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But under his watch, \u003ca href=\"https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2022-AHAR-Part-1.pdf\">the number of Californians living on the streets, in shelters or in cars has grown from around 130,000 in 2018 to more than 171,000 last year (PDF)\u003c/a>, according to data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcement also comes with an updated goal to reduce homelessness by 15% statewide by 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In California, we are using every tool in our toolbox — including the largest-ever deployment of small homes in the state — to move people out of encampments and into housing,” Newsom said in a press release. “We are tackling this issue at the root of the problem by addressing the need to create more housing, faster in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California National Guard will assist with preparing and delivering the small homes, which were purchased by the state, to Los Angeles (500 units), San Diego (150), San José (200) and Sacramento (350).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is expected to begin installing the small homes by fall of this year. Once delivered, local governments will operate, maintain and direct the flow of unhoused people to the homes and services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new statewide target comes after the governor \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/11/03/governor-newsom-calls-for-more-aggressive-action-on-homelessness-pauses-latest-round-of-state-funding/\">briefly froze $1 billion in homelessness funding for cities and counties last November\u003c/a> after his administration deemed local plans to bring down homelessness by only 2% by 2024 unacceptable. Local leaders strongly criticized the decision, saying it was counterproductive and that they were given no warning or guidance about how to amend their plans to secure the funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a state, we are failing to meet the urgency of this moment,” Newsom said last November. “At this pace, it would take decades to significantly curb homelessness in California. This approach is simply unacceptable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following a summit with over 100 mayors two weeks after the announcement to freeze funding, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11932895/newsom-relents-agrees-to-release-1-billion-in-homelessness-funding-despite-lackluster-local-plans\">the governor reversed course\u003c/a>, releasing the money with the condition that jurisdictions commit to more aggressive plans to reduce street homelessness in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Candice Elder, community advocate, executive director of East Oakland Collective\"]‘Tiny homes are one of the top strategies for getting people out of homelessness … I am astonished to learn that the governor did not designate any tiny homes in Oakland, Berkeley or San Francisco.’[/pullquote]Since 2019, the state has funneled more than $2 billion in flexible spending to local agencies to reduce homelessness through the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program, known as HHAP. Last year was the first time cities and counties had to submit action plans to get funding through the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, local governments have collectively updated their homelessness plans to reduce homelessness by 15% statewide over the next two years. Newsom plans to release the $1 billion in funding to cities and counties with the updated goals as part of the fourth round of the HHAP program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Small homes have grown popular in recent years as one tool to address homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tiny homes are one of the top strategies for getting people out of homelessness. 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But, if the effort is successful in those places, she said, it could provide a template others could replicate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would hope that the governor and his folks have a strategy that they’ll share with us about why they picked those places with those numbers,” Coleman told KQED. “Maybe at the end of the day, we can learn from those cities and examples to scale and use in communities more broadly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayors of Sacramento and San José, along with other pro-housing state leaders, applauded the governor’s investment on Thursday during a press conference where Newsom toured some of the tiny homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like most cities, San José is grappling with an immense homeless crisis. 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But last month, the board abruptly changed course — rejecting a slate of proposals designed to keep renters in their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The turn comes amid backlash from property owners that could signal future resistance statewide, some tenant and landlord advocates say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Leo Esclamado, organizer, My Eden Voice\"]‘What it feels like is really a turning back of a lot of work and conversations, a lot of hope and trust.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What it feels like is really a turning back of a lot of work and conversations, a lot of hope and trust,” said Leo Esclamado, an organizer with the community group My Eden Voice, which lobbied hard to extend renter protections in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measures would have banned landlords from doing criminal background checks on potential tenants, created a rental registry meant to help the county enforce code violations and rent-control laws, and only allowed “just cause” evictions for things like not paying rent or violating lease terms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The supervisors also voted to cut off funding for \u003ca href=\"https://www.ac-housingsecure.org/?locale=en\">the county’s Housing Secure program\u003c/a>, which has provided legal services to both tenants and homeowners since 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants rights advocates and county housing department staff are reeling from the decisions, which they said signal a profound philosophical shift. 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He noted that the association filed multiple lawsuits challenging COVID eviction bans around the state, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230306005212/en/Apartment-Association-of-Greater-L.A.-Files-Lawsuit-Against-the-City-of-Los-Angeles\">its members recently sued the city of Los Angeles\u003c/a> to block new measures enacted before its local moratorium ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some tenant advocates said this is just business as usual for landlord groups: Wherever tenants are organizing for stronger protections, property owner associations show up to fight them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you see where they are going, it’s [to] places tenants have been organizing for several years,” said Leah Simon-Weisberg, legal director for the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Institute (ACCE), a tenants rights group. “So they’re trying to take the power back from the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Lowery said property owners are getting more traction now with lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a renewed sense of urgency years into the pandemic, years into an eviction moratorium,” he said. “It gets easier for people to understand that no business [can] stay open without revenue coming in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the pandemic wore on, property owners in Alameda County became increasingly frustrated with supervisors’ refusal to consider changes to the moratorium, said Joshua Howard, executive vice president of the California Apartment Association. 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Supervisors Tam and David Haubert abstained on all four items, effectively killing the proposals for now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It breaks our heart as a community that worked so hard for so long,” said Carlos Archuleta, a renter in unincorporated Castro Valley who advocated for the measures. “Basically, special interests bought a seat and took that vote from us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Centro Legal de la Raza Executive Director Monique Berlanga said she was particularly surprised by the supervisors’ decision to defund the tenant and homeowner legal services program.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Russell Lowery, executive director, California Rental Housing Association\"]‘There’s a renewed sense of urgency years into the pandemic, years into an eviction moratorium. 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"content": "\u003cp>Moderate to heavy rain is expected throughout the Bay Area beginning Monday evening as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">yet another atmospheric river storm approaches\u003c/a>. The National Weather Service has \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ006&warncounty=CAC075&firewxzone=CAZ006&local_place1=San%20Francisco%20CA&product1=Flood+Watch&lat=37.7452&lon=-122.4159#.ZA-PUnbMI2z\">issued a flood watch for the entire region\u003c/a> through late Tuesday night, along with a high wind warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1635254292637700098?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flooding concerns are especially serious just south of the Bay Area where late Friday night, the Pajaro River, which borders Monterey and Santa Cruz counties, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943316/pajaro-river-levee-breached-where-to-find-evacuation-shelters\">breached a levee and flooded the Pajaro River Valley\u003c/a>. Evacuation orders remain in place for the roughly 1,700 residents of Pajaro as an incoming atmospheric river is set to bring more heavy rain and flooding concerns as early as Monday night, according to the National Weather Service. Here’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kazu.org/kazu-news/2023-03-11/pajaro-river-levee-breached-where-to-find-evacuation-shelters\">where to find evacuation shelters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As many unhoused people in the Bay Area also struggle to stay dry, several warming centers are open this week, with year-round shelters continuing their operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to shelters available during Bay Area storms in:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sanfranciscoshelters\">City and County of San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#alamedashelters\">Alameda County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#santaclarashelters\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sonomashelters\">Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#contracostashelters\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sanmateoshelters\">San Mateo County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#santacruzshelters\">Santa Cruz County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A nightmare’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Cities across the region have opened warming shelters this winter to help get unhoused people inside. But many unhoused folks aren’t willing to leave their belongings exposed to the weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a nightmare, when it rains here,” said Lydia Blumberg, a resident of West Oakland’s Wood Street Commons encampment, after the New Year’s Eve storm. “My site is entirely flooded.”[aside postID=news_11936674 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/E2081DCF-BC1D-480F-B27A-DBB7E0C45B3A-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates have expressed deep concern about residents’ safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrea Burton of \u003ca href=\"https://www.homefirstscc.org/\">HomeFirst\u003c/a>, one of the largest providers of services for people experiencing homelessness in Santa Clara County, told KQED’s Rachael Myrow on Monday that the organization is active, especially during storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our staff are literally in the rain and dark and flooding areas and at risk trying to get the word out there to educate people … then, we transport them, and the belongings that we can manage, to a safe place,” Burton said. “Oftentimes, that is a HomeFirst location. We are the largest provider of cold-weather shelter in the county going back over 20 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talya Husbands-Hankin, founder of the advocacy organization Love and Justice in the Streets, echoed the risks of being exposed to the elements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This really just exposes how dangerous it is to be living outside when we have a climate emergency going on and people have no way to dry off or get warm,” Husbands-Hankin told KQED in January. “It’s really, really frightening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She urged those who want to help to pass out tarps and share information with unhoused neighbors about where they can go for shelter. Other advocates have suggested warm blankets and clothes, socks, rain boots, rain jackets, tents, flashlights, batteries and other warm-weather gear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another way to help, said Husbands-Hankin, is to directly ask people what they need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And then figure out how to go and get it for them,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for where residents can access warming shelters in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"sanfranciscoshelters\">\u003c/a>Shelters in San Francisco\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has rotating shelters available through the \u003ca href=\"https://ecs-sf.org/interfaith-winter-shelter/\">Interfaith Winter Shelter Program\u003c/a>, which runs through March 26. \u003cem>Please note the shelters below have different opening and closing dates:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Canon Kip Senior Center\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n705 Natoma Street, San Francisco, CA 94103\u003cbr>\nAvailable Friday, March 3 through Sunday, March 26.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Doors open at 6 p.m.; dinner at 7 p.m.; shelter closes at 7 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Public libraries around San Francisco are also available as warming centers. \u003ca href=\"https://sfpl.org/locations/#!/filters?sort_by=weight&sort_order=ASC\">Find a branch of the San Francisco Public Library near you.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"alamedashelters\">\u003c/a>Shelters in Alameda County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>St. Vincent de Paul\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n675 23rd Street, West Oakland, CA 94612\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Open 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. Day programs five days a week, Tuesday through Saturday.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Shelter beds can be secured through referral, reservation and walk-up on a first-come, first-served basis during the hours above.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Capacity for up to 100 people.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Contact St. Vincent de Paul directly by phone: (510) 638-7600.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda Warming Center\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>1700 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda, CA 94501\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Shelter is located at Christ Episcopal Church.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Typically open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening 5 p.m.–7 a.m. (days and hours expanded during winter storms).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dinner is provided at 6:30 p.m. and breakfast at 6:30 a.m. On Wednesdays and Fridays, showers are provided 6 p.m.–8 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Toiletries and clothes are available, along with limited overnight storage for belongings.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>One approved and screened pet is welcome per guest. Space is limited.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Contact Marichelle Alcantara by phone: (510) 832-1382, ext. 123.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livermore Warming Center, Veterans Memorial Building\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n522 S. L Street, Livermore, CA 94550\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Open 6 p.m.–8 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis, serving adults from Livermore, Pleasanton and Dublin.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Shelter is open through April 30, when there’s an expected forecast of overnight temperatures at or below 45 degrees and/or a 20% or higher chance of rain.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Open to anyone; expected to accommodate 15–20 people each evening.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>CityServe does case management; Abode Services helps with street medical team.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>No showers are available at this shelter.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call (510) 224-3755 for preregistration.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>First Presbyterian Church of Hayward in Castro Valley\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2490 Grove Ave., Castro Valley, CA 94546\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Open year-round. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., dinner is served. Check-in ends at 8 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bagged breakfast served; you must be off the property by 7 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Possibility to park and live in your car on-site.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Guests must be able to care for themselves (i.e., transfer, toilet, eat and dress).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pets will be admitted if they are on leash or in a crate.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call first for availability: (510) 634-4750.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>South Hayward Parish\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n27287 Patrick Avenue, Hayward, CA 94544\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Open 6:30 p.m.–7 a.m., seven days a week.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.southhaywardparish.org/winter-shelter\">Shelter usually has capacity of 18 people per night\u003c/a>, and preregistration is required by calling (510) 634-2229.