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In doing so, workers at the nonprofit, which serves San Francisco’s unhoused community, joined their counterparts at Hamilton Families, Impact Justice and Episcopal Community Services, all Bay Area nonprofits that unionized with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 29.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11920638,news_11927383,news_11926218\"]Last month, employees of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic — already members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1021 — ratified a new contract that included an average 22% pay raise following nine months of bargaining and a first-of-its-kind, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11920638/tenderloin-housing-clinic-workers-strike-in-demand-for-higher-wages\">24-hour strike\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jane Bosio, union representative with OPEIU Local 29, said nonprofit workers have long been underpaid. 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And so they understand that they need a living wage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staff at Glide and other nonprofits have reached out to workers at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank — who joined OPEIU Local 29 in 2019 — for guidance as they jump-start their own organizing efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily Citraro, a veteran employee of the food bank who now serves as a union steward, said staff there began to organize following a growing consensus that the organization’s institutional problems were being ignored by management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were just burnt out. There was tremendous turnover. 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The organization’s workers voted to unionize in 2020, winning raises and worker protections, following a growing sense among employees that management was ignoring institutional problems. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since workers at the food bank ratified their contract, “people are really seeing that they have the ability to bring [an issue] to one of the stewards, and the stewards will escalate it and then they have the full force of the union behind them,” Citraro said. “And you just didn’t have any protection if you tried to do that before. There was always the chance that you would just be retaliated against.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, San Francisco approved a budget that includes $27 million in discretionary general fund money to be used for a cost-of-living adjustment for nonprofit workers — including caseworkers, property managers and maintenance workers — and to lower case manager-to-client ratios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Amy Huntley, case manager, Compass Family Services\"]‘Our workers aren’t getting paid enough … Basically anybody that works at this organization could end up in the situation that our clients end up in.’[/pullquote]But some nonprofit workers said the city’s efforts barely scratch the surface of their needs. Sam Meredith, a social worker with the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, said in July that the raise ranges presented by the city “still don’t really address what we’re fighting for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said it took the strike to get the city’s attention and their demands met. The contract that THC workers ratified in September included an average raise of 22%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employees at Compass Family Services, another nonprofit that helps San Francisco residents find stable housing and economic stability, will vote in November on whether to form a union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our workers aren’t getting paid enough [and don’t have] good enough health benefits, child care and all that kind of stuff,” said Amy Huntley, a case manager at the organization. “Basically anybody that works [at] this organization could end up in the situation that our clients end up in.” She added that management has been discouraging workers from voting to unionize, arguing that a union would add an extra layer to the organization and drastically change how the organization works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saba Mwine, managing director at USC’s Homelessness Policy Research Institute, said many of the people who work in social service nonprofits also have experienced homelessness themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks working in this field are already going above and beyond. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Last month, employees of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic — already members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1021 — ratified a new contract that included an average 22% pay raise following nine months of bargaining and a first-of-its-kind, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11920638/tenderloin-housing-clinic-workers-strike-in-demand-for-higher-wages\">24-hour strike\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jane Bosio, union representative with OPEIU Local 29, said nonprofit workers have long been underpaid. That’s not only compared with employees in the private sector, she said, but also with city employees with whom these workers often collaborate to serve unhoused and otherwise marginalized populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current movement, Bosio said, is a result of nonprofit staff taking a stand against being treated like “second-class employees,” and demanding their employers — and the cities they contract with — pay more attention to the welfare of workers who are providing vital services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Workers are coming to realize that they’re in this work because they care about it, they care about the community … but they can’t live just on their desire to serve others,” she said. “They have to pay rent. They have to feed their kids. They have to be able to pay for gas and transit to get to work. And so they understand that they need a living wage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staff at Glide and other nonprofits have reached out to workers at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank — who joined OPEIU Local 29 in 2019 — for guidance as they jump-start their own organizing efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily Citraro, a veteran employee of the food bank who now serves as a union steward, said staff there began to organize following a growing consensus that the organization’s institutional problems were being ignored by management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were just burnt out. There was tremendous turnover. It’s one thing when people leave, and it’s another thing when people just sit there and cry,” she said. “It was just such an unstable, unsustainable situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928374\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS42171_005_KQED_SanFranciscoMarinFoodBank_03182020_9168-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11928374\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS42171_005_KQED_SanFranciscoMarinFoodBank_03182020_9168-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"a volunteer sorts donated food for the SF Marin food bank\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS42171_005_KQED_SanFranciscoMarinFoodBank_03182020_9168-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS42171_005_KQED_SanFranciscoMarinFoodBank_03182020_9168-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS42171_005_KQED_SanFranciscoMarinFoodBank_03182020_9168-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS42171_005_KQED_SanFranciscoMarinFoodBank_03182020_9168-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS42171_005_KQED_SanFranciscoMarinFoodBank_03182020_9168-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers sort donated apples at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. The organization’s workers voted to unionize in 2020, winning raises and worker protections, following a growing sense among employees that management was ignoring institutional problems. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since workers at the food bank ratified their contract, “people are really seeing that they have the ability to bring [an issue] to one of the stewards, and the stewards will escalate it and then they have the full force of the union behind them,” Citraro said. “And you just didn’t have any protection if you tried to do that before. There was always the chance that you would just be retaliated against.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, San Francisco approved a budget that includes $27 million in discretionary general fund money to be used for a cost-of-living adjustment for nonprofit workers — including caseworkers, property managers and maintenance workers — and to lower case manager-to-client ratios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But some nonprofit workers said the city’s efforts barely scratch the surface of their needs. Sam Meredith, a social worker with the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, said in July that the raise ranges presented by the city “still don’t really address what we’re fighting for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said it took the strike to get the city’s attention and their demands met. The contract that THC workers ratified in September included an average raise of 22%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employees at Compass Family Services, another nonprofit that helps San Francisco residents find stable housing and economic stability, will vote in November on whether to form a union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our workers aren’t getting paid enough [and don’t have] good enough health benefits, child care and all that kind of stuff,” said Amy Huntley, a case manager at the organization. “Basically anybody that works [at] this organization could end up in the situation that our clients end up in.” She added that management has been discouraging workers from voting to unionize, arguing that a union would add an extra layer to the organization and drastically change how the organization works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saba Mwine, managing director at USC’s Homelessness Policy Research Institute, said many of the people who work in social service nonprofits also have experienced homelessness themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks working in this field are already going above and beyond. Just the fact that conditions are such that folks are needing to also organize on top of the work they’re doing is unfortunate for us as a society,” said Mwine. “We ideally would really support their work robustly, because without that community of workers, there’s no way that we’re going to be able to end or even meaningfully address our homelessness crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928380\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS4660_homeless-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11928380\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS4660_homeless-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A worker in a yellow jacket looks on at an unhoused person sleeping in a cardboard box on the street\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS4660_homeless-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS4660_homeless-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS4660_homeless-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS4660_homeless-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS4660_homeless-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS4660_homeless-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Glide employee tries to speak with a man who fell asleep on the street while waiting in line for a bed at the organization’s shelter in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>People working on the front lines of the homelessness crisis can experience “secondary trauma” from the stories they hear and situations they witness, she added. Many workers also have valid concerns about their own physical safety and “a lack of training, professional development and advancement,” said Mwine, pointing to \u003ca href=\"https://homeforgoodla.org/app/uploads/2022/09/UW-Current-State-Assessment_-Deliverable-2_8.26.22.pdf\">a recent report about conditions and retention issues\u003c/a> at organizations that serve the unhoused population in Los Angeles. “I think there’s a sort of psychic weight, because you feel the weight of the fact that homelessness is increasing despite your everyday efforts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Locally, nonprofit workers’ efforts align with several recent organized labor actions in the private sector. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11928188/mass-janitor-layoffs-at-meta-offices-trigger-open-ended-strike\">J\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11928188/mass-janitor-layoffs-at-meta-offices-trigger-open-ended-strike\">anitors at Meta went on strike\u003c/a> last week in response to mass layoffs, while restaurant employees at San Francisco International Airport successfully won a $5 raise and family health care following their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11927383/pressure-from-sf-supes-helped-striking-sfo-restaurant-workers-win-a-deal\">three-day strike in September\u003c/a>. 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And a recent Gallup poll found that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/08/31/1120111276/labor-union-support-in-us\">support for unions in the U.S. is at a 57-year high\u003c/a>, with 71% of Americans stating they support labor unions, up from 64% in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOn Wednesday, California Highway Patrol officers escorted more than a dozen unhoused people off of a vacant Caltrans lot in West Oakland, just days after they had occupied it. Four activists trying to block officers from entering the lot were arrested and later released. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spokespeople for Caltrans \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the city of Oakland said they are in talks about using other Caltrans properties as shelter sites, but did not provide specific details.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 11 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMore than a dozen unhoused residents this weekend moved to a vacant lot in West Oakland following recent evictions from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11925169/residents-activists-decry-evictions-at-oaklands-largest-homeless-encampment\">the Wood Street encampment\u003c/a> — which was, until recently, the city’s largest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The residents are hoping the city of Oakland will lease the lot — at 34th Street and Mandela Parkway — from Caltrans to relieve overcrowding on city streets, where residents have moved following the evictions. But it’s still unclear whether that will happen. On Monday, California Highway Patrol officers informed residents they would have one week to leave the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re pushing us to nowhere,” said Wood Street resident LaMonte Ford from behind a chain-link fence protecting the site, which residents had locked to bar the officers from entering. “We have nowhere to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At its height, the former Wood Street encampment stretched the length of more than 15 city blocks underneath the I-880 overpass in West Oakland, along the Union Pacific and BNSF Railway, on land owned by Caltrans, the city of Oakland, BNSF and private parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In early September, Caltrans began evicting the estimated 300 people who lived there. The move came after a nearly month-long delay, prompted by a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11919941/closure-of-oaklands-largest-homeless-encampment-put-on-hold-for-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lawsuit residents filed\u003c/a> against the transportation agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"wood-street\"]A federal judge ultimately lifted the temporary restraining order, citing safety concerns, and ordered Caltrans to work with the city of Oakland and Alameda County to offer alternative housing options to Wood Street residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Monday, 241 people had been offered lodging at Oakland’s community cabin “tuff shed” sites, congregate shelters, transitional housing and RV parking programs, according to Jerri Randrup, spokesperson for the county’s Health Care Services Agency. But only 90 have accepted those offers, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those who did not, many have relocated elsewhere in the immediate vicinity — either to adjacent side streets or other vacant lots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925205\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11925205\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man puts some items onto a truck\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Murawski fills a truck with his belongings in an attempt to remove the items from an area being cleared by Caltrans at the Wood Street encampment in Oakland on Sept. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ben Murawski, 47, who lived in an RV at Wood Street for the past two years, was one of the first to be evicted. He moved a few blocks down the road, before relocating this weekend to the lot at 34th Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford said the idea to move there came from conversations with local city officials. He said he received a handshake agreement from Oakland City Administrator Ed Reiskin, allowing former Wood Street residents to move in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At maximum capacity, Ford said the site could accommodate about 20 to 25 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were already discussing this lot as a possibility for us,” Ford said, adding, “With no place to go and [us] spilling into the streets, we kind of just expedited things, if you will.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the city did not respond to a request for comment to confirm that agreement. Janis Mara, a spokesperson for Caltrans, said the agency was in talks with the city “regarding leasing available land for people experiencing homelessness,” but she declined to say whether that available land included the lot in question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_2670.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11928426\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_2670.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_2670.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_2670-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_2670-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_2670-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_2670-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_2670-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than a dozen unhoused residents from the former Wood Street encampment moved to a vacant lot in West Oakland, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Erin Baldassari/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some neighbors, however, appeared caught off guard by the move. Kathy Kuhner, who lives in the area and owns an adjacent lot, said she was concerned about the possibilities of fires, noise and trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a really terrible homeless problem here in Oakland,” she said. “But the solution isn’t to have the homeless people break into other people’s properties. That can’t be the solution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland City Council last week directed staff to pursue the option of using 8 acres at the former Oakland Army Base to house up to 300 people, including many of those displaced from the Wood Street encampment. Reiskin is expected to report back to the Council by October 18 on how to clear regulatory hurdles that would enable the city to allow people to live there, despite toxic soil and groundwater conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Ford and other residents say they don’t have the luxury of waiting for the city to make those decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not trying to step on anyone’s toes,” Ford said. “But we are trying to stay safe.”\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>KQED’s Vanessa Rancaño contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A federal judge ultimately lifted the temporary restraining order, citing safety concerns, and ordered Caltrans to work with the city of Oakland and Alameda County to offer alternative housing options to Wood Street residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Monday, 241 people had been offered lodging at Oakland’s community cabin “tuff shed” sites, congregate shelters, transitional housing and RV parking programs, according to Jerri Randrup, spokesperson for the county’s Health Care Services Agency. But only 90 have accepted those offers, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those who did not, many have relocated elsewhere in the immediate vicinity — either to adjacent side streets or other vacant lots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925205\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11925205\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man puts some items onto a truck\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58525_074_KQED_WoodStreetOaklandCalTrans_09082022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Murawski fills a truck with his belongings in an attempt to remove the items from an area being cleared by Caltrans at the Wood Street encampment in Oakland on Sept. 8, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ben Murawski, 47, who lived in an RV at Wood Street for the past two years, was one of the first to be evicted. He moved a few blocks down the road, before relocating this weekend to the lot at 34th Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford said the idea to move there came from conversations with local city officials. He said he received a handshake agreement from Oakland City Administrator Ed Reiskin, allowing former Wood Street residents to move in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At maximum capacity, Ford said the site could accommodate about 20 to 25 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were already discussing this lot as a possibility for us,” Ford said, adding, “With no place to go and [us] spilling into the streets, we kind of just expedited things, if you will.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for the city did not respond to a request for comment to confirm that agreement. 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"content": "\u003cp>The first statewide snapshot of California’s homelessness crisis since the pandemic hit reveals that the number of people without a stable place to call home increased by at least 22,500 over the past three years, to 173,800.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s based on a CalMatters analysis of the federal government’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homeless/2020/01/homeless-point-in-time-count-california-inaccurate-politicized-fresno/\">point-in-time count\u003c/a>, a biennial headcount of people sleeping on the streets and in shelters \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homeless/2022/03/california-homeless-count/\">tallied by California cities and counties earlier this year\u003c/a> for the first time since 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Christopher Weare, president, Center for Homeless Inquiries\"]‘Most people, most politicians, when they talk about homelessness, it’s, ‘We’re going to build X number of shelters.’ It’s shelter, shelter, shelter. Well, all of this construction of shelters doesn’t really change the scope of the problem.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homelessness experts mostly attribute the rise to precipitous drops in earnings during the pandemic among Californians already teetering on the edge. They also point to a worsening \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/housing-costs-high-california/\">housing affordability crisis\u003c/a> that is decades in the making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to solve this rotting core in the center of California, which is that we are a million units short of housing for extremely low-income workers,” said Margot Kushel, director of the \u003ca href=\"https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/\">UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While homelessness grew by 15%, roughly the same pace as in recent years — something experts credit to pandemic-era safety nets like \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2021/09/california-eviction-moratorium-rent-relief/\">rental assistance\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2021/07/california-eviction-moratorium-tenants/\">eviction moratoria\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/07/look-up-california-stimulus-golden-state/\">stimulus checks\u003c/a> — the data also indicates the problem has gotten worse for the state’s Latino population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/1ab9fe6d-c503-4542-a9ff-6f96a49bff05?src=embed\" title=\"California homelessness through 2022\" width=\"800\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics are quick to point out \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/06/california-budget-deal-2/\">the state is spending more than $14 billion on homelessness\u003c/a>. But advocates say its response is just now beginning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The price tag is bigger now,” said Tomiquia Moss, founder and chief executive of All Home, a San Francisco-based homeless policy organization. “Meanwhile, the inflow is killing us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The numbers show the state’s investment in shelters is bearing fruit. California created more than 14,000 shelter beds between 2019 and 2021, federal data shows. And local organizations reported this year the number of people staying in emergency and longer-stay shelters ballooned by nearly the same amount, from 42,800 to 57,200 people — a 33% increase since 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there still isn’t nearly enough permanent, affordable housing to bring people indoors for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people, most politicians, when they talk about homelessness, it’s, ‘We’re going to build X number of shelters.’ It’s shelter, shelter, shelter,” said Christopher Weare, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://homelessinquiries.org/\">Center for Homeless Inquiries\u003c/a>. “Well, all of this construction of shelters doesn’t really change the scope of the problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the unsheltered count, or the number of people staying in tents, tarps, cars and other spaces unfit for human habitation, grew by about 7% between 2019 and 2022, to 116,600 people. That’s a bump, but perhaps not reflective of the growing palpability of the crisis that dominates local headlines, political debates and neighborhood discussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Can we trust the numbers?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not completely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unsheltered numbers are collected by volunteers every other year on a given winter’s night, and depend largely on their untrained eyes. That means people who are couch surfing, crouched in less visible spots, or staying in cars without telltale signs of habitation go undetected. The sheltered counts, collected by service providers, are more accurate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The accuracy of the tallies depends largely on how many people show up to count. When local agencies rallied volunteers in the early months of the year, the omicron variant was still tearing through the state. Technical glitches in apps used to count people also threw things off: The unsheltered count in Venice, a postcard example of homelessness in Los Angeles, inexplicably \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-24/doubts-raised-over-the-los-angeles-homeless-count-is-it-time-for-a-new-way\">dropped from 509 people in 2019 to 0\u003c/a> amid reports of user errors and poor internet connection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was surprised that the increase wasn’t larger across the state,” said Arturo Baiocchi, assistant professor of social work at California State University, Sacramento. “Communities reported many more vehicles that are being used for shelter, and larger encampments, and that didn’t necessarily correlate with a larger unsheltered count. For me, I’m going to wait until 2023 before I feel pretty confident about what’s going on across the state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baiocchi, who helped conduct Sacramento’s point-in-time count, documented a \u003ca href=\"https://sacramentostepsforward.org/continuum-of-care-point-in-time-pit-count/2022-pit-count/\">startling 67% jump\u003c/a>, or an additional 3,700 people experiencing homelessness in the city and county since 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While far from perfect, the count offers the only statewide look at unsheltered homelessness in California, particularly among people who aren’t enrolled in services and therefore overlooked by their \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/californias-homelessness-crisis-explained/#1ad2adb0-b393-417a-8a20-b581f38e8b50\">tracking metrics\u003c/a>. The federal government also takes it seriously: The numbers help determine how much funding flows where.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The feds expect to release their report on the national tally to Congress in early- to mid-December, which gives them time to iron out the kinks presented by the mishmash of local methodologies. The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the state housing department declined to comment on the data, citing pending final results.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Latino homelessness on the rise\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>More detailed local reports reveal a troubling trend: While \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2019/10/black-people-disproportionately-homeless-in-california/\">Black people continue to be overrepresented\u003c/a> on the street, more and more Latinos are falling into homelessness.