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And nationally, more than a fifth of respondents said they had little to no confidence that they would be able to pay their rent or mortgage payments in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's going to be really difficult for a lot of folks to resume normal rent payments when some of the eviction moratoriums start to expire,” said Michael Trujillo, an attorney at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, most Bay Area residents will be protected through July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's because \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11811012/california-court-leaders-suspend-evictions-amid-pandemic\">the state Judicial Council’s order on April 6 to suspend eviction and foreclosure filings\u003c/a> — a de facto moratorium — is still in effect across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sasha Harnden, a policy advocate with the Western Center on Law and Poverty, said, \"The Judicial Council order is temporary procedural relief meant to prevent what would otherwise happen, which is driving thousands of people to the courthouses at a time when it's really not advisable. It does not provide substantive protections in terms of new defenses a tenant can raise to stay in their homes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In non-pandemic times, if a landlord wanted to evict a tenant, they would file a three-day notice to pay the rent or be forced to vacate the premises. If the tenant doesn’t respond within the three days, the landlord would file an eviction lawsuit in court. The court would then send the tenant a notice to respond to the lawsuit within five days, or the judge automatically rules in favor of the landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the Judicial Council’s order, the courts won’t send that five-day notice until the order is rescinded or expires. It’s currently set to expire 90 days after the governor lifts the state of emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's where local protections may come in, depending on where you are,\" Harnden said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities and counties around the Bay have passed local moratoria that add protections on top of what's provided by the Judicial Council's order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In most cases, they provide additional protections for tenants by allowing tenants to use the local moratorium as a defense against a future eviction case, once those cases can be filed. And, many of the moratoria provide a time period for tenants to repay back rent —from two months after the expiration of the moratorium in the case of Sonoma County to up to 12 months in the case of Solano County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For local rules, it all depends on where you live. Below is a list of the moratoria for the eight Bay Area counties that have them (Napa County does not have its own). San Jose, Oakland and Alameda are among the cities that have passed their own rules -- \u003ca href=\"https://sf.curbed.com/2020/3/31/21198571/bay-area-eviction-rent-help-oakland-coronavirus\">check here\u003c/a> for details.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Alameda County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: 30 days after end of local public health emergency\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: up to 12 months after end of moratorium\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"http://acgov.org/documents/ACEvictionMoratorium-Update-FAQ.pdf\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Contra Costa County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: July 15\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: until Nov. 15, 2020\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/67175/Board-of-Supervisors-Extends-a-Modified-Eviction-Protection--Rent-Freeze-Ordinance-News-Release-5262020\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Marin County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: June 30\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: up to 90 days after the end of moratorium\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/main/county-press-releases/press-releases/2020/cda-covid-evictionmoratorium-052220\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: July 31\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: until Jan. 31, 2021\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"https://sfrb.org/temporary-eviction-moratorium\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Mateo County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: July 28\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: up to 90 days after the end of state of emergency, with three, one-month extensions\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"https://housing.smcgov.org/covid-19-smc-eviction-regulations\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Santa Clara County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: July 28\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: up to 6 months after moratorium ends to repay at least 50% of the past-due rent, and up to 12 months after moratorium ends to repay past-due in full\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/EvictionMoratorium/Pages/home.aspx\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Solano County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: 90 days after state of emergency ends\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: up to 12 months after state of emergency ends\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"https://caanet.org/app/uploads/2020/04/Solano-County-BOS-Countywide-Eviction-Moratorium.pdf\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Sonoma County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: 60 days after state of emergency ends\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: up to two months after state of emergency ends\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CAO/Press-Releases/Board-of-Supervisors-Approves-Eviction-Defense-Ordinance/#:~:text=The%20ordinance%20prevents%20evictions%20for,to%20make%20up%20unpaid%20rent.&text=The%20Ordinance%20is%20available%20here,B3CB%2DFDAA3D9F69E6%26Options%3D%26Search%3D.\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what else is available to tenants? Here's what we know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reminder:\u003c/strong> There is currently no rent freeze or moratorium on rent in California. So if you can't pay, action is likely required on your part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And remember:\u003c/strong> Partial payment of rent does not prevent your landlord or property manager from starting the eviction process, unless you get a written agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Do I have to pay rent?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you can afford it, yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State and local eviction moratoriums \u003cstrong>do not\u003c/strong> prevent rent from being due, and local officials are encouraging those who are healthy and employed to pay it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What do I do if I can't pay rent?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you can't pay rent due to coronavirus-related circumstances, here's what you should do:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Put your case in writing: \u003c/strong>Declare, in writing, the reason you cannot pay your rent. The advocacy group Tenants Together created \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N9RIovWtkDwPnKg0ruXxHsQoGMM07Hx2_EoSXaEPVVY/edit\">this sample letter\u003c/a> you can use.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Provide specific documentation\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>: \u003c/strong>Include documents that show your income has been impacted by the pandemic and resulting shelter-in-place orders. That could be a letter or text from your employer detailing a reduction in work hours, pay stubs showing a decrease in wages or some documentation demonstrating a loss of available work opportunity — like decreases in Lyft rides or Postmates deliveries.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Submit documents\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>to your landlord or property manager\u003c/strong>: Ideally, you'd do this before rent is due. So make sure you get it in as soon as possible.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Keep a copy of all documentation for your records:\u003c/strong> If your landlord decides to pursue the eviction, or take you to small claims court, you'll need these documents. Store them somewhere safe!\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Reach out to a lawyer or advocate\u003c/strong>: To get ahead of any potential court proceeding, you can reach out to an attorney or legal aid office ahead of time. Check \u003ca href=\"#resources\">here\u003c/a> for more resources.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How do local and statewide eviction moratoriums work?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In early April, the Judicial Council of California adopted an emergency rule that effectively prevents evictions, other than those necessary for health and safety. This is a much stronger ruling that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809328/newsoms-eviction-moratorium-useless-misleading-tenants-groups-say\">statewide eviction moratorium\u003c/a> set by Gov. Gavin Newsom in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's what the new rule does:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Prevents a court from issuing a summons\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>after a landlord files an eviction case: \u003c/strong>Except when necessary to protect health and safety, this means that tenants will not be under the normal five-day response deadline and will instead have time to respond up until the courts' emergency rule is lifted.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Prevents default judgments: \u003c/strong>Normally, if the tenant failed to file a response, the court would issue a default judgment. Often siding with the landlord. This prevents that, except in cases of health and safety. Or if the tenant failed to file a response before the statewide order was lifted.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Extends time for trials\u003c/strong>: If an eviction case is already in process, and the tenant has already responded or appeared, judges must set the hearing for a time that is 60 days after the date requested, unless necessary to set it earlier for health and safety.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can read more about the rule, including how it applies to foreclosures, \u003ca href=\"https://wclp.org/summary-california-courts-emergency-rule-on-evictions-and-foreclosures/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"evictions\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What if I get an eviction notice?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If for some reason you do receive an eviction notice, \u003cstrong>get in touch with a lawyer or legal aid office as soon as possible\u003c/strong>. Many local legal aid offices are still operating — albeit remotely — and should have the best resources to help navigate through the particular rules in your city and county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are a few tenant resources you can use for help with an eviction notice:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://evictiondefense.org\">Eviction Defense Collaborative\u003c/a>: For legal assistance, contact the clinic at 415-659-9184 or email legal@evictiondefense.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://hrcsf.org\">Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco\u003c/a>: If you're in the Mission District, call 415-703-8644. In the Richmond District, call 415-947-9085.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sftu.org\">San Francisco Tenants Union\u003c/a>: For counseling hours, call 415-282-6622 or sign up \u003ca href=\"https://www.sftu.org/drop-in-clinic/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chinatowncdc.org\">Chinatown Community Development Center\u003c/a>: For counseling, call 415-984-2728 to make an appointment.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Alameda County:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ebclc.org\">East Bay Community Law Center\u003c/a>: Call 510-548-4040 to schedule a free legal consultation.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.evictiondefensecenteroakland.org\">Eviction Defense Center\u003c/a>: Call 510-452-4541 for free and low-cost legal services.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a>: Reach out via 510-437-1554 to request legal consults and assistance.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://baylegal.org\">Bay Area Legal Aid\u003c/a>: The Housing Unit is available for telephone counsel and advice through the Tenants Rights Line (for Alameda County residents) at 866-346-3405, or the Legal Advice Line at 800-551-5554 (for residents of all other counties in their service area).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lawfoundation.org\">Law Foundation of Silicon Valley\u003c/a>: Contact the Law Foundation at 408-280-2424.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sacredheartcs.org\">Sacred Heart Community Services\u003c/a>: You can apply \u003ca href=\"https://sacredheartcs.org/covid19/\">here\u003c/a> if you need financial assistance related to COVID-19\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.legalaidsmc.org\">The Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County\u003c/a>: If you need legal assistance, call 650-558-0915.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Tenants Together has also compiled a list of resources for renters \u003ca href=\"http://www.tenantstogether.org/resource-directory\">here \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G-n_wK1JXuNHc2drqFjq3JdY-8ILG343zvbM5q8Ykx8/edit?fbclid=IwAR2A2royDMtVAM6b6yYM5GkMGhwmD0Lm5Ploz2lDcL2jIBpqxJ3OkebAef0\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Erin Baldassari contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>A version of this story was originally published March 31.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11811074/se-encuentra-estresado-por-no-poder-pagar-su-renta-lea-esto-primero\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u003cem>Leer en español. \u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A previous version of this story was published on June 1.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As California begins the slow, and halted, process of reopening, cities and counties across the Bay Area are extending eviction moratoriums to protect renters who have been financially impacted by regional shelter-in-place orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the protections have been in place since the coronavirus pandemic began, to ease the burden of owed rent for tenants, some who have had their hours cut or lost their jobs entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/28/863120102/40-8-million-out-of-work-in-the-past-10-weeks\">Well over 40 million Americans\u003c/a> have filed for unemployment benefits since COVID-19 prompted shelter-in-place orders in mid-March. That’s one in four American workers. \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/hhp/#/table?measures=JLR\">A recent survey from the U.S. Census Bureau\u003c/a> found more than half of California households have lost income due to the coronavirus pandemic. And nationally, more than a fifth of respondents said they had little to no confidence that they would be able to pay their rent or mortgage payments in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's going to be really difficult for a lot of folks to resume normal rent payments when some of the eviction moratoriums start to expire,” said Michael Trujillo, an attorney at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, most Bay Area residents will be protected through July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's because \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11811012/california-court-leaders-suspend-evictions-amid-pandemic\">the state Judicial Council’s order on April 6 to suspend eviction and foreclosure filings\u003c/a> — a de facto moratorium — is still in effect across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sasha Harnden, a policy advocate with the Western Center on Law and Poverty, said, \"The Judicial Council order is temporary procedural relief meant to prevent what would otherwise happen, which is driving thousands of people to the courthouses at a time when it's really not advisable. It does not provide substantive protections in terms of new defenses a tenant can raise to stay in their homes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In non-pandemic times, if a landlord wanted to evict a tenant, they would file a three-day notice to pay the rent or be forced to vacate the premises. If the tenant doesn’t respond within the three days, the landlord would file an eviction lawsuit in court. The court would then send the tenant a notice to respond to the lawsuit within five days, or the judge automatically rules in favor of the landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the Judicial Council’s order, the courts won’t send that five-day notice until the order is rescinded or expires. It’s currently set to expire 90 days after the governor lifts the state of emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's where local protections may come in, depending on where you are,\" Harnden said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities and counties around the Bay have passed local moratoria that add protections on top of what's provided by the Judicial Council's order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In most cases, they provide additional protections for tenants by allowing tenants to use the local moratorium as a defense against a future eviction case, once those cases can be filed. And, many of the moratoria provide a time period for tenants to repay back rent —from two months after the expiration of the moratorium in the case of Sonoma County to up to 12 months in the case of Solano County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For local rules, it all depends on where you live. Below is a list of the moratoria for the eight Bay Area counties that have them (Napa County does not have its own). San Jose, Oakland and Alameda are among the cities that have passed their own rules -- \u003ca href=\"https://sf.curbed.com/2020/3/31/21198571/bay-area-eviction-rent-help-oakland-coronavirus\">check here\u003c/a> for details.