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That claim was \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Trump-threatens-to-cite-San-Francisco-says-city-14451275.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refuted\u003c/a> by city officials and environmentalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wheeler's letter marks the latest escalation in a series of disputes between California and the federal government over environmental policies. Last week, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced he was leading a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over its decision to revoke the Golden State's authority to set its own emission standards for cars and light trucks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a common theme in the news coming out of this White House this week. The President is abusing the powers of the presidency and weaponizing government to attack his political opponents,\" Nathan Click, a spokesman for Gov. 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This is political retribution against California, plain and simple.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Secretary for Environmental Protection Jared Blumenfeld said Wheeler's concerns about homelessness and water quality in San Francisco, specifically, are odd, because the city's system of combined sewage and stormflow actually leads to cleaner water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Unlike other places where water goes right from the streets into the bay or into the ocean, San Francisco has a really good system of dealing with cleaning up all the effluence coming off the streets and sidewalks,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tyler Gamble, a spokesman for San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which oversees the treatment of the city's water, agreed. \"San Francisco never discharges untreated water into the bay or the ocean.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wheeler's letter also cited other \"health based exeedances,\" including Los Angeles surpassing its permit limit of a potential carcinogen, the University of California exceeding its limit for copper, and part of Marin County exceeding its limit for cyanide by more than 5,000 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In total, Wheeler wrote, the alleged exceedences, \"call into question the state's ability to protect the public and administer its [Safe Drinking Water Act] programs in a manner consistent with federal requirements.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalEPA's Blumenthal said most of the examples in the letter are \"either gross inaccuracies or misrepresentations\" about what's actually happening in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was just at a meeting yesterday of all 50 environmental directors and secretaries from each of the states and the question was, 'Why didn’t other states get letters?'\" he said. \"There’s certainly similar environmental issues in all 50 states, and I think everyone acknowledged that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blumenfeld said Wheeler's letter came as a surprise, adding that his agency \"never had any phone call from the federal government\" about the issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It definitely feels out of the ordinary,\" he said. \"It definitely feels like it isn't being done in a collaborative way to solve a problem, but really to score a political point.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor London Breed also characterized the move as a political statement, blasting the Trump administration's claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m sick of this President taking swipes at our city for no reason other than politics,\" she wrote in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As I’ve said before, there are no needles washing out to the Bay or Ocean from our sewer system, and there is no relationship between homelessness and water quality in San Francisco. 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Some, according to the Chronicle, reportedly harassed neighbors with threatening messages on social media, accusing them of being anti-homeless and inhumane and resorting to cruel, passive-aggressive Band-Aid tactics, rather than working toward real solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All you had to do is come and say something to us. We’re all pretty reasonable people and we’re very kind,” Daniel Bartosiewicz, a homeless person who had camped at Clinton Park for months, said in a Twitter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TayAhlgren/status/1179116093585027073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video\u003c/a>. “All of you guys just would smile and walk by and silently act like everything was OK instead of coming and confronting us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One demonstrator tried, unsuccessfully, to \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/amp/SF-artist-offers-up-anti-homeless-street-rocks-14472800.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">auction\u003c/a> the rocks on Craigslist, a post that was quickly removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Daniel Bartosiewicz, a homeless person who had camped at Clinton Park\"]‘All of you guys just would smile and walk by and silently act like everything was OK instead of coming and confronting us.’[/pullquote]The activists were rebelling against a growing urban design trend known as “hostile architecture,” one that restricts the use of public space and is often aimed at discouraging homeless people from congregating or lying down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13861966/barts-fare-evasion-crackdown-exposes-the-deadly-elegance-of-hostile-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted\u003c/a> the expansion of “anti-homeless” designs around the city, including spiked planter boxes, newly erected barricades and benches with segmented dividers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hostile architecture is not a solution to homelessness and it shouldn’t ever be considered in that way,” Jennifer Friedenbach, executive director of the city’s Coalition on Homelessness, said Tuesday on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101873602/boulder-controversy-highlights-san-franciscos-homelessness-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED Forum\u003c/a>. “It’s just making it harder for people to be able to sleep and rest and pushing people out of particular areas and really does not get us anywhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11777939\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/rock-pic.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11777939\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/rock-pic.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1814\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/rock-pic.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/rock-pic-160x142.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/rock-pic-800x709.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/rock-pic-1020x903.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/rock-pic-1200x1063.jpeg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/rock-pic-1920x1701.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homeless activists converged last week on Clinton Park to protest against neighbors who had placed boulders on the sidewalk to thwart homeless activity. \u003ccite>(Taylor Ahlgren via Twitter)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fracas — which has since drawn \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/02/residents-put-huge-rocks-their-sidewalk-keep-homeless-away-launched-battle/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">national attention\u003c/a> — has come to symbolize the city’s inability to adequately address and manage its homelessness problem, and starkly underscores the sharp wedge the issue has driven between residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2017, the number of unhoused San Franciscans has risen 17% as rents and real estate prices continue to explode and the city — despite throwing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars each year at the problem — struggles to create or preserve enough affordable housing or rehabilitation services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Rachel Gordon, a public works spokeswoman\"]‘We decided we’ll see what we could do to work with them to somehow sanction the boulders that were on the street.’