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In Hayward, community members living unsheltered or displaced due to flooding and other storm effects — or aware of someone in need of assistance — may contact the City of Hayward Emergency Operations Center by phone at (510) 583-2182.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local service providers also are requesting donations of pocket warmers, ponchos, umbrellas, plastic and rubber shoe covers, and raincoats. Please direct donations to Bay Area Community Services (590 B Street, Hayward, CA 94541), open until 4:30 p.m. Monday–Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Community Christian Church\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n17640 Crest Ave., Morgan Hill, CA 95037\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Available from 7 p.m.–7 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Overnight warming center.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sunnyvale Public Library\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n665 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Available March 9 from 10 a.m.–9 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Overnight warming center.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Central Park Library\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2635 Homestead Rd., Santa Clara, CA 95051\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Available Thursday, March 9 from noon–7 p.m.; Friday, March 10 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m.; Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cupertino Library\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n10800 Torre Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Available Thursday, March 9 from 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Friday, March 10 from 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m.–6:30 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gilroy Library\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n350 W. 6th St., Gilroy, CA 95020\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Available Thursday, March 9 from 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Friday, March 10 from 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m.–7 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Los Altos Library\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n13 S. San Antonio Rd., Los Altos, CA 94022\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Available Thursday, March 9 from 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Friday, March 10 from 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m.–7 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Milpitas Library\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n160 N. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Available Thursday, March 9 from 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Friday, March 10 from 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturday, March 11 from 10 a.m.–7 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mission Branch Library\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1098 Lexington St., Santa Clara, CA 95050\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Available Thursday, March 9 from 12 p.m.–5 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Morgan Hill Library\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n660 W. 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People in need of help finding resources in Contra Costa County also can text the word “HOPE” to 20121.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Concord Service Center Overnight Warming Center\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2047 Arnold Industrial Way, Suite A, Concord, CA 94520\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Greater Richmond Interfaith Program (GRIP)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n165 22nd Street, Richmond, CA 94801\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Trinity Center Winter Evening Program\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n1888 Trinity Ave., Walnut Creek, CA 94596\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Delta Landing\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2101 Loveridge Rd., Pittsburg, CA 94565\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Rescue Mission\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n200 Macdonald Ave., Richmond, CA 94801\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County says its outreach teams are in need of sleeping bags, gloves and beanies, tarps and blankets (in order of importance). 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Flooding concerns are especially serious just south of the Bay Area where late Friday night, the Pajaro River, which borders Monterey and Santa Cruz counties, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943316/pajaro-river-levee-breached-where-to-find-evacuation-shelters\">breached a levee and flooded the Pajaro River Valley\u003c/a>. Evacuation orders remain in place for the roughly 1,700 residents of Pajaro as an incoming atmospheric river is set to bring more heavy rain and flooding concerns as early as Monday night, according to the National Weather Service. Here’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kazu.org/kazu-news/2023-03-11/pajaro-river-levee-breached-where-to-find-evacuation-shelters\">where to find evacuation shelters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As many unhoused people in the Bay Area also struggle to stay dry, several warming centers are open this week, with year-round shelters continuing their operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to shelters available during Bay Area storms in:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sanfranciscoshelters\">City and County of San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#alamedashelters\">Alameda County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#santaclarashelters\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sonomashelters\">Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#contracostashelters\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sanmateoshelters\">San Mateo County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#santacruzshelters\">Santa Cruz County\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates have expressed deep concern about residents’ safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrea Burton of \u003ca href=\"https://www.homefirstscc.org/\">HomeFirst\u003c/a>, one of the largest providers of services for people experiencing homelessness in Santa Clara County, told KQED’s Rachael Myrow on Monday that the organization is active, especially during storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our staff are literally in the rain and dark and flooding areas and at risk trying to get the word out there to educate people … then, we transport them, and the belongings that we can manage, to a safe place,” Burton said. “Oftentimes, that is a HomeFirst location. We are the largest provider of cold-weather shelter in the county going back over 20 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talya Husbands-Hankin, founder of the advocacy organization Love and Justice in the Streets, echoed the risks of being exposed to the elements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This really just exposes how dangerous it is to be living outside when we have a climate emergency going on and people have no way to dry off or get warm,” Husbands-Hankin told KQED in January. “It’s really, really frightening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She urged those who want to help to pass out tarps and share information with unhoused neighbors about where they can go for shelter. Other advocates have suggested warm blankets and clothes, socks, rain boots, rain jackets, tents, flashlights, batteries and other warm-weather gear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another way to help, said Husbands-Hankin, is to directly ask people what they need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And then figure out how to go and get it for them,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for where residents can access warming shelters in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"sanfranciscoshelters\">\u003c/a>Shelters in San Francisco\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has rotating shelters available through the \u003ca href=\"https://ecs-sf.org/interfaith-winter-shelter/\">Interfaith Winter Shelter Program\u003c/a>, which runs through March 26. \u003cem>Please note the shelters below have different opening and closing dates:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Canon Kip Senior Center\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n705 Natoma Street, San Francisco, CA 94103\u003cbr>\nAvailable Friday, March 3 through Sunday, March 26.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Doors open at 6 p.m.; dinner at 7 p.m.; shelter closes at 7 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Public libraries around San Francisco are also available as warming centers. \u003ca href=\"https://sfpl.org/locations/#!/filters?sort_by=weight&sort_order=ASC\">Find a branch of the San Francisco Public Library near you.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"alamedashelters\">\u003c/a>Shelters in Alameda County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>St. Vincent de Paul\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n675 23rd Street, West Oakland, CA 94612\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Open 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. Day programs five days a week, Tuesday through Saturday.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Shelter beds can be secured through referral, reservation and walk-up on a first-come, first-served basis during the hours above.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Capacity for up to 100 people.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Contact St. Vincent de Paul directly by phone: (510) 638-7600.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda Warming Center\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>1700 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda, CA 94501\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Shelter is located at Christ Episcopal Church.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Typically open every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening 5 p.m.–7 a.m. (days and hours expanded during winter storms).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dinner is provided at 6:30 p.m. and breakfast at 6:30 a.m. On Wednesdays and Fridays, showers are provided 6 p.m.–8 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Toiletries and clothes are available, along with limited overnight storage for belongings.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>One approved and screened pet is welcome per guest. Space is limited.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Contact Marichelle Alcantara by phone: (510) 832-1382, ext. 123.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Livermore Warming Center, Veterans Memorial Building\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n522 S. L Street, Livermore, CA 94550\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Open 6 p.m.–8 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis, serving adults from Livermore, Pleasanton and Dublin.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Shelter is open through April 30, when there’s an expected forecast of overnight temperatures at or below 45 degrees and/or a 20% or higher chance of rain.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Open to anyone; expected to accommodate 15–20 people each evening.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>CityServe does case management; Abode Services helps with street medical team.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>No showers are available at this shelter.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call (510) 224-3755 for preregistration.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>First Presbyterian Church of Hayward in Castro Valley\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2490 Grove Ave., Castro Valley, CA 94546\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Open year-round. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., dinner is served. Check-in ends at 8 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bagged breakfast served; you must be off the property by 7 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Possibility to park and live in your car on-site.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Guests must be able to care for themselves (i.e., transfer, toilet, eat and dress).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pets will be admitted if they are on leash or in a crate.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call first for availability: (510) 634-4750.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>South Hayward Parish\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n27287 Patrick Avenue, Hayward, CA 94544\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Open 6:30 p.m.–7 a.m., seven days a week.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.southhaywardparish.org/winter-shelter\">Shelter usually has capacity of 18 people per night\u003c/a>, and preregistration is required by calling (510) 634-2229.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In Hayward, community members living unsheltered or displaced due to flooding and other storm effects — or aware of someone in need of assistance — may contact the City of Hayward Emergency Operations Center by phone at (510) 583-2182.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local service providers also are requesting donations of pocket warmers, ponchos, umbrellas, plastic and rubber shoe covers, and raincoats. Please direct donations to Bay Area Community Services (590 B Street, Hayward, CA 94541), open until 4:30 p.m. Monday–Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Community Christian Church\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n17640 Crest Ave., Morgan Hill, CA 95037\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Available from 7 p.m.–7 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Overnight warming center.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sunnyvale Public Library\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n665 W. 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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n San Francisco's Mission District, three newly built backyard cottages are ready for older adults and lower-income families. But, no one will be able to move in for the foreseeable future: Even though electrical wiring is installed, the apartments don't have power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Executive Director Sam Moss of the Mission Housing Development Corporation is proud of what his nonprofit has built on property the organization owns. The new homes are within walking distance of two BART stations, major bus lines and grocery stores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Mission Housing figured out how to convert our garages with our own funds,\" he said. \"We did not go to any government agency and ask for a grant. If that isn't what we need right now in our housing crisis, then I don't know what it is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, during a recent meeting between Mission Housing and PG&E, an inspector told Moss he didn't know when the company would be able to connect the buildings, due to internal delays at PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Then he left, with no explanation and no estimation of when someone was going to come,\" Moss said. \"We're talking about three very high-quality, 100% affordable units for seniors and low-income families [that are] just going to sit vacant.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for PG&E said the company needed more information about this project before it could respond. But after KQED inquired about it, Moss said Mission Housing received a call from a PG&E inspector saying they would come to the construction site in mid-April to reassess the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connecting new buildings to the grid is a problem developers say is not unique to PG&E, but they cite the company as the worst offender — with delays that can add months or even years to a project before it opens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not a new issue, but developers like Moss say it's exacerbated by pandemic-induced supply chain problems, coupled with the increasing severity of storms and wildfires, and more demand for housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"State Sen. Scott Wiener\"]'PG&E is not just falling short of perfection. It's causing huge problems with getting projects open and connected to the grid.'[/pullquote]As California attempts to build 2.5 million homes by 2031, developers say utility companies will have to adhere to a stricter timeline to get more housing completed faster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new bill introduced by state Sen. Scott Wiener, SB 83, attempts to do just that. It would set an eight-week deadline for utility companies to connect newly constructed buildings. If a project is delayed further, the company would have to bear the cost, which is currently borne by the developer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're not asking for perfection,\" Wiener said. \"PG&E is not just falling short of perfection. It's causing huge problems with getting projects open and connected to the grid. There has to be a more structured system. There has to be an actual time line and consequences for failing to meet that time line.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943196\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11943196\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34914_P1100969-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A photo shows primarily a wooden power pole with utility lines crossing the sky, and the outline of the top of a building that looks like a San Francisco victorian in the background\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1236\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34914_P1100969-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34914_P1100969-qut-800x515.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34914_P1100969-qut-1020x657.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34914_P1100969-qut-160x103.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34914_P1100969-qut-1536x989.