, policymakers in California are wrestling with Democrats’ losses this election — not just nationally but also inside California. Two statewide ballot measures that would have directly helped residents better afford housing — by \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=5&year=2024\">raising money for new affordable housing\u003c/a> and allowing local governments to \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=33&year=2024\">strengthen tenant protections\u003c/a> — both failed. A third measure, which would raise \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=32&year=2024\">the minimum wage\u003c/a>, also \u003ca href=\"https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/ballot-measures\">appeared headed toward defeat\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For us not to have approved propositions that could have supported the people that we say we care about — I think we’re in an identity crisis,” said Nikki Beasley, executive director of Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services. “We say one thing, but we’re actually doing something completely different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s how other California housing advocates are thinking about \u003ca href=\"#A\">housing supply\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#B\">federal funding for affordable housing\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"#C\">homelessness\u003c/a> under a second Trump term.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"A\">\u003c/a>Housing supply\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>State officials have tasked cities with planning for about 2.5 million new homes in their respective jurisdictions by 2030. But, the number of new homes and apartments that can actually get built is determined by a number of factors; two of the most important are the cost of construction and the amount of red tape developers have to cut through before they can actually build.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthew Lewis, a spokesperson for California YIMBY, said the federal government’s role in local policymaking is limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s mostly about some tax policies and funding mechanisms, but not much else,” he said. “What this really points back to is that the role of the state Legislature is even more important now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While lawmakers in California have made significant strides in passing bills to encourage more housing development, many cities have upheld policies or enacted new ones to slow growth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney General Rob Bonta and the state’s housing department have launched several lawsuits against cities in recent years — including Elk Grove, Huntington Beach, Portola, and most recently, the city of \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/about-hcd/newsroom/governor-newsom-takes-action-against-norwalk-its-unlawful-shelter-ban\">Norwalk\u003c/a> — for violating state housing laws and preventing new housing from being built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most likely outcome [of the Trump presidency] is slightly worse than the status quo,” Lewis said. “But even that won’t change if the cities won’t reduce their barriers to build more housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to the cost of constructing housing, however, Trump’s promises to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013409/immigrant-advocates-anticipate-fight-against-trump-border-policies\">crack down on illegal immigration\u003c/a>, if realized, could grind “the construction industry to a halt,” said Russell Lowery, executive director for the California Rental Housing Association. An estimated \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/EW-Construction-factsheet.pdf\">23% of the construction industry nationally (PDF)\u003c/a> is made up of undocumented immigrant workers, according to the Center for American Progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That would have a negative impact on supply no matter what,” he said. “If you don’t have people who can build the product, you’re not going to increase supply.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tariffs could also make the cost of construction materials more expensive, Lowery said. Trump promised to impose \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/11/trump-trade-policies-will-fuel-freight-rates-consumers-pay-price.html\">blanket tariffs of 10% to 20% on all imports\u003c/a>, which could raise the cost of imported construction supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cato.org/blog/how-us-trade-policy-contributes-our-insane-construction-materials-costs\">2018 report from the Cato Institute\u003c/a>, a libertarian think tank, the cost of construction materials increased dramatically after Trump instituted tariffs and trade restrictions during his first term in the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, it is still unknown how Trump’s policies will shape the housing supply. Lowery said it could take years, perhaps after Trump has left office, to determine the effect his administration had on the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The changes that happen at the federal level take time to change the behavior and really impact the rental market in individual states, certainly in a state as large as California,” he said. “It took years to get us into this crisis, and it’s going to take — no matter who is in charge — years to get out of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"B\">\u003c/a>Federal funding for affordable housing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The extent to which a second Trump administration can force its agenda on California remains to be seen, but affordable housing and homelessness policy experts say federal funding could be used as both a carrot and a stick to influence state action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several experts listed cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) budget as top concerns. During Trump’s first term, White House officials proposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbpp.org/research/trump-budget-deeply-cuts-health-housing-other-assistance-for-low-and-moderate-income\">slashing\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://nlihc.org/resource/president-trump-proposes-drastic-cuts-affordable-housing-programs\">federal funding\u003c/a> for affordable housing, though \u003ca href=\"https://www.enterprisecommunity.org/blog/fiscal-year-2024-budget-sees-significant-increase-huds-native-american-programs\">\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Congress rebuffed some of those requests\u003c/span>\u003c/a>. With Republicans likely to take control of Congress this year, that guardrail is less secure, said Christopher Martin, policy director at Housing California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He could probably move these things now under a new Congress that is just as radically motivated as he is,” Martin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sharon Rapport, California state policy director for the Corporation for Supportive Housing, is most worried about efforts to defund rental subsidy programs for lower-income people, known as Housing Choice Vouchers or Section 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cuts to those programs lead directly to more people falling into homelessness,” she said, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/socal-connected/the-rise-of-homelessness-in-the-1980s#:~:text=The%20second%20key%20event%20was,to%20curtail%20them%20were%20introduced\">citing evidence\u003c/a> that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/proposed-cuts-public-housing-threaten-repeat-1980s-housing-crisis\">rise of\u003c/a> mass \u003ca href=\"https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa127.pdf\">homelessness\u003c/a> in the ’80s corresponded with \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519584/#:~:text=The%20recession%20of%20the%201980s,in%201990)%20and%20in%20subsidized\">major cuts to HUD programs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin said that’s one area where the state could step in to help mitigate the impacts of potentially reduced federal funding. Rapport agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Otherwise, we will see significant increases in homelessness for sure,” she said, though she acknowledged the state’s budget deficit presents a challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/trump-administrations-proposed-mixed-status-housing-rule-another-form-family\">previously endorsed\u003c/a> calls for the eviction of all noncitizens, including those in mixed-status families, from federally subsidized housing, a policy proposal that also appears in \u003ca href=\"https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-15.pdf\">Project 2025\u003c/a> — a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/us/politics/trump-project-2025.html\">900-page policy playbook\u003c/a> from the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy document advocates for doing away with federal commitments to the \u003ca href=\"https://endhomelessness.org/resource/housing-first/\">Housing First\u003c/a> approach to homelessness, which prioritizes permanent housing and supportive services. Trump has \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/06/us/politics/trump-project-2025.html\">disavowed the agenda\u003c/a> despite the fact that many of its authors \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/10/22/us/politics/project-2025-trump-heritage-foundation.html\">served in his first administration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the driver of what does work in California,” said Alex Visotzky, senior California policy fellow at the National Alliance to End Homelessness. “It’s partially because of California’s commitment to Housing First that the state-funded [Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program] \u003ca href=\"https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/california.business.consumer.services.and.housing.agency/viz/HHAPReport/Overview\">has made 40,000 permanent housing placements\u003c/a> since the beginning of 2023.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"C\">\u003c/a>Homelessness\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A Republican-led \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23504323/housing-first-homelessness-houston-homes\">backlash against Housing First\u003c/a> in recent years, championed most fervently \u003ca href=\"https://ciceroinstitute.org/research/housing-first-is-a-failure/\">by the Cicero Institute\u003c/a>, has helped bring about the rise of punitive approaches to dealing with homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s first-term rhetoric and promises for a continuation of those policies point to an extreme agenda, advocates for people experiencing homelessness said, but one which they say mirrors an anti-homeless approach some state and local leaders in California have already embraced.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated at 5 p.m. on Nov. 13.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results of Tuesday’s presidential election \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013186/san-franciscans-react-trumps-win\">have left a deep impact in the Bay Area\u003c/a>. And now, former president Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris opens the door to massive changes in \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/11/01/nx-s1-5164531/deportations-local-police-sheriff-trump-border-immigrants\">immigration\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013256/how-health-care-could-change-under-the-new-trump-administration\">health care\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/11/06/nx-s1-5181327/trump-election-economy-tariffs-deportations\">national security and economic policy\u003c/a> as Trump has vowed to take the country in a radically different direction from the last four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013395/newsom-calls-special-session-prepare-california-legal-fight-against-trump\">California’s leaders have vowed to push back against the incoming administration in court\u003c/a>, but many residents nonetheless remain anxious that the sweeping changes Trump has promised could directly affect them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"#find-legal-aid-bay-area\">\u003cstrong>Where can I find free legal aid in the Bay Area?