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Alameda County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: 30 days after end of local public health emergency\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: up to 12 months after end of moratorium\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"http://acgov.org/documents/ACEvictionMoratorium-Update-FAQ.pdf\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Contra Costa County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: July 15\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: until Nov. 15, 2020\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/67175/Board-of-Supervisors-Extends-a-Modified-Eviction-Protection--Rent-Freeze-Ordinance-News-Release-5262020\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Marin County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: June 30\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: up to 90 days after the end of moratorium\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/main/county-press-releases/press-releases/2020/cda-covid-evictionmoratorium-052220\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: July 31\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: until Jan. 31, 2021\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"https://sfrb.org/temporary-eviction-moratorium\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Mateo County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: July 28\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: up to 90 days after the end of state of emergency, with three, one-month extensions\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"https://housing.smcgov.org/covid-19-smc-eviction-regulations\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Santa Clara County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: July 28\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: up to 6 months after moratorium ends to repay at least 50% of the past-due rent, and up to 12 months after moratorium ends to repay past-due in full\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/EvictionMoratorium/Pages/home.aspx\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Solano County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: 90 days after state of emergency ends\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: up to 12 months after state of emergency ends\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"https://caanet.org/app/uploads/2020/04/Solano-County-BOS-Countywide-Eviction-Moratorium.pdf\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Sonoma County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Expires: 60 days after state of emergency ends\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repayment term: up to two months after state of emergency ends\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more info, \u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CAO/Press-Releases/Board-of-Supervisors-Approves-Eviction-Defense-Ordinance/#:~:text=The%20ordinance%20prevents%20evictions%20for,to%20make%20up%20unpaid%20rent.&text=The%20Ordinance%20is%20available%20here,B3CB%2DFDAA3D9F69E6%26Options%3D%26Search%3D.\">click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what else is available to tenants? Here's what we know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reminder:\u003c/strong> There is currently no rent freeze or moratorium on rent in California. So if you can't pay, action is likely required on your part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And remember:\u003c/strong> Partial payment of rent does not prevent your landlord or property manager from starting the eviction process, unless you get a written agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Do I have to pay rent?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you can afford it, yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State and local eviction moratoriums \u003cstrong>do not\u003c/strong> prevent rent from being due, and local officials are encouraging those who are healthy and employed to pay it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What do I do if I can't pay rent?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you can't pay rent due to coronavirus-related circumstances, here's what you should do:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Put your case in writing: \u003c/strong>Declare, in writing, the reason you cannot pay your rent. The advocacy group Tenants Together created \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N9RIovWtkDwPnKg0ruXxHsQoGMM07Hx2_EoSXaEPVVY/edit\">this sample letter\u003c/a> you can use.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Provide specific documentation\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>: \u003c/strong>Include documents that show your income has been impacted by the pandemic and resulting shelter-in-place orders. That could be a letter or text from your employer detailing a reduction in work hours, pay stubs showing a decrease in wages or some documentation demonstrating a loss of available work opportunity — like decreases in Lyft rides or Postmates deliveries.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Submit documents\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>to your landlord or property manager\u003c/strong>: Ideally, you'd do this before rent is due. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What if I get an eviction notice?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If for some reason you do receive an eviction notice, \u003cstrong>get in touch with a lawyer or legal aid office as soon as possible\u003c/strong>. Many local legal aid offices are still operating — albeit remotely — and should have the best resources to help navigate through the particular rules in your city and county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are a few tenant resources you can use for help with an eviction notice:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://evictiondefense.org\">Eviction Defense Collaborative\u003c/a>: For legal assistance, contact the clinic at 415-659-9184 or email legal@evictiondefense.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://hrcsf.org\">Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco\u003c/a>: If you're in the Mission District, call 415-703-8644. In the Richmond District, call 415-947-9085.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sftu.org\">San Francisco Tenants Union\u003c/a>: For counseling hours, call 415-282-6622 or sign up \u003ca href=\"https://www.sftu.org/drop-in-clinic/\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.chinatowncdc.org\">Chinatown Community Development Center\u003c/a>: For counseling, call 415-984-2728 to make an appointment.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Alameda County:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ebclc.org\">East Bay Community Law Center\u003c/a>: Call 510-548-4040 to schedule a free legal consultation.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.evictiondefensecenteroakland.org\">Eviction Defense Center\u003c/a>: Call 510-452-4541 for free and low-cost legal services.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a>: Reach out via 510-437-1554 to request legal consults and assistance.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://baylegal.org\">Bay Area Legal Aid\u003c/a>: The Housing Unit is available for telephone counsel and advice through the Tenants Rights Line (for Alameda County residents) at 866-346-3405, or the Legal Advice Line at 800-551-5554 (for residents of all other counties in their service area).\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lawfoundation.org\">Law Foundation of Silicon Valley\u003c/a>: Contact the Law Foundation at 408-280-2424.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sacredheartcs.org\">Sacred Heart Community Services\u003c/a>: You can apply \u003ca href=\"https://sacredheartcs.org/covid19/\">here\u003c/a> if you need financial assistance related to COVID-19\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.legalaidsmc.org\">The Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County\u003c/a>: If you need legal assistance, call 650-558-0915.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Tenants Together has also compiled a list of resources for renters \u003ca href=\"http://www.tenantstogether.org/resource-directory\">here \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G-n_wK1JXuNHc2drqFjq3JdY-8ILG343zvbM5q8Ykx8/edit?fbclid=IwAR2A2royDMtVAM6b6yYM5GkMGhwmD0Lm5Ploz2lDcL2jIBpqxJ3OkebAef0\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Erin Baldassari contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>A version of this story was originally published March 31.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>2020 was supposed to be the year of bold action and big changes for housing and homelessness in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom began the year with a tour of homeless and mental health services providers around the state, ending in Oakland, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11796428/newsom-to-unveil-travel-trailers-for-homeless-in-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he declared\u003c/a> homelessness “the issue of our time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With \u003ca href=\"https://www.usich.gov/homelessness-statistics/ca/#:~:text=California%20Homelessness%20Statistics,and%20Urban%20Development%20(HUD).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than 151,000 people\u003c/a> living in tents, RVs, cars and shelters across the state, the governor announced a one-time allocation of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11802334/gov-newsom-focuses-singularly-on-homelessness-in-state-of-the-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$750 million\u003c/a> aimed at reducing homelessness — something his predecessor, Gov. Jerry Brown, had been loath to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really a sea change from the previous governor and from the Legislature,” said Chris Martin, policy director for Housing California, a Sacramento-based affordable housing nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the same time, advocates on all sides of the housing debate watched closely as one controversial bill to promote housing production — SB 50 — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11798945/__trashed-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drew its last breath\u003c/a> following two tense days of voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11613002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11613002 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco), the author of SB 50. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, the bill would have allowed for taller apartment buildings near transit hubs and in job-rich areas, and fourplexes in neighborhoods where only single-family homes are currently permitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the bill’s defeat, Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, vowed to pass an “historic housing production bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s economy suddenly shut down. As attention turned to easing the worst impacts of an expected economic crisis, hopes for dramatically advancing housing construction and reducing homelessness grew dim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"state Sen. Scott Wiener\"]‘It’s not a grand slam. But it’s a solid double.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But advocates involved in housing work across the state say all was not lost in the truncated legislative session, which is now in heading into summer recess. The Legislature still has some three dozen housing bills — albeit not as ambitious as some lawmakers initially hoped — that have been approved by their house of origin and are now moving on to the next chamber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a grand slam,” Wiener said in a phone call last week. “But it’s a solid double.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Housing Production\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While no single bill in this legislative session is as sweeping or controversial as SB 50, \u003ca href=\"https://sd39.senate.ca.gov/news/20200520-senate-leaders-detail-housing-production-legislation-intended-increase-supply-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several\u003c/a> attempt to \u003ca href=\"https://a17.asmdc.org/press-releases/assembly-leaders-push-increased-housing-production\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">boost housing\u003c/a> production through some like-minded proposals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Senate and Assembly, for instance, are each considering a proposal to eliminate single-family zoning in the state, by allowing either two duplexes (SB 1120) or a single fourplex (AB 3040) on parcels where only one house is currently allowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11823916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11823916 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Houses in Mountain View, pictured on Feb. 19, 2020.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A house for sale in Mountain View, on Feb. 19, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another bill, SB 902, would give cities the option to circumvent state environmental reviews for construction of apartment buildings with up to 10 units that are near transit or in job-rich areas. It’s not the four- to five-story apartment buildings Weiner had hoped for in SB 50, he said, but it’s a start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It will be a solid step forward in addressing the crisis,” he said. “More work will remain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman Richard Bloom’s AB 1279, a revision of SB 50, targets wealthy enclaves typically averse to providing low-income housing. Unlike SB 50, which proposed taller buildings near transit, Bloom’s bill would put those four- and five-story buildings in “high-opportunity areas,” which the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development would have to specifically define by 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more housing coverage\" tag=\"housing\"]The idea is to focus new housing construction in neighborhoods with better access to jobs, schools, air quality and other factors that lead to better health and that low-income renters and homeowners have long been excluded from. Developers who take advantage of the bill would have to offer the homes or rentals at affordable prices, construct some affordable housing on site or pay a fee to fund affordable housing construction elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“AB 1279 removes barriers to equitable and inclusive development,” said Frank Martinez, policy director with the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing. “Stopping some of the income and racial segregation in housing would be a big move.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also two bills under consideration that would allow developers to turn vacant offices, dying malls and big box stores into housing. The Assembly’s version, AB 3107, requires 20% of the new housing in those commercial areas to be affordable. The Senate’s version, SB 1385, requires affordable housing only in specific circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two other bills in the Senate and Assembly would expand the state’s “density bonus” law, which allows developers to build taller buildings in exchange for providing affordable housing. The Senate’s version, SB 1085, focuses on “missing middle” housing that is more affordable to middle-income earners. The proposal allows developers to build taller buildings in exchange for rental housing that is at least 30% less expensive than the median rent. The Assembly’s version, AB 2345, focuses more on boosting low-income housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11718377 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of homes and apartments on June 13, 2018 in San Francisco, California. According to a new survey by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, renters in San Francisco need an income of $60 per hour to afford a two bedroom apartment in the city. San Francisco is followed by San Jose at $48 per hour and Oakland at $45 per hour. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And, finally, Weiner has also proposed a bill that would allow 100% affordable housing developments on parking lots owned by religious or educational institutions. SB 899 could open up around 38,000 acres of land statewide — an area roughly the size of Stockton — according to a \u003ca href=\"http://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/uploads/Mapping_the_Potential_and_Identifying_the_Barriers_to_Faith-Based_Housing_Development_May_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent study\u003c/a> by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something we consider quite significant in terms of opening up other opportunities to affordable housing,” said Pedro Galvao, policy director for the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These housing production bills, though, have rankled members of Livable California — a citizens group that champions local control and was one of SB 50’s chief opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s pretty much a divide and conquer approach,” said Livable California board member Keith Gurnee. “It’s not as much on steroids as SB 50 was, but no one is really looking at how they interact with each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>COVID-19 Relief for Renters and Landlords\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Responding to the crisis at hand, several lawmakers have proposed bills to ensure that tenants and homeowners who lost some or all of their wages as a result of the pandemic don’t also lose their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman David Chiu’s AB 1436, if passed, would prevent landlords from evicting tenants during the current state of emergency, as well as 90 days after, if they’ve missed rent payments because of lost wages due to the pandemic. Tenants would then be allowed to pay back missed rent over 15 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A separate proposal by Assemblyman Phil Ting, AB 828, would freeze evictions and foreclosures during the state of emergency and for 15 days after. It would require tenants to pay 10% of back rent each month, beginning one month after the emergency order lifts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775409\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11775409\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1217\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut-800x507.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut-1020x647.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS25187_GettyImages-88900792-qut-1200x761.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bay Area’s rental market is notoriously expensive — not to mention competitive. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is the thing we see as the highest priority right now,” said Anya Lawler of the nonprofit Western Center on Law and Poverty. “We want to give tenants security that income lost during the pandemic will not be the basis for an eviction; but that needs to be coupled with money to make sure landlords don’t lose their property, either.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One bill, Atkins’ SB 1410, would provide \u003ca href=\"https://sd39.senate.ca.gov/news/20200512-senate-leaders-unveil-proposed-state-budget-approach-proposal-aid-california%E2%80%99s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tax credits to landlords\u003c/a> equal to the value of missed rental payments. The landlords could get cash now if they sell their tax credits to investors, or use them in later years. Tenants would then be on the hook for paying the state back for the missed rent over the course of the next ten years. Very low-income tenants unable to pay could have their loans forgiven.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Without bills to protect tenants from eviction, homeless advocates fear the state will see a surge in homelessness, which had been growing, and was on the minds of lawmakers, even before the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two bills in the Assembly establish ambitious goals for addressing homelessness: AB 2405 by Assemblywoman Autumn Burke, D-Marina del Rey, would make housing a human right for families and children by 2026. And AB 3269 by Chiu and Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles, would require cities and counties to create plans to reduce homelessness in their communities by 90% by 2028, based on 2019 rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, AB 1845 by Assemblymembers Chiu and Luz Rivas would create a new state “Office to End Homelessness,” along with a new position the governor’s office to coordinate state agencies that fund homeless housing and services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the biggest question has always been where to get the money to pay for these new state mandates and programs, especially during the current economic fallout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the $750 million Newsom proposed at the beginning of the year is no more, the governor did steer $600 million from the federal CARES ACT to acquire and rehab hotels, motels and other buildings for permanent supportive housing for the formerly homeless —\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11825653/california-found-hotels-for-10000-homeless-residents-what-next\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> dubbed Project Roomkey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820447\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3861px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11820447\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3861\" height=\"2574\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB.jpg 3861w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3861px) 100vw, 3861px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romelita Bautista, a homeless resident of Oakland, joined in a demonstration outside the Palms Motel in Oakland on Friday, May 22, 2020. Activist Stefani Echeverría-Fenn chained herself to a window in one of the rooms at the motel to call attention to the need for more hotel rooms during the pandemic. \u003ccite>(Erin Baldassari/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another proposal in the Assembly, AB 3300, by Assemblyman Miguel Santiago and a number of other co-signers would build off this year’s funding for homelessness programs and commit an additional $2 billion annually. But that’s only if the Legislature approves that amount in next year’s budget, which could be a tall order depending on how the economy is faring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of it may hinge on whether the federal government passes another stimulus bill. But even if that doesn’t happen, there’s talk of proposing new taxes — a 1% tax on millionaires, for example — to help pay for housing and shelters for people experiencing homelessness and for services related to that housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if no new money is found next year, the bill could still have an impact by reforming the state’s labyrinthine funding process for homeless services, said Chris Martin from Housing California. Agencies typically must apply separately to one of 30 programs split between six different state agencies, each with its own application process and funding timelines. AB 3300 would streamline that process by creating one application and allowing applicants to receive ongoing funding, so they don’t have to apply for the same money year after year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be quite significant,” said Pedro Galvao of the Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California, “and could be really impactful, if adopted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>2020 was supposed to be the year of bold action and big changes for housing and homelessness in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom began the year with a tour of homeless and mental health services providers around the state, ending in Oakland, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11796428/newsom-to-unveil-travel-trailers-for-homeless-in-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he declared\u003c/a> homelessness “the issue of our time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With \u003ca href=\"https://www.usich.gov/homelessness-statistics/ca/#:~:text=California%20Homelessness%20Statistics,and%20Urban%20Development%20(HUD).\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than 151,000 people\u003c/a> living in tents, RVs, cars and shelters across the state, the governor announced a one-time allocation of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11802334/gov-newsom-focuses-singularly-on-homelessness-in-state-of-the-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$750 million\u003c/a> aimed at reducing homelessness — something his predecessor, Gov. Jerry Brown, had been loath to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really a sea change from the previous governor and from the Legislature,” said Chris Martin, policy director for Housing California, a Sacramento-based affordable housing nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around the same time, advocates on all sides of the housing debate watched closely as one controversial bill to promote housing production — SB 50 — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11798945/__trashed-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drew its last breath\u003c/a> following two tense days of voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11613002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11613002 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/RS25468_20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_ScottWeiner_credit_BertJohnson-2-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco), the author of SB 50. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, the bill would have allowed for taller apartment buildings near transit hubs and in job-rich areas, and fourplexes in neighborhoods where only single-family homes are currently permitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the bill’s defeat, Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, vowed to pass an “historic housing production bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s economy suddenly shut down. As attention turned to easing the worst impacts of an expected economic crisis, hopes for dramatically advancing housing construction and reducing homelessness grew dim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But advocates involved in housing work across the state say all was not lost in the truncated legislative session, which is now in heading into summer recess. The Legislature still has some three dozen housing bills — albeit not as ambitious as some lawmakers initially hoped — that have been approved by their house of origin and are now moving on to the next chamber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a grand slam,” Wiener said in a phone call last week. “But it’s a solid double.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Housing Production\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While no single bill in this legislative session is as sweeping or controversial as SB 50, \u003ca href=\"https://sd39.senate.ca.gov/news/20200520-senate-leaders-detail-housing-production-legislation-intended-increase-supply-aid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several\u003c/a> attempt to \u003ca href=\"https://a17.asmdc.org/press-releases/assembly-leaders-push-increased-housing-production\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">boost housing\u003c/a> production through some like-minded proposals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Senate and Assembly, for instance, are each considering a proposal to eliminate single-family zoning in the state, by allowing either two duplexes (SB 1120) or a single fourplex (AB 3040) on parcels where only one house is currently allowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11823916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11823916 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Houses in Mountain View, pictured on Feb. 19, 2020.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS41398_005_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3321-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A house for sale in Mountain View, on Feb. 19, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another bill, SB 902, would give cities the option to circumvent state environmental reviews for construction of apartment buildings with up to 10 units that are near transit or in job-rich areas. It’s not the four- to five-story apartment buildings Weiner had hoped for in SB 50, he said, but it’s a start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It will be a solid step forward in addressing the crisis,” he said. “More work will remain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman Richard Bloom’s AB 1279, a revision of SB 50, targets wealthy enclaves typically averse to providing low-income housing. Unlike SB 50, which proposed taller buildings near transit, Bloom’s bill would put those four- and five-story buildings in “high-opportunity areas,” which the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development would have to specifically define by 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The idea is to focus new housing construction in neighborhoods with better access to jobs, schools, air quality and other factors that lead to better health and that low-income renters and homeowners have long been excluded from. Developers who take advantage of the bill would have to offer the homes or rentals at affordable prices, construct some affordable housing on site or pay a fee to fund affordable housing construction elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“AB 1279 removes barriers to equitable and inclusive development,” said Frank Martinez, policy director with the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing. “Stopping some of the income and racial segregation in housing would be a big move.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also two bills under consideration that would allow developers to turn vacant offices, dying malls and big box stores into housing. The Assembly’s version, AB 3107, requires 20% of the new housing in those commercial areas to be affordable. The Senate’s version, SB 1385, requires affordable housing only in specific circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two other bills in the Senate and Assembly would expand the state’s “density bonus” law, which allows developers to build taller buildings in exchange for providing affordable housing. The Senate’s version, SB 1085, focuses on “missing middle” housing that is more affordable to middle-income earners. The proposal allows developers to build taller buildings in exchange for rental housing that is at least 30% less expensive than the median rent. The Assembly’s version, AB 2345, focuses more on boosting low-income housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11718377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11718377 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/GettyImages-973691890-e1547589744990-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of homes and apartments on June 13, 2018 in San Francisco, California. According to a new survey by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, renters in San Francisco need an income of $60 per hour to afford a two bedroom apartment in the city. San Francisco is followed by San Jose at $48 per hour and Oakland at $45 per hour. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And, finally, Weiner has also proposed a bill that would allow 100% affordable housing developments on parking lots owned by religious or educational institutions. SB 899 could open up around 38,000 acres of land statewide — an area roughly the size of Stockton — according to a \u003ca href=\"http://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/uploads/Mapping_the_Potential_and_Identifying_the_Barriers_to_Faith-Based_Housing_Development_May_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent study\u003c/a> by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something we consider quite significant in terms of opening up other opportunities to affordable housing,” said Pedro Galvao, policy director for the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These housing production bills, though, have rankled members of Livable California — a citizens group that champions local control and was one of SB 50’s chief opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s pretty much a divide and conquer approach,” said Livable California board member Keith Gurnee. “It’s not as much on steroids as SB 50 was, but no one is really looking at how they interact with each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>COVID-19 Relief for Renters and Landlords\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Responding to the crisis at hand, several lawmakers have proposed bills to ensure that tenants and homeowners who lost some or all of their wages as a result of the pandemic don’t also lose their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman David Chiu’s AB 1436, if passed, would prevent landlords from evicting tenants during the current state of emergency, as well as 90 days after, if they’ve missed rent payments because of lost wages due to the pandemic. Tenants would then be allowed to pay back missed rent over 15 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A separate proposal by Assemblyman Phil Ting, AB 828, would freeze evictions and foreclosures during the state of emergency and for 15 days after. 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The landlords could get cash now if they sell their tax credits to investors, or use them in later years. Tenants would then be on the hook for paying the state back for the missed rent over the course of the next ten years. Very low-income tenants unable to pay could have their loans forgiven.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Without bills to protect tenants from eviction, homeless advocates fear the state will see a surge in homelessness, which had been growing, and was on the minds of lawmakers, even before the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two bills in the Assembly establish ambitious goals for addressing homelessness: AB 2405 by Assemblywoman Autumn Burke, D-Marina del Rey, would make housing a human right for families and children by 2026. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Castillo-Gutierréz family came to Oakland five years ago, by way of Los Angeles, for the reason many people move anywhere: Work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anastacio Castillo, 47, the patriarch of the family, started out selling tamales and corn not in a shop, not at a stand, but by hand, person to person, hitting the streets eager to earn for his wife and three children. Eventually, he found a job as a handyman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castillo-Gutierréz’s earn their living and reside in a single-family home in Oakland. But Anastacio lost work just before the pandemic shelter-in-place orders hit, making it doubly hard to recover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family fell behind on their rent, and now their landlord is trying to evict them, despite an Oakland eviction moratorium barring exactly that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Since the beginning, since my dad didn’t pay two months, [they] started asking for the house,” 16-year-old Gisselle Castillo said, translating for her father, who speaks Spanish. “He said he’s starting to get a [new] job already, but he’s scared because he doesn’t know what will happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Castillo-Gutierréz family is far from alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area tenants groups and a prominent San Francisco tenants law firm say they’ve seen a surge in evictions, or high pressure from landlords meant to squeeze tenants out, as people across California file for unemployment in droves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We get 200 calls a week at our firm, new client calls, and a lot of them are [landlords] taking this into their own hands,” said Joe Tobener, a partner at Tobener Ravenscroft, a tenants law firm. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11823891/california-courts-halt-plan-to-lift-eviction-moratorium-in-august\">as KQED previously reported\u003c/a>, The Law Foundation of Silicon Valley fielded roughly 1,400 calls from renters by early June related to the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11826680\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11826680\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43828_007_KQED_Oakland_Evictions_06262020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43828_007_KQED_Oakland_Evictions_06262020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43828_007_KQED_Oakland_Evictions_06262020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43828_007_KQED_Oakland_Evictions_06262020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43828_007_KQED_Oakland_Evictions_06262020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43828_007_KQED_Oakland_Evictions_06262020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Castillo-Gutierréz home in Oakland on June 26, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The California Employment Development Department has processed more than 6.7 million unemployment claims since the beginning of the pandemic, perhaps pushing many tenants into the same situation as the Castillo-Gutierréz family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11823891/california-courts-halt-plan-to-lift-eviction-moratorium-in-august\"> statewide eviction moratorium\u003c/a> in place, and many cities and counties across the Bay Area have passed their own renter protections, including Alameda, Marin, San Mateo, San Francisco, Solano and Sonoma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that hasn’t stopped landlords from pushing ahead with evictions anyhow.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>‘Grave Violations’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>On March 27, the Oakland City Council passed an eviction moratorium. Not paying your rent in Oakland could no longer prompt a landlord to evict you during the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also on March 27, Christina and Ramiro Nava, who own the single family home the Castillo-Gutierréz’s live in, issued a 60-day notice to vacate for not paying their rent. The Nava’s declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the family explored their options, Christina Nava allegedly told the family the locks on their home needed to be changed. By May, the Nava’s tried to enforce their 60-day notice, now expired, by force — they tried to lock the Castillo-Gutierréz’s front gate, barring them from their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the family got into the home anyhow and changed the lock again, the Nava’s tried a new tactic to regain access to the house: They removed the Castillo-Gutierréz’s fence, which the family recorded on video. When the Castillo-Gutierréz ’s put up boards to replace that fence, the Nava’s came back, this time flanked by two men on motorcycles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jackie Zaneri, an attorney with ACCE, the group representing the Castillo-Gutierréz family\"]‘Harassment and lockouts seem to have dramatically increased during the pandemic.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were staring at us,” Anastacio said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unknown men sat atop their motorcycles, engines thrumming, as other men tore down the boards around the family’s rented home. They chained the remaining pieces of the fence together, so the landlords could have unrestricted access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After intervention from the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), a tenants group, the Oakland City Attorney’s Office stepped in to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a June 24 letter to Christina and Ramiro Nava, Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker and the office’s Neighborhood Law Corps Attorney Axell Hernandez wrote that the allegations against the Nava’s, “if true, constitute grave violations of local and state law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 60-day eviction notice the Nava’s filed was “invalid,” the incident with the motorcycles was “an effort to intimidate the tenants into leaving” and statements that the Nava’s intend to sell the property support the idea that the Nava’s were attempting to “harass and intimidate your tenants into giving up their right to possession,” the City Attorney’s Office wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While such high-stakes intervention may help the Castillo-Gutierréz’s win out in the end, they said their landlords’ efforts to oust them have mounted their stress, stunted their sleep and stoked their fears.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Desperate Times\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Joshua Howard, executive vice president in local government affairs for the California Apartment Association, which represents landlords, noted COVID-19 has impacted tenants and landlords alike. And the economic plight of tenants ripples. Mortgages, property taxes and employee payroll for larger landlords all go unpaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s a situation that’s tough for everybody,” Howard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also a situation that has turned the California Apartment Association, usually viewed as a political opponent of tenants, into their unlikely ally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howard said the association is “working closely” with the state legislature on a bill that would prompt the California government to assume the financial risks of tenants who owe back rent. That only makes sense — it helps landlords too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11826678\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11826678\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43823_002_KQED_Oakland_Evictions_06262020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43823_002_KQED_Oakland_Evictions_06262020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43823_002_KQED_Oakland_Evictions_06262020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43823_002_KQED_Oakland_Evictions_06262020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43823_002_KQED_Oakland_Evictions_06262020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43823_002_KQED_Oakland_Evictions_06262020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A makeshift fence that Anastacio Castillo built after the landlord of their building took down the front fence that enclosed their house from the street, in Oakland on June 26, 2020. \u003ccite>(Bath LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State Senate Bill 1410 would give tenants 10 years to pay landlords back. If for some reason the tenant is unable to do so, landlords would then receive tax credits backed by California in equal amounts to any unpaid rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, if there’s a case where a resident is unable to pay their rent due to COVID-19, “we would hope the owner works with the resident to form a payment plan or a resolution that benefits all parties,” Howard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not everyone is heeding that advice. Tobener, the tenants attorney, had a simple explanation as to why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Landlords are feeling desperate,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Judicial Council of California postponed a vote in early June to remove the statewide eviction moratorium, but court closures prompted the council to delay.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Consequences Multiply\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Jackie Zaneri, an attorney with ACCE, the group representing the Castillo-Gutierréz family, said their story is far from unique.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Harassment and lockouts seem to have dramatically increased during the pandemic,” Zaneri said. “Unfortunately, it seems a lot of landlords are resorting to extralegal means to try and remove tenants from their homes [amid the pandemic].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"eviction-moratorium\" label=\"related coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And those means are not always as obvious as an eviction notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tobener said he’s seen cases across the Bay Area where landlords tell tenants they have to vacate for construction, try to lock them out completely or tell them to vacate “without just cause.” All of these methods are “trying to get them out through de facto means.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But under many of the local eviction moratorium rules, those extralegal evictions, and even straightforward evictions, carry incredible consequences for landlords, Tobener said in some cities, like Oakland and San Francisco, damages awarded to tenants may triple that of normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That includes a return of rent “for having to live with the harassment,” emotional distress damages also awarded for harassment, damages awarded for the stress of having to move, the moving costs themselves and the cost of rent for having lost a rent controlled unit — plus attorneys fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of the Castillo-Gutierréz family, the landlords may end up owing hundreds of thousands of dollars, Tobener said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This landlord,” he added, “has made a huge mistake.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were staring at us,” Anastacio said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unknown men sat atop their motorcycles, engines thrumming, as other men tore down the boards around the family’s rented home. They chained the remaining pieces of the fence together, so the landlords could have unrestricted access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After intervention from the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), a tenants group, the Oakland City Attorney’s Office stepped in to help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a June 24 letter to Christina and Ramiro Nava, Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker and the office’s Neighborhood Law Corps Attorney Axell Hernandez wrote that the allegations against the Nava’s, “if true, constitute grave violations of local and state law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 60-day eviction notice the Nava’s filed was “invalid,” the incident with the motorcycles was “an effort to intimidate the tenants into leaving” and statements that the Nava’s intend to sell the property support the idea that the Nava’s were attempting to “harass and intimidate your tenants into giving up their right to possession,” the City Attorney’s Office wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While such high-stakes intervention may help the Castillo-Gutierréz’s win out in the end, they said their landlords’ efforts to oust them have mounted their stress, stunted their sleep and stoked their fears.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Desperate Times\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Joshua Howard, executive vice president in local government affairs for the California Apartment Association, which represents landlords, noted COVID-19 has impacted tenants and landlords alike. And the economic plight of tenants ripples. Mortgages, property taxes and employee payroll for larger landlords all go unpaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s a situation that’s tough for everybody,” Howard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also a situation that has turned the California Apartment Association, usually viewed as a political opponent of tenants, into their unlikely ally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Howard said the association is “working closely” with the state legislature on a bill that would prompt the California government to assume the financial risks of tenants who owe back rent. 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As of Friday, the state had filled 10,644 hotel rooms, and leased a total of 15,837.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Alan Tolbert, unhoused resident moved into an SF hotel due to COVID-19\"]‘They’re not going to put us on the street… That defeats the purpose. They’re going to have to do something, right?’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Newsom says he wants to turn that temporary solution into a permanent one by helping counties buy hotels and motels across the state. Advocates for people experiencing homelessness say it’s a rare opportunity to put a meaningful dent in the state’s housing shortage by providing housing for around 10% of the state’s more than 150,000 homeless residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also a unique chance to avoid some of the complex funding and permitting schemes that often stymie such projects, said Amanda Wehrman, deputy director of HomeBase, a public policy nonprofit focused on addressing homelessness. That’s not to say the project hasn’t been without \u003ca href=\"https://www.whittierdailynews.com/city-officials-oppose-plan-to-house-homeless-in-norwalk-motel-county-vows-to-sue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">neighborhood opposition\u003c/a> in a few cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now is a moment where we can take some meaningful steps to address the needs around homelessness,” Wehrman said. “The next thing that needs to happen is to make sure we can address our public health crisis and address homelessness through these opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area’s nine counties, officials have leased a total of 5,169 rooms, with individuals and families living in 3,339 of them, according to the state’s Department of Social Services. And so far, FEMA has agreed to provide a 75% reimbursement to counties for the rooms through June 30, unless the federal agency agrees to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/FEMA/202006-CA_NCS-all-others-TE%20Response_6012020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an extension\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s May budget proposal included $600 million in federal funds from the CARES Act to help counties purchase the hotels — but it’s unclear where the money will come from to operate the hotels and provide services for the people who live there after FEMA’s subsidies end.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Devil in the Details\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa County spends roughly $2.5 million a month to house 550 people in five hotels. That includes the cost of the rooms, plus food, staffing and supportive services, said Jaime Jenett, a spokesperson for the county office of Health, Housing and Homeless Services. The leases will end in August unless extended, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s the initial outlay of purchasing a hotel, and then there is the ongoing costs of actually running programs,” Jenett said. “And a lot of what the future looks like depends on funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerry Abbott, director of Alameda County’s Office of Homeless Care and Coordination, says it’s likely costs will fall when the facilities become permanent and social distancing protocols are lifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County estimates the cost of providing housing with supportive services to formerly homeless people on an ongoing basis to about $60 per night, per household, compared to $100 during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because there are higher transportation, medical and cleaning costs associated with providing housing during a public health emergency, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For hotel guests who have tested positive for COVID-19 or are awaiting test results, Abbott said, transportation is “much more expensive because we can only move one or two people at a time to allow for distancing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11825792\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11825792\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE.jpg\" alt=\"Alameda County public health staff take part in a training on how to use personal protective equipment while working with guests at the Radisson Hotel in Oakland in late March.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1208\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE-800x503.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE-1020x642.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotel-PPE-1536x966.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County public health staff take part in a training on how to use personal protective equipment while working with guests at the Radisson Hotel in Oakland in late March. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Alameda County Health Care Services Agency)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But whether Alameda County purchases the actual hotels where guests are staying right now remains to be seen. Not all of the hotels have a suitable layout for long-term use, Abbott said, especially for an older population with mobility impairments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And others are “further along in their lifetime and need significant rehabilitation,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s true of several of the hotels being leased throughout the Bay Area. At the Hotel Whitcomb, Alan Tolbert said it can take several hours for shower water to drain due to a persistent clog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unsanitary,” he said. “I’ve been asking staff for weeks to solve this problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='homelessness']The difficulty in retrofitting hotels for long-term use is why officials in Alameda County are eyeing other sites for permanent housing. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/board/bos_calendar/documents/DocsAgendaReg_06_09_20/HEALTH%20CARE%20SERVICES/Regular%20Calendar/HCSA_GSA_296977.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earlier this month\u003c/a> approved a $23.3 million purchase of three buildings, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/06/11/oaklands-old-lake-merritt-lodge-will-become-a-covid-19-homeless-shelter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two near Oakland’s Lake Merritt\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at the same time, Abbott said Alameda County is working with the state to rapidly place at least 400 families and individuals staying at the hotels into existing subsidized, affordable apartments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[We’re] trying to really get people into housing now, because obviously that’s an even better situation than Project Roomkey,” she said, “but also to keep the non-congregate hotel shelters available as long as COVID continues to be so prevalent in the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>No Going Back\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Anita de Asis Miralle, the founder and director of The Village, a community-based homeless services provider in Oakland, said her organization has a similar exit strategy. The Village has housed about 40 families and individuals in hotel rooms as an alternative to the county and the state-led Project Roomkey. It’s been able to pay for the rooms with nearly $100,000 in philanthropic donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her group is working on finding places to move people as they exit hotel rooms, anything from apartments or rooms to rent, tiny homes or working RVs. But, she says, finding those affordable options has been a real challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What is very clear to us is that having people in a stable environment for any amount of time and then releasing them back into the streets is going to cause so much trauma and mental hardship,” de Asis Miralle said. “We’re not going to allow that to happen to our folks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11825657\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11825657\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/AlCo-Hotels_WEB-e1592937750672.jpg\" alt=\"This Comfort Inn in Oakland was one of the first hotels to become part of Project Roomkey.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1576\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Comfort Inn in Oakland was one of the first hotels to become part of Project Roomkey. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Alameda County Health Care Services Agency)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Alan Tolbert, the opportunity to have a room in a San Francisco hotel has been transformative. The 48-year-old has congestive heart failure but saw his health improve soon after moving in, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a big difference,” Tolbert said. “The feeling of privacy, I can sleep better. My stress levels are down. It’s really calmed me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tolbert said there were times he would feel shortness of breath just walking through the city, because of his medical condition and the chaos of living in a shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel better now, healthier,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the future of his hotel room still unknown, Tolbert said he can’t imagine going back to a congregate shelter now, with the threat of the coronavirus still looming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not going to put us on the street,” he said. “That defeats the purpose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tolbert wondered, “They’re going to have to do something, right?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Systemic racism in public policy and the private housing market has long made finding a safe, stable and affordable home in the Golden State a more difficult prospect for its roughly 2.2 million Black residents than for white people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legacy of New Deal-era \u003ca href=\"https://www.urbandisplacement.org/redlining\">redlining\u003c/a> — which deemed Black neighborhoods undesirable for federally-backed mortgages — is demonstrably visible not only where Black Californians live now, but where gentrification and displacement pressures across the state are most acute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-affordable-housing-constitution-20190203-story.html\">Article 34\u003c/a>, a still unrepealed clause in the state Constitution that requires local referendums before lower-income housing can be built in a California city, kept subsidized housing disproportionately utilized by Black and brown residents out of affluent, predominantly white communities for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while state leaders champion the strides the state has made toward diversity and equality relative to other parts of the country, evidence of overt racial bias in California’s housing market persists, including in its progressive coastal bastions. A home in a Black-majority part of the Bay Area is worth about \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/research/devaluation-of-assets-in-black-neighborhoods/\">$164,000 less\u003c/a> than an equivalent home — same size, same quality of school system, same access to parks and other neighborhood amenities — in a neighborhood with very few Black people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When they say real estate is about location, location, location — it’s actually about race,” said Mary M. Lee, former deputy director for the equity-focused research and advocacy group PolicyLink and veteran advocate for fair housing policies in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It isn’t the South, it’s not Cleveland, but historically (Los Angeles) has been segregated,” said Lee. “And California — I like to say people live next to each other, not with each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past decade, the astronomical rise in California’s rent and home prices have added a new dimension to the housing crisis experienced by generations of Black Californians. Here’s what that looks like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Over-represented in homeless counts\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, California has a relatively small Black population compared to other states. While non-Hispanic Black residents comprise more than 10% of highly-populated places like New York and Texas, they make up only about 5.5% of Californians, a proportion similar to the Black populations of Kansas or Wisconsin.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Mary M. Lee, deputy director, PolicyLink\"]‘The public sector, public systems are killing Black people everyday in broad daylight when they don’t house them.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But of the more than \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/californias-homelessness-crisis-explained/\">150,000 Californians\u003c/a> who experience homelessness on any given night, nearly 30% are Black people. Several Bay Area regions, including San Francisco and Marin County, have some of the highest rates of Black homelessness in the country. No major California ethnic group is as over-represented in the state’s homeless count as Black people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11825555\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart1-800x628.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart1-800x628.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart1-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart1.jpg 989w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\nWhile the overrepresentation of Black people among the unhoused is a national trend, homeless Black Californians are more likely to be sleeping outside than unhoused Black residents of other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The public sector, public systems are killing Black people everyday in broad daylight when they don’t house them,” said Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A constellation of factors contribute to high rates of Black homelessness in California beyond the high cost of living: higher rates of poverty, lack of employment opportunities and systemic disparities in California’s mental health and criminal justice systems.[aside tag=\"housing, homelessness\" label=\"More housing coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But racial disparities are also prevalent in efforts to keep Black Californians off the streets once they’ve been rehoused. \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/news?article=514-groundbreaking-report-on-black-people-and-homelessness-released\">An analysis\u003c/a> of Black homelessness in Los Angeles County found that while Black people were rehoused at the same rates as other ethnic groups, they were more likely to return to homelessness than any other demographic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Housing cost burden falls on Black Californians\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is an extremely expensive state. More than 40% of its households fit the federal definition of “housing cost-burdened,” with rent or mortgage payments eating up more than 30% of residents’ income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On average, Black Californians see a larger chunk of their paychecks going to housing costs than any of the state’s other major demographic groups. Nearly 50% of Black Californians lived in households that were cost-burdened in 2018; nearly a quarter paid more than 50% of their income towards housing costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11825556\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart2-800x630.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart2-800x630.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart2-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart2.jpg 987w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Black households pushed to suburbs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When comparing how far apart Black, white and other ethnic groups live from one another, California cities are typically less segregated than their counterparts in the Northeast or Midwest. Most parts of the state have also seen improving rates of residential integration over the past half-century, mirroring a national trend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But part of the decline in California racial segregation is driven by gentrification and displacement pressures upon Black communities in urban cores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not just more affluent, younger, white Californians moving into recently redeveloped downtowns that are paradoxically driving down segregation rates. Rapid accelerations in housing costs over the past few decades have driven many Black renters out of larger coastal cities and into older, formerly predominantly white suburbs. While the Black populations of parts of major cities like Los Angeles and Oakland have declined, far-flung suburbs like Palmdale in Southern California and \u003ca href=\"https://www.urbandisplacement.org/past-projects\">Antioch in the Bay Area\u003c/a> have seen rising numbers of Black families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“African Americans and to a lesser extent Latinos are moving to suburban areas at the fastest clip we’ve observed since the civil rights era,” said Michael Stoll, professor of public policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11825557\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart3-800x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart3-800x365.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart3-160x73.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart3.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\nWhile more diverse now than they were in the mid-20th century, these suburbs are not the high-opportunity enclaves associated with high-quality school systems and upward economic mobility. And Stoll stresses that continued patterns of segregation, gentrification and displacement have practical impacts for how white, Black and other ethnic groups view one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are consequences to segregation,” said Stoll. “There are questions around social cohesion, and that can’t be any more important than what we’re observing in the current debates we’re having around racial and social justice. It’s hard to become a socially cohesive place if people are living in different neighborhoods and not being able to communicate and work together around common interests.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wealth gap starker than income gap\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Income gaps aside, disparities in wealth are even starker — and more consequential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Wealth gives a cushion if something unexpected happens. If your car breaks down or something happens to your house, you don’t dip into your income, you dip into your savings” said Esi Hutchful, policy analyst at the California Budget and Policy Center. “It’s your wealth that allows you to invest in yourself, in your business, in the next generation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reliable wealth data is unfortunately severely lacking at the state level. But results from one financial survey of households in the Los Angeles metro area illustrates just how dramatic the wealth gap is for Black households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11825558\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart4-800x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart4-800x610.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart4-160x122.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart4.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\nThe key to wealth accumulation for most U.S. households is owning a home. That’s especially true in California, where skyrocketing home values have transformed homes in formerly middle-class neighborhoods into million-dollar nest eggs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those wealth gains have largely been accrued by non-Black homeowners. While more than 60% of white California households and 58% of Asian California households are homeowners, only 33% of Black households own the home they live in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As predatory lenders disproportionately targeted Black would-be homeowners across the country, the late 2000’s foreclosure crisis decimated Black homeownership nationally. While homeownership rates have somewhat rebounded for other demographic groups, Black homeownership has flatlined (although \u003ca href=\"http://zillow.mediaroom.com/2020-02-18-Encouraging-Signs-For-Black-Homeownership-Rate-as-it-Rebounds-From-Historic-Lows\">very recent data\u003c/a> suggest some gains).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lost equity in Black homes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also see signs of systemic racism in the home values for Black households that do own homes\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homes in majority Black neighborhoods across the country are \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/research/devaluation-of-assets-in-black-neighborhoods/\">undervalued\u003c/a> compared to equivalent homes in neighborhoods with few Black residents, controlling for factors like the quality of the local school district and access to neighborhood amenities like parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Bay Area has the largest equity gap of any major metro area in the country between comparable homes in comparable Black and non-Black neighborhoods: On average, homes in Black-majority neighborhoods are devalued by about $164,000. In the Los Angeles area, homes in Black-majority neighborhoods are devalued by about $70,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have appraisals, you have lending practices, you have real estate agent behavior,” said Andre Perry, researcher at the Brookings Institute. “We clearly see that there is discrimination baked in the practices that come out in the research.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How the pandemic could exacerbate the housing crisis\u003cbr>\nThe economic fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic has added a new, pressing dimension to Black Californians’ housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Black households already disproportionately more likely to have high rent burdens, tenants’ rights groups fear a wave of evictions from missed rent payments could be coming as expanded unemployment benefits are scheduled to expire next month. In a Census survey conducted at the beginning of June, less than half of Black California renters who responded to the question expressed high confidence they would be able to make next month’s rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11825559\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart5-800x599.