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">PG&E utility poles in San Francisco's Mission District. \u003ccite>(Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lynsey Paulo, spokesperson for PG&E, said in a statement the company is committed to working with policymakers on the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We will continue to work with lawmakers to ensure the right policy and regulatory frameworks are included to support the state's goals,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A problem of their own making\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Between 2018 and 2022, Southern California Edison and PG&E connected just over 10,000 commercial and residential buildings, according to self-reported data both investor-owned utilities provided to Wiener's office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But PG&E took nearly six times as long: Southern California Edison took an average of nine days to turn on the lights after a building finished construction. For PG&E, the average was 64 days. As of mid-February, the wait time for nearly 30% of new buildings under PG&E's purview was more than 90 days, according to PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Wiener's perspective, this is a problem of the utility behemoth's own making, in part because it expanded services across the state and because it's the only utility company most developers can work with in the areas it operates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was PG&E's decision to become unsustainably large,\" Wiener said. \"To complain that, 'We don't have the resources because we're so big, which is a choice that we made,' is not a convincing argument.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11938267 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/026_KQED_AlamedaAffordableHousing_01122023-1020x680.jpg']Others take a more sympathetic approach. Corey Smith, executive director of the nonprofit Housing Action Coalition, which is co-sponsoring the bill, said the company is struggling to replace aging equipment as it responds to increasingly severe wildfires and storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's quite literally the person power and where to send a finite number of employees with aging infrastructure,\" Smith said. \"It's a real challenge.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E provides electricity to more than \u003ca href=\"//www.pge.com/en_US/about-pge/company-information/profile/profile.page\">5.5 million customers\u003c/a> across the state, in a service area that stretches across 70,000 square miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility has so much power – both literally and figuratively – many developers refused to speak with KQED on the record out of fear of retribution. Moss is worried about that, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm worried about the real retribution, which is units not coming online,\" he said. \"It's seniors remaining homeless, families and kids remaining homeless because PG&E refuses to do the right thing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>'A black hole'\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Getting a housing project approved and ready to start construction is arduous enough, but developers say connecting to the grid adds its own complexity: It involves a slew of paperwork, permits and approvals. There's an initial inspection, and then developers submit formal plans to the utility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But getting PG&E inspectors out to construction sites has become frustrating. Larry Florin, CEO of nonprofit affordable housing developer Burbank Housing, said he scheduled an inspector to come to a site in Napa County earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The morning of the inspection, Florin got a call saying PG&E was dealing with weather issues they had to tend to first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The earliest they could come back would be six weeks,\" he said. \"We're constantly dealing with issues like that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943199\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11943199\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Blue trucks with 'pg and e' logo on them sit parked in a lot with the white and black blurry pattern of a fence in the foreground\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">PG&E trucks sit inside a Mission District facility owned by the utility. \u003ccite>(Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Paulo said that while PG&E wants to work closely with developers and builders, responding to more frequent weather events and natural disasters has \"required significant financial and workforce resources.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This work, compounded with a significant growth in electric demand after decades of flat demand, has resulted in some projects being delayed or rescheduled,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Florin said there are other ways PG&E can hold up a project. Once an inspector is able to sign off on plans, and a building gets built, developers have to order specialized equipment to hook up the building to the grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it's not always clear what equipment is needed. PG&E's requirements change from one project to another, Florin said, and the company often doesn't provide proper guidance, leaving developers like Burbank in the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When you reach out to PG&E, it's like a black hole,\" he said. \"You get nothing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moss said that lack of communication can lead to expensive, mid-construction changes that are especially challenging for nonprofit housing developers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When PG&E comes and says, 'Actually, you've got to move this over here,' it might sound like one quick little change, but one little change has a domino effect,\" he said. \"And then your whole schedule is thrown off. 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He called upon elected officials to pressure PG&E to work out a compromise with the SFPUC, including Wiener and San Francisco Mayor London Breed, who sent letters to the utility. But it was to no avail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We had to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars building [the units] on generators,\" Moss said. \"We had to spend money on generators and fuel all because PG&E refused to get power to build this building.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the project was initially proposed, Mission Housing envisioned including a child care facility along with retail space on the ground floor. Now that's in jeopardy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have significantly less money from the overall construction loan to build out our ground floor spaces because we had to spend it on fuel,\" he said. \"Mission Housing is coming out of pocket to pay for things.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project is nearing completion, and the nonprofit hopes to begin leasing the apartments in June. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Others take a more sympathetic approach. Corey Smith, executive director of the nonprofit Housing Action Coalition, which is co-sponsoring the bill, said the company is struggling to replace aging equipment as it responds to increasingly severe wildfires and storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's quite literally the person power and where to send a finite number of employees with aging infrastructure,\" Smith said. \"It's a real challenge.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E provides electricity to more than \u003ca href=\"//www.pge.com/en_US/about-pge/company-information/profile/profile.page\">5.5 million customers\u003c/a> across the state, in a service area that stretches across 70,000 square miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The utility has so much power – both literally and figuratively – many developers refused to speak with KQED on the record out of fear of retribution. Moss is worried about that, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm worried about the real retribution, which is units not coming online,\" he said. \"It's seniors remaining homeless, families and kids remaining homeless because PG&E refuses to do the right thing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>'A black hole'\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Getting a housing project approved and ready to start construction is arduous enough, but developers say connecting to the grid adds its own complexity: It involves a slew of paperwork, permits and approvals. There's an initial inspection, and then developers submit formal plans to the utility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But getting PG&E inspectors out to construction sites has become frustrating. Larry Florin, CEO of nonprofit affordable housing developer Burbank Housing, said he scheduled an inspector to come to a site in Napa County earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The morning of the inspection, Florin got a call saying PG&E was dealing with weather issues they had to tend to first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The earliest they could come back would be six weeks,\" he said. \"We're constantly dealing with issues like that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11943199\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11943199\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Blue trucks with 'pg and e' logo on them sit parked in a lot with the white and black blurry pattern of a fence in the foreground\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS34908_P1100952-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">PG&E trucks sit inside a Mission District facility owned by the utility. \u003ccite>(Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Paulo said that while PG&E wants to work closely with developers and builders, responding to more frequent weather events and natural disasters has \"required significant financial and workforce resources.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This work, compounded with a significant growth in electric demand after decades of flat demand, has resulted in some projects being delayed or rescheduled,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Florin said there are other ways PG&E can hold up a project. Once an inspector is able to sign off on plans, and a building gets built, developers have to order specialized equipment to hook up the building to the grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it's not always clear what equipment is needed. PG&E's requirements change from one project to another, Florin said, and the company often doesn't provide proper guidance, leaving developers like Burbank in the dark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When you reach out to PG&E, it's like a black hole,\" he said. \"You get nothing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moss said that lack of communication can lead to expensive, mid-construction changes that are especially challenging for nonprofit housing developers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When PG&E comes and says, 'Actually, you've got to move this over here,' it might sound like one quick little change, but one little change has a domino effect,\" he said. \"And then your whole schedule is thrown off. And with especially 100% affordable housing, we don't have the ability to spend an extra million dollars in change orders.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Calling Huntington Beach “Exhibit A in what’s wrong with housing in California,” Gov. Gavin Newsom joined Attorney General Rob Bonta in filing a lawsuit against the oceanside community in Orange County for flouting laws designed to ease the state’s affordability crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta called the city’s actions “blatant, egregious, brazen” and said his office is also filing a motion for a preliminary injunction to block it from imposing bans on certain types of new housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city had ample notice and time to course correct. Instead, they chose a path that led us right where we are today,” Bonta said during a livestreamed press conference Thursday. “They have asked for this, and they have earned this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The escalation comes as Newsom and his administration are ramping up efforts to hold cities accountable for reaching the state’s housing goal of 2.5 million new homes and apartments by 2031. But getting there requires overcoming backlash from some local leaders, who must implement the laws locally.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11937777,news_11929505,news_11938267\"]Santa Monica land use attorney Dave Rand compared Huntington Beach to the Confederacy — acting like it wants to secede from California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is not a solution,” Rand said, adding that he thought the city’s legal claim was unwinnable. “They will be forced to submit to the same laws that they’re attempting to fight now, except pay fines and be embarrassed and held out as a pariah when it comes to trying to house people in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to the state’s action Thursday, Huntington Beach filed its own lawsuit against California in federal court. The city’s 59-page complaint challenges California’s right to force them to build more housing, a move UC Davis law professor Chris Elmendorf called “frivolous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While there is maybe an argument you could make about the state constitution, there’s really no argument you can make that there’s anything the state is doing that violates any federal law, even if you get a rogue judge,” Elmendorf said. “I think it’s political posturing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state first sued the city in 2019 for failing to adopt a state-approved housing plan, which is required every eight years. 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[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Shannon Way, former Oakland tenant\"]‘In spite of the hard knocks that everybody has taken in the city and some of the terrible things that have happened, there’s this spirit of resilience, especially on this block.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco operates a \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/information/community-opportunity-purchase-act-copa\">similar program\u003c/a> that applies only to buildings with three or more rental units. Since the ordinance went into effect in Sept. 2019, it’s already helped nonprofits preserve 15 buildings containing 230 permanently affordable apartments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, officials in Oakland and Berkeley have floated their own TOPA proposals. They’re expected to debate those as early as this spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having such a program is something Shannon Way said would have made all the difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63236_IMG_8944-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A large white woman with black-framed glasses and chin-length brown hair, wearing a purple sweater and black scarf knotted at the neck, with a black pocketbook crooked in her left elbow, stands smiling beside a pink, flowering plum branch on a wooden deck. 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A new bill would help tenants like Way in the future purchase buildings that their landlords put up for sale. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Way rented in Oakland for 20 years, about half of that in a rent-controlled triplex on Baker Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I found Oakland to be a very hopeful place,” she said. “In spite of the hard knocks that everybody has taken in the city and some of the terrible things that have happened, there’s this spirit of resilience, especially on this block.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, her landlady, 75-year-old Kathleen Vaughn, decided to sell the building. It, along with a few units she rents in her own home, has been her main source of income since she went on disability at the age of 43.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I knew that if I sold it, I could pay off basically all my debt and have some money to invest and to support my elder years,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Way enlisted the Oakland Community Land Trust to buy it. If that happened, Way knew the building would remain affordable in perpetuity. Land trusts can buy a property, and then sell the building back to the tenants at an affordable price. By maintaining control of the land, the trust ensures any subsequent sales are similarly affordable. [aside postID=\"news_11930303,news_11932419\" label=\"Related Posts\"]Way also hoped the land trust could make repairs to the old building — the kind she said owners only interested in maximizing the return on their investment often defer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building was listed at $1.1 million, Way said, but it needed a number of repairs. 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It never materialized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This new housing development, temporary housing thing, as far as I’m concerned, I haven’t heard a peep out of these people,” Oderio said. “This has not been an issue for us, a problem whatsoever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942802\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62443_010_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11942802\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62443_010_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A pink child's toy car sits in front of a line of small housing units made out of shipping containers.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62443_010_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62443_010_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62443_010_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62443_010_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62443_010_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shipping containers converted to homes line the perimeter of the Evans Lane interim housing facility located on city-owned land, in San José, on Jan. 