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“Many folks are feeling vulnerable and insecure about how they might fit into this country at this moment,” said Cynthia Chagolla, chief program officer at Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, which provides free legal services to low- and moderate-income families in Santa Clara County. She said her team is preparing for what they expect is a higher demand for their services during the new administration, as folks respond to changes in the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Irrespective of the outcome of the presidential election, individuals are still going to be entitled to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/tpt/constitution-usa-peter-sagal/equality/due-process-equal-protection-and-disenfranchisement/\">due process\u003c/a>,” Chagolla said. “We want to make sure that folks know, should they receive any kind of adverse court papers … who to contact locally if they need help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Law Foundation of Silicon Valley is one of the several organizations in the Bay Area that offer free legal aid: legal advice and representation, provided at no cost, to people who cannot afford to hire a private attorney. And there are dozens of different situations when someone may need legal assistance, not just in a criminal proceeding. For example, if you received an eviction notice from their landlord and need to know what your rights are; if you are applying for a change in your immigration status; or even if you qualify for certain public benefits but aren’t receiving what you’re entitled to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to find out more about what legal aid services are available in the Bay Area, who qualifies for free legal aid and how to best prepare for a meeting with a legal aid office.[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How is legal aid different from using a private law firm?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A legal aid organization is not the same thing as a private law firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While private law firms charge clients fees in exchange for legal counsel and representation, a legal aid organization provides legal representation at no charge — but only for individuals and families who meet the eligibility requirements, which are usually based on income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are licensed attorneys with years of experience but we do not charge a dime for our services,” said Carolina Martín Ramos, executive director of La Raza Centro Legal, a legal aid and advocacy organization that has worked for decades in San Francisco’s Mission District. Martín Ramos adds that, from what she has seen, private attorneys can charge a few hundred dollars an hour. But if someone qualifies to receive services from La Raza Centro Legal, they wouldn’t have to worry about paying any attorney fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where folks might have to pay something, it would be a government fee,” Martín Ramos said, “So, for instance, in the context of immigration law, if you’re applying for your legal permanent residency or citizenship, the federal government will have a filing fee that has to be paid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What can a legal aid group help me with?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The legal world is vast and complex, which is why many attorneys focus on a specific type of law. Legal aid organizations also specialize in specific areas, and one group may not be able to support your needs if it falls out of their scope — so check their website or give them a call first to make sure they are able to respond to your particular situation. Below are examples of different services offered by legal aid groups that KQED spoke with in the Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Housing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is legal assistance for tenants facing eviction proceedings. Some groups, like the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, also focus on supporting clients if they are experiencing poor housing conditions, like infestations or electrical issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The services that we provide in the housing team vary from just offering advice and counsel or general information,” Chagolla said, “and then can extend up all the way through our full scope of representation, where we’re ultimately walking with tenants in court and representing tenants in court as their attorneys.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Immigration\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martín Ramos of La Raza Centro Legal said the immigration services her organization offers can be placed into two categories: affirmative legal aid and defensive legal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The affirmative immigration program,” she explained, “offers services that are outside of the immigration court, outside the adversarial context, where people can apply for legal permanent residency or they can apply for citizenship and other types of immigration benefits, like a U or T visa.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12013614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12013614\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-84047778-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-84047778-1-edited.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-84047778-1-edited-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-84047778-1-edited-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-84047778-1-edited-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-84047778-1-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-84047778-1-edited-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Immigration attorneys give free consultations to immigrants during a Know Your Rights event in Los Angeles, Calif. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Defensive immigration, on the other hand, deals with deportation proceedings. If deportations are scaled up during the next administration, Martín Ramos said that there is a network of legal aid groups already in place ready to respond to the needs of the region’s undocumented community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those rapid response networks have not gone away, and will pick up and do what we did before, if we have to,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Consumer rights\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC), based in Berkeley, is one of the few legal aid groups in California that provides consumer protection services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramon Becerra Alcantar, EBCLC’s director of operations, said their consumer justice program provides “hands-on assistance and representation” on a variety of consumer issues, “including debt collection defense, student loans, car fraud, predatory lending and consumer scams.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Youth services\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley and EBCLC have teams that focus on serving kids and teenagers. “Issues range from some limited immigration matters, some school discipline or special education matters,” said the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley’s Chagolla. “We also represent children who are in dependency proceedings in the county.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The vast majority of those cases come to us by either direct referral from external partners, stakeholders or come to us through the court,” Chagolla said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Workers’ rights\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This type of legal aid usually covers issues of wage theft, retaliation, and workplace discrimination. In many instances, you can also reach out with questions if there is something happening at work that you aren’t sure if it goes against the law but want to talk to an expert about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has a series of guides that cover many of the rights and protections California workers have available now, regardless of immigration status, which include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992472/these-california-cities-just-raised-the-minimum-wage-make-sure-youre-getting-paid-the-right-amount\">What to do if your employer is paying you less than the minimum wage.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>During a heat wave, what protections are available for you if \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999014/working-inside-during-a-heat-wave-what-to-know-about-californias-new-protections\">you work indoors\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886628/feeling-the-heat-how-workers-can-advocate-for-safer-working-conditions-under-the-sun\">outdoors\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you are a farmworker, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958506/guide-unsafe-working-conditions-employer-retaliation-and-worker-protections\">what do you do if your employer fires you or cuts your hours after you speak out against unsafe working conditions\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Health and public benefits\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This area involves making sure patients receive the treatment they need, which could involve negotiating with health care providers or insurance companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chagolla said that the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley also represents individuals who are on federal or state public benefits, but who are “not getting the full amount or they have an overpayment notice from the state or federal agency saying they owe money”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12013603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12013603\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1403824678-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1403824678-edited.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1403824678-edited-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1403824678-edited-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1403824678-edited-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1403824678-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman looking at documents. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How can I best prepare for a meeting with a legal aid office?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even just thinking about courts and lawyers can be pretty overwhelming, especially if you are already in a high-pressure situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are things you can do to help you feel more prepared — and, crucially, to make the most of the time you have talking to a legal aid organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First off, try to have all the documents related to your situation in one place so you can easily share them when talking to an attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This may include court documents, letters, eviction notices, applications, case numbers,” said Becerra Alcantar of EBCLC. “Stuff like that will allow our team to better help them, especially if it’s an emergency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even if you don’t have all your documents on hand, that’s OK, Chagolla said. “For example, if your landlord served you a notice to pay rent or quit, but you no longer have a copy of the document,” she said. “You can still call us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want anyone walking away thinking if they don’t have paperwork that they can’t call us,” Chagolla said.