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Calls to the housing provider LA Family Housing recently helped one employee and her family get back on their feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wyard’s advice to other employers worried about homelessness in their workforce is to know who to call for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that it may take a little bit of digging to put a homeless resource list together for your staff,” she said. “But those resources are there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, for that approach to work, employees would need to feel comfortable telling their bosses about their situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nereida, the optometrist’s assistant, said her employer treats her well and pays her fairly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said when she looks for housing assistance, she feels people's image of homelessness works against her. 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Among homeless adults with children, 27 percent said they were working either part or full time. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘You Don’t Have a Place to Go’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That includes parents like Nereida, a single mother of two young daughters who works full time at a Los Angeles optometrist’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I do pre-testing,” said Nereida, who asked that her last name not be used in this story. “I take measurements of [patients’] eyes. After that, the doctor sees them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six days a week, she finishes her shift with a few appointment reminder calls. Then she turns off the display lights in the eyeglass cases. She sets the alarm, locks the doors and walks out to her car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some weeks, she hasn't had a place to go home to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's been several times where I just slept in my car,” she said. “I parked close to the gym, because that's where I get ready in the mornings.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nereida moved to the Los Angeles area almost a year ago. She’s been able to rent rooms for a few months here and there. Lately, she’s been staying with a friend. Someone has always been willing to let her kids spend the night. But she never thought finding a place of her own would be this hard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She admits her credit score is bad. And between car payments, gas and childcare costs, Nereida hasn’t been able to save for a deposit plus first and last month’s rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At $17 an hour, she earns more than minimum wage. But even if she did manage to find an apartment, the city’s median rent for a two-bedroom — \u003ca href=\"https://www.apartmentlist.com/rentonomics/national-rent-data/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">estimated at $1,752\u003c/a> by listings website Apartment List — would claim more than half of her income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have to really focus on work when you're at work, and try to put on a face that everything's OK,” Nereida said. “Once you're done, you break down. Because you don't have a place to go.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Homeless Employees Lack Legal Protections at Work\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nereida hasn’t told her boss that she doesn’t have a stable place to live. She said she would be embarrassed. And she wonders if she would be treated differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't want him to have a different view of me, and to think that [it] is going to affect my work life,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers have protections on the job when it comes to factors like race and gender. But \u003ca href=\"https://wclp.org/staff/jessica-bartholow/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jessica Bartholow\u003c/a>, a policy advocate with the Western Center on Law and Poverty, said, “There are no laws in California that protect you from being discriminated against based on your housing status.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bartholow was one of the advocates pushing for a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2012 California bill\u003c/a> that would have banned discrimination against homeless employees. Had it passed, California would have joined Rhode Island in defining homelessness as a protected class in the workplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill faced opposition from groups like the California Chamber of Commerce; it died in committee. Bartholow looks at California’s housing crisis today and wonders why legislators haven’t reconsidered it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If we know that income is one of the best ways out of poverty, why wouldn't it be a best policy practice to make sure that people who are homeless and working are not at risk of losing their jobs or having reduced hours?” she asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Employers Can Help\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some employers have succeeded at helping their workers pull themselves out of homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690341\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/Kim-Wyard-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11690341\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Wyard works in her office at a Northeast Valley Health Corporation office in San Fernando on Aug. 17, 2018. \u003ccite>(David Wagner/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We don't have the solution of being able to solve everything with money,” said \u003ca href=\"https://nevhc.org/our-team/kimberly-wyard/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Wyard\u003c/a>, CEO of the Northeast Valley Health Corporation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're not a food bank. And we're not a housing organization. But we can certainly help make those connections,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wyard’s organization provides health services to people who are low-income or homeless. It already has strong connections with the Los Angeles homeless support system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the rare cases when one of its employees has fallen into homelessness, Wyard said those connections were a huge help. Calls to the housing provider LA Family Housing recently helped one employee and her family get back on their feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wyard’s advice to other employers worried about homelessness in their workforce is to know who to call for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that it may take a little bit of digging to put a homeless resource list together for your staff,” she said. “But those resources are there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, for that approach to work, employees would need to feel comfortable telling their bosses about their situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nereida, the optometrist’s assistant, said her employer treats her well and pays her fairly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said when she looks for housing assistance, she feels people's image of homelessness works against her. 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"content": "\u003cp>Like many Oakland residents, Candice Elder, 34, is alarmed at the rapidly increasing number of people pitching tents on sidewalks and under freeways in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike most residents, Elder has worked at dozens of homeless encampments as part of a team providing “rapid response services on call 24-7,” including food, crisis management and medical assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rate of homelessness has dramatically increased in the last few years. And you can correlate that to the affordability crisis,” said Elder, founder and director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastoaklandcollective.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The East Oakland Collective\u003c/a> nonprofit, as she visited a 65-year old woman sitting on a corner, surrounded by piles of belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could take years to build more affordable housing, but Elder sees a faster way to relieve homelessness in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of vacant properties that haven’t been used for years,” said Elder, as she pointed to a fenced, empty parcel next to the encampment she visited on a recent morning. “As a city and as a community, we need to take a look at these vacant public and private lands and see how we can use them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Voters To Decide on Taxing Owners of Vacant Properties\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland voters could approve the state’s first tax on privately-owned vacant properties in November. The city estimates the tax could raise as much as $10 million annually for homeless services, blight remediation and to stem illegal dumping. Tax revenue would also go toward new affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689756\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689756\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Photo-3-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The belongings of people living on a sidewalk in East Oakland sprawl next to an empty lot on Aug. 24, 2018. Homeless advocate Candice Elder, 34, said vacant properties dot the area. “A lot of properties were vacant when I was growing up, and they are still vacant now,” said Elder, a native of the city. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Owners of properties in use fewer than 50 days per year would be taxed as much as $6,000 per parcel annually, if two-thirds of voters approve \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4801970-Vacant-Property-Tax-Measure-2018-07-24.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the measure\u003c/a> in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks after the Oakland City Council voted 6-2 to place the tax on the ballot, officials in the neighboring city of Richmond greenlighted a similar proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owners of vacant properties would pay the same amount of additional tax, regardless of the size or worth of their property. Under California law, cities cannot legally tie a parcel tax to market values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics worry the tax could disproportionately hurt small landowners, pushing some to sell their property to investors that can pay Oakland’s skyrocketing market values. But proponents praise the tax as a creative incentive to transform thousands of vacant lots and buildings into homes or businesses, and at the same time decrease blight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are looking not only to get rid of the trash, the weeds, the types of problems you might see, but also to encourage people to do something that would be of benefit to the community,” said Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, who authored the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In just two years, the city’s homeless population increased by 25 percent to nearly 2,800 people, according to the most \u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/City-of-Oakland-ES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent survey\u003c/a> of Alameda County. But some homeless advocates say that’s a severe undercount because many people who are couch surfing or sleeping in cars were not included.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Property Owner Sees Benefits, but Objects to Tax\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland resident Francisco Acosta agrees with the goal of encouraging more productive uses for vacant properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The father of three said an empty parcel next to his home attracts trash and drug use. A gunfight in the lot once sent a stray bullet through a bedroom in his house, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689766\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Photo4-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan speaks with property owner Francisco Acosta in front of a vacant lot in West Oakland on Aug. 20, 2018. Kaplan authored a proposed tax on vacant properties to help ease homelessness in the city. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Acosta, who also owns a lot labeled as vacant by the county assessor’s office, doubted the tax would encourage him to build the duplex he previously planned for his land. He was dismayed after learning city permits would cost about $35,000 and take a year to process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t make sense to just try to penalize people with taxes for not having something built on their lot when they are making it difficult for everybody to build something,” said Acosta, who is growing potatoes, bell peppers and other vegetables on the plot instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He might not be subject to the tax if the city defines gardening as an active use of property. But Acosta contemplated that if he is faced with a new $6,000 tax assessment each year, he would likely sell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’d be too much money to pay,” he said. “The tax will pressure people into selling or building, but most likely selling for those who don’t have time, money and energy to deal with the tax.