[/pullquote]As of Wednesday, more than 1,100 people were on the shelter \u003ca href=\"https://sf311.org/information/waitlist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">waiting list\u003c/a> in San Francisco, a city with an annual budget over $12 billion and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/articles/2019-05-10/san-francisco-is-home-to-the-worlds-most-billionaires-per-capita\">highest concentration\u003c/a> of billionaires in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friedenbach said the “wait for housing is years and years long.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks don’t have anywhere to go. And I think the city’s response has been primarily moving folks from place to place,” she added. “That locks people into a cycle of homelessness even further and really oftentimes creates a lot more instability for folks and [makes it] more difficult for people to get off the streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For their part, the neighbors behind the rocks said they had no ill intent toward the homeless people living outside their doors. The boulder plan, they said, was a last resort, rolled out only after they had made repeated attempts to enlist the help of the city’s outreach services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more homelessness coverage\" tag=\"homelessness\"]“This is about people yelling and screaming at 3 in the morning and openly flashing weapons,” one woman \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/philmatier/article/San-Francisco-OK-with-boulders-on-small-street-to-14465305.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told\u003c/a> the San Francisco Chronicle. “I’m not rich. I’m having a hard enough time making it myself. They even set up a shelf and were openly dealing drugs, and nobody was doing anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At residents’ request, city workers came through many times to put the boulders back on the sidewalk, only to find them pushed onto the street hours later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the end of last weekend, the group of neighbors decided they’d had enough, and summoned city workers yet again, who returned Monday — their fourth visit in nearly as many days — to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Anti-tent-boulders-set-to-be-moved-by-city-14479827.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remove\u003c/a> the boulders, placing them in storage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We traded criminals for activists and the media,” one unnamed resident told the Chronicle. “We don’t want to feel the fire anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/FitzTheReporter/status/1178737047005065216\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who represents the neighborhood, said he sympathizes with residents who are seeking a safe environment to live in but also recognizes the frustration felt by the homeless population and their defenders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Certainly, I think there’s the will in the mayor’s office and on the board to find additional resources and try and get people into long-term housing solutions,” he told Forum. “But in the short term, we’re spending a whole lot of money on moving people around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman\"]‘There are a lot of folks who see any effort to address any of the street behavior issues as a war on the homeless.’[/pullquote]Mandelman noted how split the city is on the issue and how difficult it has been to reach a consensus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think these boulders sort of encapsulate that. There are a lot of folks who see any effort to address any of the street behavior issues as a war on the homeless,” he said. “And then … I hear from my constituents who are not hostile to homeless people but are not willing to continue living in the conditions San Francisco is in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clinton Park neighbors told the San Francisco Examiner they’re still intent on cleaning up the street and are considering their next move — one that could involve another landscaping tactic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohammed Nuru, the city’s public works director, on Monday told the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/city-to-remove-anti-homeless-boulders-from-clinton-park/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Examiner\u003c/a> that he commended the group for banding together to find a creative “solution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The problem is they were not big enough,” Nuru said, suggesting a permanent fix could involve larger boulders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rachel Gordon, a public works spokeswoman confirmed her department had supported the neighbors’ unconventional boulder initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We decided we’ll see what we could do to work with them to somehow sanction the boulders that were on the street,” she told Forum. “Obviously, that didn’t work out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Michael Tubbs remembers watching his mother strain to make ends meet in his childhood home in Stockton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At the end of the month, it took magic to make everything pencil out,\" he said. \"I never saw my mom get a manicure or pedicure growing up. I never saw her take a vacation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now Tubbs, the city’s 29-year-old mayor, is championing a monthly cash aid program that he says could be a game-changer for families like his.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are people in Stockton who are working very hard, who are still struggling,\" he said. \"That idea of increasing opportunity and breaking cycles of poverty is probably the crux of all the work we’re doing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Universal Basic Income\" tag=\"universal-basic-income\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stockton is one of two U.S. cities \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11771909/stockton-experiments-with-universal-basic-income\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">experimenting with universal basic income\u003c/a>, the idea of giving all Americans a fixed, no-strings-attached stipend. Proponents say it’s a step toward economic equality, but critics worry a handout will enable bad behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Stockton program isn’t quite universal — only 125 people were selected to receive the $500 monthly allowance for 18 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, a collaboration tasked with running the pilot, sent 4,200 mailers to randomly selected households in neighborhoods where the city’s median income is at or below $46,033. Program organizers randomly selected the participants from the 478 residents who completed a survey. Another 200 people were randomly chosen to participate in the research without receiving a monthly stipend. That control group is receiving gift cards in exchange for sharing information about their lives and financial well-being.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Following the Money\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Project researchers just released the first cache of data showing how recipients spent their money in the first five months of the program, which began in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 40% of purchases on the prepaid debit cards went to food, 24% went to home goods and clothing, and 12% paid for utilities, according to the report. The group did not track the 40% of funds that were transferred to savings, checking or cash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11777798\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Stockton-Basic-Income-Graph-800x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Stockton-Basic-Income-Graph-800x769.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Stockton-Basic-Income-Graph-160x154.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Stockton-Basic-Income-Graph-1020x981.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Stockton-Basic-Income-Graph-1200x1154.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Stockton-Basic-Income-Graph.