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" tag=\"kqed-guides\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something else to think about: a timeline of key events relating to your situation. For example, if you are seeking immigration help, knowing the dates of when you came into the U.S., and if there were any changes to your immigration status since then and when, can make things a lot easier, Martín Ramos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One more logistical tip: make sure you have access to an email account so that an attorney can quickly share important updates about your situation. If you don’t have an email account, or you only have access to a shared email, you can \u003ca href=\"https://support.google.com/mail/answer/56256?hl=en\">make a new one for free using tools like Gmail.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once you’re able to talk to an attorney, Martín Ramos strongly recommends that you are 100% honest with your attorney, to give them the full picture without holding anything back. “You are protected by attorney-client privilege,” she said. “An attorney could lose their license if they don’t respect your privacy or confidentiality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, she stressed, let your attorney know when you \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> understand something they’ve said, or about any aspect of the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can ask the attorney or legal staff to slow down, to repeat things, to tell them you don’t understand and to explain things better,” Martín Ramos said. “Even with your own attorney, you have to be your own advocate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"find-legal-aid-bay-area\">\u003c/a>Where to find free legal aid in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The organizations KQED spoke to for this story confirmed that the best way to get in contact with them is over the phone, but some also offer walk-in services. When talking to representatives from these organizations, make sure to check in about the income eligibility requirements for the services you are looking for, as each organization has different guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lrcl.org/\">\u003cem>La Raza Centro Legal (San Francisco):\u003c/em>\u003c/a> Besides immigration legal aid, La Raza Centro Legal also has teams that serve the specific needs of youth and elders. You can make an appointment by calling 415-575-3500 or emailing pilar@lrcl.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/\">\u003cem>Centro Legal de la Raza (Oakland):\u003c/em>\u003c/a> You can call 510-437-1554 or email the team at \u003ca href=\"mailto:info@centrolegal.org\">info@centrolegal.org\u003c/a>. The center also offers several remote legal clinics covering workers’, immigrants’ and tenants’ rights each month. To register, call ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/get-help\">\u003cem>Asian Law Caucus (ALC)\u003c/em>\u003c/a>: The ALC offers legal aid services on immigration, tenant and workers’ rights issues, with interpretation services available in over 200 languages, including Arabic, Cantonese, Farsi, Korean, Mandarin, Tagalog, Spanish, Urdu, and Vietnamese. You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/get-help\">complete a form on their website to request help\u003c/a> or call the ALC offices directly at 415-896-1701.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lawfoundation.org/contactus\">\u003cem>Law Foundation of Silicon Valley:\u003c/em>\u003c/a> The foundation’s housing team offers walk-in hours on Thursdays from 1 p.m. till appointments are booked and the health team’s walk-in hours are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 p,m. to 3 p.m. You can also call the organization’s general phone line to figure out which service works best for your needs at 408-293-4790.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ebclc.org/get-help/\">\u003cem>East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC):\u003c/em>\u003c/a> Besides the services listed in this guide, EBCLC offers services to small business owners, people living with HIV seeking treatment, unhoused individuals, people with a criminal record reentering society and much more. Walk-in hours for the different legal teams \u003ca href=\"https://ebclc.org/get-help/\">are available on EBCLC’s website\u003c/a> and you can also call their offices directly at 510-548-4040.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://baylegal.org/what-we-do/areas-of-practice/\">\u003cem>Bay Area Legal Aid (BALA):\u003c/em>\u003c/a> BALA has offices in seven of the Bay Area’s nine counties, each with their own contact information, but you can also use the organization’s general legal advice line at 800-551-5554.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://lsc-sf.org/how-we-can-help/\">\u003cem>Legal Services for Children (LSC):\u003c/em>\u003c/a> LSC is a San Francisco-based nonprofit that provides free legal aid for youth in both San Francisco and Alameda County. LSC represents kids who are dealing with difficult situations at home with their biological or foster family, dealing with discipline issues at school and immigration cases as well, including asylum, special immigrant juvenile status and young adults with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). You can reach LSC staff on Mondays and Thursdays from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. by calling (415) 780-6366 for English and (415) 780-6367 for Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How is legal aid different from using a private law firm?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A legal aid organization is not the same thing as a private law firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While private law firms charge clients fees in exchange for legal counsel and representation, a legal aid organization provides legal representation at no charge — but only for individuals and families who meet the eligibility requirements, which are usually based on income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are licensed attorneys with years of experience but we do not charge a dime for our services,” said Carolina Martín Ramos, executive director of La Raza Centro Legal, a legal aid and advocacy organization that has worked for decades in San Francisco’s Mission District. Martín Ramos adds that, from what she has seen, private attorneys can charge a few hundred dollars an hour. But if someone qualifies to receive services from La Raza Centro Legal, they wouldn’t have to worry about paying any attorney fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where folks might have to pay something, it would be a government fee,” Martín Ramos said, “So, for instance, in the context of immigration law, if you’re applying for your legal permanent residency or citizenship, the federal government will have a filing fee that has to be paid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What can a legal aid group help me with?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The legal world is vast and complex, which is why many attorneys focus on a specific type of law. Legal aid organizations also specialize in specific areas, and one group may not be able to support your needs if it falls out of their scope — so check their website or give them a call first to make sure they are able to respond to your particular situation. Below are examples of different services offered by legal aid groups that KQED spoke with in the Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Housing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is legal assistance for tenants facing eviction proceedings. Some groups, like the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, also focus on supporting clients if they are experiencing poor housing conditions, like infestations or electrical issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The services that we provide in the housing team vary from just offering advice and counsel or general information,” Chagolla said, “and then can extend up all the way through our full scope of representation, where we’re ultimately walking with tenants in court and representing tenants in court as their attorneys.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Immigration\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martín Ramos of La Raza Centro Legal said the immigration services her organization offers can be placed into two categories: affirmative legal aid and defensive legal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The affirmative immigration program,” she explained, “offers services that are outside of the immigration court, outside the adversarial context, where people can apply for legal permanent residency or they can apply for citizenship and other types of immigration benefits, like a U or T visa.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12013614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12013614\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-84047778-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-84047778-1-edited.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-84047778-1-edited-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-84047778-1-edited-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-84047778-1-edited-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-84047778-1-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-84047778-1-edited-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Immigration attorneys give free consultations to immigrants during a Know Your Rights event in Los Angeles, Calif. \u003ccite>(David McNew/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Defensive immigration, on the other hand, deals with deportation proceedings. If deportations are scaled up during the next administration, Martín Ramos said that there is a network of legal aid groups already in place ready to respond to the needs of the region’s undocumented community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those rapid response networks have not gone away, and will pick up and do what we did before, if we have to,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Consumer rights\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC), based in Berkeley, is one of the few legal aid groups in California that provides consumer protection services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramon Becerra Alcantar, EBCLC’s director of operations, said their consumer justice program provides “hands-on assistance and representation” on a variety of consumer issues, “including debt collection defense, student loans, car fraud, predatory lending and consumer scams.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Youth services\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley and EBCLC have teams that focus on serving kids and teenagers. “Issues range from some limited immigration matters, some school discipline or special education matters,” said the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley’s Chagolla. “We also represent children who are in dependency proceedings in the county.