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building new housing in Oakland is an expensive proposition. While construction costs can vary significantly based on the size and amenities of a project, the city estimates 1,000 square feet of new construction costs about $200,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Permitting fees for a three-bedroom home can total more than $25,000, according to Oakland’s planning and building department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilwoman Kaplan said she understands small property owners face barriers to build housing the city desperately needs. Her tax measure would give them financial assistance to design and construct affordable units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonprofits and low-income owners would be exempt from the tax, as well as others who can prove financial hardship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaplan suspects the majority of vacant properties are being held by owners as a speculative investment in Oakland’s hot real estate market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People who may not have the connection and the motivation to do something with them, and especially a lot of big corporate speculators,” Kaplan said. “And so the vacant property tax will help us keep track of who owns them, what they’re doing with them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Measure Lacks Clarity, Critics Say\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 4,400 bare lots could be subject to the tax plus an unknown number of vacant residential, commercial and industrial buildings, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4797561-View-Supplemental-Report-5-11-218.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a report\u003c/a> by Katano Kasaine, Oakland’s finance director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics decried that lack of clarity, arguing it’s unfair to ask voters to decide on the tax in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’d be great to have a list first before you went about taxing people on it,” said Kiran Shenoy, government affairs director for the \u003ca href=\"http://oaklandberkeleyaor.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland Berkeley Association of Realtors\u003c/a>. “We don’t know whether or not this is going to end up disenfranchising a lot of small Oakland property owners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He stressed that although the measure has several exemptions, it will be up to the landowners to prove they qualify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent \u003ca href=\"http://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/uploads/H.Raetz_Vacant_Parcels_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study\u003c/a> by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley found most vacant parcels in the city are small, fit for a single family house or duplex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Author Hayley Raetz dug through county data that suggests 57 percent of vacant land owners in the city only hold one parcel. But she cautions that percentage is likely overblown in part because owners can create individual LLCs or limited liability companies for each property they buy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s where it gets tricky unfortunately. Sometimes you see lots that have owners with different first names and the same last name. But it’s hard to tell if that’s a family or if it’s just a common last name,” Raetz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Implementing Tax Measure Will Be Key\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Land use experts and others following the debate said that while they support the concept of the tax, much of the proposal’s effectiveness depends on how the city would put it into action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do have some concerns about how it will be implemented, starting with the definition of what constitutes vacancy,” said Sarah Karlinsky, senior policy adviser at SPUR, a think tank focused on urban planning in the San Francisco Bay Area. The organization sent \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/publications/policy-letter/2018-05-07/spur-comments-vacant-parcel-tax-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a letter\u003c/a> to city leaders recommending they clarify that definition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A parcel that hosts a farmers market once a week would be considered active, said Councilwoman Kaplan. But Karlinsky said enforcement even in that scenario could prove difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Monitoring that from the public sector side is really tough,” she said. “Like, are they going to send people out every week to make sure Joe had his farmers market?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents for the tax point to other cities that have tried taxing empty homes and blighted properties, such as \u003ca href=\"https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/empty-homes-tax.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vancouver, British Columbia\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://otr.cfo.dc.gov/page/otr-vacant-real-property\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington, D.C.\u003c/a> as examples of efforts to make land more productive while funding city services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think this vacant property tax is brilliant,” said Paula Hawthorn, adding that she is tired of walking by abandoned-looking storefronts near her Oakland home. “It’s a good way to stop people from holding on to their property for speculation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689759\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Photo-5-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Vann, a retired architect who pushed for the proposed tax on vacant properties, near downtown Oakland on Aug. 23, 2018. “We’ve got to tackle homelessness now with whatever means we can,” he said. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For James Vann, a retired architect who pushed for the tax, the exemptions in Oakland’s measure, and the city’s promise to work out the details, are enough to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tax would be in place no sooner than 2020, giving the city time to ramp up the effort and create a registry of properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vann believes the measure, which would expire in 20 years, represents an opportunity to fund homeless services the city is struggling to afford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s just no money there in the budget,” said Vann, a member of the Homeless Advocacy Working Group. “The homelessness problem is one that we are facing now, that is critical. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Like many Oakland residents, Candice Elder, 34, is alarmed at the rapidly increasing number of people pitching tents on sidewalks and under freeways in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike most residents, Elder has worked at dozens of homeless encampments as part of a team providing “rapid response services on call 24-7,” including food, crisis management and medical assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rate of homelessness has dramatically increased in the last few years. And you can correlate that to the affordability crisis,” said Elder, founder and director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastoaklandcollective.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The East Oakland Collective\u003c/a> nonprofit, as she visited a 65-year old woman sitting on a corner, surrounded by piles of belongings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could take years to build more affordable housing, but Elder sees a faster way to relieve homelessness in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of vacant properties that haven’t been used for years,” said Elder, as she pointed to a fenced, empty parcel next to the encampment she visited on a recent morning. “As a city and as a community, we need to take a look at these vacant public and private lands and see how we can use them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Voters To Decide on Taxing Owners of Vacant Properties\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland voters could approve the state’s first tax on privately-owned vacant properties in November. The city estimates the tax could raise as much as $10 million annually for homeless services, blight remediation and to stem illegal dumping. Tax revenue would also go toward new affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689756\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689756\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Photo-3-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The belongings of people living on a sidewalk in East Oakland sprawl next to an empty lot on Aug. 24, 2018. Homeless advocate Candice Elder, 34, said vacant properties dot the area. “A lot of properties were vacant when I was growing up, and they are still vacant now,” said Elder, a native of the city. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Owners of properties in use fewer than 50 days per year would be taxed as much as $6,000 per parcel annually, if two-thirds of voters approve \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4801970-Vacant-Property-Tax-Measure-2018-07-24.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the measure\u003c/a> in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks after the Oakland City Council voted 6-2 to place the tax on the ballot, officials in the neighboring city of Richmond greenlighted a similar proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Owners of vacant properties would pay the same amount of additional tax, regardless of the size or worth of their property. Under California law, cities cannot legally tie a parcel tax to market values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics worry the tax could disproportionately hurt small landowners, pushing some to sell their property to investors that can pay Oakland’s skyrocketing market values. But proponents praise the tax as a creative incentive to transform thousands of vacant lots and buildings into homes or businesses, and at the same time decrease blight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are looking not only to get rid of the trash, the weeds, the types of problems you might see, but also to encourage people to do something that would be of benefit to the community,” said Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, who authored the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In just two years, the city’s homeless population increased by 25 percent to nearly 2,800 people, according to the most \u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/City-of-Oakland-ES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent survey\u003c/a> of Alameda County. But some homeless advocates say that’s a severe undercount because many people who are couch surfing or sleeping in cars were not included.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Property Owner Sees Benefits, but Objects to Tax\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland resident Francisco Acosta agrees with the goal of encouraging more productive uses for vacant properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The father of three said an empty parcel next to his home attracts trash and drug use. A gunfight in the lot once sent a stray bullet through a bedroom in his house, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689766\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689766\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Photo4-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan speaks with property owner Francisco Acosta in front of a vacant lot in West Oakland on Aug. 20, 2018. Kaplan authored a proposed tax on vacant properties to help ease homelessness in the city. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Acosta, who also owns a lot labeled as vacant by the county assessor’s office, doubted the tax would encourage him to build the duplex he previously planned for his land. He was dismayed after learning city permits would cost about $35,000 and take a year to process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t make sense to just try to penalize people with taxes for not having something built on their lot when they are making it difficult for everybody to build something,” said Acosta, who is growing potatoes, bell peppers and other vegetables on the plot instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He might not be subject to the tax if the city defines gardening as an active use of property. But Acosta contemplated that if he is faced with a new $6,000 tax assessment each year, he would likely sell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’d be too much money to pay,” he said. “The tax will pressure people into selling or building, but most likely selling for those who don’t have time, money and energy to deal with the tax.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building new housing in Oakland is an expensive proposition. While construction costs can vary significantly based on the size and amenities of a project, the city estimates 1,000 square feet of new construction costs about $200,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Permitting fees for a three-bedroom home can total more than $25,000, according to Oakland’s planning and building department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilwoman Kaplan said she understands small property owners face barriers to build housing the city desperately needs. Her tax measure would give them financial assistance to design and construct affordable units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonprofits and low-income owners would be exempt from the tax, as well as others who can prove financial hardship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaplan suspects the majority of vacant properties are being held by owners as a speculative investment in Oakland’s hot real estate market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People who may not have the connection and the motivation to do something with them, and especially a lot of big corporate speculators,” Kaplan said. “And so the vacant property tax will help us keep track of who owns them, what they’re doing with them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Measure Lacks Clarity, Critics Say\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 4,400 bare lots could be subject to the tax plus an unknown number of vacant residential, commercial and industrial buildings, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4797561-View-Supplemental-Report-5-11-218.