[aside postID=\"news_11914346,news_11926519,news_11926891\" label=\"Related Posts\"]The city and county of Los Angeles, for example, saw its total unhoused population rise by 4% from 2020 to 69,000 people, an increase of 2,700 people. But its unhoused Latino population \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=6545-2022-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count-deck\">spiked by 26%\u003c/a>, or nearly 6,000 folks. Los Angeles is home to 40% of the state’s unhoused population and is seen by experts as a bellwether for homelessness in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latinos were long on the economic brink before being disproportionately sickened, killed and economically devastated by the pandemic, said Melissa Chinchilla, health services specialist and associate investigator at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think for a long time, the Latino advocates in homeless services felt that the numbers were actually not reflective of how bad the situation was or how high the need was,” Chinchilla said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When state and local governments implemented pandemic programs to help people stay afloat, many Latinos were shut out, she said. Some people who were paid under the table, like house cleaners or field-workers, may have struggled to qualify for unemployment insurance, while others with informal leases or language barriers ran up against similar problems with \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2021/10/california-rent-relief-immigrants-barriers/\">rental assistance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while California had laws to guard against eviction during the pandemic, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2021/07/california-eviction-moratorium-tenants/\">undocumented immigrants were less likely to use them\u003c/a> because of their precarious legal status. Plus, thousands of people \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2020/08/californians-evicted-coronavirus-pandemic/\">got evicted during the pandemic anyway\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As those \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2022/07/california-eviction-protection-lifts/\">safety nets dissolve\u003c/a>, experts worry the trend could play out at scale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is (the rise in Latino homelessness) a harbinger of what increases could look like in the broader population, as some of these pandemic relief measures fade away? As eviction restrictions are rolled back?” said Alex Visotzky, senior California policy fellow at the National Alliance to End Homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latinos might be especially leery of turning to the government for help, too, said Juana Velasquez, a single mother of three born to Mexican parents in San José, California. She asked to be identified by her birth name to protect her family’s identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hispanic families, my family for example, they’re like stuck in the past,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Velasquez said she was furloughed by her retail job when the pandemic hit and could no longer afford to pay for the room she had been renting following a divorce. She and her three young kids bounced from their car to relatives’ couches and motels for about a year, making them the type of unhoused family most likely to go unnoticed by official metrics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927995\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.16-PM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927995\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.16-PM-800x528.png\" alt=\"A row of small, white homes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.16-PM-800x528.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.16-PM-1020x673.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.16-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.16-PM-1536x1013.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.16-PM.png 1546w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tiny home village in Sacramento on Sep. 29, 2022. \u003ccite>(Rahul Lal/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last summer, they landed a spot in a gated community of \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/25/tiny-homes-and-homelessness-what-the-data-shows/\">tiny homes\u003c/a> funded by the city of San José. The spot is not permanent, but instead defined as transitional housing, a form of shelter. Velasquez recognizes that the two-bedroom, 235-square-foot tiny home is not a long-term solution, but calls it a stepping stone as she lingers on multiple waitlists for lower-income apartments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My unit is nice and clean, it’s colored white,” she said. “It makes it relaxing. My daughter keeps her room clean and she thinks she owns the room for ever and ever. It’s not even like a (full) room, but it’s her side, you know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She peppers descriptions of the tiny home with words like “safety,” “security,” “doors” and “locks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody can walk into my house, just barge in and kind of hurt us,” Velasquez said. “I come from a divorce. That left me a lot of black holes. But somehow I patched them up and now we have security.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘The housing doesn’t exist’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Experts attribute the impressive bump in shelter capacity to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2020/06/motel-conversion-homeless-housing-california/\">Project Roomkey\u003c/a>, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature program to shelter people most vulnerable to the virus in underutilized hotel and motel rooms during the pandemic. The state secured more than 16,000 rooms at the program’s height in August 2020, which has dwindled to about \u003ca href=\"https://public.tableau.com/views/COVID-19HomelessImpactDashboard/HomelessImpact?:embed=y&:showVizHome=no\">5,000 beds\u003c/a>, according to the state Department of Social Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The governor deserves a lot of credit,” said Weare, from the Center for Homeless Inquiries. “They mobilized. The problem is that that’s over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Project Homekey, Newsom’s longer-term initiative to convert hotels, motels and office buildings, is expected to create \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/08/24/in-los-angeles-governor-newsom-announces-694-million-in-homekey-awards-to-create-more-than-2500-new-homeless-housing-units-statewide/\">more than 12,000 interim and permanent homeless housing units\u003c/a> in the next few years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927996\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.42-PM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927996\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.42-PM-800x533.png\" alt=\"An outside view of a building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.42-PM-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.42-PM-1020x680.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.42-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.42-PM-1536x1024.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.42-PM.png 1542w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Vagabond Inn in Sacramento on Sep. 29, 2022. \u003ccite>(Rahul Lal/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shana Funderburk, who goes by her middle name, Sunshine, stayed in a Project Roomkey unit in Sacramento when the count was carried out in February. But after they \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article258230933.html\">shut down her motel\u003c/a> this spring, the 52-year-old woman who has been unhoused for more than 11 years went back to the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The protocol is to get us into a shelter and then I guess somebody picks up the ball from there, and then they help you get housing, or something,” she said. “It just seems like we’re being thrown into shelters and then forgotten.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About a fifth, or 12,000 of more than 55,000 people who left Project Roomkey, graduated to permanent housing, while about 9,000 people returned to the street, according to the state Department of Social Services. The majority of participants moved to either congregate shelter, temporary housing, institutions or unknown destinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funderburk is now staying in what the city refers to as safe grounds, city-sanctioned camps where people get meals, security and services, like mental health counseling. Her tent is lined up against a chain-link fence, which makes her feel like a zoo exhibit as she brushes her teeth in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m sure it’s not good for the folks that have to drive by and see that, and it’s not exactly comforting for us either,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/labor/2022/01/california-homeless-worker-shortage/\">caseworkers\u003c/a> — her “Jiminy Crickets” — keep her motivated to treat her PTSD and other health issues and search for housing. Funderburk hopes she can eventually move into an apartment, mainly so she can help other people get indoors. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homelessness experts mostly attribute the rise to precipitous drops in earnings during the pandemic among Californians already teetering on the edge. They also point to a worsening \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/housing-costs-high-california/\">housing affordability crisis\u003c/a> that is decades in the making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to solve this rotting core in the center of California, which is that we are a million units short of housing for extremely low-income workers,” said Margot Kushel, director of the \u003ca href=\"https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/\">UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While homelessness grew by 15%, roughly the same pace as in recent years — something experts credit to pandemic-era safety nets like \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2021/09/california-eviction-moratorium-rent-relief/\">rental assistance\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2021/07/california-eviction-moratorium-tenants/\">eviction moratoria\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/07/look-up-california-stimulus-golden-state/\">stimulus checks\u003c/a> — the data also indicates the problem has gotten worse for the state’s Latino population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/1ab9fe6d-c503-4542-a9ff-6f96a49bff05?src=embed\" title=\"California homelessness through 2022\" width=\"800\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics are quick to point out \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/06/california-budget-deal-2/\">the state is spending more than $14 billion on homelessness\u003c/a>. But advocates say its response is just now beginning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The price tag is bigger now,” said Tomiquia Moss, founder and chief executive of All Home, a San Francisco-based homeless policy organization. “Meanwhile, the inflow is killing us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The numbers show the state’s investment in shelters is bearing fruit. California created more than 14,000 shelter beds between 2019 and 2021, federal data shows. And local organizations reported this year the number of people staying in emergency and longer-stay shelters ballooned by nearly the same amount, from 42,800 to 57,200 people — a 33% increase since 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there still isn’t nearly enough permanent, affordable housing to bring people indoors for good.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people, most politicians, when they talk about homelessness, it’s, ‘We’re going to build X number of shelters.’ It’s shelter, shelter, shelter,” said Christopher Weare, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://homelessinquiries.org/\">Center for Homeless Inquiries\u003c/a>. “Well, all of this construction of shelters doesn’t really change the scope of the problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the unsheltered count, or the number of people staying in tents, tarps, cars and other spaces unfit for human habitation, grew by about 7% between 2019 and 2022, to 116,600 people. That’s a bump, but perhaps not reflective of the growing palpability of the crisis that dominates local headlines, political debates and neighborhood discussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Can we trust the numbers?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not completely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unsheltered numbers are collected by volunteers every other year on a given winter’s night, and depend largely on their untrained eyes. That means people who are couch surfing, crouched in less visible spots, or staying in cars without telltale signs of habitation go undetected. The sheltered counts, collected by service providers, are more accurate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The accuracy of the tallies depends largely on how many people show up to count. When local agencies rallied volunteers in the early months of the year, the omicron variant was still tearing through the state. Technical glitches in apps used to count people also threw things off: The unsheltered count in Venice, a postcard example of homelessness in Los Angeles, inexplicably \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-24/doubts-raised-over-the-los-angeles-homeless-count-is-it-time-for-a-new-way\">dropped from 509 people in 2019 to 0\u003c/a> amid reports of user errors and poor internet connection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was surprised that the increase wasn’t larger across the state,” said Arturo Baiocchi, assistant professor of social work at California State University, Sacramento. “Communities reported many more vehicles that are being used for shelter, and larger encampments, and that didn’t necessarily correlate with a larger unsheltered count. For me, I’m going to wait until 2023 before I feel pretty confident about what’s going on across the state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baiocchi, who helped conduct Sacramento’s point-in-time count, documented a \u003ca href=\"https://sacramentostepsforward.org/continuum-of-care-point-in-time-pit-count/2022-pit-count/\">startling 67% jump\u003c/a>, or an additional 3,700 people experiencing homelessness in the city and county since 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While far from perfect, the count offers the only statewide look at unsheltered homelessness in California, particularly among people who aren’t enrolled in services and therefore overlooked by their \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/californias-homelessness-crisis-explained/#1ad2adb0-b393-417a-8a20-b581f38e8b50\">tracking metrics\u003c/a>. The federal government also takes it seriously: The numbers help determine how much funding flows where.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The feds expect to release their report on the national tally to Congress in early- to mid-December, which gives them time to iron out the kinks presented by the mishmash of local methodologies. The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the state housing department declined to comment on the data, citing pending final results.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Latino homelessness on the rise\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>More detailed local reports reveal a troubling trend: While \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2019/10/black-people-disproportionately-homeless-in-california/\">Black people continue to be overrepresented\u003c/a> on the street, more and more Latinos are falling into homelessness.