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The vast majority of those cases come to us by either direct referral from external partners, stakeholders or come to us through the court,” Chagolla said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Workers’ rights\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This type of legal aid usually covers issues of wage theft, retaliation, and workplace discrimination. In many instances, you can also reach out with questions if there is something happening at work that you aren’t sure if it goes against the law but want to talk to an expert about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has a series of guides that cover many of the rights and protections California workers have available now, regardless of immigration status, which include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992472/these-california-cities-just-raised-the-minimum-wage-make-sure-youre-getting-paid-the-right-amount\">What to do if your employer is paying you less than the minimum wage.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>During a heat wave, what protections are available for you if \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999014/working-inside-during-a-heat-wave-what-to-know-about-californias-new-protections\">you work indoors\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886628/feeling-the-heat-how-workers-can-advocate-for-safer-working-conditions-under-the-sun\">outdoors\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you are a farmworker, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958506/guide-unsafe-working-conditions-employer-retaliation-and-worker-protections\">what do you do if your employer fires you or cuts your hours after you speak out against unsafe working conditions\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Health and public benefits\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This area involves making sure patients receive the treatment they need, which could involve negotiating with health care providers or insurance companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chagolla said that the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley also represents individuals who are on federal or state public benefits, but who are “not getting the full amount or they have an overpayment notice from the state or federal agency saying they owe money”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12013603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12013603\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1403824678-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1403824678-edited.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1403824678-edited-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1403824678-edited-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1403824678-edited-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1403824678-edited-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman looking at documents. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How can I best prepare for a meeting with a legal aid office?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even just thinking about courts and lawyers can be pretty overwhelming, especially if you are already in a high-pressure situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are things you can do to help you feel more prepared — and, crucially, to make the most of the time you have talking to a legal aid organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First off, try to have all the documents related to your situation in one place so you can easily share them when talking to an attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This may include court documents, letters, eviction notices, applications, case numbers,” said Becerra Alcantar of EBCLC. “Stuff like that will allow our team to better help them, especially if it’s an emergency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even if you don’t have all your documents on hand, that’s OK, Chagolla said. “For example, if your landlord served you a notice to pay rent or quit, but you no longer have a copy of the document,” she said. “You can still call us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want anyone walking away thinking if they don’t have paperwork that they can’t call us,” Chagolla said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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If you don’t have an email account, or you only have access to a shared email, you can \u003ca href=\"https://support.google.com/mail/answer/56256?hl=en\">make a new one for free using tools like Gmail.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once you’re able to talk to an attorney, Martín Ramos strongly recommends that you are 100% honest with your attorney, to give them the full picture without holding anything back. “You are protected by attorney-client privilege,” she said. “An attorney could lose their license if they don’t respect your privacy or confidentiality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, she stressed, let your attorney know when you \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> understand something they’ve said, or about any aspect of the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can ask the attorney or legal staff to slow down, to repeat things, to tell them you don’t understand and to explain things better,” Martín Ramos said. “Even with your own attorney, you have to be your own advocate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"find-legal-aid-bay-area\">\u003c/a>Where to find free legal aid in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The organizations KQED spoke to for this story confirmed that the best way to get in contact with them is over the phone, but some also offer walk-in services. When talking to representatives from these organizations, make sure to check in about the income eligibility requirements for the services you are looking for, as each organization has different guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lrcl.org/\">\u003cem>La Raza Centro Legal (San Francisco):\u003c/em>\u003c/a> Besides immigration legal aid, La Raza Centro Legal also has teams that serve the specific needs of youth and elders. You can make an appointment by calling 415-575-3500 or emailing pilar@lrcl.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/\">\u003cem>Centro Legal de la Raza (Oakland):\u003c/em>\u003c/a> You can call 510-437-1554 or email the team at \u003ca href=\"mailto:info@centrolegal.org\">info@centrolegal.org\u003c/a>. The center also offers several remote legal clinics covering workers’, immigrants’ and tenants’ rights each month. To register, call ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/get-help\">\u003cem>Asian Law Caucus (ALC)\u003c/em>\u003c/a>: The ALC offers legal aid services on immigration, tenant and workers’ rights issues, with interpretation services available in over 200 languages, including Arabic, Cantonese, Farsi, Korean, Mandarin, Tagalog, Spanish, Urdu, and Vietnamese. You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/get-help\">complete a form on their website to request help\u003c/a> or call the ALC offices directly at 415-896-1701.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lawfoundation.org/contactus\">\u003cem>Law Foundation of Silicon Valley:\u003c/em>\u003c/a> The foundation’s housing team offers walk-in hours on Thursdays from 1 p.m. till appointments are booked and the health team’s walk-in hours are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 p,m. to 3 p.m. You can also call the organization’s general phone line to figure out which service works best for your needs at 408-293-4790.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ebclc.org/get-help/\">\u003cem>East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC):\u003c/em>\u003c/a> Besides the services listed in this guide, EBCLC offers services to small business owners, people living with HIV seeking treatment, unhoused individuals, people with a criminal record reentering society and much more. Walk-in hours for the different legal teams \u003ca href=\"https://ebclc.org/get-help/\">are available on EBCLC’s website\u003c/a> and you can also call their offices directly at 510-548-4040.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://baylegal.org/what-we-do/areas-of-practice/\">\u003cem>Bay Area Legal Aid (BALA):\u003c/em>\u003c/a> BALA has offices in seven of the Bay Area’s nine counties, each with their own contact information, but you can also use the organization’s general legal advice line at 800-551-5554.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://lsc-sf.org/how-we-can-help/\">\u003cem>Legal Services for Children (LSC):\u003c/em>\u003c/a> LSC is a San Francisco-based nonprofit that provides free legal aid for youth in both San Francisco and Alameda County. 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"content": "\u003cp>Rent control has been central to this election, statewide and around the Bay Area, but early returns suggest voters have little appetite to strengthen rent regulations — with one exception: Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Californians seem to be voting down \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008424/prop-33-rent-control-is-on-the-ballot-again-election-2024-california\">Proposition 33, \u003c/a>which would repeal a 1995 law, known as the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, that limits how far local governments can go with their rent control laws. The state law prohibits cities and counties from imposing rent control on all single-family homes, condos and apartments built after 1995 and ensures landlords can bring rents up to market rate when a new tenant moves in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That race is still too close to call late Tuesday night, but that didn’t stop o\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pponents from taking a victory lap. “For the THIRD time, Californians have said no to extreme rent control. This fight isn’t over — together with our coalition, we’ll work to actually make housing more accessible for Californians,” the No on Prop 33 campaign posted on X. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11844438/californians-reject-rent-control-again-in-defeat-of-proposition-21\">In 2018 and 2020, voters rejected similar initiatives\u003c/a> that would have gutted Costa-Hawkins, but advocates and political leaders have increasingly turned to rent control as they struggle to rein in housing costs, and polling in California has shown an increase in support among likely voters. The policy is also gaining traction nationally, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/housing/365063/kamala-harris-housing-rent-control-landlords\">President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris embracing\u003c/a> it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russell Lowery, executive director of the California Rental Housing Association, said Prop 33’s apparent defeat reflected the No campaign’s successful messaging. “We’re glad and relieved that the voters of California have not made our housing crisis worse,” he said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The group raised about $3 million to support the No campaign, according to Lowery. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters also appear to be narrowly supporting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california/proposition-34\">Proposition 34\u003c/a>, which on its face, has nothing to do with rent control. But really, it’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/kcrw-features/prop34-aids-healthcare-foundation-rent-control\">all about the politics\u003c/a> of this controversial policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure asks voters to decide whether the state should restrict how certain health care providers can spend revenue from prescription drug sales. But the stipulations mean it would likely only apply to a single organization: the L.A.-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a major force in state and local housing policies and the group bankrolling Prop. 33 and the last two attempts to roll back Costa-Hawkins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rent control appears to be faring somewhat better in the Bay Area, at least in Berkeley. Preliminary tallies show 51.79% of Berkeley voters narrowly supporting Measure BB, which would expand rent control and renter protections and 62.45 % shutting down Measure CC, which would rein in rent regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“That’s really reassuring,” said Leah Simon-Weisberg, chair of the Berkeley Rent Board. “I think the trend will continue to go that way as we know the even in Berkeley the early voters are more conservative.