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a report\u003c/a> by Katano Kasaine, Oakland’s finance director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics decried that lack of clarity, arguing it’s unfair to ask voters to decide on the tax in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’d be great to have a list first before you went about taxing people on it,” said Kiran Shenoy, government affairs director for the \u003ca href=\"http://oaklandberkeleyaor.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland Berkeley Association of Realtors\u003c/a>. “We don’t know whether or not this is going to end up disenfranchising a lot of small Oakland property owners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He stressed that although the measure has several exemptions, it will be up to the landowners to prove they qualify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent \u003ca href=\"http://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/uploads/H.Raetz_Vacant_Parcels_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study\u003c/a> by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley found most vacant parcels in the city are small, fit for a single family house or duplex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Author Hayley Raetz dug through county data that suggests 57 percent of vacant land owners in the city only hold one parcel. But she cautions that percentage is likely overblown in part because owners can create individual LLCs or limited liability companies for each property they buy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s where it gets tricky unfortunately. Sometimes you see lots that have owners with different first names and the same last name. But it’s hard to tell if that’s a family or if it’s just a common last name,” Raetz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Implementing Tax Measure Will Be Key\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Land use experts and others following the debate said that while they support the concept of the tax, much of the proposal’s effectiveness depends on how the city would put it into action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do have some concerns about how it will be implemented, starting with the definition of what constitutes vacancy,” said Sarah Karlinsky, senior policy adviser at SPUR, a think tank focused on urban planning in the San Francisco Bay Area. The organization sent \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/publications/policy-letter/2018-05-07/spur-comments-vacant-parcel-tax-oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a letter\u003c/a> to city leaders recommending they clarify that definition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A parcel that hosts a farmers market once a week would be considered active, said Councilwoman Kaplan. But Karlinsky said enforcement even in that scenario could prove difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Monitoring that from the public sector side is really tough,” she said. “Like, are they going to send people out every week to make sure Joe had his farmers market?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents for the tax point to other cities that have tried taxing empty homes and blighted properties, such as \u003ca href=\"https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/empty-homes-tax.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vancouver, British Columbia\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://otr.cfo.dc.gov/page/otr-vacant-real-property\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington, D.C.\u003c/a> as examples of efforts to make land more productive while funding city services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think this vacant property tax is brilliant,” said Paula Hawthorn, adding that she is tired of walking by abandoned-looking storefronts near her Oakland home. “It’s a good way to stop people from holding on to their property for speculation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689759\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/Photo-5-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Vann, a retired architect who pushed for the proposed tax on vacant properties, near downtown Oakland on Aug. 23, 2018. “We’ve got to tackle homelessness now with whatever means we can,” he said. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For James Vann, a retired architect who pushed for the tax, the exemptions in Oakland’s measure, and the city’s promise to work out the details, are enough to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tax would be in place no sooner than 2020, giving the city time to ramp up the effort and create a registry of properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vann believes the measure, which would expire in 20 years, represents an opportunity to fund homeless services the city is struggling to afford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s just no money there in the budget,” said Vann, a member of the Homeless Advocacy Working Group. “The homelessness problem is one that we are facing now, that is critical. 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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ean Kayode says he watched his whole world roll away from him at 3:00 a.m. Kayode had been living in his car in San Francisco for about two years. During the early morning of March 5, traffic police towed and impounded his black 2005 Mercedes Benz -- for having too many overdue parking tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wake up at 3 o’clock in the morning and there was a guy behind me. And I’m like, ‘What are you doing behind my car?’” Kayode said while standing in the lobby of the Next Door homeless shelter in downtown San Francisco. “He says, ‘I'm just waiting for the tow truck to come get you.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Kayode, who now lives at Next Door, his car wasn’t just a place to sleep, it was how he earned a living, he said, delivering food through Uber Eats. He shakes his head in disbelief at where he was, and where he is now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am a homeless guy that worked my way out of homelessness,” Kayode said. “Bought my own car. Now you've taken my car, taken my job and now you're giving me food stamps. It doesn't make sense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Is it Unconstitutional to Impound a Car for Unpaid Tickets?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>An estimated half million cars a year in California are impounded, unclaimed and sold, according to Jude Pond of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in San Francisco. He said many of those cars belonged to poor people living in them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pond helped file a lawsuit on Kayode's behalf to challenge the California law that allows cities to tow a car away if that car has five or more overdue parking tickets. Many cities follow that policy, and Pond said it’s unconstitutional in several ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government should not be allowed to take someone’s property without any notice and without a warrant, he said. That’s doubly true because these vehicles weren’t used in a crime, but were towed simply for financial reasons -- just to collect fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'It makes absolutely no sense to take a homeless person's car, confiscating it, impounding it. If you take away their car, they’re going to be on the street. That’s not a benefit to society. Common sense has to be in play.'\u003ccite>Zev Yaroslavsky, UCLA\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Cities do not issue warnings, outside of the fine print on a parking ticket, that they’re coming to impound a vehicle. Parking officers just show up and take it away. And in the case of the homeless who live in their cars, city officials are taking their temporary home from them, which raises the stakes above the taking of a vehicle, Pond said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re hoping that this case sets the precedent that the city should not take people’s only asset -- in this case their car -- for the purpose of satisfying a debt, based on just outstanding parking tickets,\" Pond said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, officers towing a car with a homeless occupant will contact the police department and social services to help that person get services, according to Paul Rose, spokesman for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, who responded by email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There will be times when the [Homeless Outreach Team] will not be available to respond. If there is no urgency regarding the towing of the vehicle we will make an effort to delay the tow to allow services to respond,” Rose said. “We cannot completely avoid the removal of the vehicle as this would create an unintended exemption for vehicles that are in violation of city or state law.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-800x590.jpg\" alt=\"Sean Kayode, outside the Next Door homeless shelter in San Francisco on July 26, 2018. Kayode is suing the city, saying he lost his means of food-delivery employment and his home when his car was impounded in March — for having too many parking tickets.\" width=\"800\" height=\"590\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689591\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-800x590.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-160x118.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-1020x752.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-1200x885.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-1180x870.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-960x708.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-240x177.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-375x277.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-520x384.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sean Kayode, outside the Next Door homeless shelter in San Francisco on July 26, 2018. Kayode is suing the city, saying he lost his means of food-delivery employment and his home when his car was impounded in March — for having too many parking tickets. \u003ccite>(David Gorn/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>A Tipping Point Toward Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Tens of thousands of Californians are living in their cars. Because losing those cars to impoundment can mean the loss of work and home, it can be a tipping point into a life on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many people, having their car towed for overdue parking tickets is a major annoyance and life disruption. But for homeless people, it’s a permanent loss, because most of them cannot afford to recover their cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs escalate quickly. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Offenders must reimburse the tow charge, roughly $500. They also need to pay off their original tickets and the accrued fines on those tickets, which can be $1,000 or more. On top of all of that, it usually costs $71 for each day the car is stored at the tow yard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Kayode’s case, more than five months after his car was impounded, it would cost him more than $21,000 to get his car back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s about $20,000 more than he paid for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ostensibly, the city is towing the car to collect a debt, but in many cases where cars are unclaimed and eventually sold, the city doesn’t make much money on the sale, if anything. That’s because the tow yard has first dibs on any cash collected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the cities, though, it’s not about the money, according to UCLA political expert Zev Yaroslavsky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's the credibility of the restrictions,” Yaroslavsky said. “If the restrictions were not enforced, then no one would comply with them. The reason you and I rush out to the parking meter when it’s about to expire, to put another quarter in there, is because we don’t want to pay $80 for the privilege of having overstayed our welcome by a minute.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The quickly escalating costs of having a vehicle impounded usually mean poor Californians can’t afford to get their cars back. Including original tickets, accrued fines and charges for towing and impounding, it would now cost Sean Kayode more than $21,000 to get his car back.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689602\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The quickly escalating costs of having a vehicle impounded usually mean poor Californians can’t afford to get their cars back. Including original tickets, accrued fines and charges for towing and impounding, it would now cost Sean Kayode more than $21,000 to get his car back. \u003ccite>(John Moore/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yaroslavsky spent four decades in local government in Los Angeles, most of it on the county Board of Supervisors. He said he understands why cities hold onto their impound power with both hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a local elected official I was never concerned about the revenue stream we were getting out of the parking,” Yaroslavsky said. “It was motivated by getting turnover in the limited parking spaces we had available at curbside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, he said, there has to be a middle ground when towing cars from the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes absolutely no sense to take a homeless person's car, confiscating it, impounding it. If you take away their car, they’re going to be on the street. That’s not a benefit to society. Common sense has to be in play.