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tubbs said the data proves that Stockton residents are using the money to better themselves and their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For so long, people have looked at Stockton for examples of what things are bad,\" he said. \"But this is one of a couple of examples where people are looking at Stockton for solutions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the project’s $3 million budget comes from a private foundation called the Economic Security Project, launched three years ago with help from Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes. The foundation selected Stockton, a city once labeled America’s foreclosure capital, as a guinea pig because of its diverse racial and economic profile, said project co-founder Natalie Foster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It really looks like America,\" she said. \"It’s a city that’s reinventing itself, that’s pulling out of that bankruptcy, and leaning into its pluralistic community to build what’s next.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Astronomical Costs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Jovan Bravo, one of 125 Stockton residents receiving $500 a month, on the impact of the pilot project\"]'It's made me a lot happier. It's hard working so many long days back to back, six days a week ... I enjoy a full two days off of work. It’s a big relief.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The universal income concept has been bubbling up in national politics, with Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang promising $1,000 a month to every American regardless of income level, and fellow Democratic candidate Kamala Harris pushing for roughly $6,000 a year in refundable tax credits to lower-income Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But experts say the costs of implementing basic income on a large scale would be astronomical. A recent report from UC Berkeley estimated that giving every American $1,000 a month would cost roughly $3 trillion per year, or 75% of total current federal spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even eliminating Medicaid, Social Security income and other staples of the current safety net system wouldn’t even out that deficit, said economist and report author Jesse Rothstein. Although the monthly stipend would give individuals more control over how they receive and spend aid, it wouldn’t be robust enough to cover basic expenses, Rothstein said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What that would amount to is really dramatically reducing the standard of living of the elderly and disabled in order to finance a transfer to prime-age, healthy people,” he said. “There’s no way that an elderly person is going to be able to buy decent health insurance on the private market with that $1,000 a month UBI [Universal Basic Income] and still be able to have any money left over for anything else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many supporters say basic income should be an addition to the current safety net, not a replacement for it. There’s also the question of whether a cash giveaway dissuades people from working. Some see it as a handout for the working poor, while others say it's a cushion for those who choose not to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody’s talking about a program with the same name, but they have different ideas about what it would look like,” Rothstein said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Breathing Room\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Stockton, the $500 allowance is giving Jovan Bravo a little breathing room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He usually works 68 hours a week — including regular Saturday shifts — to support his family. Since the stipend started coming in, he’s been able to work a little less without stressing about paying the bills. That means more time with his wife and his three kids, ages 13, 9 and 4.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he’s also been able to cover some extracurriculars for them, such as basketball camp and gymnastics class. He worries that without activities to keep them busy, they could be exposed to crime when they get older. Bravo, 31, was arrested on drug and weapon charges in his early 20s but said he’s determined to put his kids on a better path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I always hold my kids to a higher standard than what I was held to,\" he said. \"I want them to be like their mother, go to college, get their master's, get a good paying job and not have to work as many hours as me. I don't want them to be the hardworking blue collar individual.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11777812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11777812\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Jovan-Bravo-800x568.jpg\" alt=\"Jovan Bravo, 31, at the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration headquarters. Bravo is one of 125 residents receiving $500 a month from the pilot project. Some say the concept, often called universal basic income, could offer a solution to the income inequality that plagues the city and state.\" width=\"800\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Jovan-Bravo-800x568.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Jovan-Bravo-160x114.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Jovan-Bravo-1020x724.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Jovan-Bravo-1200x852.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Jovan-Bravo.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jovan Bravo, 31, at the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration headquarters. Bravo is one of 125 residents receiving $500 a month from the pilot project. Some say the concept, often called universal basic income, could offer a solution to the income inequality that plagues the city and state. \u003ccite>(Sammy Caiola/California Dream)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Forty-three percent of the Stockton participants receiving the stipend are employed full or part time, according to the report, and 20% are disabled, 11% are caregivers and another 11% are looking for work. Females make up 70% of the participants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The racial breakdown shows 47% of the participants are white, 37% are of Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin and 28% are black. The average median monthly income for recipients, without the stipend, is $1,800.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rothstein says pilots like the one in Stockton aren’t the most accurate tool for predicting the potential effects of basic income on the labor market, because people won’t make major life changes when the income bump is temporary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They just can’t be transformative at this scale, you’d have to scale them up by many orders of magnitude to have the kinds of impacts we're talking about, and nobody has figured out how to pay for that,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Michael Tubbs, mayor of Stockton\"]'When folks have their bills paid, they’re more likely to volunteer ... They're more likely to have a positive feeling about themselves and their neighborhood.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Happier, Healthier Cities?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Rothstein and the SEED researchers found, unsurprisingly, that people receiving a regular stipend were happier, and less stressed. They spend more time with their families and pay more attention to their health when they’re not constantly preoccupied with finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bravo is accustomed to planning every expenditure months in advance, from setting aside money for birthday gifts to saving for family vacations. He says he’s still a careful calculator, but the extra money has allowed him to take a break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s made me a lot happier,\" he said. \"It’s hard working so many long days back to back, six days a week. I enjoy not having to work Saturdays, get to rest, get a full two days off of work. It’s a big relief.