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marin County voters are a different story and appear to be pushing back on a range of rent control measures. Larkspur’s Measure K, a bid to expand rent control, is losing by 64% to 35.9%. An effort to repeal Fairfax’s rent cap, Measure I, is ahead 68% to 31.9%, and San Anselmo’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/election-info/november-5-2024/page-data/tabs-collection/measures/measure-tab/measure-n-tab\">Measure N\u003c/a>, a referendum on local rent control, is down 65.9% to 34 %, while \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/election-info/november-5-2024/page-data/tabs-collection/measures/measure-tab/measure-o-tab\">Measure O\u003c/a>, to create new tenant protections, is down 69.3% to 30.6%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Live 2024 Election Results\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/elections/results,Follow results for every Bay Area race in the 2024 general election.' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/10/Aside-Results-California-2024-General-Election-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 34, whose primary sponsor is the California Apartment Association, is aimed at kneecapping the health care foundation’s political spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would work like this: Federal law allows health providers that serve lower-income patients to buy prescription drugs at a discount, sell them at retail rates and use the profits to expand services. Proposition 34 would require some providers to spend 98% of that net revenue on direct patient care or risk losing their licenses or tax-exempt status. It would only apply to health care providers who’ve spent at least $100 million on things other than patient care in the past decade and own apartment buildings that have been slapped with 500 or more health and safety violations. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is believed to be the only organization that fits the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='election-2024'] \u003c/span>Propositions 33 and 34 are the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/10/california-rent-control-propositions-campaign-money/\">most expensive measures on this year’s ballot\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Locally, rent control is on ballots in Berkeley and Marin County’s Larkspur, Fairfax and San Anselmo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/10/18/berkeley-ballot-measures-2024-bb-cc-rent-stabilization-ordinance\">Berkeley’s competing measures\u003c/a> would overhaul the city’s rent regulations in different ways. Measure BB, put forward by renters’ advocates, would lower the city’s rent cap, make more units subject to rent control and add new restrictions on evictions, among other tenant protections. Measure CC, championed by property owners’ advocates, would raise the rent cap marginally, exempt more properties from rent control, significantly curtail the rent board’s power, and make other changes to the city’s Rent Stabilization and Eviction for Good Cause Ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Marin County, the rent-related measures are also split on whether they would protect tenants or landlords. On the side of supporting tenants, Larkspur’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/election-info/november-5-2024/page-data/tabs-collection/measures/measure-tab/measure-k-tab\">Measure K\u003c/a> would lower the city’s rent cap from 7% to 3% and add new eviction protections, and San Anselmo’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/election-info/november-5-2024/page-data/tabs-collection/measures/measure-tab/measure-o-tab\">Measure O\u003c/a> would strengthen tenant protections. Meanwhile, voters in San Anselmo will also decide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/election-info/november-5-2024/page-data/tabs-collection/measures/measure-tab/measure-n-tab\">Measure N\u003c/a>, a referendum on a rent control ordinance city leaders passed this spring. And Fairfax’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/election-info/november-5-2024/page-data/tabs-collection/measures/measure-tab/measure-i-tab\">Measure I\u003c/a> would repeal the city’s rent control and just cause eviction ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 34, whose primary sponsor is the California Apartment Association, is aimed at kneecapping the health care foundation’s political spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would work like this: Federal law allows health providers that serve lower-income patients to buy prescription drugs at a discount, sell them at retail rates and use the profits to expand services. Proposition 34 would require some providers to spend 98% of that net revenue on direct patient care or risk losing their licenses or tax-exempt status. It would only apply to health care providers who’ve spent at least $100 million on things other than patient care in the past decade and own apartment buildings that have been slapped with 500 or more health and safety violations. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is believed to be the only organization that fits the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> \u003c/span>Propositions 33 and 34 are the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/10/california-rent-control-propositions-campaign-money/\">most expensive measures on this year’s ballot\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Locally, rent control is on ballots in Berkeley and Marin County’s Larkspur, Fairfax and San Anselmo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/10/18/berkeley-ballot-measures-2024-bb-cc-rent-stabilization-ordinance\">Berkeley’s competing measures\u003c/a> would overhaul the city’s rent regulations in different ways. Measure BB, put forward by renters’ advocates, would lower the city’s rent cap, make more units subject to rent control and add new restrictions on evictions, among other tenant protections. Measure CC, championed by property owners’ advocates, would raise the rent cap marginally, exempt more properties from rent control, significantly curtail the rent board’s power, and make other changes to the city’s Rent Stabilization and Eviction for Good Cause Ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Marin County, the rent-related measures are also split on whether they would protect tenants or landlords. On the side of supporting tenants, Larkspur’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/election-info/november-5-2024/page-data/tabs-collection/measures/measure-tab/measure-k-tab\">Measure K\u003c/a> would lower the city’s rent cap from 7% to 3% and add new eviction protections, and San Anselmo’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/election-info/november-5-2024/page-data/tabs-collection/measures/measure-tab/measure-o-tab\">Measure O\u003c/a> would strengthen tenant protections. Meanwhile, voters in San Anselmo will also decide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/election-info/november-5-2024/page-data/tabs-collection/measures/measure-tab/measure-n-tab\">Measure N\u003c/a>, a referendum on a rent control ordinance city leaders passed this spring. And Fairfax’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/election-info/november-5-2024/page-data/tabs-collection/measures/measure-tab/measure-i-tab\">Measure I\u003c/a> would repeal the city’s rent control and just cause eviction ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or every 10 babies in Napa County, there’s \u003ca href=\"https://crcnapa.org/child-care-expansion-report/\">just one licensed infant care slot\u003c/a>. The demand for day care is so high that parents get on waitlists as soon as they’re pregnant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brenae Royal found that out the hard way when she went back to work as a vineyard operations manager two months after giving birth to her son, King. She needed to oversee an event, and her partner couldn’t afford to take time off his job as chef of a hotel restaurant. So she brought her baby to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were warned that finding child care could be challenging, but I just didn’t give it the weight it deserved,” Royal said. “I had no idea it was to that degree.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the harvest season, Royal paid a nanny $30 an hour to care for King while she worked long hours to oversee the grape picking. However, the nanny eventually left for a higher-paying job as a night nurse, leaving the couple to juggle work and caregiving until they found an opening at Le Petit Elephant, the largest nursery and preschool in Napa County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Le Petit Elephant’s owner, Milli Pintacsi, has a plan to move into a bigger facility and double her capacity, allowing her to serve more families like Royal’s, but a lawsuit from neighbors is threatening the expansion. The story playing out in this small Napa neighborhood highlights just how difficult it is to tackle the child care shortage that is putting the squeeze on families across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Le Petit Elephant cares for 128 children out of a former Christian school in a densely packed neighborhood of apartment buildings, businesses and homes. The lease for this property will end in December 2025. Last year, Pintacsi was awarded $2.8 million in federal and state grants, meant to help the child care industry recover from the pandemic, to move into a bigger, more permanent space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pintacsi found a vacant church in Alta Heights, a hillside neighborhood of single-family homes, and outbid a few developers to buy it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a property that is perfect for this,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 20,000-square-foot church has a large parking lot, a lawn that could become a play yard and 18 rooms that could be converted into infant- and toddler-care rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008438\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12008438\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-10-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-10-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">15 Chapel Hill Dr., the site of a city-approved proposal to convert a Mormon church to the town’s largest childcare center in Napa on September 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The church also has a multipurpose room, complete with a basketball court, stage and kitchen. Pintacsi wants to rent it out for after-school care, day camps, birthday parties, puppet shows and other kid-oriented activities. The revenue would help cover child care costs for some families who receive financial aid and provide a livable wage for their teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We would be able to have things for families to do in Napa, and we’d be able to raise money for more scholarships and teachers to be paid better so they can afford to live in Napa,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, longtime residents of Alta Heights oppose the project, saying that having such a big day care with multiple uses would increase noise and traffic, which may affect evacuations during a wildfire. They packed a planning commission meeting to voice their concerns, and after the panel approved the project, they appealed the decision to the city council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the council meeting, they waved signs that said, “Safety First Alta Heights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the preschool waved their own signs that declared: “Babies Over NIMBYS.