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not just Evans Lane. An analysis of city data on San José’s five quick-build communities — officially known as emergency interim housing sites — reveals that calls to police about property and drug crimes around the sites actually decreased in the year after the sites opened. The sites collectively offer roughly 400 beds for unhoused people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other common fears — that people living in the new interim sites would fill streets with litter and attract other unhoused people to the area — also aren’t backed up by the data. In fact, graffiti and trash complaints near the sites have actually declined in the year after they opened. So, too, have calls about fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that hasn’t stopped the pitchforks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we describe the problem and describe the solutions, people tend to say, ‘Those make a lot of sense, that sounds like a great plan. Just make sure it’s at least a couple of miles from my home,’” Matt Mahan, San José’s newly elected mayor, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As San José faces a troubling rise in homelessness, some city leaders like Mahan are pushing to build more temporary housing as a cost-effective approach to quickly get unhoused residents off the streets. But supporting these projects often comes with a political price. For Mahan, and half the City Council, who are also seeking reelection in March 2024, trying to reduce street homelessness while keeping neighbors happy is a challenging task.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really comes down to their conviction,” said Bob Staedler, principal of Silicon Valley Synergy, a land-use consulting firm in San José. “If you want to get reelected, you have to walk a fine line of supporting what your constituents want versus what you know morally and as a leader you should push. But it’s really a tightrope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staedler said almost any proposed development is bound to get some complaints from residents concerned with potential impacts to traffic or the oft-cited “neighborhood character.” But opposition to new housing for people exiting homelessness, he added, is often rooted in fear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They feel like, well, you’re bringing these people in my neighborhood, you’re not going to be able to control them, and it’s going to be scary for us and we’re not going to feel safe in our homes,” he said. “It’s fear, right? It’s fear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The Evans Lane experience\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When the Evans Lane project was proposed next to his flooring business, Oderio had already fortified his property with fences and barbed wire to ward off break-ins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looked terrible,” he remembered. “It looked like a prison.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on a recent Friday, the block was calm, as shoppers at Conklin Bros. milled through the showroom’s tile and laminate displays. Meanwhile, next door at the Evans Lane housing site, resident Amanda Mora had found an oasis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942739\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942739 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62450_020_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An older Latina woman, with short, graying black hair, wearing a gray T-shirt and a long-sleeved black cardigan, leans forward and smiles as she opens a bright yellow door.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62450_020_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62450_020_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62450_020_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62450_020_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62450_020_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amanda Mora talks to her dog in her temporary home at Evans Lane, an interim housing facility located on city-owned land, in San José, on Jan. 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mora arrived in the Bay Area from the Central Valley town of Porterville in Oct. 2021, when her daughter was rushed to Stanford Medical Center for surgery after a serious car accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mora said she left the hospital with her daughter after months of care “with absolutely nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘I’m very afraid to even [have] the thought of being with my kid in the streets, my daughter in a wheelchair and nowhere to go and not knowing anybody,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After six months of living in a motel shelter, Mora and her daughter were able to move into Evans Lane, which exclusively serves families exiting homelessness. Her teenage son was able to join them, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942801\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62436_001_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11942801\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62436_001_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A new-looking kitchen with 2 stainless steel fridges, a sink and an oven.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62436_001_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62436_001_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62436_001_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62436_001_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62436_001_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The communal kitchen at Evans Lane. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The three now live in a small studio apartment constructed from a shipping container. The unit has bunk beds, a private bathroom, heating and cooling, and a TV. Mora pointed with pride to the plants growing on her windowsill as her dog, a Chihuahua mix, patrolled the doorway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have accomplished more here in the last six months that I’ve been here than I have in the last 10 years,” Mora said. “And that’s because I have had the opportunity to be given all the tools to be able to succeed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate building on the site that houses a communal kitchen, case managers work to connect residents to doctor’s appointments, pet care, legal counsel and jobs. An on-site housing specialist is helping Mora find a permanent home with a voucher from the Santa Clara County Housing Authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942805\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62451_021_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11942805\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62451_021_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A bunk bed in a narrow bedroom.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62451_021_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62451_021_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62451_021_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62451_021_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62451_021_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of a converted shipping container home at Evans Lane, an interim housing facility located on city-owned land, in San José. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What the data shows\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San José’s first interim housing development, a village of tiny sheds on Mabury Road near the Berryessa/North San José BART station, opened in Feb. 2020. The remaining four opened within the next year and a half, all of which provide people exiting homelessness with more privacy, community and services than a group shelter with the goal of transitioning residents to permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city tallied service requests to clean up graffiti and illegal dumping, certain fire and police department calls, and reported vehicle code violations within a 10-minute walking range around each interim housing location. The data, collected by the Department of Housing and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services, includes incidents for the year before and the year after each site opened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we talk with residents, of course, we hear the concerns, worried that more encampments will show up or RVs will surround the area, increased crime, blight, graffiti, dumping,” Jon Cicirelli, director of parks, recreation and neighborhood services, told the City Council in November. “All of these things are valid things to be worried about when we’re talking about this population. But we started looking at the data.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calls to the police about “quality of life” issues such as drug possession, property crimes and assault — along with complaints about graffiti — decreased overall, at four of the five sites. And total calls about fires and illegal dumping near the five sites fell as well. The data doesn’t include felony crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only calls to the Fire Department for medical services, specifically involving individuals experiencing homelessness, notably increased. Cicirelli told the council that was to be expected, as people exiting homelessness have years of medical issues to address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/12968061/embed\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:800;height:700px;\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The EMS needs go up, but that’s not surprising given the population that’s being served, and that they’re just coming off the street, in many cases from years and years of hardship,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expanding the interim housing sites is expected to be a top priority in the budget proposal Mahan plans to release next week. To pay for it, he said he wants to direct more of San José’s dedicated Measure E homelessness funding toward building interim housing and away from building permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor said he also wants the new housing sites to be prioritized for unhoused residents who live closest to them, and vowed to spend time educating residents about prospective projects by presenting data and offering tours of existing locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there has to be engagement. We’re in the business of serving the public and representing the public,” he said. “At the same time, I don’t think that these sites should be taken to a referendum because we would never solve homelessness if we approached it that way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even Mahan, San José’s flag bearer for interim housing, appears to have benefited politically from opposing some of these sites in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Noble Avenue uproar\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Just last year, the city gave up on two potential sites amid resident uproar. One of the ill-fated proposals, in the city’s Berryessa neighborhood, quickly became the most controversial interim housing project in the program’s history, after the City Council approved the 100-bed site, in June 2022, as part of a larger vote that included additional interim housing sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942830\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/image.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11942830\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/image.png\" alt=\"Three men and one woman post for a photo outside, holding a sign that says 'Mahan Mayor.'\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/image.png 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/image-160x120.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, pictured during his mayoral campaign in 2022 with Sandra Harrison Kay, (second from left), who helped organize opposition to the proposed emergency interim housing site on Noble Avenue, in North San José. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of \u003ca href=\"https://notonnoble.blogspot.com/\">'Not on Noble' blog\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Neighbors of the proposed Noble Avenue site balked at the idea of a quick-build community on land near Penitencia Creek Park, a popular hiking and biking spot, which they argued should have been off-limits for emergency housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an open space park that families use every day for walks, hikes, bike rides. It’s a natural reserve for wildlife. It’s land that’s also used for a water supply facility,” said Sandra Harrison Kay, who helped organize neighbors against the project after the Council approved it. “It’s directly across the street from an elementary school, a day care, a library. It’s down the street from a middle school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://notonnoble.blogspot.com/\">Opponents of the site\u003c/a> went door to door in the neighborhood, handing out flyers and convening meetings. The protests swelled throughout the summer. Demonstrators blanketed City Hall meetings wearing white “Not on Noble” T-shirts and waving signs in front of the council chamber cameras — even when the project was not on the day’s agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And protesters found an unlikely ally in their cause: Mahan, who was then a councilmember and mayoral candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite touting quick-build housing as part of his campaign — as a cheaper, faster alternative to the permanent affordable apartments championed by his opponent, Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez — Mahan was actually one of two councilmembers who voted against the new interim housing sites that summer. The vote included Noble Avenue and a project in Mahan’s own Almaden Valley district. He argued those developments were put forward without any outreach to nearby residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The leaders of the Noble Avenue opposition took notice. On Aug. 6, they gathered at the Penitencia Creek percolation ponds, where Mahan was the guest speaker. A month later, city staff recommended dropping the site in favor of a new location.[aside label=\"More housing coverage\" tag=\"housing\"]“He absolutely did gain some allegiances and votes based on his appearance at that picnic and everything he shared,” Harrison Kay said. “Because we had this whole group of ‘Not on Noble,’ and we were really looking for leadership that shared our values and was willing to be open, public, etcetera. And he was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North San José is one of the city’s political battlegrounds, where margins between candidates aligned with labor and business interests are often razor-thin. After losing the entire neighborhood in the June primary, Mahan flipped Berryessa in November, and won nearly all the precincts around the proposed Noble Avenue site on his way to victory over Chavez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember David Cohen, who represents the area, said he has no doubt Mahan’s vote helped him gain support in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People did rally behind him after that, and they thought that he was with them,” said Cohen, who supported Chavez in the race. “In fact, I heard many people saying he voted against it, Cindy Chavez voted for it — even though Cindy Chavez isn’t on the council.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen admits that it can be a good short-term political move to oppose controversial projects. He also voted against the Noble Avenue proposal, which he called a bad site that cost the city precious time. Now, he said the mayor and council need to work together to find a broader range of locations for interim housing — like in West San José, where there currently is none.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He ran on a platform of doing something to get people off the street and provide solutions like this,” Cohen said. “And so you can only have it both ways for a short period of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan said he made it clear to opponents of the Noble Avenue site that his vote was based squarely on the process and a lack of outreach to surrounding communities. And in November, he voted to support a new interim project near a VTA light rail station in South San José, despite howls from constituents who claimed the incoming residents would interfere with commuters and endanger nurses at the adjacent Kaiser Permanente Medical Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942741\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942741 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63511_IMG_4792-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A middle-aged white man in a green plaid shirt sits smiling at a desk typing on a computer keyboard.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63511_IMG_4792-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63511_IMG_4792-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63511_IMG_4792-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63511_IMG_4792-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63511_IMG_4792-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rick Oderio, owner of Conklin Bros. Floor Coverings, at his office, located next to an interim housing site, in San José’s Canoas Garden neighborhood, on Feb. 24, 2023. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been on the receiving end of hundreds of people in a room yelling at me. I’ve no doubt lost thousands of votes over supporting these sites,” Mahan said. “The reality is that people are frustrated and expect results, and the truth is if we don’t make faster progress on ending homelessness, particularly unsheltered homelessness, none of us are going to get reelected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That theory will be put to the test soon enough, with voting in the city’s next election — in which Mahan will be running to keep his seat — beginning in less than a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, Oderio, of Conklin Bros., is focused on the flooring needs of his commercial real estate clients and hasn’t paid much attention to the interim housing site next door on Evans Lane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really hadn’t even given it much thought,” Oderio said. “They were just our neighbor, you know, and they’re well-maintained over there, and it looks nice. That’s all we care about.”[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We were already inundated, it was already a disaster,” said Oderio, who feared the temporary housing site would only exacerbate crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and a group of neighbors showed up at meetings to protest the project and sent blistering messages to the city’s housing staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Clearly, this has not been thought out,” Oderio wrote in an email to a city planner. “Our businesses are suffering. Our property values declining. And now THIS!