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The city and county of Los Angeles, for example, saw its total unhoused population rise by 4% from 2020 to 69,000 people, an increase of 2,700 people. But its unhoused Latino population \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/documents?id=6545-2022-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count-deck\">spiked by 26%\u003c/a>, or nearly 6,000 folks. Los Angeles is home to 40% of the state’s unhoused population and is seen by experts as a bellwether for homelessness in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latinos were long on the economic brink before being disproportionately sickened, killed and economically devastated by the pandemic, said Melissa Chinchilla, health services specialist and associate investigator at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think for a long time, the Latino advocates in homeless services felt that the numbers were actually not reflective of how bad the situation was or how high the need was,” Chinchilla said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When state and local governments implemented pandemic programs to help people stay afloat, many Latinos were shut out, she said. Some people who were paid under the table, like house cleaners or field-workers, may have struggled to qualify for unemployment insurance, while others with informal leases or language barriers ran up against similar problems with \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2021/10/california-rent-relief-immigrants-barriers/\">rental assistance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while California had laws to guard against eviction during the pandemic, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2021/07/california-eviction-moratorium-tenants/\">undocumented immigrants were less likely to use them\u003c/a> because of their precarious legal status. Plus, thousands of people \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2020/08/californians-evicted-coronavirus-pandemic/\">got evicted during the pandemic anyway\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As those \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2022/07/california-eviction-protection-lifts/\">safety nets dissolve\u003c/a>, experts worry the trend could play out at scale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is (the rise in Latino homelessness) a harbinger of what increases could look like in the broader population, as some of these pandemic relief measures fade away? As eviction restrictions are rolled back?” said Alex Visotzky, senior California policy fellow at the National Alliance to End Homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latinos might be especially leery of turning to the government for help, too, said Juana Velasquez, a single mother of three born to Mexican parents in San José, California. She asked to be identified by her birth name to protect her family’s identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hispanic families, my family for example, they’re like stuck in the past,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Velasquez said she was furloughed by her retail job when the pandemic hit and could no longer afford to pay for the room she had been renting following a divorce. She and her three young kids bounced from their car to relatives’ couches and motels for about a year, making them the type of unhoused family most likely to go unnoticed by official metrics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927995\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.16-PM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927995\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.16-PM-800x528.png\" alt=\"A row of small, white homes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.16-PM-800x528.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.16-PM-1020x673.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.16-PM-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.16-PM-1536x1013.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.16-PM.png 1546w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tiny home village in Sacramento on Sep. 29, 2022. \u003ccite>(Rahul Lal/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last summer, they landed a spot in a gated community of \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/25/tiny-homes-and-homelessness-what-the-data-shows/\">tiny homes\u003c/a> funded by the city of San José. The spot is not permanent, but instead defined as transitional housing, a form of shelter. Velasquez recognizes that the two-bedroom, 235-square-foot tiny home is not a long-term solution, but calls it a stepping stone as she lingers on multiple waitlists for lower-income apartments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My unit is nice and clean, it’s colored white,” she said. “It makes it relaxing. My daughter keeps her room clean and she thinks she owns the room for ever and ever. It’s not even like a (full) room, but it’s her side, you know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She peppers descriptions of the tiny home with words like “safety,” “security,” “doors” and “locks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody can walk into my house, just barge in and kind of hurt us,” Velasquez said. “I come from a divorce. That left me a lot of black holes. But somehow I patched them up and now we have security.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘The housing doesn’t exist’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Experts attribute the impressive bump in shelter capacity to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2020/06/motel-conversion-homeless-housing-california/\">Project Roomkey\u003c/a>, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature program to shelter people most vulnerable to the virus in underutilized hotel and motel rooms during the pandemic. The state secured more than 16,000 rooms at the program’s height in August 2020, which has dwindled to about \u003ca href=\"https://public.tableau.com/views/COVID-19HomelessImpactDashboard/HomelessImpact?:embed=y&:showVizHome=no\">5,000 beds\u003c/a>, according to the state Department of Social Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The governor deserves a lot of credit,” said Weare, from the Center for Homeless Inquiries. “They mobilized. The problem is that that’s over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Project Homekey, Newsom’s longer-term initiative to convert hotels, motels and office buildings, is expected to create \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/08/24/in-los-angeles-governor-newsom-announces-694-million-in-homekey-awards-to-create-more-than-2500-new-homeless-housing-units-statewide/\">more than 12,000 interim and permanent homeless housing units\u003c/a> in the next few years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927996\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.42-PM.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927996\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.42-PM-800x533.png\" alt=\"An outside view of a building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.42-PM-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.42-PM-1020x680.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.42-PM-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.42-PM-1536x1024.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-06-at-5.35.42-PM.png 1542w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Vagabond Inn in Sacramento on Sep. 29, 2022. \u003ccite>(Rahul Lal/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shana Funderburk, who goes by her middle name, Sunshine, stayed in a Project Roomkey unit in Sacramento when the count was carried out in February. But after they \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article258230933.html\">shut down her motel\u003c/a> this spring, the 52-year-old woman who has been unhoused for more than 11 years went back to the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The protocol is to get us into a shelter and then I guess somebody picks up the ball from there, and then they help you get housing, or something,” she said. “It just seems like we’re being thrown into shelters and then forgotten.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About a fifth, or 12,000 of more than 55,000 people who left Project Roomkey, graduated to permanent housing, while about 9,000 people returned to the street, according to the state Department of Social Services. The majority of participants moved to either congregate shelter, temporary housing, institutions or unknown destinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funderburk is now staying in what the city refers to as safe grounds, city-sanctioned camps where people get meals, security and services, like mental health counseling. Her tent is lined up against a chain-link fence, which makes her feel like a zoo exhibit as she brushes her teeth in the morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m sure it’s not good for the folks that have to drive by and see that, and it’s not exactly comforting for us either,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/labor/2022/01/california-homeless-worker-shortage/\">caseworkers\u003c/a> — her “Jiminy Crickets” — keep her motivated to treat her PTSD and other health issues and search for housing. Funderburk hopes she can eventually move into an apartment, mainly so she can help other people get indoors. That dream remains elusive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s multiple-year waitlists. It’s having a voucher and you can’t find a place and you have to file extensions,” said Kaylee Hrisoulas, a local social worker who works with Funderburk. “It’s deposits that are just so high. The housing doesn’t exist. That prolongs how long people have to be out here.”\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Newly signed legislation loosening zoning requirements will soon make it easier for California school districts to build affordable housing for their teachers and other staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is the latest in a series of bills passed by lawmakers over the last seven years to remove hurdles around building teacher housing. The new legislation, part of a suite of 41 housing bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last week, will allow staff housing to be built on any property owned by a school district without requiring the district to request zoning changes from city or county officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It will be in effect from Jan. 1, 2024, to Jan. 1, 2033.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Teachers and staff are leaving because the skyrocketing cost of living and stagnant salaries make it almost impossible to afford living in the communities where they teach,” said Assemblymember Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica, author of the legislation. “We are hemorrhaging talented teachers, which ultimately negatively impacts the quality of a public education for our kids. We can do better. AB 2295 gives school districts an essential tool in addressing staffing challenges by utilizing properties they already own.”[aside postID=news_11927544 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1239458034-1020x658.jpg']A 2021 joint study by the Center for Cities and Schools and the Terner Center for Housing Innovation, both at UC Berkeley, along with CityLab at UCLA, found that \u003ca href=\"https://csba.org/workforcehousing\">the state’s school districts own more than 150,000 acres of land and that 75,000 acres could be developed into affordable housing\u003c/a>. At 30 units per acre, there could be 2.3 million units of housing, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2019/in-need-of-teacher-housing-more-california-school-districts-building-their-own/611220\">workforce housing developments\u003c/a> in Santa Clara, Los Angeles and \u003ca href=\"https://www.juhsd.net/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=2482&dataid=2526&FileName=Employee%20Housing%20for%20Staff%20Updated%20Jan2020.pdf\">Daly City\u003c/a>, but more than 40 other districts are considering similar projects, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced the city would contribute $5 million of state funding for a public-private partnership program called Teachers Rooted in Oakland — or TRIO — that supports teacher recruitment and retention and provides stipends and subsidized housing for trainees and teachers of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Geometry teacher Anthony Ochoa lives in one of these TRIO-subsidized apartments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Due to the high prices in the Bay Area, I wasn’t going to continue into my credential program after graduating,” said Ochoa. “But once I was accepted into the program and I saw the benefits and how they could help me still live out here, I was able to continue and go into the credential program out here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TRIO also launched an online housing platform Thursday that connects teachers to property owners offering below-market-rate rents.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Assemblymember Richard Bloom, D-Santa Monica\"]‘We are hemorrhaging talented teachers, which ultimately negatively impacts the quality of a public education for our kids. We can do better. AB 2295 gives school districts an essential tool in addressing staffing challenges by utilizing properties they already own.’[/pullquote]But the added flexibility on zoning requirements comes with restrictions. Housing projects must have at least 10 housing units and be on a vacant parcel in an area that is already largely developed. It also must be adjacent to a parcel that is zoned residential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These housing projects also will be exempt from some federal and state requirements governing the construction and sale of school property, although local building requirements and design standards will still apply as long as they don’t conflict with the housing density and 30-foot height permitted by the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law is meant to keep city and county governments from putting up roadblocks to new projects by adding restrictions over and above the standard zoning, said Troy Flint, spokesperson for the California School Boards Association, which co-sponsored the legislation. Newsom signed the bill on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am thrilled that Gov. Newsom has signed AB 2295 and demonstrated his support for education workforce housing,” said Vernon M. Billy, executive director of CSBA. “Our members across the state have expressed a strong and growing interest in creative efforts to address the teacher shortage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High rent and house prices have long made it difficult for teachers, especially those at the bottom of the pay scale, to find affordable homes. \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/topic/californias-teacher-housing-crunch\">Even teachers earning average or the highest salaries faced struggles paying the rent\u003c/a>, especially in the high-cost coastal and metro areas, according to a 2019 EdSource analysis of the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To address this problem, the bill requires that a majority of the units on the property be affordable to tenants with moderate incomes and at least 30% be affordable to lower-income households. Unrented units can be made available to employees of adjacent school districts and then to public employees living within district boundaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2295\">Assembly analysis\u003c/a> of the bill says moderate incomes are generally no more than 120% of the area median income, and lower incomes are less than 80% of the area median income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Bill 2295 is the latest legislation to make it more affordable for teachers to live in California. The \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1413\">Teacher Housing Act of 2016\u003c/a> paved the way for district-provided teacher housing by allowing school districts to provide affordable housing specifically for district employees and their families. Previous state law required that homes or apartments be open to anyone who meets the lower-income requirement if they used state and federal lower-income housing funds or tax credits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1157\">Assembly Bill 1157\u003c/a>, approved by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2017, exempted school districts from some requirements related to the sale or lease of property if it will be used for employee housing. Districts no longer have had to convene an advisory committee when they want to sell, lease or rent surplus property because of this piece of legislation. The bill also exempts the district from property tax on the complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years eight school districts have attempted to pass school bonds or other local propositions to fund housing for school employees. Six passed, according to the Assembly analysis of the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Districts see offering housing as a way to give them a competitive edge when competing for teachers and other staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“School districts are eager to address these issues by converting unused or underutilized property to affordable housing for school staff but are slowed or stymied by current regulations,” according to a statement from the California School Boards Association. “Under existing law, development of surplus school property into education workforce housing can often take seven years to complete. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco needs the ability to more easily place residents with mental illness in restrictive conservatorships, with less red tape, to ease its homelessness crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s according to San Francisco Mayor London Breed, who joined KQED Political Breakdown hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos at a KQED Live event Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the night, Breed answered wide-ranging questions covering new policies against drug dealers announced by her district attorney appointee, her own accomplishments on tackling city homelessness, and her much-maligned use of prewritten resignation letters for her city commission appointees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Summing up her time as mayor, Breed said, “This bureaucracy has really tested my patience for getting results.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed also dismissed the critiques that requiring her commission appointees to write undated letters of resignation allowed her undue influence over them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘“This is a real insider political thing,” she said. “The people who care about this are the people who, in most cases, just want to mess with me over something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board of Supervisors are planning \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/gao101122_agenda.pdf\">a hearing on those letters next Tuesday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while Breed isn’t on this year’s ballot in San Francisco, her appointees certainly are up for election: District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, for instance, and District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while San Francisco voters won’t weigh in on Breed directly, they’ll certainly vote on her policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On stage at KQED’s venue, The Commons, Lagos and Shafer pressed Breed on her view of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new CARE Court program. The governor signed the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act into law last month, creating a program of court-ordered treatment plans for people deemed to be suffering from severe mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People with mental disorders who decline those plans could be placed under a conservatorship and ordered to comply. But Breed said that doesn’t go far enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that the challenge is, we need more and I think we need to be bold,” Breed said. “And we need to have an honest conversation about people, some people who can get help and maybe be stabilized and be better and get OK. And there are others who need to be in a locked mental health facility who sometimes are violent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said that the complaints about old-style mental health facilities miss that modern society now has more evidence-based treatment of mental illnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_yS_grDCMc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch the full interview with Mayor London Breed and KQED Political Breakdown hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos on YouTube. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also bemoaned \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11742865/should-s-f-be-able-to-compel-mentally-ill-homeless-people-into-treatment\">a conservatorship law authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener\u003c/a>, which was approved in 2018, as being too onerous. 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He’s now homeless on the streets of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So why is that OK to say that he has rights to say ‘I don’t want help’?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know he has dementia. We know he’s never been this kind of person before. So he needs to be cared for, differently.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Breed on prewritten resignation letters for her appointees\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Breed has come under fire recently \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/politics/mayor-breed-to-end-practice-of-making-appointees-sign-undated-resignation-letters-in-face-of-legislative-action/\">after the San Francisco Standard revealed she required prewritten resignation letters\u003c/a> from many of her appointees to city commissions, like the police commission or San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since those commissioners are supposed to exercise their independent judgment and expertise, the City Attorney’s Office advised Breed to end the practice, saying the prewritten resignation letters could threaten appointees’ independence and show “undue influence.” The appointees often vote on controversial issues, like the election of a police commission president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Onstage at KQED, Shafer began to introduce the letters situation, when Breed interrupted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You gonna talk about my letters?” Breed asked Shafer playfully. “Why are we focused on that when there are so many important things to be focused on?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said the practice of having prewritten resignation letters was inspired by a port commissioner, Mel Murphy, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/S-F-Port-Commissioner-Mel-Murphy-pressured-to-6180332.php\">who would not resign when Mayor Ed Lee asked him to\u003c/a>, which affected port commission business. That’s happened to her, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s “part of why we did what we did, and I take full responsibility for it, because it was my decision. It was not an illegal thing to do. But it was necessary if I ever needed to use it,” Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed then turned things around on Shafer and asked him, “Why do you think it’s so important?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shafer, reflecting the advice from the City Attorney’s Office, said, “Because it implies that you want to have a level of control, when their job is to oversee these departments and be independent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said, “I do want to have a level of control. That’s not even a question, because I’m held accountable for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She later added, “Commissioners aren’t even elected. The buck stops with me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Breed on fentanyl dealers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Former DA Chesa Boudin was recalled, in part, for his more progressive approach to prosecutions, sometimes sending those arrested for drug dealing to diversion courts. Still, critics have taken Breed, and new DA Jenkins, to task for \u003ca href=\"https://48hills.org/2022/08/sf-da-seeks-return-to-the-failed-approach-of-the-war-on-drugs/\">their more hard-line approach to drug dealers and drug users\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking to that, Breed told Shafer and Lagos that her lived experience lets her easily shake off critics. She grew up in housing projects in the Fillmore neighborhood, where drug addiction and death touched her family. Other would-be “saviors,” she said, don’t know that life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of my experiences of who I am shaped my policy. But also how unapologetic I am,” she said. “It’s why I’m not afraid to stand up for what I believe in even if it’s controversial.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December last year, Breed notoriously complained about the “bullshit that has destroyed our city,” when announcing \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/A-month-after-S-F-Mayor-Breed-s-tough-talk-on-16771411.php\">a police crackdown in the Tenderloin, which, debatably, may never have materialized\u003c/a>. Shafer asked Breed about the motivation behind those comments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that came about because I was angry. I was frustrated,” Breed said. She said she made the comments after speaking with immigrant families in the Tenderloin, who told her about violent encounters in the neighborhood through tears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why do people who deal drugs have more rights than people who try to get up and go to work every day and take their children to school?” Breed asked. 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That’s happened to her, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s “part of why we did what we did, and I take full responsibility for it, because it was my decision. It was not an illegal thing to do. But it was necessary if I ever needed to use it,” Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed then turned things around on Shafer and asked him, “Why do you think it’s so important?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shafer, reflecting the advice from the City Attorney’s Office, said, “Because it implies that you want to have a level of control, when their job is to oversee these departments and be independent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said, “I do want to have a level of control. That’s not even a question, because I’m held accountable for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She later added, “Commissioners aren’t even elected. 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"content": "\u003cp>On Oct. 1, Mountain View will begin enforcing two parking restrictions: the Narrow Streets Ordinance and the Bike Lane Ordinance. Both measures restrict where oversized vehicles — including RVs and large trucks — can park in the city. This comes a week after the city released the details of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11925199/we-are-also-worthy-of-this-place-mountain-view-rv-residents-wait-in-limbo-amid-impending-street-parking-settlement\">a tentative settlement it reached with a group of RV residents\u003c/a> who had sued the city over the parking restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The settlement gives Mountain View authorities the green light to begin fining and towing vehicles that are in violation of the parking rules. Vehicles larger than 22 feet long or 7 feet high can no longer park on streets that are less than 40 feet wide — which represents roughly 90% of Mountain View streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11925199,news_11848619,news_11889042\"]If an RV parks on one of these “narrow streets” or a street with a bike lane, officials can ticket the vehicle. Owners also can be ticketed again after 72 hours if they do not move or end up parking on another narrow street. Each ticket will come with a fine of $65.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the owner does not move the vehicle after 72 hours, they can be ticketed again. After three citations, the city can immediately tow the vehicle. An RV also can be immediately towed if it’s blocking a driveway or parked in the path of traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What does the settlement mean for RV residents?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to the settlement, the city must provide at least three miles of “street segments” where people can park their vehicles. The city defines street segments as specific sections of a few streets distributed across the city. The settlement states that street segments “shall have some parking capacity for [oversized vehicles] on both sides of the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>So where can RV residents park starting Oct. 1?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Below is a list of the street segments in Mountain View where RVs can park. Keep in mind that streets where many RVs used to park, like Continental Circle and Crisanto Avenue, will be marked as either a narrow street or a bike lane street — meaning off-limits for RVs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, once an RV owner finds a parking spot where RVs are allowed, they can only stay there for 72 hours max. On Oct. 1, Mountain View will also begin to enforce City Code Section 19.72, which prohibits all vehicles from parking for more than 72 hours anywhere in the city. This rule also requires that when a vehicle moves to find a new parking spot after its 72 hours are up, that new parking spot must be 1,000 feet (or roughly one-fifth of a mile) away from its previous parking spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a vehicle doesn’t move to a new parking spot after 72 hours, the city says the owner can receive a warning or citation and/or get towed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Spaces where RVs and other oversized vehicles can park beginning Oct. 1\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>KQED created this list based on a map provided by the city. However, always pay close attention to the parking signs you see on the streets because those determine how the city will enforce its rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>North Mountain View\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Casey Avenue\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Broderick Way\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Coast Avenue\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Marine Way\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Space Park Way\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Pear Avenue\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Armand Drive\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Leghorn Street:\u003c/strong> Two blocks between San Antonio Road to Rengstorff Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Independence Avenue:\u003c/strong> Two blocks from East Charleston Road to Wyandotte Street; southern half of the block between Old Middlefield Way and Wyandotte Street\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Wyandotte Street:\u003c/strong> One block between San Antonio Road and Independence Avenue; eastern half of the block between Independence Avenue and Rengstorff Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Old Middlefield Way:\u003c/strong> Blocks stretching between San Antonio Road and the eastern end of the street\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Plymouth Street:\u003c/strong> Two blocks between Rengstorff Avenue and Amherst Way\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Colony Street:\u003c/strong> Western portion of the block between Rengstorff Avenue and Sierra Vista Avenue (look for where the parking restriction signs are placed)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Terra Bella Avenue:\u003c/strong> Blocks stretching from West Middlefield Road to the start of San Leandro Street (in front of Recology Mountain View)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Linda Vista Avenue:\u003c/strong> Between West Middlefield Road and Moonbeam Drive; and the northern 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Avenue\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Pioneer Way\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Clyde Court\u003c/strong> (breaks off from Clyde Avenue)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Logue Avenue:\u003c/strong> Between Maude Avenue and the northern end of the street\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ravendale Drive:\u003c/strong> Space between where Ravendale Drive turns and North