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Mayor Tubbs believes reducing the hardships of individuals and families will ultimately improve the city on the whole. He’s planning major downtown beautification projects and pushing job and education opportunities for low-income residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When folks have their bills paid, they’re more likely to volunteer, they’re more likely to be able to vote, they’re more likely to attend City Council meetings,\" he said. \"They're more likely to have a positive feeling about themselves and their neighborhood.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chicago is currently designing its own experiment around Stockton’s pilot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A city task force in February proposed giving 1,000 qualified residents $1,000 a month for 18 months. The money would come from private donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The California Dream series is a statewide media collaboration of CalMatters, KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the James Irvine Foundation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11768052\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/CADreamBanner-1-800x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/CADreamBanner-1-800x219.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/CADreamBanner-1-800x219-160x44.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Dr. Coley King of the Venice Family Clinic is one of a growing number of medical professionals making house calls to the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of trying to power-wash the problem away, California’s hospitals, public health departments and homeless service organizations are increasingly sending trained health practitioners into homeless encampments in a quest to improve health outcomes for individual homeless people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Western medicine is very much built around the ideal care for the ideal patient. Most of these folks are not in the ideal situation,” King said. “We can make some compromises that still do good medical care and get them to a very good average. It's better to take half of your medicine than none of your medicine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One late September day, King makes a house call on Shawnda Thornton, a homeless woman in her late 40s living on the sidewalk across the street from a Silicon Beach tech campus in Venice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11777769\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11777769\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Coley-King-1920-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Coley King practices “street medicine” in West Los Angeles County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Coley-King-1920-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Coley-King-1920-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Coley-King-1920-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Coley-King-1920-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Coley-King-1920.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Coley King practices 'street medicine' in Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Coley King)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“OK, how are you feeling now on these medications?” he asked her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love these medications because I'm not tired. I don't have to sleep all day. I can walk around and manage myself just like I used to,” she responded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thornton has congestive heart failure, and September is the first month this year that she hasn’t been hospitalized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goal King has for Thornton is to ensure she has access to ongoing medical care that keeps her out of the hospital. He thinks a lot of the public discussion that revolves around California’s crisis of homelessness misses the individual people who are physically deteriorating because they lack shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The pitfall of labeling it a public health crisis is it becomes a reactionary ‘not-in-my-backyard’ issue,” King said. “That’s not what this is about. This is about the individuals who are sicker than the rest of us, and who are dying sooner than the rest of us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Life on the Streets Is 30 Years Short\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reality of California’s homelessness crisis is that it has a body count. Life expectancy for those who are living outside is about 30 years shorter than those who are housed. The median age of death outside is about 52.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most comprehensive study available of mortality on the street \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2687991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comes from Boston\u003c/a>. It found that two of the three most common causes of death were heart disease and cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles County, the epicenter of the state’s homelessness crisis, is expected to see more than 1,000 people die while experiencing homelessness this year. Last year, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-04/homeless-deaths-los-angeles-coroner-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">number was 921\u003c/a>. In \u003ca href=\"http://www.ocsd.org/news/details?NewsID=5863&TargetID=88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orange County in 2018\u003c/a>, it was 210; \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfdph.org/dph/hc/HCAgen/2019/February%2019/Homeless%20Mortality%20-%20Health%20Commission%20Background%20Reading%2020180219.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco, 135\u003c/a>; \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article234279812.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacramento, 132\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Distinct from the plainly human toll, the amount of money spent on the medical care of the sickest homeless people, many of whom eventually die on the street or in the hospital, is mind-bogglingly high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2016 study found that L.A. County spent nearly $400 million in one year \u003ca href=\"http://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/homeless-costs-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on its “frequent flyers”\u003c/a> — the 5% of the homeless population in poorest health who most frequently cycle through publicly operated institutions like jails and hospitals. \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB10000.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A RAND estimate\u003c/a> placed the individual cost per person for another particularly sick study group around $38,000 annually. Neither of those estimates include insurance costs typically paid out by California’s Medi-Cal program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Futility Merry-Go-Round\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corinne Feldman of USC’s Keck School of Medicine studies health care for homeless patients. She calls the persistent cycle of emergency hospitalizations a “futility merry-go-round.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all sort of end up on this seemingly never-ending merry-go-round together, and no one feels good about it,” Feldman said. “The ER provider who's seen the same person five times in the last five shifts recognizes wholeheartedly that the plan that they have is not going to work, the patient is going to come back, and around we go again on the merry-go-round.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is some, but relatively limited, evidence that shows doctors deployed to homeless encampments directly reduces public health care expenditures. There are also patient-centered studies that show regular visits from health practitioners have been shown to increase homeless patients' engagement with \u003ca href=\"https://www.brightresearchgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Street-Medicine-Models-Summary-of-Findings-9.26.18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">primary care and behavioral care services\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Street medicine has been a vehicle to stop the merry-go-round a little bit,” Feldman said. “If we do this differently, and look at the problem differently, and tackle it together, we can at least maybe slow down the merry-go-round. Maybe we can stop it altogether.