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a marathon meeting, the City Council approved 102 units of temporary housing on Evans Lane. After years of delays in funding, the site finally opened in April of 2021. But the increase in crime Oderio feared? It never materialized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This new housing development, temporary housing thing, as far as I’m concerned, I haven’t heard a peep out of these people,” Oderio said. “This has not been an issue for us, a problem whatsoever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942802\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62443_010_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11942802\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62443_010_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A pink child's toy car sits in front of a line of small housing units made out of shipping containers.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62443_010_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62443_010_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62443_010_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62443_010_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62443_010_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shipping containers converted to homes line the perimeter of the Evans Lane interim housing facility located on city-owned land, in San José, on Jan. 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not just Evans Lane. An analysis of city data on San José’s five quick-build communities — officially known as emergency interim housing sites — reveals that calls to police about property and drug crimes around the sites actually decreased in the year after the sites opened. The sites collectively offer roughly 400 beds for unhoused people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other common fears — that people living in the new interim sites would fill streets with litter and attract other unhoused people to the area — also aren’t backed up by the data. In fact, graffiti and trash complaints near the sites have actually declined in the year after they opened. So, too, have calls about fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that hasn’t stopped the pitchforks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we describe the problem and describe the solutions, people tend to say, ‘Those make a lot of sense, that sounds like a great plan. Just make sure it’s at least a couple of miles from my home,’” Matt Mahan, San José’s newly elected mayor, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As San José faces a troubling rise in homelessness, some city leaders like Mahan are pushing to build more temporary housing as a cost-effective approach to quickly get unhoused residents off the streets. But supporting these projects often comes with a political price. For Mahan, and half the City Council, who are also seeking reelection in March 2024, trying to reduce street homelessness while keeping neighbors happy is a challenging task.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really comes down to their conviction,” said Bob Staedler, principal of Silicon Valley Synergy, a land-use consulting firm in San José. “If you want to get reelected, you have to walk a fine line of supporting what your constituents want versus what you know morally and as a leader you should push. But it’s really a tightrope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staedler said almost any proposed development is bound to get some complaints from residents concerned with potential impacts to traffic or the oft-cited “neighborhood character.” But opposition to new housing for people exiting homelessness, he added, is often rooted in fear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They feel like, well, you’re bringing these people in my neighborhood, you’re not going to be able to control them, and it’s going to be scary for us and we’re not going to feel safe in our homes,” he said. “It’s fear, right? It’s fear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>The Evans Lane experience\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When the Evans Lane project was proposed next to his flooring business, Oderio had already fortified his property with fences and barbed wire to ward off break-ins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looked terrible,” he remembered. “It looked like a prison.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on a recent Friday, the block was calm, as shoppers at Conklin Bros. milled through the showroom’s tile and laminate displays. Meanwhile, next door at the Evans Lane housing site, resident Amanda Mora had found an oasis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942739\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942739 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62450_020_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An older Latina woman, with short, graying black hair, wearing a gray T-shirt and a long-sleeved black cardigan, leans forward and smiles as she opens a bright yellow door.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62450_020_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62450_020_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62450_020_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62450_020_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62450_020_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amanda Mora talks to her dog in her temporary home at Evans Lane, an interim housing facility located on city-owned land, in San José, on Jan. 30, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mora arrived in the Bay Area from the Central Valley town of Porterville in Oct. 2021, when her daughter was rushed to Stanford Medical Center for surgery after a serious car accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mora said she left the hospital with her daughter after months of care “with absolutely nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘I’m very afraid to even [have] the thought of being with my kid in the streets, my daughter in a wheelchair and nowhere to go and not knowing anybody,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After six months of living in a motel shelter, Mora and her daughter were able to move into Evans Lane, which exclusively serves families exiting homelessness. Her teenage son was able to join them, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942801\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62436_001_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11942801\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62436_001_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A new-looking kitchen with 2 stainless steel fridges, a sink and an oven.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62436_001_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62436_001_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62436_001_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62436_001_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62436_001_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The communal kitchen at Evans Lane. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The three now live in a small studio apartment constructed from a shipping container. The unit has bunk beds, a private bathroom, heating and cooling, and a TV. Mora pointed with pride to the plants growing on her windowsill as her dog, a Chihuahua mix, patrolled the doorway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have accomplished more here in the last six months that I’ve been here than I have in the last 10 years,” Mora said. “And that’s because I have had the opportunity to be given all the tools to be able to succeed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate building on the site that houses a communal kitchen, case managers work to connect residents to doctor’s appointments, pet care, legal counsel and jobs. An on-site housing specialist is helping Mora find a permanent home with a voucher from the Santa Clara County Housing Authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942805\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62451_021_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11942805\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62451_021_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A bunk bed in a narrow bedroom.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62451_021_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62451_021_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62451_021_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62451_021_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62451_021_KQED_SanJoseInterimHousing_01302023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of a converted shipping container home at Evans Lane, an interim housing facility located on city-owned land, in San José. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What the data shows\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San José’s first interim housing development, a village of tiny sheds on Mabury Road near the Berryessa/North San José BART station, opened in Feb. 2020. The remaining four opened within the next year and a half, all of which provide people exiting homelessness with more privacy, community and services than a group shelter with the goal of transitioning residents to permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city tallied service requests to clean up graffiti and illegal dumping, certain fire and police department calls, and reported vehicle code violations within a 10-minute walking range around each interim housing location. The data, collected by the Department of Housing and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services, includes incidents for the year before and the year after each site opened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we talk with residents, of course, we hear the concerns, worried that more encampments will show up or RVs will surround the area, increased crime, blight, graffiti, dumping,” Jon Cicirelli, director of parks, recreation and neighborhood services, told the City Council in November. “All of these things are valid things to be worried about when we’re talking about this population. But we started looking at the data.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calls to the police about “quality of life” issues such as drug possession, property crimes and assault — along with complaints about graffiti — decreased overall, at four of the five sites. And total calls about fires and illegal dumping near the five sites fell as well. The data doesn’t include felony crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only calls to the Fire Department for medical services, specifically involving individuals experiencing homelessness, notably increased. Cicirelli told the council that was to be expected, as people exiting homelessness have years of medical issues to address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/12968061/embed\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:800;height:700px;\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The EMS needs go up, but that’s not surprising given the population that’s being served, and that they’re just coming off the street, in many cases from years and years of hardship,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Expanding the interim housing sites is expected to be a top priority in the budget proposal Mahan plans to release next week. To pay for it, he said he wants to direct more of San José’s dedicated Measure E homelessness funding toward building interim housing and away from building permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor said he also wants the new housing sites to be prioritized for unhoused residents who live closest to them, and vowed to spend time educating residents about prospective projects by presenting data and offering tours of existing locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there has to be engagement. We’re in the business of serving the public and representing the public,” he said. “At the same time, I don’t think that these sites should be taken to a referendum because we would never solve homelessness if we approached it that way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even Mahan, San José’s flag bearer for interim housing, appears to have benefited politically from opposing some of these sites in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Noble Avenue uproar\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Just last year, the city gave up on two potential sites amid resident uproar. One of the ill-fated proposals, in the city’s Berryessa neighborhood, quickly became the most controversial interim housing project in the program’s history, after the City Council approved the 100-bed site, in June 2022, as part of a larger vote that included additional interim housing sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942830\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/image.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11942830\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/image.png\" alt=\"Three men and one woman post for a photo outside, holding a sign that says 'Mahan Mayor.'\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/image.png 320w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/image-160x120.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, pictured during his mayoral campaign in 2022 with Sandra Harrison Kay, (second from left), who helped organize opposition to the proposed emergency interim housing site on Noble Avenue, in North San José. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of \u003ca href=\"https://notonnoble.blogspot.com/\">'Not on Noble' blog\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Neighbors of the proposed Noble Avenue site balked at the idea of a quick-build community on land near Penitencia Creek Park, a popular hiking and biking spot, which they argued should have been off-limits for emergency housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an open space park that families use every day for walks, hikes, bike rides. It’s a natural reserve for wildlife. It’s land that’s also used for a water supply facility,” said Sandra Harrison Kay, who helped organize neighbors against the project after the Council approved it. “It’s directly across the street from an elementary school, a day care, a library. It’s down the street from a middle school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://notonnoble.blogspot.com/\">Opponents of the site\u003c/a> went door to door in the neighborhood, handing out flyers and convening meetings. The protests swelled throughout the summer. Demonstrators blanketed City Hall meetings wearing white “Not on Noble” T-shirts and waving signs in front of the council chamber cameras — even when the project was not on the day’s agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And protesters found an unlikely ally in their cause: Mahan, who was then a councilmember and mayoral candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite touting quick-build housing as part of his campaign — as a cheaper, faster alternative to the permanent affordable apartments championed by his opponent, Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez — Mahan was actually one of two councilmembers who voted against the new interim housing sites that summer. The vote included Noble Avenue and a project in Mahan’s own Almaden Valley district. He argued those developments were put forward without any outreach to nearby residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The leaders of the Noble Avenue opposition took notice. On Aug. 6, they gathered at the Penitencia Creek percolation ponds, where Mahan was the guest speaker. A month later, city staff recommended dropping the site in favor of a new location.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“He absolutely did gain some allegiances and votes based on his appearance at that picnic and everything he shared,” Harrison Kay said. “Because we had this whole group of ‘Not on Noble,’ and we were really looking for leadership that shared our values and was willing to be open, public, etcetera. And he was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North San José is one of the city’s political battlegrounds, where margins between candidates aligned with labor and business interests are often razor-thin. After losing the entire neighborhood in the June primary, Mahan flipped Berryessa in November, and won nearly all the precincts around the proposed Noble Avenue site on his way to victory over Chavez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember David Cohen, who represents the area, said he has no doubt Mahan’s vote helped him gain support in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People did rally behind him after that, and they thought that he was with them,” said Cohen, who supported Chavez in the race. “In fact, I heard many people saying he voted against it, Cindy Chavez voted for it — even though Cindy Chavez isn’t on the council.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen admits that it can be a good short-term political move to oppose controversial projects. He also voted against the Noble Avenue proposal, which he called a bad site that cost the city precious time. Now, he said the mayor and council need to work together to find a broader range of locations for interim housing — like in West San José, where there currently is none.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He ran on a platform of doing something to get people off the street and provide solutions like this,” Cohen said. “And so you can only have it both ways for a short period of time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan said he made it clear to opponents of the Noble Avenue site that his vote was based squarely on the process and a lack of outreach to surrounding communities. And in November, he voted to support a new interim project near a VTA light rail station in South San José, despite howls from constituents who claimed the incoming residents would interfere with commuters and endanger nurses at the adjacent Kaiser Permanente Medical Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942741\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942741 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63511_IMG_4792-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A middle-aged white man in a green plaid shirt sits smiling at a desk typing on a computer keyboard.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63511_IMG_4792-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63511_IMG_4792-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63511_IMG_4792-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63511_IMG_4792-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS63511_IMG_4792-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rick Oderio, owner of Conklin Bros. Floor Coverings, at his office, located next to an interim housing site, in San José’s Canoas Garden neighborhood, on Feb. 24, 2023. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been on the receiving end of hundreds of people in a room yelling at me. I’ve no doubt lost thousands of votes over supporting these sites,” Mahan said. “The reality is that people are frustrated and expect results, and the truth is if we don’t make faster progress on ending homelessness, particularly unsheltered homelessness, none of us are going to get reelected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That theory will be put to the test soon enough, with voting in the city’s next election — in which Mahan will be running to keep his seat — beginning in less than a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, Oderio, of Conklin Bros., is focused on the flooring needs of his commercial real estate clients and hasn’t paid much attention to the interim housing site next door on Evans Lane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really hadn’t even given it much thought,” Oderio said. “They were just our neighbor, you know, and they’re well-maintained over there, and it looks nice. That’s all we care about.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Wu plans to camp out in front of the county administration building day and night, through cold and rain, until lawmakers lift the ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I need the rent to feed my family,” said Wu, whose triplex is his primary source of income. “I will continue there until the government listens to my story and until they have a new fair policy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While COVID eviction protections are long expired in most cities and counties around the state, Alameda County is one of three Bay Area counties holding out — but not for much longer. \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/press/press-release-2023.02.28.pdf\">The county’s local COVID-19 public health emergency expired Tuesday (PDF)\u003c/a>, the same day as the state’s. With it gone, the county’s eviction moratorium will sunset in 60 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants in Solano County, another Bay Area county with a moratorium in place, will lose their pandemic-era protections in 90 days. 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Instead, she said they’ve seen a gradual increase, which they expect will ultimately top pre-pandemic eviction numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The moratorium reduced evictions by two-thirds compared to pre-pandemic numbers, said Margaret DeMatteo, housing policy attorney for Legal Aid of Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to DeMatteo’s analysis of court data, in 2019, there were 932 unlawful detainers in the county. In 2021, the only full year covered by the moratorium, the figure dropped to 332. In 2022, with the moratorium in effect through September, numbers rebounded to 786. The figures don’t account for illegal evictions or notices that lead people to move before an eviction goes to court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s our workforce. 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Tenants must be able to prove that their inability to pay is due to the pandemic to qualify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a very narrow ordinance, but what it’s doing is protecting some of our residents who are most vulnerable to displacement and homelessness,” Reynes said, noting the city doesn’t have rent stabilization or just cause eviction protections in place. “It gives us time to work on more permanent solutions for both tenants and housing providers in our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11920788,news_11919866 label='Related Coverage']San Leandro isn’t the first city to enact tougher renter protections in the wake of temporary COVID measures lapsing. These solutions have proliferated across the state over the past couple of years as cities adopted or strengthened rent control and just cause eviction laws, \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/topics/understanding-evictions-in-oakland\">which limit evictions to those a city deems reasonable\u003c/a>, like failure to pay rent, significantly damaging a unit or violating the lease after receiving a written notice to stop. In the Bay Area, Antioch, Richmond and Oakland all increased protections last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are going back to the toolkit of policies that we’ve been advocating for years,” said Shanti Singh, communications and legislative director for Tenants Together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, where Singh is based, there are already strong rules in place to protect tenants. 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The plan would create a transition period through the end of August during which only certain kinds of evictions would be allowed, including some due to an owner moving back into the property, those due to health and safety issues and those for nonpayment, unless a tenant has proof the delay is related to the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just can’t end this right now. We have to have a plan,” Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín said, adding that the proposal is meant to prevent people from becoming homeless. “We don’t need thousands more people on the streets just because we didn’t give them the time and the space and the resources to be able to pay back the rent that they owe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also asking for another $300,000 for the city’s COVID rent relief program, which now has a waitlist of six tenants seeking a total of $44,142.86, according to the resolution. 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She said she’s listening to input from both tenants and small property owners as she drafts the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am hopeful that we will craft a proposal that helps provide housing security to tenants and balances the concerns of small property owners,” she said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As lawmakers consider ways to ease out of the bans, landlords are pushing to take back greater control over their properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These elected officials set these tenants up for failure by allowing them to continue to accumulate debt,” said Krista Gulbransen, executive director of the Berkeley Property Owners Association, “but they’re never, ever going to be able to pay [it] back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The association recently surveyed members and found the average respondent had at least two units with tenants who hadn’t been paying rent for an extended period of time. 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[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Krista Gulbransen, executive director, Berkeley Property Owners Association\"]‘These elected officials set these tenants up for failure by allowing them to continue to accumulate debt.’[/pullquote]Miley, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors president, has asked county staff to look into resources available to support the transition out of the moratorium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to come up with programs that are going to help work with landlords and tenants to ameliorate and hopefully bring about some type of compromise,” he said, “so that we don’t have the level of evictions that are anticipated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the county may not have the money to make landlords whole, Miley said he’d like to see it cover a portion of the debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leah Simon-Weisberg, legal director for the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Institute, wants local leaders to think bigger. 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"content": "\u003cp>Smoke rose from a sizzling grill. Racks of ribs, steaks and pork chops filled large aluminum foil pans sitting on white plastic folding tables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicholas Alexander, master chef of People’s Park, wore a white apron with the six-pack abs of a bodybuilder on the front. Alexander, who had his blond hair in a ponytail, shuffled around the grill in scuffed Nike Blazers as sweat dripped from his brow. Barbecues are a cornerstone of the community that have made People’s Park their home, but on a sunny afternoon in September it felt like the Last Supper.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Nicholas Alexander, master chef, People's Park\"]‘Oftentimes, the most resources I get to do my barbecues or do what I’m doing here are coming from those that have the least. And they’re doing that because we’re family.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The slice of land in South Berkeley that has been a refuge for those with nowhere else to go is marked for development. Most of the trees that provided daytime shade were cut down in August when UC Berkeley attempted to start construction on student housing. Protesters cut holes in the chain-link fence, stopping the construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only about a dozen tents — dots of blue and red scattered across the 3-acre lot — remain. Many longtime residents have relocated, but a dozen or so people spend most of their time at home in the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942029\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47371_037_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942029 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47371_037_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Different colored tents and camping equipment by trees in a park.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47371_037_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47371_037_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47371_037_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47371_037_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47371_037_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tents at People’s Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The trunks of fruit, redwood and oak trees, some massive, were dragged by People’s Park residents into a semicircle around the base of one of the last trees standing. It’s a place to sit, eat barbecue and reminisce about what the park used to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We hadn’t had one in a long time, and one of our community members ended up donating their food stamps — there’s something around like $800 on it,” Alexander said about the barbecue. “Oftentimes, the most resources I get to do my barbecues or do what I’m doing here are coming from those that have the least. And they’re doing that because we’re family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The park is four blocks from UC Berkeley’s campus. The university, which warns incoming students to avoid the park, needs 8,000 units to alleviate a housing crisis that has left some students unhoused and many others scraping by to live in Berkeley where, according to Zillow, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.zillow.com/rental-manager/market-trends/berkeley-ca/\">median rent is $2,950\u003c/a>, roughly $1,000 more than the national median.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Construction on a 1,100-bed project was halted by a state appellate court in August. In December, the court released a “tentative decision” that sided with park advocates. According to the court, the university, which has said the project will also include supportive housing units, failed to consider other sites. The court also said that the development plan could run afoul of the California Environmental Quality Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47363_029_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11942022\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47363_029_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47363_029_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47363_029_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47363_029_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47363_029_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47363_029_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two men play chess at People’s Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Friday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11941907/appeals-court-sends-uc-berkeley-back-to-the-drawing-board-on-peoples-park-development\">the state appellate court ruled that the project must stop\u003c/a>. In the decision, though, the court said the university does not need to abandon it, but “must return to the trial court and fix the errors” in the environmental impact report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A165451.PDF\">ruling stems from a 2021 lawsuit (PDF)\u003c/a> filed by neighbors and activists concerned about the influx of student residents adversely affecting the neighborhood and seeking to preserve People’s Park as a historic landmark of student protest and a residence and resource site for unhoused residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last park residents standing have a reprieve — for now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, People’s Park has had an active community with its own rules and problems. It is a destination maligned by clashes with police and a reputation for drugs and crime, whether deserved or not. For people like Alexander, the park space is worth preserving — and occupying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47341_006_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942019 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47341_006_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two women wearing multicolored scarves and masks stand in the middle of tents. The woman on the right looks down at plastic bag she's holding while the woman on the left holds fruit.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47341_006_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47341_006_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47341_006_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47341_006_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47341_006_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romeo Channer (left) and Alecia Harger look through a bag donated at People’s Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Residents care for each other because they share a common bond: being unable to afford a place to live in one of the most expensive regions in the country. They share resources, from a magnifying glass to help with bad eyesight to first-aid supplies, paintbrushes and fresh pillowcases. They look after each other’s pets. They share their food and food stamps. Some have shared tents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erik Morales, a longtime People’s Park resident, said he moved to Berkeley from Guatemala when he was 15. He heard about the peace and love movement in Berkeley, which inspired him in Central America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We didn’t have the right to speak, to say what our feelings were,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales frequently cooked breakfast for the park’s residents. The kitchen is where Morales explored his Latin roots, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Coffee and scrambled eggs — you know, scrambled eggs with tortillas, with some cheese. They love it,” he said. “I’ve made different things, and I always combine some Latino flavor — add a little amount of our cheese or add some of our sausage or something. And then when it’s done I go around yelling, ‘Good morning, mother flower,’ waking everyone up to eat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A perception of violence\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the few public green spaces in Berkeley, People’s Park is off Telegraph Avenue, between Haste Street and Dwight Way. It’s near where students gather at Romeo’s Coffee, Mezzo and Moe’s Books. To live in Southside Berkeley is to know People’s Park.[aside postID=\"news_11941907,news_11923876,forum_2010101890205\" label=\"Related Posts\"]A symbol of counterculture, the park became a community gathering spot in the 1960s. Over the decades, it has hosted concerts, stand-up comedy, dance performances and circuses. The university acquired the land through eminent domain in 1967 with the intention of turning it into student housing, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sarahdoggett/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Whose-Peoples-Park-by-Sarah-Doggett.pdf\">\u003cem>Picture This, California Perspectives on American History\u003c/em> (PDF)\u003c/a>, an educational resource from the Oakland Museum of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was not enough funding to complete the housing project, and the land became a muddy, garbage-filled dumping ground according to \u003cem>Picture This\u003c/em>. Community members cleaned the park and attempted to turn it into a community space, but after a month of work they were stopped by bulldozers and police officers sent by the university and the city. This launched a months-long protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On May 15, 1969, a date known as Bloody Thursday, California Highway Patrol officers surrounded the park. The officers waited for about 3,000 students to march there after a protest at Sproul Plaza on UC Berkeley’s campus. The students were pelted with bird shot and blasts of tear gas. One person died, and 110 people were injured. The National Guard was summoned by then-Gov. Ronald Reagan to end the chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942033 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='A spraypainted sign reads \"Save Peoples Park, No More Buildings\" near tents in a park.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign says ‘Save Peoples Park, No More Buildings’ at People’s Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The decades-long battle for who has rights to the park continues. On Aug. 3, construction was disrupted by dozens of protesters who ignored police orders and tore down the security fencing and attempted to physically block construction vehicles. The California 1st District Court of Appeal placed an injunction on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students’ perceptions of the park tend to be shaped by stories disseminated by the university: Freshmen arrive in Berkeley armed with warnings from their parents’ Facebook groups that share tales about drugs and crime in the park. Orientation leaders for the university supply tips on how to stay safe when passing the park at night. And notifications from UC Berkeley WarnMe, an emergency notification system, flood phones with emails and text messages, often advising students to avoid the area because of “dangerous activity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They [orientation leaders] told us to use BearWalk or the night shuttle and to always be aware of our surroundings when we’re in this area,” said UC Berkeley freshman Charlotte Palmer, referring to the night safety services offered by the university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/10/06/2022-berkeley-gunfire-map-berkeleyside\">Berkeleyside compiled shooting reports from the last few years\u003c/a> to document the increase in gun violence. On Oct. 8, there was a fatal shooting on Telegraph Avenue, the third person slain in Berkeley in 2022 compared to zero in 2021. Park residents said the violence isn’t coming from within their community. Rather, violence in the city bleeds into the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there is a lot of violence, but ultimately there is a lot more violence that happens around Berkeley and South Berkeley,” Alexander said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He equated the conflicts that erupt inside the park to the types of fights any family has.