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the moment, though, the middle ground is hard to find.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeless advocates say cities could make exceptions for extremely low-income citizens -- maybe let them hold onto the car, but pay off the tickets in installments.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689507/how-a-transportation-safety-net-could-keep-more-people-off-the-streets\">How a Transportation Safety Net Could Keep More People Off the Streets\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689507/how-a-transportation-safety-net-could-keep-more-people-off-the-streets\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/MetroGoldLine-1180x785.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Some cities, including San Francisco, have a payment-plan program -- but nothing in place to return cars to the homeless or restrict impoundment of those cars in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal district court judge in San Francisco is expected to hear Kayode’s motion in September for a preliminary injunction to get his car back. A hearing on his lawsuit would be scheduled after a ruling on the injunction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, if the preliminary injunction is granted and San Francisco has to return Kayode’s car, he will still technically owe that $21,000 in parking, towing and storage fees until the case is decided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kayode, who has been homeless for the past six years, looks back on the incident and its aftermath with a mixture of anger and despair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I have my car, I have my phone. That's all I need. I can earn money,” Kayode said. “But right now, they are holding my car hostage. What I want to know is, does taking my car from me help the city budget in one way or another? Is my car going to make them or break them?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He stops a moment, looks around the crowded and chaotic lobby of the homeless shelter he now calls home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am back in the same hole,” Kayode said. “And I don't have any way to get out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/californiadream/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Dream series\u003c/a> is a statewide media collaboration of CALmatters, KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the James Irvine Foundation and the College Futures Foundation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11660142\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1867\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner.jpg 1867w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-160x44.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-800x219.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-1020x280.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-1180x324.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-960x263.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-240x66.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-375x103.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-520x143.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1867px) 100vw, 1867px\">\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pond helped file a lawsuit on Kayode's behalf to challenge the California law that allows cities to tow a car away if that car has five or more overdue parking tickets. Many cities follow that policy, and Pond said it’s unconstitutional in several ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government should not be allowed to take someone’s property without any notice and without a warrant, he said. That’s doubly true because these vehicles weren’t used in a crime, but were towed simply for financial reasons -- just to collect fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'It makes absolutely no sense to take a homeless person's car, confiscating it, impounding it. If you take away their car, they’re going to be on the street. That’s not a benefit to society. Common sense has to be in play.'\u003ccite>Zev Yaroslavsky, UCLA\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Cities do not issue warnings, outside of the fine print on a parking ticket, that they’re coming to impound a vehicle. Parking officers just show up and take it away. And in the case of the homeless who live in their cars, city officials are taking their temporary home from them, which raises the stakes above the taking of a vehicle, Pond said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re hoping that this case sets the precedent that the city should not take people’s only asset -- in this case their car -- for the purpose of satisfying a debt, based on just outstanding parking tickets,\" Pond said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, officers towing a car with a homeless occupant will contact the police department and social services to help that person get services, according to Paul Rose, spokesman for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, who responded by email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There will be times when the [Homeless Outreach Team] will not be available to respond. If there is no urgency regarding the towing of the vehicle we will make an effort to delay the tow to allow services to respond,” Rose said. “We cannot completely avoid the removal of the vehicle as this would create an unintended exemption for vehicles that are in violation of city or state law.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689591\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-800x590.jpg\" alt=\"Sean Kayode, outside the Next Door homeless shelter in San Francisco on July 26, 2018. Kayode is suing the city, saying he lost his means of food-delivery employment and his home when his car was impounded in March — for having too many parking tickets.\" width=\"800\" height=\"590\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689591\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-800x590.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-160x118.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-1020x752.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-1200x885.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-1180x870.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-960x708.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-240x177.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-375x277.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/KayodeSmoking-520x384.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sean Kayode, outside the Next Door homeless shelter in San Francisco on July 26, 2018. Kayode is suing the city, saying he lost his means of food-delivery employment and his home when his car was impounded in March — for having too many parking tickets. \u003ccite>(David Gorn/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>A Tipping Point Toward Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Tens of thousands of Californians are living in their cars. Because losing those cars to impoundment can mean the loss of work and home, it can be a tipping point into a life on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many people, having their car towed for overdue parking tickets is a major annoyance and life disruption. But for homeless people, it’s a permanent loss, because most of them cannot afford to recover their cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs escalate quickly. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Offenders must reimburse the tow charge, roughly $500. They also need to pay off their original tickets and the accrued fines on those tickets, which can be $1,000 or more. On top of all of that, it usually costs $71 for each day the car is stored at the tow yard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Kayode’s case, more than five months after his car was impounded, it would cost him more than $21,000 to get his car back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s about $20,000 more than he paid for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ostensibly, the city is towing the car to collect a debt, but in many cases where cars are unclaimed and eventually sold, the city doesn’t make much money on the sale, if anything. That’s because the tow yard has first dibs on any cash collected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the cities, though, it’s not about the money, according to UCLA political expert Zev Yaroslavsky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's the credibility of the restrictions,” Yaroslavsky said. “If the restrictions were not enforced, then no one would comply with them. The reason you and I rush out to the parking meter when it’s about to expire, to put another quarter in there, is because we don’t want to pay $80 for the privilege of having overstayed our welcome by a minute.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The quickly escalating costs of having a vehicle impounded usually mean poor Californians can’t afford to get their cars back. Including original tickets, accrued fines and charges for towing and impounding, it would now cost Sean Kayode more than $21,000 to get his car back.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689602\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/PreppingToTow-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The quickly escalating costs of having a vehicle impounded usually mean poor Californians can’t afford to get their cars back. Including original tickets, accrued fines and charges for towing and impounding, it would now cost Sean Kayode more than $21,000 to get his car back. \u003ccite>(John Moore/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yaroslavsky spent four decades in local government in Los Angeles, most of it on the county Board of Supervisors. He said he understands why cities hold onto their impound power with both hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a local elected official I was never concerned about the revenue stream we were getting out of the parking,” Yaroslavsky said. “It was motivated by getting turnover in the limited parking spaces we had available at curbside.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, he said, there has to be a middle ground when towing cars from the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes absolutely no sense to take a homeless person's car, confiscating it, impounding it. If you take away their car, they’re going to be on the street. 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A hearing on his lawsuit would be scheduled after a ruling on the injunction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, if the preliminary injunction is granted and San Francisco has to return Kayode’s car, he will still technically owe that $21,000 in parking, towing and storage fees until the case is decided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kayode, who has been homeless for the past six years, looks back on the incident and its aftermath with a mixture of anger and despair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I have my car, I have my phone. That's all I need. I can earn money,” Kayode said. “But right now, they are holding my car hostage. What I want to know is, does taking my car from me help the city budget in one way or another? 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"content": "\u003cp>For the more than one-third of Californians living under or near the federal poverty level, eviction may be the first step toward homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several projects have been launched in California to help people at the turning point of eviction, trying to short-circuit the cycle of deepening poverty by preventing \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/homelessness-data-housing-charts/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">homelessness\u003c/a> before it starts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there’s one relatively small step that may have a huge impact for people facing eviction — getting an eviction lawyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely cheaper to keep someone in their house or to get them in a house quickly than it is to deal with all the services that come out of living on the street,” said Tai Glenn, chief counsel for the nonprofit Inner City Law Center in Los Angeles. The law center offers free legal help for those facing eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 4,000 people a year helped by the law center, though, are just a fraction of the people who have been ordered to vacate their homes. More than 50,000 households get eviction notices every year in Los Angeles County — and statewide, according to advocates, that number jumps to 140,000 households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, voters took an unprecedented step in June, passing a ballot measure to offer legal counsel to anyone facing eviction. That is expected to cost the city an additional $5.6 million a year, but advocates say it saves money by keeping people from homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles, county officials have taken a different approach with a pilot project called Solid Ground, which uses an innovative whatever-it-takes approach — that includes legal advice — and concentrates on one community at highest risk for eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The need for legal advice for people facing eviction becomes clear outside a small office, down a long corridor at the labyrinthine Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. A dozen