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart5-800x599.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart5-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart5-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart5-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart5.jpg 1004w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\nLee says the pandemic has laid bare the racial divides the state has long struggled to close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These systems aren’t broken, this is how they were designed to work,” she said. “We’re catching up to the reality and understanding of how horrible that really is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters.org\u003c/a> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But of the more than \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/californias-homelessness-crisis-explained/\">150,000 Californians\u003c/a> who experience homelessness on any given night, nearly 30% are Black people. Several Bay Area regions, including San Francisco and Marin County, have some of the highest rates of Black homelessness in the country. No major California ethnic group is as over-represented in the state’s homeless count as Black people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11825555\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart1-800x628.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart1-800x628.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart1-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart1.jpg 989w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\nWhile the overrepresentation of Black people among the unhoused is a national trend, homeless Black Californians are more likely to be sleeping outside than unhoused Black residents of other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The public sector, public systems are killing Black people everyday in broad daylight when they don’t house them,” said Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A constellation of factors contribute to high rates of Black homelessness in California beyond the high cost of living: higher rates of poverty, lack of employment opportunities and systemic disparities in California’s mental health and criminal justice systems.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But racial disparities are also prevalent in efforts to keep Black Californians off the streets once they’ve been rehoused. \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/news?article=514-groundbreaking-report-on-black-people-and-homelessness-released\">An analysis\u003c/a> of Black homelessness in Los Angeles County found that while Black people were rehoused at the same rates as other ethnic groups, they were more likely to return to homelessness than any other demographic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Housing cost burden falls on Black Californians\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is an extremely expensive state. More than 40% of its households fit the federal definition of “housing cost-burdened,” with rent or mortgage payments eating up more than 30% of residents’ income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On average, Black Californians see a larger chunk of their paychecks going to housing costs than any of the state’s other major demographic groups. Nearly 50% of Black Californians lived in households that were cost-burdened in 2018; nearly a quarter paid more than 50% of their income towards housing costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11825556\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart2-800x630.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart2-800x630.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart2-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart2.jpg 987w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Black households pushed to suburbs\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When comparing how far apart Black, white and other ethnic groups live from one another, California cities are typically less segregated than their counterparts in the Northeast or Midwest. Most parts of the state have also seen improving rates of residential integration over the past half-century, mirroring a national trend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But part of the decline in California racial segregation is driven by gentrification and displacement pressures upon Black communities in urban cores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not just more affluent, younger, white Californians moving into recently redeveloped downtowns that are paradoxically driving down segregation rates. Rapid accelerations in housing costs over the past few decades have driven many Black renters out of larger coastal cities and into older, formerly predominantly white suburbs. While the Black populations of parts of major cities like Los Angeles and Oakland have declined, far-flung suburbs like Palmdale in Southern California and \u003ca href=\"https://www.urbandisplacement.org/past-projects\">Antioch in the Bay Area\u003c/a> have seen rising numbers of Black families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“African Americans and to a lesser extent Latinos are moving to suburban areas at the fastest clip we’ve observed since the civil rights era,” said Michael Stoll, professor of public policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11825557\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart3-800x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart3-800x365.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart3-160x73.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart3.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\nWhile more diverse now than they were in the mid-20th century, these suburbs are not the high-opportunity enclaves associated with high-quality school systems and upward economic mobility. And Stoll stresses that continued patterns of segregation, gentrification and displacement have practical impacts for how white, Black and other ethnic groups view one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are consequences to segregation,” said Stoll. “There are questions around social cohesion, and that can’t be any more important than what we’re observing in the current debates we’re having around racial and social justice. It’s hard to become a socially cohesive place if people are living in different neighborhoods and not being able to communicate and work together around common interests.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wealth gap starker than income gap\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Income gaps aside, disparities in wealth are even starker — and more consequential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Wealth gives a cushion if something unexpected happens. If your car breaks down or something happens to your house, you don’t dip into your income, you dip into your savings” said Esi Hutchful, policy analyst at the California Budget and Policy Center. “It’s your wealth that allows you to invest in yourself, in your business, in the next generation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reliable wealth data is unfortunately severely lacking at the state level. 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That’s especially true in California, where skyrocketing home values have transformed homes in formerly middle-class neighborhoods into million-dollar nest eggs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those wealth gains have largely been accrued by non-Black homeowners. While more than 60% of white California households and 58% of Asian California households are homeowners, only 33% of Black households own the home they live in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As predatory lenders disproportionately targeted Black would-be homeowners across the country, the late 2000’s foreclosure crisis decimated Black homeownership nationally. While homeownership rates have somewhat rebounded for other demographic groups, Black homeownership has flatlined (although \u003ca href=\"http://zillow.mediaroom.com/2020-02-18-Encouraging-Signs-For-Black-Homeownership-Rate-as-it-Rebounds-From-Historic-Lows\">very recent data\u003c/a> suggest some gains).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lost equity in Black homes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also see signs of systemic racism in the home values for Black households that do own homes\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homes in majority Black neighborhoods across the country are \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/research/devaluation-of-assets-in-black-neighborhoods/\">undervalued\u003c/a> compared to equivalent homes in neighborhoods with few Black residents, controlling for factors like the quality of the local school district and access to neighborhood amenities like parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Bay Area has the largest equity gap of any major metro area in the country between comparable homes in comparable Black and non-Black neighborhoods: On average, homes in Black-majority neighborhoods are devalued by about $164,000. In the Los Angeles area, homes in Black-majority neighborhoods are devalued by about $70,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have appraisals, you have lending practices, you have real estate agent behavior,” said Andre Perry, researcher at the Brookings Institute. “We clearly see that there is discrimination baked in the practices that come out in the research.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How the pandemic could exacerbate the housing crisis\u003cbr>\nThe economic fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic has added a new, pressing dimension to Black Californians’ housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Black households already disproportionately more likely to have high rent burdens, tenants’ rights groups fear a wave of evictions from missed rent payments could be coming as expanded unemployment benefits are scheduled to expire next month. In a Census survey conducted at the beginning of June, less than half of Black California renters who responded to the question expressed high confidence they would be able to make next month’s rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11825559\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart5-800x599.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart5-800x599.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart5-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart5-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart5-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/CalMattersChart5.jpg 1004w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cbr>\nLee says the pandemic has laid bare the racial divides the state has long struggled to close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These systems aren’t broken, this is how they were designed to work,” she said. “We’re catching up to the reality and understanding of how horrible that really is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Tenant groups and advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after the Judicial Council of California postponed a vote this week to remove emergency protections for renters and homeowners who have fallen behind on payments during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council, which oversees policy decisions in the state’s courts, \u003ca href=\"https://jcc.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=8234474&GUID=79611543-6A40-465C-8B8B-D324F5CAE349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first voted to halt new evictions and foreclosure filings on April 6\u003c/a>, as courts were closing due to the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m so relieved,” said Michelle Pariset, a policy advocate with Public Advocates. “Advocates, assembly members, senators and all kinds of people have been talking to the Judicial Council … encouraging them to not change the rules right now, because we aren’t ready.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.courts.ca.gov/news/judicial-council-chief-justice-consider-ending-some-emergency-measures-as-california-and-courts-expand-reopening\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the council floated the idea of ending the protections on August 3\u003c/a>, but reversed course after consulting with Gov. 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Initially, the protections were set to expire 90 days after the governor lifted the state of emergency in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are at a point with the pandemic with no guidance in history, law, or precedent,” she said. “The rules we promulgated are temporary measures designed to protect the health and safety of the public while ensuring that access to justice remains available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rental housing providers were disappointed with the decision to extend the order, which they called overly broad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obviously, we were looking forward to a decision today so that rental housing providers could have some certainty about when court actions would resume,” said Tom Bannon, the California Apartment Association’s chief executive officer. “Until the courts reopen, rental property owners are without the legal tools necessary to preserve the peaceful, quiet enjoyment of their rental communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cantil-Sakauye said the council would work with the governor and Legislature on an updated time frame for when the emergency protections would sunset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe the executive and legislative branches will need more time to sort through various policy proposals,” Cantil-Sakauye said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Assemblymember David Chiu, D-San Francisco, introduced a bill to codify protections for renters into state law, in an effort to prevent millions of Californians who have lost income from getting kicked out of their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot allow a wave of mass evictions,” Chiu said. “That would have catastrophic consequences for California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1436\">AB 1436\u003c/a> would bar landlords from evicting tenants for up to 90 days after the state of emergency is lifted, and would prohibit landlords from using nonpayment of rent during the pandemic as grounds for an eviction in the future. It would also give tenants 15 months to pay back rent from that time period, after which landlords could claim any unpaid rent in civil court. However, tenants would still have to keep up with current rent after the state of emergency is lifted, or face possible eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Augusta with the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation was among several tenant advocates who praised the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an unprecedented crisis and we need an unprecedented solution,” Augusta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local governments — including San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland — have passed policies that freeze evictions and protect renters, but those are likely to expire in the coming months. And Newsom’s order \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/5.29.20-EO-N-66-20-text.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">halting eviction enforcement is set to expire at the end of July\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, tenant attorneys are seeing a high demand for legal services, as the pandemic and its financial impacts drag on. The Law Foundation of Silicon Valley has fielded some 1,400 inquiries from renters, according to Michael Trujillo, a staff attorney with the group. Problems include landlords who have locked tenants out of their homes without filing an eviction lawsuit, or demanding tenants use unemployment assistance and stimulus checks to pay rent. [aside tag=\"housing, rent\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s still the issue of unpayable rent debt,” Trujillo said. “There's a clear need for something to be done about that rent debt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where some renter and landlord groups agree. The California Rental Housing Association has been urging cities and counties to use some of the money from the CARES Act, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/03/26/821457551/whats-inside-the-senate-s-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-package\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the $2 trillion stimulus bill Congress passed in March\u003c/a>, to assist tenants in paying the rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A statewide rent relief fund would help both renters and landlords, said Jack Schwartz, Jr., a board member for the association. Many landlords depend on the rental income to pay for insurance, property taxes, upkeep and mortgages, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Until there is something at the state level that addresses the economic needs of housing providers, as well as renters, we’ll be in a world of hurt,” Schwartz said. “Everyone will be in a world of hurt.