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re unhoused, when you don’t have that much stuff, when you’re dealing with not getting enough sleep, when you might be using and then someone happens to steal the little that you have left, I would probably snap, too,” Alexander said. “I think that’s what a lot of people miss. They just see the violence and they think of people here as horrible, not worthy of society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of this violence can be blamed on the society we find ourselves in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Understanding the needs of unhoused people\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://everyonehome.org/main/continuum-of-care/everyone-counts/\">2022 point-in-time count of unhoused people in Alameda County\u003c/a> by EveryOne Home, an organization that works to end homelessness, reported 9,747 unhoused people in the county. Just over 1,000 live in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, People’s Park residents were offered rooms at Rodeway Inn, the rectangular, off-white building on University Avenue. The inn \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11921155/last-days-at-the-radisson-as-state-shelter-program-shutters-formerly-unhoused-residents-in-oakland-brace-for-next-steps\">operated under Project Roomkey, a state-funded program that created transitional facilities\u003c/a>. Around 40 of the 64 park residents chose to move there. Other residents had housing alternatives or were in the process of transitioning to another housing facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Radu, an assistant to Berkeley’s city manager and the city’s homeless services coordinator, said the city is funding housing navigators and landlord liaison services, and helping residents with “getting their documents in order, getting their applications together, getting their proof of income together — all the things that you need to be ready to sign a lease.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued, “And then on the landlord side, searching for landlords who are wanting to partner with us, advocating on behalf of the clients to those landlords.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ari Neulight, UC Berkeley’s homeless outreach coordinator who works closely with the unhoused community around the university, including People’s Park, said most of the original Rodeway Inn residents moved to other permanent housing options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodeway Inn provided temporary housing and food, but it did not offer mental health services. Neulight said the two goals for the project were based on park resident feedback: They wanted a place to sleep that wouldn’t be interrupted by the police and somewhere to congregate during the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After just a few months of living there, some inn residents felt like their needs were not being met. Morales, the longtime resident of People’s Park, said the staff treated residents like they were still unhoused. They weren’t given keys to their rooms, and staff members locked and unlocked the doors. Many of the residents left their doors open during the day to maintain independence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58960_DSC02563-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11942054\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58960_DSC02563-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a sleeveless red t-shirt looks out from on top of a makeshift structure.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58960_DSC02563-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58960_DSC02563-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58960_DSC02563-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58960_DSC02563-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58960_DSC02563-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicholas Alexander looks out from the top of a structure made in the park. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They’re looking at us like we’re just homeless people, and they don’t have to care about us,” said Morales, who lived at the inn. “We are people, too. We aren’t here to fight with anyone. We’re here to move forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Wolch, professor at UC Berkeley’s Department of City and Regional Planning who has researched urban homelessness, said it is important that unhoused people not feel like they are at the whim of the city.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jennifer Wolch, professor, UC Berkeley's Department of City and Regional Planning\"]‘It’s important to understand that when people are living essentially unsheltered — in either communities on the sidewalk or in tent communities or under a freeway or [in a] vehicle community — they survive in no small part because they have relationships with other people.’[/pullquote]“One of the things that I found when talking to folks that may be living in their cars or living in an encampment is they will often say, ‘This is my choice,’ or, ‘This is what I want,’ as a way of asserting individual autonomy,” Wolch said. “Most people understand that it’s not because they literally would rather be on the street than in a nice apartment, but it says to whoever is talking to them, ‘I’m a person, and I have respect for myself, and I have autonomy.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales said he graduated from City College of San Francisco in 2021, where he studied psychology and social work. He has volunteered in community outreach for years, but after interacting with the staff at Rodeway Inn, which is managed by Abode Services, a Fremont-based nonprofit, he sees a potential career path where he could combine his passion for community and his life experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A professional guy with a diploma from a university or whatever can implement whatever he learned from the stupid books, but he can’t understand us, the people,” Morales said. “If he’s not capable of doing his job, then he can go find another job because I can do (the job). I graduated from the same field. I can do paperwork, I can do outreach and I can be a housing coordinator.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each resident at Rodeway Inn was offered a single or shared room with a bed, table and small bathroom. The beige walls provided less of a creative outlet and self-expression than the residents had in the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47355_021_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942028 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47355_021_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a mask, camouflage jacket and dark pants holds a microphone while people in the background and to the side watch.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47355_021_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47355_021_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47355_021_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47355_021_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47355_021_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aidan Hill speaks during a Friday meeting at People’s Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“To give it a real analysis, what they call transitional housing means transition people from the street back to the street,” said former park resident Lisa Teague, who now lives next to the park in a Satellite Affordable Housing Associates housing complex. “Providing housing doesn’t solve the problem. They seem to think that the sort of jail-like atmosphere is important to somehow cause people to adjust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The People’s Park community felt like they were being divided by the city and the university. According to Wolch, this loss of community could impact mental and physical health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important to understand that when people are living essentially unsheltered — in either communities on the sidewalk or in tent communities or under a freeway or [in a] vehicle community — they survive in no small part because they have relationships with other people,” she said. “But people, if they’ve been in that kind of community and understand the way it has been central to their ability to navigate this kind of extreme situation, then being completely torn away from that community may make people say, ‘No, I’m not going to a housing situation.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A vision for the park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Alexander recognizes that community support matters whether you’re living outside or under a roof. He developed a connection to the park long before he was a resident: When he was 17, Alexander took a bus from a commune in Oregon to Berkeley, where he soon found the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never lived in this park perpetually, but for months on end I used to be the hammock person,” Alexander, now 35, said. “I would put hammocks up in trees and the cops would literally kick people out from under me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a teenager, his “family” was a group of wandering souls. Some were members of the foster youth community; others had run away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were all along Telegraph, all along Shattuck,” Alexander fondly recalled. “It was really those folks that introduced me to street life in Berkeley and kind of welcomed me as family. And we are family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58974_DSC02667-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942024 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58974_DSC02667-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='A man wearing a red sleeveless shirt that says \"The Amazing Spider-Pig\" with an illustration puts his arm around a person wearing glasses and dark clothes with a light-colored blanket over their shoulder.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58974_DSC02667-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58974_DSC02667-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58974_DSC02667-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58974_DSC02667-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58974_DSC02667-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teague and Alexander share a laugh on Sept. 21, 2022. Alexander describes the People’s Park community as family. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alexander lives in a one-bedroom apartment in Oakland, which he calls his vacation home. He wants to transfer his Section 8 housing voucher to Berkeley. He maintains a built, domed structure in the park. He said he will move out of the park once the university abandons construction plans or if he is physically removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were a lot of tears, a lot of community members crying everywhere, and going through their own personal grief,” said Alexander, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/08/22/peoples-park-activist-arrested-by-berkeley-police-released-charges-dropped\">arrested for his role in the protest that blocked construction in August\u003c/a>. “Seeing so many trees cut down, so many memories, so many stories that will now only be in memory, that’s a true tragedy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside a fenced-in circle with only one entrance and exit, residents store first-aid supplies and food donations. They sit on stray couches and logs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kitchen is at the center of Alexander’s dome, which is camouflaged by planks of plywood that have been painted by residents. There are rebellious messages to the university and supportive words for the people occupying the park. At the very top of this dome, a hammock swayed in the breeze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On either side of the hammock, Alexander stores old riot gear: gas masks, black bandanas and a shield with the transgender rights flag and the words “We are People’s Park” on the front. There is a trapdoor in the structure, perfect for a quick escape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander maintains he has a vision for the park’s future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My ultimate goal, maybe even where the kitchen is, would be a little community center here with social workers and resource workers that would essentially change some of the dynamics of the park that have more problematic behavior,” he said. “Really honoring the legacy of People’s Park, not trying to sanitize it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tongs he used to flip the ribs were in his hand as he spoke wistfully of his plans for renovating the dome. He wants to add a second floor, an even higher platform to fly his Rebel Alliance flag from Star Wars, a symbol of resistance as the remaining residents of People’s Park persist in making a stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The slice of land in South Berkeley that has been a refuge for those with nowhere else to go is marked for development. Most of the trees that provided daytime shade were cut down in August when UC Berkeley attempted to start construction on student housing. Protesters cut holes in the chain-link fence, stopping the construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only about a dozen tents — dots of blue and red scattered across the 3-acre lot — remain. Many longtime residents have relocated, but a dozen or so people spend most of their time at home in the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942029\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47371_037_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942029 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47371_037_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Different colored tents and camping equipment by trees in a park.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47371_037_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47371_037_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47371_037_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47371_037_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47371_037_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tents at People’s Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The trunks of fruit, redwood and oak trees, some massive, were dragged by People’s Park residents into a semicircle around the base of one of the last trees standing. It’s a place to sit, eat barbecue and reminisce about what the park used to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We hadn’t had one in a long time, and one of our community members ended up donating their food stamps — there’s something around like $800 on it,” Alexander said about the barbecue. “Oftentimes, the most resources I get to do my barbecues or do what I’m doing here are coming from those that have the least. And they’re doing that because we’re family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The park is four blocks from UC Berkeley’s campus. The university, which warns incoming students to avoid the park, needs 8,000 units to alleviate a housing crisis that has left some students unhoused and many others scraping by to live in Berkeley where, according to Zillow, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.zillow.com/rental-manager/market-trends/berkeley-ca/\">median rent is $2,950\u003c/a>, roughly $1,000 more than the national median.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Construction on a 1,100-bed project was halted by a state appellate court in August. In December, the court released a “tentative decision” that sided with park advocates. According to the court, the university, which has said the project will also include supportive housing units, failed to consider other sites. The court also said that the development plan could run afoul of the California Environmental Quality Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47363_029_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11942022\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47363_029_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47363_029_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47363_029_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47363_029_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47363_029_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47363_029_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two men play chess at People’s Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Friday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11941907/appeals-court-sends-uc-berkeley-back-to-the-drawing-board-on-peoples-park-development\">the state appellate court ruled that the project must stop\u003c/a>. In the decision, though, the court said the university does not need to abandon it, but “must return to the trial court and fix the errors” in the environmental impact report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A165451.PDF\">ruling stems from a 2021 lawsuit (PDF)\u003c/a> filed by neighbors and activists concerned about the influx of student residents adversely affecting the neighborhood and seeking to preserve People’s Park as a historic landmark of student protest and a residence and resource site for unhoused residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last park residents standing have a reprieve — for now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, People’s Park has had an active community with its own rules and problems. It is a destination maligned by clashes with police and a reputation for drugs and crime, whether deserved or not. For people like Alexander, the park space is worth preserving — and occupying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47341_006_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942019 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47341_006_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two women wearing multicolored scarves and masks stand in the middle of tents. The woman on the right looks down at plastic bag she's holding while the woman on the left holds fruit.