people perched on benches outside Room 115 on a recent Friday morning, all waiting for that door to open. By 11 a.m., more than 30 people had already been seen there — each one of them about to be kicked out of their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the people who came to the courthouse was Terry Williams. He’s 71 years old and lives in South Central L.A. with his wife. Williams said his stomach dropped when he got the eviction notice. His wife has dementia, and they are living on a fixed income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It disturbed me a lot,” Williams said. “Yeah, I was really upset.” He didn’t know what he was going to do, until he talked to a free lawyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I found out they could help me, a load just left me,” Williams said. “I feel I got a chance. And that feels real good, when you got a chance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers don’t always stop evictions, but sometimes they can broker an agreement between landlord and tenant, or arrange payment plans, according to Glenn. But the biggest benefit for people is time. Tenants need some breathing room to find a new place, Glenn said, especially now, given the astronomically high price of rental housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nowadays, if someone gets evicted from their unit, the odds that they’ll find another unit they can afford in the same part of town or in the same county, really, is extremely rare,” Glenn said. “So people end up leaving their communities or becoming homeless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams said he probably would have left his home, even without another place to live, because he had an eviction order to follow. Getting a few more weeks or months to work out a new living situation made a huge difference, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many people who don’t get legal advice and find themselves evicted take interim measures, homeless advocates said, such as staying with friends or relatives for awhile. When that welcome wears thin, they tend to bounce from place to place, their jobs and family support start to unravel. 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The cost of the measure depends on a number of factors, but the San Francisco controller pegged it between $4.2 and $5.6 million a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charley Goss of the San Francisco Apartment Association says the city could spend those millions every year in better ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They could provide homeless services, build affordable housing or do a number of things that could tackle the root cause,” Goss said, “which is that housing is not affordable in a lot of jurisdictions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Getting at the root cause of homelessness is a heavy lift. Even making sure renters know their rights and giving them some time to find a new place is quite a task in itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the Solid Ground program, L.A. County analyzed what cities might be at higher risk for eviction, based on tenants’ incomes compared to rising rents and increasing property values. They also looked for places where the surrounding areas’ rent charges were similarly high — where it is more likely that, once evicted, people wouldn’t be able to relocate nearby, and might be at higher risk of homelessness. The number one city on the county’s list is Van Nuys in west L.A., and this month county officials began the first outreach stages of their project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pilot doesn’t just advise people on their legal rights. It also plans to try some unexpected and innovative approaches, Glenn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s say you ended up at your sister’s house,” she said, “but you’re all sleeping on the floor because you don’t have furniture, and that’s particularly bugging her. If (the family members) felt like going and buying some bunk beds would keep you there and keep you off the streets, they will make that deal happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes when people have been evicted, relatives or friends may be reluctant to take even a token amount of rent money, so lawyers can broker small payments for a period of time — drafting, say, a six-month contract. That could provide stability for the people who were recently evicted, and make the arrangement more agreeable and relaxed for the relative or friend who’s helping them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles and San Francisco officials hope their experiments will be picked up in other communities throughout California. 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"content": "\u003cp>Rumors of seniors straining to pay their rent started making the rounds at Santa Monica City Hall two years ago, so officials surveyed elderly residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had one household where the participant was eating every other day,” said Lisa Varon, senior analyst with the city of Santa Monica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had another household where the participant was trading her parking space for protein powder. We had people who were forgoing medical or dental care that they needed and making really difficult choices. They were all managing to hang on by a just a tiny thread and they were doing it with a lot of dignity in the last quarter of their lives,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aging in California is becoming less about cruises, the pursuit of hobbies and time with the grandchildren under the sun, and more about survival. One in five seniors in the state lives in poverty, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Half of the state’s single seniors don’t have enough money to cover basic expenses. And regions like Los Angeles County are seeing a spike in homelessness among seniors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Monica hopes to stem that trend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, it launched a 14-month experiment by giving cash to nearly two dozen senior men and women struggling to pay their rent in a city that has rent control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would think their rents would be low, but even the 3 to 5 percent increases allowed a year outstrip the increases in the cost of medical care and other costs, combined with the limited increases in Social Security,” said Steven Wallace, associate director of UCLA’s Center for Health Policy Research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Kaye -- who only wanted her first name used -- was admitted into Santa Monica’s pilot program, she said she had to pay all her expenses from her $1,000 monthly Social Security check.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'If it weren’t for the city of Santa Monica helping me, I would probably by now have been evicted and on the street.'\u003ccite>Kaye\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“If I didn’t have money to eat after paying my monthly bills, I just didn’t eat,” Kaye said. “There was literally nothing for nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That meant no money for partial dentures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had to have 12 teeth pulled out of my head in one day so that I could get dentures because they [Medi-Cal] wouldn’t pay for partials,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also meant no money for gas for the 70-year-old’s car or any other transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were many times I would have to say to someone, 'I don’t even have money to take a bus to get to you,' \" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaye said Santa Monica’s monthly subsidy has saved her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If it weren’t for the city of Santa Monica helping me, I would probably by now have been evicted and on the street,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689048\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Kaye, 70, receives a monthly rental subsidy from the City of Santa Monica as part of a pilot program to help seniors stay in their homes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaye, 70, receives a monthly rental subsidy from Santa Monica as part of a pilot program to help seniors stay in their homes. \u003ccite>(Amita Sharma/KPBS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Outside of helping seniors remain in their homes, city officials say the goal is to preserve Santa Monica’s diverse population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not just the fancy shining city by the beach,” said Andy Agle, Santa Monica’s director of housing and economic development. “This is a city that is for everyone. It should be accessible to anyone. There are people living in $10 million houses here, but there are people living on Social Security, and all of that is part of Santa Monica.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials said Santa Monica may be the first city in the United States to subsidize rent for seniors. Though other cities like Denver and Detroit are offering rental subsidies to low-income families. Stockton also plans to offer a basic monthly income of $500 to some of its neediest residents in the fall as part of an 18-month project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are human beings,\" said 70-year-old Pierre Devillandry. \"We have to help each other.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689006/the-shrunken-california-dream-just-keeping-a-place-to-live\">The Shrunken California Dream: Just Keeping a Place to Live\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689006/the-shrunken-california-dream-just-keeping-a-place-to-live\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Florida-St-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The 30-year Santa Monica resident is a painter who laughs easily. But just one year ago, he was wracked with anxiety because he consistently fell short $500 each month on his bills. He was dogged by one thought: “How am I going to live tomorrow?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came the letter from the city of Santa Monica informing the painter that he was accepted into the pilot program for a monthly subsidy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was something that came down from heaven,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wallace said single seniors like Devillandry are hurting the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“About half of them don’t have enough money to pay those basic expenses,” Wallace said. “And so, you don’t see people dying on the street but you do see people in dire circumstances and making do in various ways that I think none of us would consider adequate in a wealthy, civilized society like we’re in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKO8gN132EI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wallace consulted on Santa Monica’s elderly subsidy program. He said the true test of its success will be if seniors in the pilot project stay in their homes longer than those who are not receiving help. Another indicator will be if the city saves money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Monica admitted seniors making $14,000 a year or less into the program. The city used UCLA’s Elder Index to calculate how much it costs for seniors to cover their basic expenses and has sought to raise the income of each of the participants to $22,098 annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Varon said Santa Monica has set aside $300,000 in general fund and sales tax money for the pilot project. She said the alternative could be even more expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When somebody becomes homeless, their expenses become astronomically higher because they’re on the street, and they are sick and possibly we are calling paramedics for them,” Varon said. “They are ending up at the hospital because they are so sick, so how can we afford not to keep them housed?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Monica’s Agle views the city’s subsidies as part of its social contract with seniors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In most of California, Social Security is barely going to pay your rent,” he said. “Are we as a state, as Californians, going to say, 'Let’s add everybody over 65 as homeless.' Is that really who we want to be as a country, as a state?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/californiadream/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The California Dream series\u003c/a> is a statewide media collaboration of CALmatters, KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the James Irvine Foundation and the College Futures Foundation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11660142\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1867\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner.jpg 1867w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-160x44.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-800x219.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-1020x280.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-1180x324.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-960x263.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-240x66.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-375x103.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/CADreamBanner-520x143.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1867px) 100vw, 1867px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Correction: In an earlier version of this story, we misidentified \u003ca href=\"http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/programs/health-disparities/elder-health/Pages/elder-index-2011.aspx\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UCLA's Elder Index\u003c/a> as UCLA's Elderly Index. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, it launched a 14-month experiment by giving cash to nearly two dozen senior men and women struggling to pay their rent in a city that has rent control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You would think their rents would be low, but even the 3 to 5 percent increases allowed a year outstrip the increases in the cost of medical care and other costs, combined with the limited increases in Social Security,” said Steven Wallace, associate director of UCLA’s Center for Health Policy Research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Kaye -- who only wanted her first name used -- was admitted into Santa Monica’s pilot program, she said she had to pay all her expenses from her $1,000 monthly Social Security check.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'If it weren’t for the city of Santa Monica helping me, I would probably by now have been evicted and on the street.'\u003ccite>Kaye\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“If I didn’t have money to eat after paying my monthly bills, I just didn’t eat,” Kaye said. “There was literally nothing for nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That meant no money for partial dentures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had to have 12 teeth pulled out of my head in one day so that I could get dentures because they [Medi-Cal] wouldn’t pay for partials,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also meant no money for gas for the 70-year-old’s car or any other transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were many times I would have to say to someone, 'I don’t even have money to take a bus to get to you,' \" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaye said Santa Monica’s monthly subsidy has saved her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If it weren’t for the city of Santa Monica helping me, I would probably by now have been evicted and on the street,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11689048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11689048\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Kaye, 70, receives a monthly rental subsidy from the City of Santa Monica as part of a pilot program to help seniors stay in their homes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/SeniorHousing-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaye, 70, receives a monthly rental subsidy from Santa Monica as part of a pilot program to help seniors stay in their homes. \u003ccite>(Amita Sharma/KPBS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Outside of helping seniors remain in their homes, city officials say the goal is to preserve Santa Monica’s diverse population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not just the fancy shining city by the beach,” said Andy Agle, Santa Monica’s director of housing and economic development. “This is a city that is for everyone. It should be accessible to anyone. There are people living in $10 million houses here, but there are people living on Social Security, and all of that is part of Santa Monica.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials said Santa Monica may be the first city in the United States to subsidize rent for seniors. Though other cities like Denver and Detroit are offering rental subsidies to low-income families. Stockton also plans to offer a basic monthly income of $500 to some of its neediest residents in the fall as part of an 18-month project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are human beings,\" said 70-year-old Pierre Devillandry. \"We have to help each other.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689006/the-shrunken-california-dream-just-keeping-a-place-to-live\">The Shrunken California Dream: Just Keeping a Place to Live\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11689006/the-shrunken-california-dream-just-keeping-a-place-to-live\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Florida-St-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The 30-year Santa Monica resident is a painter who laughs easily. But just one year ago, he was wracked with anxiety because he consistently fell short $500 each month on his bills. He was dogged by one thought: “How am I going to live tomorrow?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came the letter from the city of Santa Monica informing the painter that he was accepted into the pilot program for a monthly subsidy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was something that came down from heaven,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wallace said single seniors like Devillandry are hurting the most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“About half of them don’t have enough money to pay those basic expenses,” Wallace said. “And so, you don’t see people dying on the street but you do see people in dire circumstances and making do in various ways that I think none of us would consider adequate in a wealthy, civilized society like we’re in.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/uKO8gN132EI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/uKO8gN132EI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Wallace consulted on Santa Monica’s elderly subsidy program. He said the true test of its success will be if seniors in the pilot project stay in their homes longer than those who are not receiving help. Another indicator will be if the city saves money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Monica admitted seniors making $14,000 a year or less into the program. The city used UCLA’s Elder Index to calculate how much it costs for seniors to cover their basic expenses and has sought to raise the income of each of the participants to $22,098 annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Varon said Santa Monica has set aside $300,000 in general fund and sales tax money for the pilot project. She said the alternative could be even more expensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When somebody becomes homeless, their expenses become astronomically higher because they’re on the street, and they are sick and possibly we are calling paramedics for them,” Varon said. “They are ending up at the hospital because they are so sick, so how can we afford not to keep them housed?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Monica’s Agle views the city’s subsidies as part of its social contract with seniors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In most of California, Social Security is barely going to pay your rent,” he said. “Are we as a state, as Californians, going to say, 'Let’s add everybody over 65 as homeless.' 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"content": "\u003cp>On any given night in California there are about 134,000 people without a home, according to annual data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. That’s nearly the equivalent of the population of Pasadena or Roseville, sleeping on the street, on a bench or in a shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s homeless population jumped 13.7 percent between 2016 and 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And those 134,000 Californians without a place to call home are the visible edge of a much larger, much deeper housing problem in the state. “We now know that there is a very close connection between housing costs and homelessness,” said Margot Kushel, director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/digging-data-attainable-california-dream-today/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The sky-high costs of renting or buying a home\u003c/a> mean many residents are just getting by. People are being forced to choose between paying their rent and buying food. They are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/jun/19/dimming-dream-retirement-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">selling their belongings\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/refugees-housing-costs-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">working seven days a week\u003c/a>, doing whatever it takes to keep their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning Friday, Aug. 24, the California Dream media collaboration rolled out an exploration of why people fall into homelessness — and the innovative ways municipalities around the state are trying to help people keep their own place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This much is clear: For many, the California Dream has been shrunk down to keeping a place to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to analysis by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, California has only \u003ca href=\"http://nlihc.org/sites/default/files/SHP_CA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">22 affordable and available rental homes\u003c/a> for every 100 extremely low-income households. Affordability in this case means total housing costs are at or below 30 percent of \u003ca href=\"https://www.hudexchange.info/faqs/843/how-is-area-median-income-calculated/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">area median income\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Put another way, the state is short more than a million rental units that are affordable and available to extremely low-income Californians. “That probably describes more than any other reason why we have a homelessness crisis in California,” Kushel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 29 percent of California renters spend more than half their income on rent, according to a study from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. Paying more than about a third of income on housing can make it hard to afford basics like food, clothing, transportation and health care, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Sacramento, households making half of the median income or less spend 62 percent of their income on rent according to the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/shruken-california-dream-homelessness-housing-crisis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Housing Partnership Corp.\u003c/a>, an agency created by the state Legislature to help preserve affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://1p08d91kd0c03rlxhmhtydpr-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/San-Diego-2018-HNR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Diego\u003c/a>, that rises to 69 percent. In \u003ca href=\"https://1p08d91kd0c03rlxhmhtydpr-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Orange-2018-HNR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orange County\u003c/a>, people making half of the median income or less spend 78 percent on housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For very low-income Californians, budgeting gets bleaker. In Los Angeles County, there are 600,000 Los Angeles County residents that spend 90 percent or more of their income on housing, according to \u003ca href=\"https://economicrt.org/publication/escape-routes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an analysis by the nonprofit Economic Roundtable\u003c/a>. The group found similar rates of extreme rent burdens in Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are areas where housing is expensive and incomes are polarized, and people at the bottom of the income distribution are having a really tough time keeping a roof over their heads,” said Daniel Flaming, president of the Economic Roundtable, a research group based in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They probably are on food stamps, they probably get Medicaid, they may get food from food banks as well,” Flaming said. “But it’s extremely difficult. Virtually all of the liquid resources of the family are going to pay for rent. And if a shoe drops, if someone gets sick or someone loses a job or if someone leaves the household that’s contributing to paying rent, then that family can easily find itself on the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to UCSF’s Kushel, many cities have had some successes getting people who are homeless into housing, but “what we’ve done much less of a good job is preventing new people from falling into homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first and most important thing,” said Kushel, “is to act and act quickly and aggressively to create more housing that’s affordable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building in California can be \u003ca href=\"https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/07/11/84603/is-california-s-ceqa-environmental-law-protecting/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a lengthy and expensive process\u003c/a>. According to the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, the cost of building \u003ca href=\"https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/construction-costs-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 100-unit affordable housing project\u003c/a> in the state was almost $425,000 per unit in 2016. That’s up from $265,000 per unit in 2000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time the cost of building has jumped, redevelopment and state funding for affordable housing development shrunk. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://1p08d91kd0c03rlxhmhtydpr-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/State-Housing-Need-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Housing Partnership Corp.\u003c/a>, redevelopment and state funding declined by about $1.6 billion between 2008 and 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So some California cities are trying innovative ways to prevent and curb homelessness. In June, San Francisco voters approved \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/San_Francisco,_California,_Proposition_F,_City-Funded_Legal_Representation_for_Tenants_Facing_Eviction_(June_2018)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a proposition\u003c/a> to provide legal assistance to tenants facing eviction. There’s a pilot program underway in Los Angeles — also focused on keeping residents from eviction. Santa Monica is in the middle of a pilot program that provides rent assistance to low-income seniors. Oakland is considering \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/03/06/oakland-council-to-consider-vacant-property-tax-ballot-measure/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taxing vacant properties\u003c/a> in an effort to help increase housing supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the focus in the last decade has been on getting homeless people housed, according to Steve Berg from the National Alliance to End Homelessness. 