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council rejected their appeal in May after finding that it wouldn’t significantly impact traffic and placing a limit on the types and size of events that would be allowed in the multipurpose room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008440\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12008440\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-26-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-26-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-26-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-26-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-26-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-26-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-26-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milli Pintacsi, Founder of Le Petit Elephant Nursery and Preschool, shows KQED reporter Daisy Nguyen a blueprint for 15 Chapel Hill Dr. in Napa on September 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, the project has been held up since three neighbors filed a lawsuit under the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, demanding the city rescind approval of the project until a more thorough environmental impact review is conducted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs declined to be interviewed, citing ongoing settlement talks and being the target of disparaging remarks. They were singled out in a website created by a group of parents who are supporters of both Le Petit Elephant and It Takes A Village, a nonprofit group raising funds for the preschool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers established CEQA in 1970 to better protect the environment from development. But in recent years, the statute has drawn criticism as it’s been used as a tool to block housing and infrastructure projects. Developers are often compelled to do costly environmental impact studies, scale back their projects or face long delays, said Chris Elmendorf, a land use and housing expert at UC Davis School of Law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’ve got the ability to force a delay of a couple of years at an expense of a couple hundred thousand dollars onto a project, you have a lot of leverage to negotiate for any kind of side arrangement that you’d like,” Elmendorf said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='early-childhood-education-and-care']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He cited a lawsuit that delayed the construction of a much-needed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989237/uc-berkeley-can-start-building-on-peoples-park-california-supreme-court-rules\">student housing project at UC Berkeley\u003c/a> for three years and ignited a fierce debate over CEQA. Two neighborhood groups sought to argue under the environmental law that noise generated by future student residents would be a form of pollution and demanded that the university study the impacts on neighbors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pintacsi hopes to reach a deal so she can begin renovating the classrooms. Already, the legal fees have drained her financial aid fund, and she’s running out of time to renovate the classrooms or find another facility before her lease ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the church is the best option she found in her yearslong search for a suitable and affordable site for her preschool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are no buildings that I can just jump to if this neighborhood doesn’t accept us,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not easy to find a facility in a high-rent and well-developed city like Napa that meets zoning and licensing requirements for child care, said Daniel Sanchez, who’s in charge of Napa County’s distribution of federal pandemic aid to child care providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not a huge amount of buildings turning over or going for sale, much less a huge amount of appropriate buildings that could be used for child care,” Sanchez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick Burton, a small business consultant who helped Pintacsi look for another site for Le Petit Elephant, said the only other viable location was near two cannabis businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Infant care is sorely lacking in the county because it’s not financially viable: providers have to meet tougher requirements than they do for toddler care, including a ratio of one adult for every four babies and a limit of four infants per home-based day care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008443\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12008443\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-41-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-41-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-41-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-41-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-41-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-41-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-41-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milli Pintacsi, Founder of Le Petit Elephant Nursery and Preschool, wipes an infant’s nose at the school in Napa on September 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sanchez cited a 2022 study of the region’s child care market, which found that providers also had a hard time hiring and retaining workers. Their median salaries of $20 to $25 per hour weren’t enough to cover Napa’s high cost of living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those are some of the reasons why larger [child care] chains won’t come here,” Sanchez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study also found that after-hours child care was also badly needed for hospitality and restaurant employees who work night or weekend shifts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Royal said the full-time child care her son receives from Le Petit Elephant amounts to 25% of her salary, but she couldn’t do without it because she doesn’t have relatives close by to help her. If the preschool closes, she said she may have to move out of the region and leave behind her career in the wine industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Napa would not be Napa without the labor and the livelihoods of people who need child care,” she said. “We are raising the next generation of citizens that are going to be growing up in Napa, and Milli’s school is providing this amazing foundation [for children] who are going to contribute positively when they become young adults. And you need that to sustain a community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the total amount of the government grants awarded to Pintacsi, and the group behind the website that singled out plaintiffs in the lawsuit. The story has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Le Petit Elephant cares for 128 children out of a former Christian school in a densely packed neighborhood of apartment buildings, businesses and homes. The lease for this property will end in December 2025. Last year, Pintacsi was awarded $2.8 million in federal and state grants, meant to help the child care industry recover from the pandemic, to move into a bigger, more permanent space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pintacsi found a vacant church in Alta Heights, a hillside neighborhood of single-family homes, and outbid a few developers to buy it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a property that is perfect for this,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 20,000-square-foot church has a large parking lot, a lawn that could become a play yard and 18 rooms that could be converted into infant- and toddler-care rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008438\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12008438\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-10-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-10-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">15 Chapel Hill Dr., the site of a city-approved proposal to convert a Mormon church to the town’s largest childcare center in Napa on September 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The church also has a multipurpose room, complete with a basketball court, stage and kitchen. Pintacsi wants to rent it out for after-school care, day camps, birthday parties, puppet shows and other kid-oriented activities. The revenue would help cover child care costs for some families who receive financial aid and provide a livable wage for their teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We would be able to have things for families to do in Napa, and we’d be able to raise money for more scholarships and teachers to be paid better so they can afford to live in Napa,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, longtime residents of Alta Heights oppose the project, saying that having such a big day care with multiple uses would increase noise and traffic, which may affect evacuations during a wildfire. They packed a planning commission meeting to voice their concerns, and after the panel approved the project, they appealed the decision to the city council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the council meeting, they waved signs that said, “Safety First Alta Heights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the preschool waved their own signs that declared: “Babies Over NIMBYS.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council rejected their appeal in May after finding that it wouldn’t significantly impact traffic and placing a limit on the types and size of events that would be allowed in the multipurpose room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008440\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12008440\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-26-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-26-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-26-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-26-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-26-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-26-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20240930_CEQACHILDCARE_GC-26-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milli Pintacsi, Founder of Le Petit Elephant Nursery and Preschool, shows KQED reporter Daisy Nguyen a blueprint for 15 Chapel Hill Dr. in Napa on September 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, the project has been held up since three neighbors filed a lawsuit under the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, demanding the city rescind approval of the project until a more thorough environmental impact review is conducted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs declined to be interviewed, citing ongoing settlement talks and being the target of disparaging remarks. They were singled out in a website created by a group of parents who are supporters of both Le Petit Elephant and It Takes A Village, a nonprofit group raising funds for the preschool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers established CEQA in 1970 to better protect the environment from development. But in recent years, the statute has drawn criticism as it’s been used as a tool to block housing and infrastructure projects. Developers are often compelled to do costly environmental impact studies, scale back their projects or face long delays, said Chris Elmendorf, a land use and housing expert at UC Davis School of Law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’ve got the ability to force a delay of a couple of years at an expense of a couple hundred thousand dollars onto a project, you have a lot of leverage to negotiate for any kind of side arrangement that you’d like,” Elmendorf said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>If Californians vote to approve \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007197/transcript-proposition-33-would-end-state-limits-on-rent-control\">a rent control measure on the ballot\u003c/a>, thousands of Berkeley tenants could immediately see new limits on how much their landlords can raise their rent each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Families who are living in units that aren’t right for them will have a chance to move without losing their affordability,” said Leah Simon-Weisberg, a longtime tenant lawyer and chair of the city’s rent board. “For some people, it will keep them housed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That same scenario, in which the city could cap rent increases on single-family homes and apartments more than 20 years old and units with new tenants, is a nightmare for Krista Gulbransen, who heads the Berkeley Property Owners Association, representing the city’s landlords. “We would revert back to the 1980s, and it wouldn’t just be roller skates or rainbow headbands. It would be a lot worse,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008424]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 33 would repeal a state housing law limiting how cities can regulate rents, letting local governments make that decision. Most California cities wouldn’t see an immediate change. However, in a few cities like Berkeley, local laws already contain language, allowing much more sweeping regulation than current state law. In those cities and in others where left-leaning elected officials have expressed public support for expanding rent control, renters could see the soonest benefit from Proposition 33 — and landlords the soonest headaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 30 cities in California already \u003ca href=\"https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/california-rent-control-law.html\">place some limits on rent increases\u003c/a>, with caps ranging from 3% to 10% annually for covered units, some pegged to inflation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the state level, California caps rent increases for apartments and corporate-owned houses more than 15 years old at 10% per year — a rate that tenant advocates have said can still place a significant burden on tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of those local ordinances were once much stricter. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, concern about soaring housing costs led a few cities to limit rent increases even when a new tenant moves in — known as vacancy control. However, the 1995 law that Proposition 33 would repeal, known as the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, put a stop to that, along with any rent control on single-family homes or those built after 1995.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the ban on rent control for single-family homes that most bothers Melvin Willis, a city council member in Richmond, one of the Bay Area’s few remaining solidly working-class cities. Many families in his district rent their houses, he said, and some complain to him about steep rent increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a hard conversation to have with someone when they say, ‘My rent increased, but we have rent control,’ ” he said. Willis recalled explaining to one family whose rent had doubled that the city’s 3% cap on rent bumps doesn’t apply to single-family homes. “I’ve had that conversation multiple times and it doesn’t feel good,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond’s rent ordinance leaves out any housing “exempt from rent control pursuant to the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act.” Willis and other affordable housing advocates take that to mean that if Costa-Hawkins goes away, single-family homes and other dwellings that the state law excluded would automatically fall under rent control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicolas Traylor, the executive director of Richmond’s rent program, was more cautious. The ordinance could be referring to units actually exempt under Costa-Hawkins, he said, or just the types of units, like single-family homes, that Costa-Hawkins excluded. If Proposition 33 passes, he said, the rent program’s general counsel would have to recommend how to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, city supervisors avoided that ambiguity by unanimously passing legislation that would kick in if Proposition 33 passes, bringing rent control to an estimated 16,000 additional units. Mayor London Breed has said \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2024/10/15/rent-control-san-francisco-prop-33-london-breed/\">she will sign it\u003c/a> if the proposition passes, the San Francisco Standard reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco belongs to a group of cities — along with Berkeley, Oakland, Los Angeles, and the southern California cities of West Hollywood and Santa Monica — with longstanding rent control that current state law especially constrains. That’s because Costa-Hawkins grandfathered in any exemptions they had for more newly built units. So, in San Francisco, apartments built after 1979 are considered “new construction” and exempt from rent control. In Los Angeles, it’s 1978.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"From the 2024 Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california,Learn about the California Propositions' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/09/Aside-California-Propositions-2024-General-Election-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s completely arbitrary that we can create rent control for buildings from 1978, but we can’t do it for 1980,” said Los Angeles City Council member Hugo Soto-Martínez, pointing to the city’s homelessness crisis. “Every year, we continue to lose more of our rent-stabilized housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council last week passed a resolution, authored by Soto-Martínez, endorsing Proposition 33.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those kinds of actions by cities trouble landlords, who point out that their costs for utilities and insurance are rising, in some cases, outpacing inflation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email newsletter sent to housing providers Friday, real estate firm Bornstein Law warned its clients that “there is a real possibility that Proposition 33 will pass because of the widespread belief that the rents are too damn high.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The firm urged landlords, in preparation for the potential policy shift, “to raise the rents to market rate if landlords are able to do so” and to consider offering voluntary buyouts to tenants paying below-market rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 33 opponents have also raised concerns that cities will enact rent control so strict it will stifle new housing construction at a time when the state desperately needs it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state has done so much to remove barriers to building housing and to incentivize affordable housing construction, but Proposition 33 would give NIMBY cities a really powerful weapon to do an end run around those rules,” said Nathan Click, a spokesperson for the No on 33 campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, San Francisco shows that, given the flexibility to craft new policies, even cities with strong histories of tenant advocacy might opt for more modest changes to rent control that can win broad political support. Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin had originally proposed that the city expand rent control to cover housing built before 2024 but walked that back to 1994, an idea that won backing from both the city government’s progressive and moderate wings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local rent control expansion “is also going to depend on not just tenant and housing organizations but other civil society organizations in those communities,” said Shanti Singh, legislative director for Tenants Together. “Are they going to be ready to or willing to push for it?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manuel Pastor, director of the University of Southern California’s Equity Research Institute, said his research shows that rent stabilization without vacancy control helps prevent displacement by keeping rents more affordable while avoiding slowing new construction since there are still incentives to build.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If cities start capping rent increases when new tenants move in, he said, the effects become more difficult to predict. That’s in part because the last time California cities experimented with vacancy control was more than 30 years ago — back when more multifamily housing was being built and before the tech boom put unprecedented pressure on Northern California’s housing market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing that is likely, he said: California would see geographic variation, with more progressive coastal cities putting in stricter rent caps while inland cities with moderate politics seek to lure development with looser rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the proponents of Prop. 33 think this will solve our housing crisis, they’re mistaken,” he said. “If the opponents of Prop. 33 think that this will result in housing armageddon, they’re mistaken as well.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 33 would repeal a state housing law limiting how cities can regulate rents, letting local governments make that decision. Most California cities wouldn’t see an immediate change. However, in a few cities like Berkeley, local laws already contain language, allowing much more sweeping regulation than current state law. In those cities and in others where left-leaning elected officials have expressed public support for expanding rent control, renters could see the soonest benefit from Proposition 33 — and landlords the soonest headaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s completely arbitrary that we can create rent control for buildings from 1978, but we can’t do it for 1980,” said Los Angeles City Council member Hugo Soto-Martínez, pointing to the city’s homelessness crisis. “Every year, we continue to lose more of our rent-stabilized housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council last week passed a resolution, authored by Soto-Martínez, endorsing Proposition 33.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those kinds of actions by cities trouble landlords, who point out that their costs for utilities and insurance are rising, in some cases, outpacing inflation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email newsletter sent to housing providers Friday, real estate firm Bornstein Law warned its clients that “there is a real possibility that Proposition 33 will pass because of the widespread belief that the rents are too damn high.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The firm urged landlords, in preparation for the potential policy shift, “to raise the rents to market rate if landlords are able to do so” and to consider offering voluntary buyouts to tenants paying below-market rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 33 opponents have also raised concerns that cities will enact rent control so strict it will stifle new housing construction at a time when the state desperately needs it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state has done so much to remove barriers to building housing and to incentivize affordable housing construction, but Proposition 33 would give NIMBY cities a really powerful weapon to do an end run around those rules,” said Nathan Click, a spokesperson for the No on 33 campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, San Francisco shows that, given the flexibility to craft new policies, even cities with strong histories of tenant advocacy might opt for more modest changes to rent control that can win broad political support. Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin had originally proposed that the city expand rent control to cover housing built before 2024 but walked that back to 1994, an idea that won backing from both the city government’s progressive and moderate wings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local rent control expansion “is also going to depend on not just tenant and housing organizations but other civil society organizations in those communities,” said Shanti Singh, legislative director for Tenants Together. “Are they going to be ready to or willing to push for it?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manuel Pastor, director of the University of Southern California’s Equity Research Institute, said his research shows that rent stabilization without vacancy control helps prevent displacement by keeping rents more affordable while avoiding slowing new construction since there are still incentives to build.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If cities start capping rent increases when new tenants move in, he said, the effects become more difficult to predict. That’s in part because the last time California cities experimented with vacancy control was more than 30 years ago — back when more multifamily housing was being built and before the tech boom put unprecedented pressure on Northern California’s housing market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing that is likely, he said: California would see geographic variation, with more progressive coastal cities putting in stricter rent caps while inland cities with moderate politics seek to lure development with looser rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>For \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/03/24/470710747/more-teachers-cant-afford-to-live-where-they-teach\">years\u003c/a>, Bay Area teachers have said one of their biggest concerns is finding affordable housing close to where they work. For some teachers, the fact that their salaries \u003ca href=\"https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/better-pay-would-keep-teachers-from-quitting-but-theres-more-to-it/2022/07\">can’t keep up with the increased cost of living\u003c/a> has some considering leaving the profession altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, more school districts across California are taking matters into their own hands by getting into the business of building housing for their teachers and staff on empty parking lots, unused office buildings and other excess land. And, in the Bay Area, two districts are turning to bond measures to help pay for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those two bonds — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/santaclara/measures#measure-r\">Measure R in Santa Clara County\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanmateo/measures#measure-k\">Measure K in San Mateo County\u003c/a> — would raise $1.15 billion and $153 million, respectively, to pay for upgrades to school district facilities. Both measures include building affordable housing for teachers and staff in their descriptions for what the bond could fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measures come as state leaders ask voters to consider a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california/proposition-2\">$10 billion bond measure\u003c/a> to upgrade school facilities across California. And, as state leaders are faced with a lofty goal to plan for 2.5 million new homes statewide by 2030, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997949/california-schools-keep-losing-teachers-the-state-wants-to-help-build-homes-for-them\">they are encouraging school districts to be more proactive\u003c/a> about building housing for their staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Mateo County, a group of parents and teachers at the Cabrillo Unified School District saw other school districts develop housing for their employees and were inspired to campaign to get Measure K on the ballot. If approved by voters, most of the $153 million will be used to fix classrooms, according to members of the board. Some of the money can also be used to construct educator housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José Unified School District’s Measure R anticipates dedicating approximately $283 million of the total $1.15 billion bond to build housing for staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010731\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_SCHOOLDISTRICTHOUSING_GC-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_SCHOOLDISTRICTHOUSING_GC-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_SCHOOLDISTRICTHOUSING_GC-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_SCHOOLDISTRICTHOUSING_GC-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_SCHOOLDISTRICTHOUSING_GC-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_SCHOOLDISTRICTHOUSING_GC-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_SCHOOLDISTRICTHOUSING_GC-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A brochure supporting Measure R In San José. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Renata Sanchez, president of the San José Teachers Union, said the district has seen employee vacancy rates rise, especially among instructional associates, the staff who support special education teachers, and who are often paid less than teachers. She said the bond could help keep those associates from leaving the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody here wants to be in the business of developing land for housing,” Sanchez said. “We just feel that we’re cornered into it. We have to do something because nobody else is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, opponents of local bond measures say school districts should focus on educating their students, and that bond measures are often proposed too lightly, without thought to how they will impact future residents who have to pay back the debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anybody who owns a home is going to pay more for that home every year,” said Mark Hinkle, president of the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association, which is opposed to both measures R and K. “And even if you’re a renter, guess where the landlord gets the money to pay these taxes?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"2024 Bay Area Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/bayarea,Learn about every single race and measure across the nine Bay Area counties' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/02/Aside-Bay-Area-Voter-Guide-2024-Primary-Election-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, only a handful of school districts across the state have successfully completed construction on new workforce housing. Santa Clara Unified School District was the first district to build housing for its staff, according to the California School Board Association. The apartment complex, \u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclarausd.org/about-us/departments/facility-development-and-planning/teacher-housing-foundation\">named Casa Del Maestro\u003c/a>, opened in 2002 and has 70 one- and two-bedroom apartments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997949/california-schools-keep-losing-teachers-the-state-wants-to-help-build-homes-for-them\">Department of Education announced an initiative\u003c/a> to help schools navigate the muddy waters of housing development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August, the California School Board Association hosted a summit with school district staff, affordable housing advocates and researchers to look into how schools can more effectively build housing. According to Scott Roark, a spokesperson for the Department of Education, more than 150 districts across the state are now in “some stage of developing housing on district property.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Troy Flint, a spokesperson for the California School Board Association, said districts are well-positioned to develop housing because they already own the land. And he argued such projects tend to have a shorter timeline than traditional affordable housing projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The land or the buildings that the school districts own — that is under their control, and they have a lot of autonomy,” he said. “You can get from concept to people moving into housing in as little as five years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez and others in the San José Unified School District have concrete plans for where they would build the new housing if their bond passes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One project would turn an empty parking lot into 75 studio and one-bedroom apartments with parking underground. Another would move a magnet school to a larger campus and use the existing land to build approximately 120 apartments and townhomes. Their third site would build educator housing on what is currently a special education school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010729\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010729\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_SCHOOLDISTRICTHOUSING_GC-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_SCHOOLDISTRICTHOUSING_GC-4-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_SCHOOLDISTRICTHOUSING_GC-4-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_SCHOOLDISTRICTHOUSING_GC-4-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_SCHOOLDISTRICTHOUSING_GC-4-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_SCHOOLDISTRICTHOUSING_GC-4-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/20241022_SCHOOLDISTRICTHOUSING_GC-4-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The proposed site for educator housing on Lenzen Avenue, currently used as an employee parking lot for the San José Unified School District in San José. If approved, the project would create 75 studio and one-bedroom units. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The biggest project would transform an open field on a technical education campus into an estimated 300 two-bedroom apartments and townhomes. Sanchez said funds from Measure R could fund two of the smaller projects or the one with 300 units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even if the bond measures are approved, the projects will have to go through each city’s complicated and often costly permitting process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, in Half Moon Bay, the proposed housing has already caused consternation amongst neighbors who worry the new development could be “out of character” with the existing homes. Mike Alifano, a Half Moon Bay resident and member of previous school bond oversight committees, said this is the district’s first bond measure to mention teacher housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re a community that doesn’t like a lot of change, and it’s because we want to keep this look and feel of the way things are right now,” he said. “There were other areas [the district] was looking at in different communities, and we had a bit of pushback in those communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez said there have been plans to develop teacher housing in San José since 2020, but once the pandemic hit, the district had to put the projects on hold. But she said she didn’t want to wait any longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are losing teachers across the state, but in this area, at an alarming rate,” she said. “Our kids will suffer if we don’t do something soon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>What housing questions do you have for KQED? \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZ-ZKtuSHdeWqxooQwfEcr-oiOpdpJcf2RLZInU7aqjjQlRQ/viewform?embedded=true\">Let us know\u003c/a>:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZ-ZKtuSHdeWqxooQwfEcr-oiOpdpJcf2RLZInU7aqjjQlRQ/viewform?embedded=true\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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