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11777771\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11777771\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Western-Avenue-1920-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A disabled homeless man begs for change at the Western Avenue exit from the Santa Monica Freeway.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Western-Avenue-1920-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Western-Avenue-1920-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Western-Avenue-1920-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Western-Avenue-1920-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Western-Avenue-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Western-Avenue-1920-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Western-Avenue-1920-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Western-Avenue-1920-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Western-Avenue-1920-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Western-Avenue-1920-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A disabled homeless man begs for change at the Western Avenue exit of the Santa Monica Freeway. \u003ccite>(Matt Tinoco/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The logistics of how street medicine teams are funded and deployed varies from county to county. In the case of Los Angeles, county agencies dole out grants to free clinics and hospitals, and contracts health providers directly to provide street outreach. Hospitals and other foundations also offer to fund programs, too. On a typical weekday, L.A. county officials say there are 38 outreach teams of doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and mental health professions out working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means they’re providing basic primary care, basic psychiatry, enrolling people in Medi-Cal insurance, setting referral appointments and arranging transportation for homeless individuals to clinics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Street medicine is practiced in most California counties where there is street homelessness. Besides Los Angeles County, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Ventura, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Riverside and Sacramento counties have dedicated public or private funding for some health-oriented homeless outreach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='california-dream' label='More Stories From the Cal']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, Orange County’s CalOptima health system proposed \u003ca href=\"https://voiceofoc.org/2019/04/caloptima-unveils-medical-care-street-teams-for-homeless-commits-100-million-to-homeless-services/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earmarking $100 million for homeless health care\u003c/a>, including street medical teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the process to do so has been complicated after \u003ca href=\"https://voiceofoc.org/2019/09/homeless-shelter-commitments-expand-to-three-new-cities/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">objections from local hospitals\u003c/a>. They argued in an \u003ca href=\"https://voiceofoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/OC-hospital-execs-letter-about-homeless-health-outreach-August-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 2019 letter\u003c/a> to CalOptima that not including private hospitals in the planning process would inevitably hamstring the effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The health system first proposed the project after learning that \u003ca href=\"https://www.ocregister.com/2019/05/29/orange-county-supervisor-tells-caloptima-how-to-spend-60-million-for-homeless-health-care/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three-quarters of the 210 homeless people who died\u003c/a> in Orange County in 2018 were enrolled in CalOptima.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Street Is No Place to Heal\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The challenge for CalOptima is the same confounding public health officials across the state; How do you get quality medical care to people who neither have shelter, money, nor (typically), transportation?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to advocates, street medicine is a first step to proactively including people in a health care system that otherwise excludes them until the last possible minute. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Dr. Coley King of the Venice Family Clinic is one of a growing number of medical professionals making house calls to the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of trying to power-wash the problem away, California’s hospitals, public health departments and homeless service organizations are increasingly sending trained health practitioners into homeless encampments in a quest to improve health outcomes for individual homeless people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Western medicine is very much built around the ideal care for the ideal patient. Most of these folks are not in the ideal situation,” King said. “We can make some compromises that still do good medical care and get them to a very good average. It's better to take half of your medicine than none of your medicine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One late September day, King makes a house call on Shawnda Thornton, a homeless woman in her late 40s living on the sidewalk across the street from a Silicon Beach tech campus in Venice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11777769\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11777769\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Coley-King-1920-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Coley King practices “street medicine” in West Los Angeles County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Coley-King-1920-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Coley-King-1920-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Coley-King-1920-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Coley-King-1920-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/Coley-King-1920.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Coley King practices 'street medicine' in Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Coley King)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“OK, how are you feeling now on these medications?” he asked her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love these medications because I'm not tired. I don't have to sleep all day. I can walk around and manage myself just like I used to,” she responded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thornton has congestive heart failure, and September is the first month this year that she hasn’t been hospitalized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goal King has for Thornton is to ensure she has access to ongoing medical care that keeps her out of the hospital. He thinks a lot of the public discussion that revolves around California’s crisis of homelessness misses the individual people who are physically deteriorating because they lack shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The pitfall of labeling it a public health crisis is it becomes a reactionary ‘not-in-my-backyard’ issue,” King said. “That’s not what this is about. This is about the individuals who are sicker than the rest of us, and who are dying sooner than the rest of us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Life on the Streets Is 30 Years Short\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reality of California’s homelessness crisis is that it has a body count. Life expectancy for those who are living outside is about 30 years shorter than those who are housed. The median age of death outside is about 52.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most comprehensive study available of mortality on the street \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2687991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comes from Boston\u003c/a>. It found that two of the three most common causes of death were heart disease and cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles County, the epicenter of the state’s homelessness crisis, is expected to see more than 1,000 people die while experiencing homelessness this year. Last year, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-04/homeless-deaths-los-angeles-coroner-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">number was 921\u003c/a>. In \u003ca href=\"http://www.ocsd.org/news/details?NewsID=5863&TargetID=88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orange County in 2018\u003c/a>, it was 210; \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfdph.org/dph/hc/HCAgen/2019/February%2019/Homeless%20Mortality%20-%20Health%20Commission%20Background%20Reading%2020180219.