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Affordability in this case means total housing costs are at or below 30 percent of \u003ca href=\"https://www.hudexchange.info/faqs/843/how-is-area-median-income-calculated/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">area median income\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Put another way, the state is short more than a million rental units that are affordable and available to extremely low-income Californians. “That probably describes more than any other reason why we have a homelessness crisis in California,” Kushel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 29 percent of California renters spend more than half their income on rent, according to a study from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. Paying more than about a third of income on housing can make it hard to afford basics like food, clothing, transportation and health care, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Sacramento, households making half of the median income or less spend 62 percent of their income on rent according to the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/shruken-california-dream-homelessness-housing-crisis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Housing Partnership Corp.\u003c/a>, an agency created by the state Legislature to help preserve affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://1p08d91kd0c03rlxhmhtydpr-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/San-Diego-2018-HNR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Diego\u003c/a>, that rises to 69 percent. In \u003ca href=\"https://1p08d91kd0c03rlxhmhtydpr-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Orange-2018-HNR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orange County\u003c/a>, people making half of the median income or less spend 78 percent on housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For very low-income Californians, budgeting gets bleaker. In Los Angeles County, there are 600,000 Los Angeles County residents that spend 90 percent or more of their income on housing, according to \u003ca href=\"https://economicrt.org/publication/escape-routes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an analysis by the nonprofit Economic Roundtable\u003c/a>. The group found similar rates of extreme rent burdens in Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are areas where housing is expensive and incomes are polarized, and people at the bottom of the income distribution are having a really tough time keeping a roof over their heads,” said Daniel Flaming, president of the Economic Roundtable, a research group based in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They probably are on food stamps, they probably get Medicaid, they may get food from food banks as well,” Flaming said. “But it’s extremely difficult. Virtually all of the liquid resources of the family are going to pay for rent. And if a shoe drops, if someone gets sick or someone loses a job or if someone leaves the household that’s contributing to paying rent, then that family can easily find itself on the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to UCSF’s Kushel, many cities have had some successes getting people who are homeless into housing, but “what we’ve done much less of a good job is preventing new people from falling into homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first and most important thing,” said Kushel, “is to act and act quickly and aggressively to create more housing that’s affordable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building in California can be \u003ca href=\"https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/07/11/84603/is-california-s-ceqa-environmental-law-protecting/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a lengthy and expensive process\u003c/a>. According to the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, the cost of building \u003ca href=\"https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/construction-costs-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 100-unit affordable housing project\u003c/a> in the state was almost $425,000 per unit in 2016. That’s up from $265,000 per unit in 2000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time the cost of building has jumped, redevelopment and state funding for affordable housing development shrunk. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://1p08d91kd0c03rlxhmhtydpr-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/State-Housing-Need-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Housing Partnership Corp.\u003c/a>, redevelopment and state funding declined by about $1.6 billion between 2008 and 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So some California cities are trying innovative ways to prevent and curb homelessness. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Stay caught up with the best of KQED’s reporting each week by subscribing to the \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/qed-up/id1197721799?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Q’ed Up podcast\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It has been a long, sad week. Here are some stories you might’ve missed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11667236/what-happened-to-perry-foster-michigan-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There’s always more to the story\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11678485\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-800x640.jpg\" alt=\"Perry Foster lived in early 2016 on Division Street between Harrison and Bryant streets. He was from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was still a legend among high school classmates as the football star who led his team to an undefeated season and a state championship. Foster died on April 11, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-800x640.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-1020x817.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-1200x961.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-1180x945.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-960x769.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-240x192.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-375x300.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-520x416.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perry Foster lived in early 2016 on Division Street between Harrison and Bryant streets. He was from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was still a legend among high school classmates as the football star who led his team to an undefeated season and a state championship. Foster died on April 11, 2018. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When KQED’s Dan Brekke \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10883192/life-on-division-street-i-never-thought-it-would-be-part-of-my-walk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first met Perry Foster\u003c/a>, Foster was living in a tent on San Francisco’s Division Street. His clothes caught Brekke’s eye, and his thoughtfulness and frankness about his situation impressed him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years after that fleeting meeting, Brekke learned that Foster had died on the streets. This is also when he learned that the frank, thoughtful homeless man he talked to for 30 minutes in 2016 had once been a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11667236/what-happened-to-perry-foster-michigan-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">star football player\u003c/a> in Michigan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brekke ended up talking to friends and family who knew Foster when he led his high school football team in Grand Rapids to a state championship and starred for two seasons at Eastern Michigan. He learned that he struggled academically and ended up leaving school after two years — making stops in Atlanta, Chicago and Southern California before ending up in San Francisco in 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He learned that Foster was gay, a fact which created distance between Foster and his father. He learned that in his 10 years in San Francisco, Foster was arrested several times, jailed, shot, stabbed, placed into transitional housing in Tenderloin hotels at least twice, evicted, beaten and hospitalized repeatedly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he heard the love and admiration that people had for Foster — people who knew him as the star football player and people who knew him as a frank and thoughtful homeless man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Foster’s story is one of many KQED told this week as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SF Homeless Project\u003c/a>, a media collaboration focused on housing affordability, and I highly recommend reading and listening to the others.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11676014/letter-to-my-california-dreamer-finding-the-gay-mecca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living the queer California Dream\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678487\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11678487\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-800x590.jpg\" alt=\"Felicia A. Elizondo at a hotel in Chicago in 1969.\" width=\"800\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-800x590.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-1020x753.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-1200x885.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-1180x871.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-960x708.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-240x177.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-375x277.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-520x384.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756.jpg 1827w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Felicia A. Elizondo at a hotel in Chicago in 1969. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Felicia A. Elizondo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Along with being an opportunity to party and celebrate our queerness, Pride Month, which just wrapped up, is also an important time to remember the people who struggled to create a more welcoming and accepting world for LGBTQ people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Felicia A. Elizondo, aka \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11676014/letter-to-my-california-dreamer-finding-the-gay-mecca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Felicia Flames\u003c/a>, is one of those people. She came to San Francisco’s Tenderloin in the early 1960s, when it was the center of the city’s gay scene. As she puts it:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>We were jotos, sissies, queens, queers, lesbians, male hustlers, female impersonators, intersex. We were lost souls trying to understand what future was in store for us. We were out when being queer was against the law.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Moving to San Francisco allowed Felicia to find her true self as a transgender woman, and she is part of the generation who helped pave the way for today’s LGBTQ community.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11678321/reporters-notebook-a-night-at-the-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">‘This is the real border’\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678367\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11678367\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_6208-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Looking through the metal fence from the U.S. side into Tecate, Mexico on June 28, 2018, before sunrise. The metal fence does not divide the U.S. and Mexico all the way, barbed wire is used as well.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking through the metal fence from the U.S. side into Tecate, Mexico on June 28, 2018, before sunrise. The metal fence does not divide the U.S. and Mexico all the way, barbed wire is used as well. \u003ccite>(Ariana Drehsler)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All week long, several KQED reporters have been down at the California-Mexico border, reporting on the ongoing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/family-separation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family separation and detention\u003c/a> situation that has infuriated many in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve talked to people trying to cross the border, and they’ve talked to officials about how they’re enforcing the administration’s policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for one night, they explored the border the same way so many people do: late at night, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11678321/reporters-notebook-a-night-at-the-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under the cover of darkness\u003c/a>, with little knowledge of where they were going or what they would find. It’s truly powerful reporting.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11677374/here-are-the-12-statewide-measures-on-californias-november-ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who’s ready to vote on some statewide ballot measures?!\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678490\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11678490\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-800x519.jpg\" alt=\"There will be 12 statewide measures on Californians' November ballots.