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Walter Riley, 76, hadn’t left the house in more than two months. But it was a special day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His grandson, Akil Riley, 19, had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11822277/bay-area-george-floyd-police-violence-protests-curfews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">organized a demonstration\u003c/a> to protest police violence against black and brown people, part of the nationwide movement following the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of people gathered in front of Oakland Technical High School, with crowds spilling out into the street and extending for several city blocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hadn’t seen numbers like that since the Civil Rights Movement,” said the elder Riley, an Oakland attorney and activist who had organized similar demonstrations in the South a half a century ago. “I was impressed that so many young black people came out for this. It was a moving and powerful moment for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11822325\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11822325\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/oaktechmarch_200601.jpeg\" alt=\"A five-block-long line of marchers moved down Broadway Monday afternoon from Oakland Technical High School toward City Hall.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/oaktechmarch_200601.jpeg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/oaktechmarch_200601-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/oaktechmarch_200601-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/oaktechmarch_200601-1020x574.jpeg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A five-block-long line of marchers moved down Broadway Monday afternoon from Oakland Technical High School toward City Hall. (Erin Baldassari/KQED) \u003ccite>(Erin Baldassari/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Riley Sr., the march was a continuation of decades fighting for racial equality. When former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee against the back of Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, Riley Sr. said it was a knee on the necks of all struggling people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But it also symbolizes a knee on the back of all of us in this country who are trying to build a better society,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Akil Riley echoed his grandfather's sentiment, saying that police brutality is a symptom of persistent racial inequality. And the cure will not come from reforming police departments, but from reversing racist policies that have shortchanged black and brown families and neighborhoods for generations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In America, where many view the longstanding symbol of success and security as a single-family home with a white picket fence, black and brown families have been disproportionately \u003ca href=\"https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/the-red-line-racial-disparities-in-lending/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shut out\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/mapping-black-homeownership-gap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">homeownership gap\u003c/a> between black families and white ones are at record highs, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/mapping-black-homeownership-gap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study\u003c/a> from the Urban Institute. That’s in part because black and brown communities were hit especially hard during the Great Recession. But the roots go back much farther, as those same communities have faced decades of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/04/11/601131468/location-location-location\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discriminatory housing policies\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mortgage-discrimination-black-and-latino-paying-millions-more-in-interest-study-shows/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lending practices\u003c/a> that have favored white borrowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If America really cared about a solution,” Akil Riley said, “they would do things like give people adequate housing and get everybody a job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11803170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11803170\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41396_003_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3309-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41396_003_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3309-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41396_003_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3309-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41396_003_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3309-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41396_003_KQED_Housing_MountainView_02192020_3309-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Single-family houses in Mountain View. (Beth LaBerge/KQED) \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Floyd’s death, and the protests they have sparked, could not have come at a more urgent time. Rents and home prices were continuing to surge, and the number of people experiencing homelessness in California \u003ca href=\"https://files.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2019-AHAR-Part-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has grown to more than 151,000\u003c/a>. In Oakland, \u003ca href=\"https://everyonehome.org/main/continuum-of-care/everyone-counts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">70% of the city’s homeless population is black\u003c/a>, compared to 24% of its total population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The global pandemic exposed the fragility of \u003ca href=\"https://www.apartmentlist.com/rentonomics/may-housing-payments/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tens of thousands of renters and homeowners\u003c/a>, many of whom lost their jobs or saw their hours cut, and struggled to pay rent or mortgages at a time when access to stable housing is a public health necessity. Latino and black families are \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/05/05/financial-and-health-impacts-of-covid-19-vary-widely-by-race-and-ethnicity/\">bearing the brunt of COVID-related layoffs\u003c/a>, according to The Pew Research Center. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"—Carroll Fife, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, Oakland Chapter\"]\"It's the root cause of why our schools are underfunded. It's rampant white supremacy, racism and patriarchy. That is the root of the tree that we see all of these appendages from.\"[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, communities of color are experiencing higher rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths. Early data shows that nationwide, \u003ca href=\"https://covidtracking.com/race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black people are dying from COVID-19 at rates nearly twice as high as their share of the population.\u003c/a> The disparities are due to longstanding racial inequities, including crowded living conditions and lack of access to adequate healthcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of this lack of access is exponentially magnified for black folks,” said Carroll Fife, director of the Oakland chapter of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, or ACCE. “And [George Floyd] is just another one of those flash moments that shows us that we are not valued.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife said the same structural inequities that lead to police oppression are also the root causes of the housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's the root cause of why our schools are underfunded. It's rampant white supremacy, racism and patriarchy. That is the root of the tree that we see all of these appendages from,” she said. “So all of the inequity that we experience is from the same tree.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788525\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1037px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788525\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/moms4housing.jpg\" alt=\"Dominique Walker, a member of the group Moms 4 Housing, sits in a West Oakland home that's been vacant for two years. Walker and other homeless mothers have been occupying the home since November.\" width=\"1037\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/moms4housing.jpg 1037w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/moms4housing-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/moms4housing-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/moms4housing-1020x681.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1037px) 100vw, 1037px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dominique Walker, a member of Moms 4 Housing, sits in a West Oakland home that's been vacant for two years. Walker and other homeless mothers have been occupying the home since November 2019. (Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED) \u003ccite>(Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In November, Fife helped two homeless mothers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11795419/judge-orders-homeless-mothers-to-leave-oakland-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">take over a vacant home in West Oakland\u003c/a>, to protest investor speculation that has contributed to the Bay Area's sky high home prices. The occupation sparked national interest, because it highlighted the housing affordability crisis hitting cities across the country, and because it worked. The moms are now in negotiation with Wedgewood, the owner of the house, to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11797001/moms-4-housing-group-reaches-agreement-to-buy-vacant-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">purchase the home through a community land trust\u003c/a>, which will hold the house as permanently affordable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the demonstrations this week, there has been a growing number of direct actions to reclaim affordable housing. On May 1, two homeless women, with the help of Reclaim SF, \u003ca href=\"https://flipboard.com/article/inspired-by-oakland-s-moms-4-housing-homeless-women-occupy-vacant-sf-house-kq/a-1jNbv55kRx-ELPNZ-nFVnw%3Aa%3A2895353138-37d9b718e1%2Fkqed.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">occupied a house in the Castro District\u003c/a> for three hours. Their goal was to bring attention to the number of vacant homes in San Francisco, while the city’s homeless population was struggling to get indoors during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in May, Stefani Echeverría-Fenn, an advocate for people experiencing homelessness in West Oakland, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11820442/woman-barricaded-inside-oakland-motel-leaves-peacefully-after-16-hour-protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chained herself to a motel window\u003c/a> for more than 16 hours to demand the city place more of its homeless residents into hotel rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11823220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11823220\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43553_012_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_06032020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43553_012_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_06032020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43553_012_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_06032020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43553_012_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_06032020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43553_012_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_06032020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators fill the intersection at 14th and Broadway in Oakland at a protest against police violence on June 3, 2020. (Beth LaBerge/KQED) \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The willingness to take action and risk arrest demonstrates a disillusionment with existing avenues for change. It also represents a loss of faith in the mythology of the American dream — that hard work and education will lead to a comfortable life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That calculation does not hold anymore,” said Noni Session, the director and co-founder of the \u003ca href=\"https://ebprec.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative\u003c/a>, an organization that is working to challenge traditional ideas of capitalism. “There’s an awakening. And part of it is, that when folks are awakened, they will choose many different new realities. And what is that? That is what is being contested right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her organization is working to put homeownership into the hands of those who have historically been disenfranchised. The model uses community land trusts and housing cooperatives to create collective ownership and maintain spaces as permanently affordable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s one way people are demanding change and reimagining the same institutions that have failed communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The new normal has to be different,” said Walter Riley. “When we come out of this COVID crisis, I think lots of people are saying it can't be the same old normal.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Early data shows that nationwide, \u003ca href=\"https://covidtracking.com/race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black people are dying from COVID-19 at rates nearly twice as high as their share of the population.\u003c/a> The disparities are due to longstanding racial inequities, including crowded living conditions and lack of access to adequate healthcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of this lack of access is exponentially magnified for black folks,” said Carroll Fife, director of the Oakland chapter of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, or ACCE. “And [George Floyd] is just another one of those flash moments that shows us that we are not valued.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife said the same structural inequities that lead to police oppression are also the root causes of the housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's the root cause of why our schools are underfunded. It's rampant white supremacy, racism and patriarchy. That is the root of the tree that we see all of these appendages from,” she said. “So all of the inequity that we experience is from the same tree.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11788525\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1037px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11788525\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/moms4housing.jpg\" alt=\"Dominique Walker, a member of the group Moms 4 Housing, sits in a West Oakland home that's been vacant for two years. Walker and other homeless mothers have been occupying the home since November.\" width=\"1037\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/moms4housing.jpg 1037w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/moms4housing-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/moms4housing-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/11/moms4housing-1020x681.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1037px) 100vw, 1037px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dominique Walker, a member of Moms 4 Housing, sits in a West Oakland home that's been vacant for two years. Walker and other homeless mothers have been occupying the home since November 2019. (Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED) \u003ccite>(Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In November, Fife helped two homeless mothers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11795419/judge-orders-homeless-mothers-to-leave-oakland-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">take over a vacant home in West Oakland\u003c/a>, to protest investor speculation that has contributed to the Bay Area's sky high home prices. The occupation sparked national interest, because it highlighted the housing affordability crisis hitting cities across the country, and because it worked. The moms are now in negotiation with Wedgewood, the owner of the house, to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11797001/moms-4-housing-group-reaches-agreement-to-buy-vacant-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">purchase the home through a community land trust\u003c/a>, which will hold the house as permanently affordable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the demonstrations this week, there has been a growing number of direct actions to reclaim affordable housing. On May 1, two homeless women, with the help of Reclaim SF, \u003ca href=\"https://flipboard.com/article/inspired-by-oakland-s-moms-4-housing-homeless-women-occupy-vacant-sf-house-kq/a-1jNbv55kRx-ELPNZ-nFVnw%3Aa%3A2895353138-37d9b718e1%2Fkqed.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">occupied a house in the Castro District\u003c/a> for three hours. Their goal was to bring attention to the number of vacant homes in San Francisco, while the city’s homeless population was struggling to get indoors during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in May, Stefani Echeverría-Fenn, an advocate for people experiencing homelessness in West Oakland, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11820442/woman-barricaded-inside-oakland-motel-leaves-peacefully-after-16-hour-protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chained herself to a motel window\u003c/a> for more than 16 hours to demand the city place more of its homeless residents into hotel rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11823220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11823220\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43553_012_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_06032020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43553_012_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_06032020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43553_012_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_06032020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43553_012_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_06032020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/RS43553_012_KQED_Oakland_GeorgeFloydProtest_06032020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators fill the intersection at 14th and Broadway in Oakland at a protest against police violence on June 3, 2020. (Beth LaBerge/KQED) \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The willingness to take action and risk arrest demonstrates a disillusionment with existing avenues for change. It also represents a loss of faith in the mythology of the American dream — that hard work and education will lead to a comfortable life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That calculation does not hold anymore,” said Noni Session, the director and co-founder of the \u003ca href=\"https://ebprec.