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco, 135\u003c/a>; \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article234279812.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacramento, 132\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Distinct from the plainly human toll, the amount of money spent on the medical care of the sickest homeless people, many of whom eventually die on the street or in the hospital, is mind-bogglingly high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2016 study found that L.A. County spent nearly $400 million in one year \u003ca href=\"http://homeless.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/homeless-costs-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on its “frequent flyers”\u003c/a> — the 5% of the homeless population in poorest health who most frequently cycle through publicly operated institutions like jails and hospitals. \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB10000.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A RAND estimate\u003c/a> placed the individual cost per person for another particularly sick study group around $38,000 annually. Neither of those estimates include insurance costs typically paid out by California’s Medi-Cal program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Futility Merry-Go-Round\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corinne Feldman of USC’s Keck School of Medicine studies health care for homeless patients. She calls the persistent cycle of emergency hospitalizations a “futility merry-go-round.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all sort of end up on this seemingly never-ending merry-go-round together, and no one feels good about it,” Feldman said. “The ER provider who's seen the same person five times in the last five shifts recognizes wholeheartedly that the plan that they have is not going to work, the patient is going to come back, and around we go again on the merry-go-round.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is some, but relatively limited, evidence that shows doctors deployed to homeless encampments directly reduces public health care expenditures. There are also patient-centered studies that show regular visits from health practitioners have been shown to increase homeless patients' engagement with \u003ca href=\"https://www.brightresearchgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Street-Medicine-Models-Summary-of-Findings-9.26.18.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">primary care and behavioral care services\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Street medicine has been a vehicle to stop the merry-go-round a little bit,” Feldman said. “If we do this differently, and look at the problem differently, and tackle it together, we can at least maybe slow down the merry-go-round. 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In the absence of it, the investor risk, the volatility of the markets, actually make it very difficult for these high-rises to pencil out,” said Eddie Truong, director of government and community relations for the\u003ca href=\"https://www.thesvo.com/team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Silicon Valley Organization\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Truong added, “Most people think builders in general have a very large cash reserve to invest in residential high-rises. If you can’t demonstrate with a business plan that you can get a reasonable return on investment, you’re not going to get investor funding or lender financing from the capital markets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Construction, land and labor costs have been rising in San Jose and sky high rents appear to have hit a ceiling, limiting that potential return on investment. Development costs for high-rise apartments average $651,000 per unit, according to city staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/09/19/guest-viewpoint-high-stakes-for-san-joses-high.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion piece\u003c/a> published by Silicon Valley Organization’s President & CEO Matthew Mahood argues that developers have to promise at least a 5% profit to secure lender financing. As it happens, a project feasibility study referenced in the agenda item before the San Jose City Council argues the same — that high-rise developments in the downtown core are not generally feasible without the current fee reduction program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo was solidly behind extending the incentives. In a statement released last week, he argued that “Exceedingly high construction costs will prevent any residential builder from getting the financing to build a high-rise in Downtown for several years—despite a housing crisis that screams for more housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement added, “Either reduce fees and get housing built, or we sit on our hands and hope for some miracle to solve this housing crisis for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11775797 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440.jpg\" alt=\"One South Market is one of the newest additions to San Jose's downtown skyline. Because of a recent Supreme Court ruling, San Jose can still require new developers to set aside some of their units for sale below market value.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One South Market is one of the newest additions to San Jose’s downtown skyline. Because of a recent Supreme Court ruling, San Jose can still require new developers to set aside some of their units for sale below market value. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Affordable housing advocates skeptical\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Google, sensitive to criticism of its role in creating the region’s housing crisis region-wide, has pledged to pay for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11755545/google-pledges-1-billion-to-help-fight-bay-area-housing-crisis-it-helped-create\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5,000 affordable housing units\u003c/a>. 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Development costs for high-rise apartments average $651,000 per unit, according to city staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/09/19/guest-viewpoint-high-stakes-for-san-joses-high.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion piece\u003c/a> published by Silicon Valley Organization’s President & CEO Matthew Mahood argues that developers have to promise at least a 5% profit to secure lender financing. As it happens, a project feasibility study referenced in the agenda item before the San Jose City Council argues the same — that high-rise developments in the downtown core are not generally feasible without the current fee reduction program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo was solidly behind extending the incentives. In a statement released last week, he argued that “Exceedingly high construction costs will prevent any residential builder from getting the financing to build a high-rise in Downtown for several years—despite a housing crisis that screams for more housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement added, “Either reduce fees and get housing built, or we sit on our hands and hope for some miracle to solve this housing crisis for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11775797 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440.jpg\" alt=\"One South Market is one of the newest additions to San Jose's downtown skyline. Because of a recent Supreme Court ruling, San Jose can still require new developers to set aside some of their units for sale below market value.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One South Market is one of the newest additions to San Jose’s downtown skyline. Because of a recent Supreme Court ruling, San Jose can still require new developers to set aside some of their units for sale below market value. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Affordable housing advocates skeptical\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Google, sensitive to criticism of its role in creating the region’s housing crisis region-wide, has pledged to pay for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11755545/google-pledges-1-billion-to-help-fight-bay-area-housing-crisis-it-helped-create\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5,000 affordable housing units\u003c/a>. But as Truong of the Silicon Valley Organization puts it, “Google alone is not going to solve our housing crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To meet state mandates, San Jose was supposed to build \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/76095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14,231 market-rate homes\u003c/a> between January 2014 and October 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the city is well on its way to meeting the target for market-rate homes, San Jose has permitted\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723268/details-emerge-on-san-joses-100-million-pledge-to-build-more-affordable-housing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> just a fraction\u003c/a> of its target for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the average rent for an apartment in San Jose is $2,790, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.rentcafe.com/apartments-for-rent/us/ca/santa-clara-county/san-jose/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rent Cafe\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2010, San Jose required that all new residential developments of 20 units or more set aside 15% of those units for sale below market rate. Developers could also pay a fee in lieu of creating affordable units. That 15% figure has become a de facto floor for the discussion that affordable housing advocates are trying to have in downtown San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference outside City Hall last week, Sandy Perry, president of the \u003ca href=\"https://ahnscc.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Affordable Housing Network of Santa Clara County\u003c/a>, called the proposal to extend tax breaks a “tone deaf” handout to wealthy developers. “Our housing policy should not be based on what benefits the profits of millionaire and billionaires,” Perry said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The leaders of a local nonprofit that helped push a statewide rent cap through the Legislature this month are now focusing on building an African American housing union in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 100 black residents, city leaders and advocates gathered at the West Oakland Branch of the Oakland Public Library on Saturday to discuss ways to fight displacement. It was the second town hall this summer. The first was held in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11775901 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/MauriceHedgepeth-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Local Maurice Hedgepeth said he said he's here because he has a good job as a truck driver but can't see himself owning a home where he grew up.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maurice Hedgepeth said he said he’s here because he has a good job as a truck driver but can’t see himself owning a home where he grew up. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Standing outside the door of the packed room, local resident Maurice Hedgepeth said he came because he has a good job as a truck driver but can’t see himself owning a home where he grew up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was just hoping to hear that they were walking down the path of solutions that can help get a lot of us out of this problem,” said Hedgepeth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The meeting focused on educating people about housing rights, including a presentation from the city’s\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/rent-adjustment-program-guide-and-information-sheets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Rent Adjustment Board\u003c/a> about what sorts of rent hikes are allowable and how to arbitrate illegal increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775896\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11775896 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/ArthurTenette-800x533.jpg\" alt='Former Black panther Arthur Tenette expressed frustration that black displacement, something he remembers battling decades ago, is still an ongoing issue. \"These babies are gonna figure out rent control before we figure out how to keep Black people in Oakland!\" said Tenette.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Black Panther Arthur Tenette expressed frustration that black displacement, something he remembers battling decades ago, is still an ongoing issue. “These babies are gonna figure out climate change before we figure out how to keep black people in Oakland!” said Tenette. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It also focused on the housing discrimination black folks have historically faced in Oakland — such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11648307/has-oaklands-fruitvale-neighborhood-recovered-from-redlining\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">redlining\u003c/a> — with the ultimate goal of mobilizing those who are impacted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That included informing attendees about strategies that are already at play. For example, the \u003ca href=\"https://oakclt.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Community Land Trust \u003c/a>“removes land from the speculative market so that it serves low-income residents forever.” It is among the organizations that will benefit from \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oaklands-bold-investment-to-address-displacement/Content?oid=26787512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$12 million\u003c/a> allocated in this year’s city budget to create a municipal fund supporting such trusts and limited equity housing cooperatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775897\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11775897 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/CarolFife-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Carole Fife directs the Oakland Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, the group behind the event.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carroll Fife directs the Oakland Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, the group behind the event. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We want to see a group of people who are ready to activate around policy changes, and folks who are willing to put their bodies on the line to do direct action the way that we do it,” said Carroll Fife, director of the Oakland Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, which organized the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACCE Oakland said it already has an anti-displacement chapter that meets every Thursday, as well as East and West Oakland chapters that meet twice a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775905\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11775905\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RoQuelJohnson-800x533.jpg\" alt='\"The crisis has been going on for many years,\" said resident RoQuel Johnson, \"and how do we as a community start really doing some action?\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The crisis has been going on for many years,” said resident RocQuel Johnson, “and how do we as a community start really doing some action?” \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was worth coming out,” said RocQuel Johnson, who still works downtown despite being pushed out of Oakland. “We need to get out and really start knocking on some doors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nascent Black Housing Union is a subcommittee that will look at how housing issues impact the black community and support homegrown solutions. A number of ACCE affiliates statewide are looking at expanding the Black Housing Union to other California cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775902\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11775902 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/IMG_7814-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A panel featuring Darleen Flynn of the City of Oakland’s Department of Race & Equity, Chanee Franklin Minor of the City of Oakland’s Rent Adjustment Program, and Zachary Murray of the Oakland Community Land Trust discuss housing affordability and community land ownership at a Black Tenants Union meeting put on by ACCE in September 2019.