\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-800x519.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-1020x662.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-1200x779.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-1180x766.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-960x623.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-240x156.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-375x243.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-520x337.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There will be 12 statewide measures on Californians’ November ballots. \u003ccite>(FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With four months to go before Election Day, California voters now know what \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11677374/here-are-the-12-statewide-measures-on-californias-november-ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statewide propositions\u003c/a> they’ll be voting on this November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are measures to raise funds for housing and homelessness, as well as to roll back limits on rent control. Voters will also get to decide if California should be split into three different states, if the state should observe daylight saving time year-round and if a 2017 gas tax should be repealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measures on lead paint cleanup, local taxes and internet privacy won’t be on the ballot, following last-minute negotiations in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11677380/is-rent-control-working-and-should-we-have-more-or-less-of-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is rent control working and should we have more or less of it?\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677399\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11677399\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Painted Ladies in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Painted Ladies in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(soomness/flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of those statewide measures appearing on the November ballot could remove limits on rent control that have been around for decades. But would that actually help solve the state’s affordable housing crisis?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m going to be honest — I did not fully understand what rent control even was until \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11677380/is-rent-control-working-and-should-we-have-more-or-less-of-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this week’s Bay Curious\u003c/a> broke it down for me. It’s a complex issue that doesn’t have a clear right or wrong answer, which makes this explainer a great place to start your research.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Stay caught up with the best of KQED’s reporting each week by subscribing to the \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/qed-up/id1197721799?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Q’ed Up podcast\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It has been a long, sad week. Here are some stories you might’ve missed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11667236/what-happened-to-perry-foster-michigan-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There’s always more to the story\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11678485\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-800x640.jpg\" alt=\"Perry Foster lived in early 2016 on Division Street between Harrison and Bryant streets. He was from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was still a legend among high school classmates as the football star who led his team to an undefeated season and a state championship. Foster died on April 11, 2018.\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-800x640.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-1020x817.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-1200x961.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-1180x945.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-960x769.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-240x192.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-375x300.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/perry-520x416.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perry Foster lived in early 2016 on Division Street between Harrison and Bryant streets. He was from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was still a legend among high school classmates as the football star who led his team to an undefeated season and a state championship. Foster died on April 11, 2018. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When KQED’s Dan Brekke \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10883192/life-on-division-street-i-never-thought-it-would-be-part-of-my-walk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first met Perry Foster\u003c/a>, Foster was living in a tent on San Francisco’s Division Street. His clothes caught Brekke’s eye, and his thoughtfulness and frankness about his situation impressed him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years after that fleeting meeting, Brekke learned that Foster had died on the streets. This is also when he learned that the frank, thoughtful homeless man he talked to for 30 minutes in 2016 had once been a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11667236/what-happened-to-perry-foster-michigan-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">star football player\u003c/a> in Michigan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brekke ended up talking to friends and family who knew Foster when he led his high school football team in Grand Rapids to a state championship and starred for two seasons at Eastern Michigan. He learned that he struggled academically and ended up leaving school after two years — making stops in Atlanta, Chicago and Southern California before ending up in San Francisco in 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He learned that Foster was gay, a fact which created distance between Foster and his father. He learned that in his 10 years in San Francisco, Foster was arrested several times, jailed, shot, stabbed, placed into transitional housing in Tenderloin hotels at least twice, evicted, beaten and hospitalized repeatedly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he heard the love and admiration that people had for Foster — people who knew him as the star football player and people who knew him as a frank and thoughtful homeless man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Foster’s story is one of many KQED told this week as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SF Homeless Project\u003c/a>, a media collaboration focused on housing affordability, and I highly recommend reading and listening to the others.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11676014/letter-to-my-california-dreamer-finding-the-gay-mecca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living the queer California Dream\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678487\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11678487\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-800x590.jpg\" alt=\"Felicia A. Elizondo at a hotel in Chicago in 1969.\" width=\"800\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-800x590.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-1020x753.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-1200x885.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-1180x871.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-960x708.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-240x177.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-375x277.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756-520x384.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31631_PERDITA_Poland_3944_001-qut-e1530422757756.jpg 1827w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Felicia A. Elizondo at a hotel in Chicago in 1969. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Felicia A. Elizondo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Along with being an opportunity to party and celebrate our queerness, Pride Month, which just wrapped up, is also an important time to remember the people who struggled to create a more welcoming and accepting world for LGBTQ people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Felicia A. Elizondo, aka \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11676014/letter-to-my-california-dreamer-finding-the-gay-mecca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Felicia Flames\u003c/a>, is one of those people. She came to San Francisco’s Tenderloin in the early 1960s, when it was the center of the city’s gay scene. As she puts it:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>We were jotos, sissies, queens, queers, lesbians, male hustlers, female impersonators, intersex. We were lost souls trying to understand what future was in store for us. We were out when being queer was against the law.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Moving to San Francisco allowed Felicia to find her true self as a transgender woman, and she is part of the generation who helped pave the way for today’s LGBTQ community.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11678321/reporters-notebook-a-night-at-the-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">‘This is the real border’\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678367\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11678367\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_6208-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Looking through the metal fence from the U.S. side into Tecate, Mexico on June 28, 2018, before sunrise. The metal fence does not divide the U.S. and Mexico all the way, barbed wire is used as well.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking through the metal fence from the U.S. side into Tecate, Mexico on June 28, 2018, before sunrise. The metal fence does not divide the U.S. and Mexico all the way, barbed wire is used as well. \u003ccite>(Ariana Drehsler)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All week long, several KQED reporters have been down at the California-Mexico border, reporting on the ongoing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/family-separation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family separation and detention\u003c/a> situation that has infuriated many in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve talked to people trying to cross the border, and they’ve talked to officials about how they’re enforcing the administration’s policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for one night, they explored the border the same way so many people do: late at night, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11678321/reporters-notebook-a-night-at-the-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under the cover of darkness\u003c/a>, with little knowledge of where they were going or what they would find. It’s truly powerful reporting.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11677374/here-are-the-12-statewide-measures-on-californias-november-ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who’s ready to vote on some statewide ballot measures?!\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678490\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11678490\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-800x519.jpg\" alt=\"There will be 12 statewide measures on Californians' November ballots.\" width=\"800\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-800x519.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-1020x662.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-1200x779.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-1180x766.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-960x623.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-240x156.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-375x243.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31652_GettyImages-967878464-qut-520x337.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">There will be 12 statewide measures on Californians’ November ballots. \u003ccite>(FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With four months to go before Election Day, California voters now know what \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11677374/here-are-the-12-statewide-measures-on-californias-november-ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statewide propositions\u003c/a> they’ll be voting on this November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are measures to raise funds for housing and homelessness, as well as to roll back limits on rent control. Voters will also get to decide if California should be split into three different states, if the state should observe daylight saving time year-round and if a 2017 gas tax should be repealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measures on lead paint cleanup, local taxes and internet privacy won’t be on the ballot, following last-minute negotiations in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11677380/is-rent-control-working-and-should-we-have-more-or-less-of-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is rent control working and should we have more or less of it?\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677399\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11677399\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Painted Ladies in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/25267941258_635ff7d26e_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Painted Ladies in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(soomness/flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of those statewide measures appearing on the November ballot could remove limits on rent control that have been around for decades. 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