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47341_006_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47341_006_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47341_006_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47341_006_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47341_006_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romeo Channer (left) and Alecia Harger look through a bag donated at People’s Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Residents care for each other because they share a common bond: being unable to afford a place to live in one of the most expensive regions in the country. They share resources, from a magnifying glass to help with bad eyesight to first-aid supplies, paintbrushes and fresh pillowcases. They look after each other’s pets. They share their food and food stamps. Some have shared tents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erik Morales, a longtime People’s Park resident, said he moved to Berkeley from Guatemala when he was 15. He heard about the peace and love movement in Berkeley, which inspired him in Central America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We didn’t have the right to speak, to say what our feelings were,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales frequently cooked breakfast for the park’s residents. The kitchen is where Morales explored his Latin roots, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Coffee and scrambled eggs — you know, scrambled eggs with tortillas, with some cheese. They love it,” he said. “I’ve made different things, and I always combine some Latino flavor — add a little amount of our cheese or add some of our sausage or something. And then when it’s done I go around yelling, ‘Good morning, mother flower,’ waking everyone up to eat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A perception of violence\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the few public green spaces in Berkeley, People’s Park is off Telegraph Avenue, between Haste Street and Dwight Way. It’s near where students gather at Romeo’s Coffee, Mezzo and Moe’s Books. To live in Southside Berkeley is to know People’s Park.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A symbol of counterculture, the park became a community gathering spot in the 1960s. Over the decades, it has hosted concerts, stand-up comedy, dance performances and circuses. The university acquired the land through eminent domain in 1967 with the intention of turning it into student housing, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sarahdoggett/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Whose-Peoples-Park-by-Sarah-Doggett.pdf\">\u003cem>Picture This, California Perspectives on American History\u003c/em> (PDF)\u003c/a>, an educational resource from the Oakland Museum of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was not enough funding to complete the housing project, and the land became a muddy, garbage-filled dumping ground according to \u003cem>Picture This\u003c/em>. Community members cleaned the park and attempted to turn it into a community space, but after a month of work they were stopped by bulldozers and police officers sent by the university and the city. This launched a months-long protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On May 15, 1969, a date known as Bloody Thursday, California Highway Patrol officers surrounded the park. The officers waited for about 3,000 students to march there after a protest at Sproul Plaza on UC Berkeley’s campus. The students were pelted with bird shot and blasts of tear gas. One person died, and 110 people were injured. The National Guard was summoned by then-Gov. Ronald Reagan to end the chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942033 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='A spraypainted sign reads \"Save Peoples Park, No More Buildings\" near tents in a park.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47370_036_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign says ‘Save Peoples Park, No More Buildings’ at People’s Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The decades-long battle for who has rights to the park continues. On Aug. 3, construction was disrupted by dozens of protesters who ignored police orders and tore down the security fencing and attempted to physically block construction vehicles. The California 1st District Court of Appeal placed an injunction on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students’ perceptions of the park tend to be shaped by stories disseminated by the university: Freshmen arrive in Berkeley armed with warnings from their parents’ Facebook groups that share tales about drugs and crime in the park. Orientation leaders for the university supply tips on how to stay safe when passing the park at night. And notifications from UC Berkeley WarnMe, an emergency notification system, flood phones with emails and text messages, often advising students to avoid the area because of “dangerous activity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They [orientation leaders] told us to use BearWalk or the night shuttle and to always be aware of our surroundings when we’re in this area,” said UC Berkeley freshman Charlotte Palmer, referring to the night safety services offered by the university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/10/06/2022-berkeley-gunfire-map-berkeleyside\">Berkeleyside compiled shooting reports from the last few years\u003c/a> to document the increase in gun violence. On Oct. 8, there was a fatal shooting on Telegraph Avenue, the third person slain in Berkeley in 2022 compared to zero in 2021. Park residents said the violence isn’t coming from within their community. Rather, violence in the city bleeds into the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there is a lot of violence, but ultimately there is a lot more violence that happens around Berkeley and South Berkeley,” Alexander said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He equated the conflicts that erupt inside the park to the types of fights any family has.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re unhoused, when you don’t have that much stuff, when you’re dealing with not getting enough sleep, when you might be using and then someone happens to steal the little that you have left, I would probably snap, too,” Alexander said. “I think that’s what a lot of people miss. They just see the violence and they think of people here as horrible, not worthy of society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of this violence can be blamed on the society we find ourselves in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Understanding the needs of unhoused people\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://everyonehome.org/main/continuum-of-care/everyone-counts/\">2022 point-in-time count of unhoused people in Alameda County\u003c/a> by EveryOne Home, an organization that works to end homelessness, reported 9,747 unhoused people in the county. Just over 1,000 live in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, People’s Park residents were offered rooms at Rodeway Inn, the rectangular, off-white building on University Avenue. The inn \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11921155/last-days-at-the-radisson-as-state-shelter-program-shutters-formerly-unhoused-residents-in-oakland-brace-for-next-steps\">operated under Project Roomkey, a state-funded program that created transitional facilities\u003c/a>. Around 40 of the 64 park residents chose to move there. Other residents had housing alternatives or were in the process of transitioning to another housing facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Radu, an assistant to Berkeley’s city manager and the city’s homeless services coordinator, said the city is funding housing navigators and landlord liaison services, and helping residents with “getting their documents in order, getting their applications together, getting their proof of income together — all the things that you need to be ready to sign a lease.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued, “And then on the landlord side, searching for landlords who are wanting to partner with us, advocating on behalf of the clients to those landlords.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ari Neulight, UC Berkeley’s homeless outreach coordinator who works closely with the unhoused community around the university, including People’s Park, said most of the original Rodeway Inn residents moved to other permanent housing options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodeway Inn provided temporary housing and food, but it did not offer mental health services. Neulight said the two goals for the project were based on park resident feedback: They wanted a place to sleep that wouldn’t be interrupted by the police and somewhere to congregate during the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After just a few months of living there, some inn residents felt like their needs were not being met. Morales, the longtime resident of People’s Park, said the staff treated residents like they were still unhoused. They weren’t given keys to their rooms, and staff members locked and unlocked the doors. Many of the residents left their doors open during the day to maintain independence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942054\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58960_DSC02563-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11942054\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58960_DSC02563-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a sleeveless red t-shirt looks out from on top of a makeshift structure.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58960_DSC02563-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58960_DSC02563-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58960_DSC02563-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58960_DSC02563-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58960_DSC02563-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicholas Alexander looks out from the top of a structure made in the park. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They’re looking at us like we’re just homeless people, and they don’t have to care about us,” said Morales, who lived at the inn. “We are people, too. We aren’t here to fight with anyone. We’re here to move forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Wolch, professor at UC Berkeley’s Department of City and Regional Planning who has researched urban homelessness, said it is important that unhoused people not feel like they are at the whim of the city.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“One of the things that I found when talking to folks that may be living in their cars or living in an encampment is they will often say, ‘This is my choice,’ or, ‘This is what I want,’ as a way of asserting individual autonomy,” Wolch said. “Most people understand that it’s not because they literally would rather be on the street than in a nice apartment, but it says to whoever is talking to them, ‘I’m a person, and I have respect for myself, and I have autonomy.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales said he graduated from City College of San Francisco in 2021, where he studied psychology and social work. He has volunteered in community outreach for years, but after interacting with the staff at Rodeway Inn, which is managed by Abode Services, a Fremont-based nonprofit, he sees a potential career path where he could combine his passion for community and his life experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A professional guy with a diploma from a university or whatever can implement whatever he learned from the stupid books, but he can’t understand us, the people,” Morales said. “If he’s not capable of doing his job, then he can go find another job because I can do (the job). I graduated from the same field. I can do paperwork, I can do outreach and I can be a housing coordinator.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each resident at Rodeway Inn was offered a single or shared room with a bed, table and small bathroom. The beige walls provided less of a creative outlet and self-expression than the residents had in the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47355_021_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942028 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47355_021_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a mask, camouflage jacket and dark pants holds a microphone while people in the background and to the side watch.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47355_021_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47355_021_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47355_021_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47355_021_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS47355_021_Berkeley_PeoplesPark_02192021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aidan Hill speaks during a Friday meeting at People’s Park in Berkeley on Feb. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“To give it a real analysis, what they call transitional housing means transition people from the street back to the street,” said former park resident Lisa Teague, who now lives next to the park in a Satellite Affordable Housing Associates housing complex. “Providing housing doesn’t solve the problem. They seem to think that the sort of jail-like atmosphere is important to somehow cause people to adjust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The People’s Park community felt like they were being divided by the city and the university. According to Wolch, this loss of community could impact mental and physical health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important to understand that when people are living essentially unsheltered — in either communities on the sidewalk or in tent communities or under a freeway or [in a] vehicle community — they survive in no small part because they have relationships with other people,” she said. “But people, if they’ve been in that kind of community and understand the way it has been central to their ability to navigate this kind of extreme situation, then being completely torn away from that community may make people say, ‘No, I’m not going to a housing situation.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A vision for the park\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Alexander recognizes that community support matters whether you’re living outside or under a roof. He developed a connection to the park long before he was a resident: When he was 17, Alexander took a bus from a commune in Oregon to Berkeley, where he soon found the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never lived in this park perpetually, but for months on end I used to be the hammock person,” Alexander, now 35, said. “I would put hammocks up in trees and the cops would literally kick people out from under me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a teenager, his “family” was a group of wandering souls. Some were members of the foster youth community; others had run away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were all along Telegraph, all along Shattuck,” Alexander fondly recalled. “It was really those folks that introduced me to street life in Berkeley and kind of welcomed me as family. And we are family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11942024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58974_DSC02667-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11942024 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58974_DSC02667-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt='A man wearing a red sleeveless shirt that says \"The Amazing Spider-Pig\" with an illustration puts his arm around a person wearing glasses and dark clothes with a light-colored blanket over their shoulder.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58974_DSC02667-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58974_DSC02667-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58974_DSC02667-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58974_DSC02667-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS58974_DSC02667-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teague and Alexander share a laugh on Sept. 21, 2022. Alexander describes the People’s Park community as family. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alexander lives in a one-bedroom apartment in Oakland, which he calls his vacation home. He wants to transfer his Section 8 housing voucher to Berkeley. He maintains a built, domed structure in the park. He said he will move out of the park once the university abandons construction plans or if he is physically removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were a lot of tears, a lot of community members crying everywhere, and going through their own personal grief,” said Alexander, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/08/22/peoples-park-activist-arrested-by-berkeley-police-released-charges-dropped\">arrested for his role in the protest that blocked construction in August\u003c/a>. “Seeing so many trees cut down, so many memories, so many stories that will now only be in memory, that’s a true tragedy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside a fenced-in circle with only one entrance and exit, residents store first-aid supplies and food donations. They sit on stray couches and logs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kitchen is at the center of Alexander’s dome, which is camouflaged by planks of plywood that have been painted by residents. There are rebellious messages to the university and supportive words for the people occupying the park. At the very top of this dome, a hammock swayed in the breeze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On either side of the hammock, Alexander stores old riot gear: gas masks, black bandanas and a shield with the transgender rights flag and the words “We are People’s Park” on the front. There is a trapdoor in the structure, perfect for a quick escape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander maintains he has a vision for the park’s future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My ultimate goal, maybe even where the kitchen is, would be a little community center here with social workers and resource workers that would essentially change some of the dynamics of the park that have more problematic behavior,” he said. “Really honoring the legacy of People’s Park, not trying to sanitize it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tongs he used to flip the ribs were in his hand as he spoke wistfully of his plans for renovating the dome. 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