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative\u003c/a>, an organization that is working to challenge traditional ideas of capitalism. “There’s an awakening. And part of it is, that when folks are awakened, they will choose many different new realities. And what is that? That is what is being contested right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her organization is working to put homeownership into the hands of those who have historically been disenfranchised. The model uses community land trusts and housing cooperatives to create collective ownership and maintain spaces as permanently affordable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s one way people are demanding change and reimagining the same institutions that have failed communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Blanca Aleman, an asylum-seeker from El Salvador, first came to the U.S. in the summer of 2016 to reunite with relatives living in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Aleman’s family — her two daughters, mom, aunts, brothers and nephews — live together: a total of 13 people in a three-bedroom, one-bathroom house in Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very difficult,” said Aleman, 35, in Spanish. “Sometimes we have to wait in line to use the bathroom, or to cook in the kitchen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, those inconveniences also mean Aleman’s entire household is at higher risk of getting sick and transmitting the coronavirus. In April, Aleman’s aunt tested positive for COVID-19. Shortly after, her 13-year-old daughter, Lindsay, also had it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How am I going to distance her?” asked Aleman, who shares a bed with Lindsay and her youngest, Megan, who is 3 years old. “You can’t do it. There’s not enough space at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, UCSF\"]‘This is a twin epidemic … An epidemic of the virus and an epidemic of the economic crisis. And it’s the latter that I think will really make it much more difficult to keep the former under control.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aleman, who is five months pregnant, also fears for her unborn baby. Her doctor at Lifelong Brookside Richmond Health Center said there are \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/pregnancy-breastfeeding.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not enough data\u003c/a> to know if or how the coronavirus could hurt Aleman’s pregnancy or baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It can affect me. But they don’t know to what degree,” Aleman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Medical professionals advise patients recovering at home from COVID-19 to stay in a room by themselves if they live with others, and avoid sharing a bathroom and kitchen utensils. But those guidelines are practically impossible to follow for many low-income immigrants doubling or tripling up to afford rent in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of high housing costs, California’s overcrowding rate is more than double the national average, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/overcrowded-housing-and-covid-19-risk-among-essential-workers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>. Latinos are also much more likely to live in overcrowded, multigenerational homes than other racial or ethnic groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They often don’t have the luxury to be in settings where they can really maintain the type of distance that’s required to keep themselves safe and the people around them safe,” said Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, a professor of medicine and epidemiology at UCSF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As state officials loosen stay-at-home orders and slowly reopen the economy, Bibbins-Domingo expects more outbreaks of the virus at a time when millions of Californians have lost their jobs and may struggle to afford the basics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a twin epidemic,” she said. “This is an epidemic of the virus and an epidemic of the economic crisis. And it’s the latter that I think will really make it much more difficult to keep the former under control, particularly in the communities that are hardest hit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Statewide, Latinos represent \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Race-Ethnicity.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than half\u003c/a> of 71,000 confirmed cases where race or ethnicity was identified. In Contra Costa County, where Aleman lives, Latinos comprise about a quarter of the population, but nearly 40% of confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.coronavirus.cchealth.org/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contra Costa Health Services\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Living in close quarters, such as in congregate settings or overcrowded homes, increases the risk of exposure to the virus after someone brings it in, said Dr. Ori Tzvieli, Contra Costa County deputy health officer and a family practitioner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more densely people are living, the higher their risks that they would transmit coronavirus to one another,” said Tzvieli. “Most of the cases that we have seen in China and many in the United States have been through household contact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Latest News on Coronavirus' tag='coronavirus']Contra Costa, like other counties in the Bay Area, offers free hotel stays for people who don’t have a safe place to quarantine and are confirmed positive for coronavirus or considered “under investigation” by public health officials while they await test results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the county has placed more than 300 high-risk people experiencing homelessness in hotels under the state’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.coronavirus.cchealth.org/for-the-homeless\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Roomkey\u003c/a>” initiative, according to health officials. But Tzvieli said only a few patients with homes of their own have taken up that option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For most people, we have found a way to help them effectively isolate in their home,” he said. “But it’s good to have that option … the benefit is to the patient, their housemates and the entire community knowing that the people have a safe place to stay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aleman said she tried to find another place to live before the pandemic. But she said smaller apartments, even in less desirable neighborhoods, were too expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under normal circumstances, she and her family pitch in to cover the $2,600 in monthly rent for their house. Aleman’s portion for the room she shares with her daughters is $850.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after Aleman’s work as an office cleaner dried up in March and other adults in her household also lost income, the family worries about how they’ll pay June’s rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aleman considered applying for unemployment benefits, for which she is eligible, but believed her request would be denied because the state requires a valid work authorization, and her work permit was set to expire soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until this month that she learned U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/automatic-employment-authorization-document-ead-extension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">automatically extends\u003c/a> work permits for asylum-seekers and other immigrants who properly file renewal requests, as the agency takes several months to process those applications. Aleman submitted her renewal request in April, about a month before her permit expired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, without having secured wage replacement benefits, Aleman relies on nearby food banks to contribute to the staples her family prepares: beans, fried rice, cheese, eggs and Aleman’s favorite — fresh, hand-made tortillas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Living together helps Aleman’s family save on rent and other expenses, and they are able to support one another by taking turns to cook meals, clean the home and care for each other’s children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We live as family and that’s a great help,” Aleman said. “We have each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aleman is also relying on her relatives in a new way. Recently, she started feeling sick and experiencing shortness of breath and bad headaches, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like her daughter and aunt before her, Aleman tested positive for COVID-19 this month and became one of the nearly 37,000 Latinos so far confirmed with the coronavirus in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This report contains a clarification. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than a month after homeless residents began moving into 91 RVs in Oakland, residents are complaining about electricity that cuts out during the daytime, problems with water leaks and a lack of hand railings on steep steps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trailers are part of Operation HomeBase, a safe quarantine site on Hegenberger Road near Oakland International Airport, which city officials established for people over the age of 65 or who have health conditions that make them especially vulnerable to the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials said they expected some growing pains and are working to correct the problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In setting up a brand new facility from scratch so quickly, we expected adjustments,” said Karen Boyd, a city spokesperson. “And [we] are working with residents and maintenance crews to address them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland resident Delbra Taylor, 68, moved in with her ex-husband on May 11, about a week after the city officially opened the site. It’s been one struggle after the other, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she moved in, she had to buy her own sheets, pillows and towels because there were none there, she said, using her own precious Social Security income on the items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The RV she was in lacked hot water, so they were moved to another one. The RV she is in now has a leak, so Taylor has been forced to use towels to soak up water that streams from the bathroom sink whenever it’s in use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks ago, she fractured her arm coming out of her RV because it has no hand rails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told them, I said, ‘This is dangerous,’ ” Taylor said in a phone interview. But, she said, nothing was done. Days later, she slipped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My whole body bounced on the ground, and I knew in that moment I was not getting up,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then on Saturday, the power started going out during the daytime. Some of the residents are on oxygen tanks, Taylor said, and need a constant source of electricity to power their tanks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boyd said site managers were working onsite Wednesday with PG&E and electricians to alleviate the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Moving unsheltered residents onto a new site with air conditioned units drew more power than expected,” Boyd said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that the city is also working collaboratively with the manufacturer of the RVs on how best to install handrails and ensure residents’ safety. No other trailer had issues with water leaking, Boyd said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Derrick Soo, a case manager for people experiencing homelessness at Alameda Health System, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdTGIQYlJHs\">posted an interview\u003c/a> with one of his clients, Rachel Shook, complaining of similar conditions at Operation HomeBase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They aren’t really giving us answers on what they are going to do or how they are going to fix it,” Shook said in the video posted to YouTube. “So we’re just taking it day by day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shook, who uses they/them pronouns, stays in the RV with their partner, Gina Shook, 47, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure. Gina relies on an oxygen tank to breathe. 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The donation was initially part of a $1.5 million grant pledged in January for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11796428/newsom-to-unveil-travel-trailers-for-homeless-in-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an RV site in the same location\u003c/a> that would have housed homeless families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing Consortium of the East Bay, a nonprofit homeless services provider that has operated some of the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11677912/inside-one-of-oaklands-tuff-shed-homeless-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuff Shed\u003c/a> locations, is staffing the RV site. Calls on Wednesday to staff at the nonprofit were not immediately returned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than her fractured arm and the leaking trailer, Taylor says it’s the heat that bothers her most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recent high temperatures, coupled with the fact that the RVs sit on top of an asphalt parking lot with no shade, makes it especially hot inside the trailers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor said staff at the site told residents to turn off the air conditioning during the day because it was overloading the power supply, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How do you expect people who have air conditions units to not turn them on?” Taylor said. “(Monday), it was so hot, I felt sick.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 2nd:\u003c/em> \u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Derrick Soo incorrectly identified himself as a caseworker for Alameda Health System. He has since clarified that he is a volunteer caseworker with Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless. 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That’s up from 14 during the same time period in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a May 26 statement, officials noted that while at least two people tested positive for COVID-19 near the time of their death, the virus was not the likely reason, and it will take several months to confirm the actual cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Barry Zevin, medical director of street medicine and shelter health for the Department of Public Health, told KQED that it’s more likely the deaths reflect a trend of increasing fatal drug overdoses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had fentanyl in San Francisco for the last year or two and month by month increasing numbers of overdose related to fentanyl in the drug supply,” Zevin said. “It’s not surprising. Every city in the United States that has seen increases in fentanyl has seen increases in deaths.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zevin speculated that the aggressive actions San Francisco took to fight the spread of the coronavirus among homeless people may have indirectly contributed to the increase in deaths by disrupting people’s routines and services they receive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11801547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11801547\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41022_036_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7967-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41022_036_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7967-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41022_036_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7967-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41022_036_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7967-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/02/RS41022_036_KQED_EmbarcaderoNavigationCenter_01302020_7967-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The covered entrance to the Embarcadero navigation center. All guests have to be brought in by the Homeless Outreach Team — walk-ins aren’t allowed. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To meet social distancing measures, San Francisco shelters and service providers were forced to drastically reduce capacity. Many shelters have also stopped accepting new clients. The city’s largest shelter, MSC-South, was evacuated last month after more than 100 residents and staff tested positive for COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re all operating at a very diminished capacity,” said Kyriell Noon, chief impact officer at the Glide Foundation, a homeless and low-income service provider in the Tenderloin neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noon said the pandemic has only highlighted the risks of living on the streets. 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