Bernardo Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>North Bernardo Avenue:\u003c/strong> Between East Middlefield Road and the Central Expressway\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Devoto Street:\u003c/strong> Between Borello Way and Muir Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Muir Drive:\u003c/strong> Southern half of the block between Devoto Street and Moraga Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Easy Street:\u003c/strong> Between Creekside Park and ramp to get on Highway 85\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Downtown Mountain View\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Polaris Avenue\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Gemini Avenue\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Stierlin Road:\u003c/strong> Between North Shoreline Boulevard and Windmill Park Lane\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Central Avenue:\u003c/strong> Blocks between Andsbury Avenue and Moffett Boulevard\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Moffett Boulevard:\u003c/strong> Between Jackson Street and Cypress Point Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Wright Avenue:\u003c/strong> Between North Shoreline Boulevard and Granada Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Villa Street:\u003c/strong> Between Escuela Avenue and Higdon Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>California Street:\u003c/strong> Block between Castro Street and Hope Street\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>View Street:\u003c/strong> Blocks between Church Street and El Camino Real\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Centre Street:\u003c/strong> Block between CA 237 and Yuba Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Yuba Drive:\u003c/strong> Between El Camino Real and Church Street\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>South Mountain View\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ernestine Lane:\u003c/strong> Between Dennis Lane and Mountain View Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Mountain View Avenue:\u003c/strong> Between Ernestine Lane and Vista Grande Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Miramonte Avenue:\u003c/strong> Between split with Park Drive and Rincon Street\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Camille Court:\u003c/strong> Between Bonita Avenue and Petie Way\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ednamary Way:\u003c/strong> Between Clark Avenue and El Monte Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Clark Avenue:\u003c/strong> Between Marich Way and Jardin Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Dale Avenue:\u003c/strong> Short segment in the middle of the block between Continental Circle and Heatherstone Way (look for where the parking restriction signs are placed)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927290\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-800x1236.jpg\" alt=\"a map of parking spots in Mountain View\" width=\"800\" height=\"1236\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-800x1236.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-1020x1576.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-160x247.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-994x1536.jpg 994w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-1920x2967.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-scaled.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">When issuing a ticket, police have to provide a copy of this map so RV residents know where they can and cannot park. The city of Mountain View started distributing these maps in early September. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the City of Mountain View)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What will happen to RVs that remain parked on a ‘narrow’ street?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Starting October 1, the Mountain View police can immediately ticket any RV or oversized vehicle they spot parked on a narrow street. If the vehicle stays in the same spot — or moves to another street deemed off-limits for RVs — officials need to wait 72 hours before they can issue another fine. If a vehicle has been ticketed three times and is spotted once again by the police, that vehicle will be towed immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to keep in mind that the city doesn’t need to wait for the third citation to tow a vehicle. The settlement allows Mountain View to tow RVs with at least one ticket, as long as 72 hours have passed since the police issued the first fine. If a vehicle is towed, you can call (650) 903-6344 about retrieving it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the settlement also allows police officers the option to grant RV owners more than 72 hours to move their vehicle before calling in the tow truck. This can only happen if the police officer believes there is “good cause.” A “good cause” extension could be granted if there is a mechanical issue that prevents the RV from moving or if the RV owner was not properly notified that their vehicle was violating parking rules. If this is the case, the vehicle owner would have to prove this to the police officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can RV residents prepare for the parking rules?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke to former Mountain View Mayor Lenny Siegel to better understand how people living in RVs can prepare for the parking restrictions. He’s an outspoken advocate for RV residents who has closely followed the developments of the Narrow Street Ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would advise people not to wait for the last minute to figure out where they would want to move,” he said. “A lot of these streets often have cars parked on them during the day and so they will have to figure out a time when they’re available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But most importantly, Siegel said, “you have to be prepared for backlash.” He points out that some of the streets where RVs will be allowed to park after October 1 are residential streets that are not used to RVs. Some areas may be more friendly to RVs than others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another thing to keep in mind is the 72-hour parking limit. Some RV residents said they are considering a strategy to trade parking spots with each other every 72 hours, and that way follow both the Narrow Street Ordinance and the parking limit.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What other housing options are available?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The city of Mountain View has distributed a flyer titled “Other Resources and Information,” listing the contact information of agencies and nonprofits in the South Bay that offer shelter and food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927297\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927297\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-800x1421.jpg\" alt=\"a flyer listing resources for residents of RVs\" width=\"800\" height=\"1421\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-800x1421.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-1020x1812.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-160x284.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-865x1536.jpg 865w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-1153x2048.jpg 1153w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-1920x3410.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-scaled.jpg 1441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flyer distributed by the city of Mountain View listing resources for RV residents. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Only two programs listed offer some sort of housing: \u003ca href=\"https://www.movemv.org/\">MOVE Mountain View\u003c/a> and Santa Clara County’s Here4You hotline. MOVE MV provides free parking lots for people who are living in RVs or other vehicles. These lots include shared bathrooms, hand-washing facilities and security. Residents are required to work with a case manager to find permanent housing, which may not be in Mountain View.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a waitlist to enter MOVE. To get on the list, go \u003ca href=\"https://www.movemv.org/\">through the program’s website\u003c/a> or call (650) 861-0181. KQED was unable to obtain information on how long the waitlist currently is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other option is the Here4You hotline, which connects callers to the network of homeless shelters across Santa Clara County. These are congregate shelters, with private rooms and shared restrooms and social spaces, that offer 60-day stays and the assistance of social workers to find long-term housing. There are options available for families as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these shelters have rules, like a curfew that requires guests to be back at a certain time. But if you work at night and can provide documentation from your employer that confirms your schedule, the shelter can be flexible with this requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To reach the hotline, call (408) 385-2400. Callers will be asked to provide some personal information to complete an intake form and start the process to find a shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several of the RV residents who have spoken to KQED have said that these options are not feasible for them for various reasons, including long wait times to receive assistance or worries that they may lose their RV. KQED will continue researching alternate options for RV residents who may be affected by the parking restrictions and update this guide as we find them.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, once an RV owner finds a parking spot where RVs are allowed, they can only stay there for 72 hours max. On Oct. 1, Mountain View will also begin to enforce City Code Section 19.72, which prohibits all vehicles from parking for more than 72 hours anywhere in the city. This rule also requires that when a vehicle moves to find a new parking spot after its 72 hours are up, that new parking spot must be 1,000 feet (or roughly one-fifth of a mile) away from its previous parking spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a vehicle doesn’t move to a new parking spot after 72 hours, the city says the owner can receive a warning or citation and/or get towed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Spaces where RVs and other oversized vehicles can park beginning Oct. 1\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>KQED created this list based on a map provided by the city. However, always pay close attention to the parking signs you see on the streets because those determine how the city will enforce its rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>North Mountain View\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Casey Avenue\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Broderick Way\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Coast Avenue\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Marine Way\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Space Park Way\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Pear Avenue\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Armand Drive\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Leghorn Street:\u003c/strong> Two blocks between San Antonio Road to Rengstorff Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Independence Avenue:\u003c/strong> Two blocks from East Charleston Road to Wyandotte Street; southern half of the block between Old Middlefield Way and Wyandotte Street\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Wyandotte Street:\u003c/strong> One block between San Antonio Road and Independence Avenue; eastern half of the block between Independence Avenue and Rengstorff Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Old Middlefield Way:\u003c/strong> Blocks stretching between San Antonio Road and the eastern end of the street\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Plymouth Street:\u003c/strong> Two blocks between Rengstorff Avenue and Amherst Way\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Colony Street:\u003c/strong> Western portion of the block between Rengstorff Avenue and Sierra Vista Avenue (look for where the parking restriction signs are placed)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Terra Bella Avenue:\u003c/strong> Blocks stretching from West Middlefield Road to the start of San Leandro Street (in front of Recology Mountain View)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Linda Vista Avenue:\u003c/strong> Between West Middlefield Road and Moonbeam Drive; and the northern half of the block between Terra Bella Avenue and where Linda Vista Avenue dead-ends\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>West Mountain View\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Ortega Avenue\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Del Medio Avenue:\u003c/strong> Blocks stretching from California Street to the 100 block\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Del Medio Court:\u003c/strong> Between Del Medio Avenue and the start of the Montelena Court cul-de-sac\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Fayette Drive:\u003c/strong> Between Mayfield Avenue and San Antonio Road\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Pacchetti Way:\u003c/strong> Between California Street and Freedom Lane\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>East Mountain View\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Winston Place\u003c/strong> (between Leong Drive and Emily Drive)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of National Avenue\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Pioneer Way\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Clyde Court\u003c/strong> (breaks off from Clyde Avenue)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Logue Avenue:\u003c/strong> Between Maude Avenue and the northern end of the street\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ravendale Drive:\u003c/strong> Space between where Ravendale Drive turns and North Bernardo Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>North Bernardo Avenue:\u003c/strong> Between East Middlefield Road and the Central Expressway\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Devoto Street:\u003c/strong> Between Borello Way and Muir Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Muir Drive:\u003c/strong> Southern half of the block between Devoto Street and Moraga Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Easy Street:\u003c/strong> Between Creekside Park and ramp to get on Highway 85\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Downtown Mountain View\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Polaris Avenue\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>All of Gemini Avenue\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Stierlin Road:\u003c/strong> Between North Shoreline Boulevard and Windmill Park Lane\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Central Avenue:\u003c/strong> Blocks between Andsbury Avenue and Moffett Boulevard\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Moffett Boulevard:\u003c/strong> Between Jackson Street and Cypress Point Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Wright Avenue:\u003c/strong> Between North Shoreline Boulevard and Granada Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Villa Street:\u003c/strong> Between Escuela Avenue and Higdon Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>California Street:\u003c/strong> Block between Castro Street and Hope Street\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>View Street:\u003c/strong> Blocks between Church Street and El Camino Real\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Centre Street:\u003c/strong> Block between CA 237 and Yuba Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Yuba Drive:\u003c/strong> Between El Camino Real and Church Street\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>South Mountain View\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ernestine Lane:\u003c/strong> Between Dennis Lane and Mountain View Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Mountain View Avenue:\u003c/strong> Between Ernestine Lane and Vista Grande Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Miramonte Avenue:\u003c/strong> Between split with Park Drive and Rincon Street\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Camille Court:\u003c/strong> Between Bonita Avenue and Petie Way\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ednamary Way:\u003c/strong> Between Clark Avenue and El Monte Avenue\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Clark Avenue:\u003c/strong> Between Marich Way and Jardin Drive\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Dale Avenue:\u003c/strong> Short segment in the middle of the block between Continental Circle and Heatherstone Way (look for where the parking restriction signs are placed)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927290\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-800x1236.jpg\" alt=\"a map of parking spots in Mountain View\" width=\"800\" height=\"1236\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-800x1236.