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A panel — featuring Darlene Flynn of Oakland’s Department of Race & Equity, Chanee Franklin Minor of Oakland’s Rent Adjustment Program and Zachary Murray of the Oakland Community Land Trust — discusses housing affordability and community land ownership at a Black Housing Union meeting put on by ACCE in September 2019. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775898\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11775898 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/KaiJohnson-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Laney College student Kai Johnson said he heard about the meeting from his political science teacher. "Not only will I get extra credit," said Johnson, "but I'm trying to stay in Oakland, I'm just trying not to move from the Bay Area, so I'm trying to figure out ways to keep black people in Oakland."\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laney College student Kai Johnson heard about the meeting from his political science teacher. “Not only will I get extra credit,” said Johnson, “but I’m trying to stay in Oakland, I’m just trying not to move from the Bay Area, so I’m trying to figure out ways to keep black people in Oakland.” \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775899\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11775899 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/IMG_7820-800x533.jpg\" alt='David Peters is a third generation West Oakland resident. \"The vacancy tax is running black people out of Oakland,\" said Peters, \"My family has historically housed black people; How do we create union between tenants rights and historical black multi-generation property owners so we are not pushed out by white techies who are using the rent rules to allow them with their high salaries to come into our properties? \"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Peters is a third-generation West Oakland resident. “The vacancy tax is running black people out of Oakland,” said Peters. “My family has historically housed black people. How do we create union between tenants rights and historical black multigeneration property owners so we are not pushed out by white techies who are using the rent rules to allow them with their high salaries to come into our properties?” \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The leaders of a local nonprofit that helped push a statewide rent cap through the Legislature this month are now focusing on building an African American housing union in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 100 black residents, city leaders and advocates gathered at the West Oakland Branch of the Oakland Public Library on Saturday to discuss ways to fight displacement. It was the second town hall this summer. The first was held in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11775901 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/MauriceHedgepeth-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Local Maurice Hedgepeth said he said he's here because he has a good job as a truck driver but can't see himself owning a home where he grew up.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maurice Hedgepeth said he said he’s here because he has a good job as a truck driver but can’t see himself owning a home where he grew up. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Standing outside the door of the packed room, local resident Maurice Hedgepeth said he came because he has a good job as a truck driver but can’t see himself owning a home where he grew up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was just hoping to hear that they were walking down the path of solutions that can help get a lot of us out of this problem,” said Hedgepeth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The meeting focused on educating people about housing rights, including a presentation from the city’s\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/rent-adjustment-program-guide-and-information-sheets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Rent Adjustment Board\u003c/a> about what sorts of rent hikes are allowable and how to arbitrate illegal increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775896\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11775896 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/ArthurTenette-800x533.jpg\" alt='Former Black panther Arthur Tenette expressed frustration that black displacement, something he remembers battling decades ago, is still an ongoing issue. \"These babies are gonna figure out rent control before we figure out how to keep Black people in Oakland!\" said Tenette.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Black Panther Arthur Tenette expressed frustration that black displacement, something he remembers battling decades ago, is still an ongoing issue. “These babies are gonna figure out climate change before we figure out how to keep black people in Oakland!” said Tenette. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It also focused on the housing discrimination black folks have historically faced in Oakland — such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11648307/has-oaklands-fruitvale-neighborhood-recovered-from-redlining\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">redlining\u003c/a> — with the ultimate goal of mobilizing those who are impacted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That included informing attendees about strategies that are already at play. For example, the \u003ca href=\"https://oakclt.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Community Land Trust \u003c/a>“removes land from the speculative market so that it serves low-income residents forever.” It is among the organizations that will benefit from \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oaklands-bold-investment-to-address-displacement/Content?oid=26787512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$12 million\u003c/a> allocated in this year’s city budget to create a municipal fund supporting such trusts and limited equity housing cooperatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775897\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11775897 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/CarolFife-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Carole Fife directs the Oakland Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, the group behind the event.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carroll Fife directs the Oakland Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, the group behind the event. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We want to see a group of people who are ready to activate around policy changes, and folks who are willing to put their bodies on the line to do direct action the way that we do it,” said Carroll Fife, director of the Oakland Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, which organized the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACCE Oakland said it already has an anti-displacement chapter that meets every Thursday, as well as East and West Oakland chapters that meet twice a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775905\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11775905\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RoQuelJohnson-800x533.jpg\" alt='\"The crisis has been going on for many years,\" said resident RoQuel Johnson, \"and how do we as a community start really doing some action?\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The crisis has been going on for many years,” said resident RocQuel Johnson, “and how do we as a community start really doing some action?” \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was worth coming out,” said RocQuel Johnson, who still works downtown despite being pushed out of Oakland. “We need to get out and really start knocking on some doors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nascent Black Housing Union is a subcommittee that will look at how housing issues impact the black community and support homegrown solutions. 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