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-1020x1576.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-160x247.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-994x1536.jpg 994w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-1920x2967.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/ENGLISH-SPANISH_Final-Parking-Restrictions-Map-08242283-1-scaled.jpg 1656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">When issuing a ticket, police have to provide a copy of this map so RV residents know where they can and cannot park. The city of Mountain View started distributing these maps in early September. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the City of Mountain View)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>What will happen to RVs that remain parked on a ‘narrow’ street?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Starting October 1, the Mountain View police can immediately ticket any RV or oversized vehicle they spot parked on a narrow street. If the vehicle stays in the same spot — or moves to another street deemed off-limits for RVs — officials need to wait 72 hours before they can issue another fine. If a vehicle has been ticketed three times and is spotted once again by the police, that vehicle will be towed immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to keep in mind that the city doesn’t need to wait for the third citation to tow a vehicle. The settlement allows Mountain View to tow RVs with at least one ticket, as long as 72 hours have passed since the police issued the first fine. If a vehicle is towed, you can call (650) 903-6344 about retrieving it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the settlement also allows police officers the option to grant RV owners more than 72 hours to move their vehicle before calling in the tow truck. This can only happen if the police officer believes there is “good cause.” A “good cause” extension could be granted if there is a mechanical issue that prevents the RV from moving or if the RV owner was not properly notified that their vehicle was violating parking rules. If this is the case, the vehicle owner would have to prove this to the police officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can RV residents prepare for the parking rules?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke to former Mountain View Mayor Lenny Siegel to better understand how people living in RVs can prepare for the parking restrictions. He’s an outspoken advocate for RV residents who has closely followed the developments of the Narrow Street Ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would advise people not to wait for the last minute to figure out where they would want to move,” he said. “A lot of these streets often have cars parked on them during the day and so they will have to figure out a time when they’re available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But most importantly, Siegel said, “you have to be prepared for backlash.” He points out that some of the streets where RVs will be allowed to park after October 1 are residential streets that are not used to RVs. Some areas may be more friendly to RVs than others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another thing to keep in mind is the 72-hour parking limit. Some RV residents said they are considering a strategy to trade parking spots with each other every 72 hours, and that way follow both the Narrow Street Ordinance and the parking limit.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What other housing options are available?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The city of Mountain View has distributed a flyer titled “Other Resources and Information,” listing the contact information of agencies and nonprofits in the South Bay that offer shelter and food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927297\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927297\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-800x1421.jpg\" alt=\"a flyer listing resources for residents of RVs\" width=\"800\" height=\"1421\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-800x1421.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-1020x1812.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-160x284.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-865x1536.jpg 865w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-1153x2048.jpg 1153w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-1920x3410.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/20220817_170205-scaled.jpg 1441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flyer distributed by the city of Mountain View listing resources for RV residents. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Only two programs listed offer some sort of housing: \u003ca href=\"https://www.movemv.org/\">MOVE Mountain View\u003c/a> and Santa Clara County’s Here4You hotline. MOVE MV provides free parking lots for people who are living in RVs or other vehicles. These lots include shared bathrooms, hand-washing facilities and security. Residents are required to work with a case manager to find permanent housing, which may not be in Mountain View.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a waitlist to enter MOVE. To get on the list, go \u003ca href=\"https://www.movemv.org/\">through the program’s website\u003c/a> or call (650) 861-0181. KQED was unable to obtain information on how long the waitlist currently is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other option is the Here4You hotline, which connects callers to the network of homeless shelters across Santa Clara County. These are congregate shelters, with private rooms and shared restrooms and social spaces, that offer 60-day stays and the assistance of social workers to find long-term housing. There are options available for families as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these shelters have rules, like a curfew that requires guests to be back at a certain time. But if you work at night and can provide documentation from your employer that confirms your schedule, the shelter can be flexible with this requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To reach the hotline, call (408) 385-2400. Callers will be asked to provide some personal information to complete an intake form and start the process to find a shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When Flor Rodriguez got a $9,000 rent-relief check in the mail last December, it felt like an answer to her prayers. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even before the pandemic started, it was hard for Rodriguez to make rent. She worked in Napa’s vineyards for years, but wildfires put her out of her job picking grapes. Then COVID slashed her hours cleaning houses. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She struggled to come up with $1,650 a month for the two-bedroom apartment she shares with the 9-year-old and 2-year-old daughters she’s raising on her own. The 39-year-old immigrated from Guatemala four years ago and has an asylum case pending.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Becky Castañeda, case manager, Napa County Recovery Center\"]‘It felt like a stab in the back. What was supposed to be an assistance to get tenants out of debt just put them back in it.’[/pullquote]\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was stressing about the possibility of losing their home when a social worker told Rodriguez about the state’s \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://housing.ca.gov/covid_rr/program_overview.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">COVID rent-relief program\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which launched in mid-March of 2021 and allowed tenants and landlords to apply for up to 18 months in assistance.\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rodriguez got approved and says she used the money to help cover her rental debt. But five months later, in April, the state told her she had to return the money. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California has \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://housing.ca.gov/covid_rr/dashboard.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">handed out more than $4.3 billion\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in emergency COVID rent relief since the start of the pandemic. For Rodriguez and many other tenants with lower incomes who fell behind on rent, it’s been a lifeline. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now the state is asking thousands of applicants to pay back the money — in most cases, after they received it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“How am I going to come up with that money if I don’t have it?” Rodriguez said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who’s caught — and who’s caught up?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The state has issued almost 19,000 notices to California tenants and landlords who were originally approved for rent relief, saying they actually weren’t eligible. The vast majority of those denials — over 16,500 of them — went to people who’d already received the funds. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s part of an effort to catch fraud, according to the Department of Housing and Community Development.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“People get really clever. They are very, very smart and they do a lot of things to try to end-run around whatever kind of security you build into your systems,” said Jessica Hayes, who, as federal recovery branch chief for the HCD, manages its rent-relief operation and other federally funded programs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With brazen examples of fraud in pandemic-aid programs surfacing around the country, Hayes touts the department’s track record. Administrators had to balance responsibly managing taxpayer money with a mandate from state lawmakers to get the program running quickly, she says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It would have been 100% preferable to have caught every single one of these on the front end,” she said. “But it’s also not possible. There’s no physical way when your goal is to be as open as possible and really help as many people as possible.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hayes wouldn’t disclose specific fraud-protection measures out of concern it would compromise the department’s work.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But advocates say tenants who desperately needed the assistance have gotten wrongfully caught up.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A helping hand\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the Napa County Recovery Center, case workers have been working to help clients like Rodriguez. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The center was one of many community organizations around the state that got a grant to work with renters in need and help them access the program. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But out of 147 people who got approved with their help, 35 were later denied. For many of them the news came months after they’d received the money. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It felt like a stab in the back,” said Becky Castañeda, 20, one of the case managers in Napa hired to reach out to potential applicants and support them through the process. “What was supposed to be an assistance to get tenants out of debt just put them back in it.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927202\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927202\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58155_DSC03268-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young Latina woman of 20 with long black hair stands with her arms folded in front of a red wooden fence as she looks at the camera with a determined expression.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58155_DSC03268-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58155_DSC03268-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58155_DSC03268-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58155_DSC03268-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58155_DSC03268-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Becky Castañeda, case manager at Napa County Recovery Center, one of many community organizations around the state that got a grant to work with renters in need and help them access the program. She’s working with a mother of four named Monica who’s being asked to pay back $3,400. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The state does give applicants a chance to appeal before coming to a final decision and sending out a “recapture notice.” But advocates say the appeal process is overly difficult. Many of the denial notices cite “inconsistent or unverifiable information” but offer no specifics.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“How are they supposed to know what supporting paperwork to provide on their appeal?” Castañeda said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She’s working with a mother of four named Monica who’s being asked to pay back $3,400. (We’re not using Monica’s last name to protect her privacy because she’s undocumented.) She says she lost her income when the restaurant where she works closed for a year early in the pandemic. She applied for aid in November, and was approved in mid-February. In March, after receiving a check, she got a notice informing her she’d have to pay it back.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After reviewing the application, Castañeda and her colleagues couldn’t identify any inaccuracies or unverifiable information, so, like they’ve done with many of these appeals, they sent in the same documents again — PG&E bills, lease agreements, income documentation. They submitted the appeal in early April and are still waiting on a decision, Castañeda says. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It would have been better if they were honest from the beginning because now it seems like it was all a trick,” said Monica, 34, who’s desperate for an answer on the appeal. She’s stressed, wondering how the state will collect. She and her husband are back to working part-time now, she says, and while they’re caught up on rent for the time being, they’re still behind on some bills.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Vague charges, denied appeals\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, attorney Ora Prochovnick is representing a tenant who’s been told that her property manager needs to return $31,000 in rent relief they got on her behalf. Prochovnick, director of litigation and policy for the \u003ca href=\"https://evictiondefense.org/\">Eviction Defense Collaborative\u003c/a>, got involved after the client appealed the decision and was denied. She says the reason given for the denial was so vague it didn’t give her client a real chance to defend herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prochovnick says HCD finally provided a detailed list of the alleged problems with the application two months after the notice was issued, and only after she applied pressure. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“None of them had any merit and it didn’t take a lot of digging to find that,” Prochovnick said. “So it seems that what they did is a very cursory surface investigation and latched on to the easiest opportunity to deny rather than doing any homework so that they could approve.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among the list of issues reviewers flagged was an objection to the quality of her driver’s license photo and the font used on it, Prochovnick says. She has seen the license and calls the implication that it’s fraudulent “one of the craziest accusations I’ve ever read.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The tenant is facing eviction, but Prochovnick says the landlord has agreed to put the process on hold while lawyers try to resolve the problem.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Prochovnick, the case points to broader equity concerns. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I am an experienced attorney who’s been a litigator for more than 35 years and I’m dumbfounded by this process,” she said. “I’m just imagining all of the many tenants who don’t have those types of resources and are just told, ‘Give back the money.’”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Earlier this summer, tenant advocacy groups \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://publiccounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Petition-for-Writ-of-Mandate_Filed.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on behalf of renters who were denied rent relief. A \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://wclp.org/press-release-judge-orders-ca-dept-of-housing-community-development-to-stop-denying-state-rental-assistance-applications-until-further-review/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">judge has ordered\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the state to stop issuing denials while the suit moves forward. For now, HCD officials say demands for repayment are on hold to ensure people have a chance to appeal. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We hope the ultimate outcome of our lawsuit is a fairer process to ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to get the help they need in order to stabilize their housing and not become homeless,” said Lorraine López, senior attorney for the \u003ca href=\"https://wclp.org/\">Western Center on Law and Poverty\u003c/a> who’s working on the case.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The suit alleges HCD’s denial process doesn’t provide applicants due process, and seeks a more transparent appeals process that grants them access to details about the reasons they were denied. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of the 18,871 denials HCD issued after applicants were approved, only 2,503 have been appealed, according to the department, but there’s still time. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Napa, case managers at the recovery center have only had seven appeals approved at this point, of the 25 they submitted. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An uncertain future\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even as Flor Rodriguez waits on her appeal, she’s preparing to move. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She’s being evicted by her landlord — not because of her difficulties with the rent-relief program, but because the landlord told Rodriguez she plans to renovate the apartment. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At home, with her 2-year-old daughter, Carmen, in her arms, Rodriguez is waiting for a ride from a friend to go see another apartment. But the odds aren’t in her favor. The vacancy rate for rental housing in the city of Napa is just 2%, according to the city’s Housing Division. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After weeks of looking for apartments, Rodriguez still hasn’t found anything. She says her 9-year-old daughter has started to ask what’s going to happen. “She’s worried we’re going to end up on the streets,” Rodriguez said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She tells her daughter it will be OK. She’s trying to convince herself, too.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Shortly after KQED published this story, attorney Ora Prochovnick received word from the state Department of Housing and Community Development that her client’s case was resolved and she would be able to keep the rental assistance she already received. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was stressing about the possibility of losing their home when a social worker told Rodriguez about the state’s \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://housing.ca.gov/covid_rr/program_overview.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">COVID rent-relief program\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which launched in mid-March of 2021 and allowed tenants and landlords to apply for up to 18 months in assistance.\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rodriguez got approved and says she used the money to help cover her rental debt. But five months later, in April, the state told her she had to return the money. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California has \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://housing.ca.gov/covid_rr/dashboard.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">handed out more than $4.3 billion\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in emergency COVID rent relief since the start of the pandemic. For Rodriguez and many other tenants with lower incomes who fell behind on rent, it’s been a lifeline. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now the state is asking thousands of applicants to pay back the money — in most cases, after they received it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“How am I going to come up with that money if I don’t have it?” Rodriguez said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who’s caught — and who’s caught up?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The state has issued almost 19,000 notices to California tenants and landlords who were originally approved for rent relief, saying they actually weren’t eligible. The vast majority of those denials — over 16,500 of them — went to people who’d already received the funds. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It’s part of an effort to catch fraud, according to the Department of Housing and Community Development.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“People get really clever. They are very, very smart and they do a lot of things to try to end-run around whatever kind of security you build into your systems,” said Jessica Hayes, who, as federal recovery branch chief for the HCD, manages its rent-relief operation and other federally funded programs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With brazen examples of fraud in pandemic-aid programs surfacing around the country, Hayes touts the department’s track record. Administrators had to balance responsibly managing taxpayer money with a mandate from state lawmakers to get the program running quickly, she says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It would have been 100% preferable to have caught every single one of these on the front end,” she said. “But it’s also not possible. There’s no physical way when your goal is to be as open as possible and really help as many people as possible.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hayes wouldn’t disclose specific fraud-protection measures out of concern it would compromise the department’s work.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But advocates say tenants who desperately needed the assistance have gotten wrongfully caught up.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A helping hand\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the Napa County Recovery Center, case workers have been working to help clients like Rodriguez. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The center was one of many community organizations around the state that got a grant to work with renters in need and help them access the program. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But out of 147 people who got approved with their help, 35 were later denied. For many of them the news came months after they’d received the money. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It felt like a stab in the back,” said Becky Castañeda, 20, one of the case managers in Napa hired to reach out to potential applicants and support them through the process. “What was supposed to be an assistance to get tenants out of debt just put them back in it.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11927202\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11927202\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58155_DSC03268-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A young Latina woman of 20 with long black hair stands with her arms folded in front of a red wooden fence as she looks at the camera with a determined expression.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58155_DSC03268-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58155_DSC03268-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58155_DSC03268-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58155_DSC03268-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58155_DSC03268-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Becky Castañeda, case manager at Napa County Recovery Center, one of many community organizations around the state that got a grant to work with renters in need and help them access the program. She’s working with a mother of four named Monica who’s being asked to pay back $3,400. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The state does give applicants a chance to appeal before coming to a final decision and sending out a “recapture notice.” But advocates say the appeal process is overly difficult. Many of the denial notices cite “inconsistent or unverifiable information” but offer no specifics.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“How are they supposed to know what supporting paperwork to provide on their appeal?” Castañeda said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She’s working with a mother of four named Monica who’s being asked to pay back $3,400. (We’re not using Monica’s last name to protect her privacy because she’s undocumented.) She says she lost her income when the restaurant where she works closed for a year early in the pandemic. She applied for aid in November, and was approved in mid-February. In March, after receiving a check, she got a notice informing her she’d have to pay it back.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After reviewing the application, Castañeda and her colleagues couldn’t identify any inaccuracies or unverifiable information, so, like they’ve done with many of these appeals, they sent in the same documents again — PG&E bills, lease agreements, income documentation. They submitted the appeal in early April and are still waiting on a decision, Castañeda says. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It would have been better if they were honest from the beginning because now it seems like it was all a trick,” said Monica, 34, who’s desperate for an answer on the appeal. She’s stressed, wondering how the state will collect. She and her husband are back to working part-time now, she says, and while they’re caught up on rent for the time being, they’re still behind on some bills.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Vague charges, denied appeals\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, attorney Ora Prochovnick is representing a tenant who’s been told that her property manager needs to return $31,000 in rent relief they got on her behalf. Prochovnick, director of litigation and policy for the \u003ca href=\"https://evictiondefense.org/\">Eviction Defense Collaborative\u003c/a>, got involved after the client appealed the decision and was denied. She says the reason given for the denial was so vague it didn’t give her client a real chance to defend herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prochovnick says HCD finally provided a detailed list of the alleged problems with the application two months after the notice was issued, and only after she applied pressure. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“None of them had any merit and it didn’t take a lot of digging to find that,” Prochovnick said. “So it seems that what they did is a very cursory surface investigation and latched on to the easiest opportunity to deny rather than doing any homework so that they could approve.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among the list of issues reviewers flagged was an objection to the quality of her driver’s license photo and the font used on it, Prochovnick says. She has seen the license and calls the implication that it’s fraudulent “one of the craziest accusations I’ve ever read.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The tenant is facing eviction, but Prochovnick says the landlord has agreed to put the process on hold while lawyers try to resolve the problem.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Prochovnick, the case points to broader equity concerns. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I am an experienced attorney who’s been a litigator for more than 35 years and I’m dumbfounded by this process,” she said. “I’m just imagining all of the many tenants who don’t have those types of resources and are just told, ‘Give back the money.’”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Earlier this summer, tenant advocacy groups \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://publiccounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Petition-for-Writ-of-Mandate_Filed.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on behalf of renters who were denied rent relief. 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For now, HCD officials say demands for repayment are on hold to ensure people have a chance to appeal. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We hope the ultimate outcome of our lawsuit is a fairer process to ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to get the help they need in order to stabilize their housing and not become homeless,” said Lorraine López, senior attorney for the \u003ca href=\"https://wclp.org/\">Western Center on Law and Poverty\u003c/a> who’s working on the case.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The suit alleges HCD’s denial process doesn’t provide applicants due process, and seeks a more transparent appeals process that grants them access to details about the reasons they were denied. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of the 18,871 denials HCD issued after applicants were approved, only 2,503 have been appealed, according to the department, but there’s still time. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Napa, case managers at the recovery center have only had seven appeals approved at this point, of the 25 they submitted. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An uncertain future\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even as Flor Rodriguez waits on her appeal, she’s preparing to move. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She’s being evicted by her landlord — not because of her difficulties with the rent-relief program, but because the landlord told Rodriguez she plans to renovate the apartment. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At home, with her 2-year-old daughter, Carmen, in her arms, Rodriguez is waiting for a ride from a friend to go see another apartment. 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