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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Districts have shown recent success in overcoming \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/san-jose-unified-teachers-react-affordable-housing-proposal/\">opposition\u003c/a> to affordable housing for teachers. In Menlo Park, voters in 2022 defeated an attempt to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11929505/from-menlo-park-to-laguna-beach-residents-turn-to-ballot-box-to-fight-new-california-housing-mandates\">block a teacher housing project\u003c/a> in a single-family neighborhood. And in San Jose, school district leaders voted last week to \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/07/26/1-2-billion-south-bay-school-facilities-bond-headed-for-november-ballot/\">place a $1.2 billion bond\u003c/a> on the November ballot, part of which would fund new teacher housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thurmond plans to convene a housing summit on Aug. 14, bringing together members of the construction and building trades, labor unions, school districts and others to identify barriers to housing development and ensure the Department of Education can make it easier for districts to build.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998056\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998056\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/38721084395_0e50d3503f_o_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/38721084395_0e50d3503f_o_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/38721084395_0e50d3503f_o_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/38721084395_0e50d3503f_o_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/38721084395_0e50d3503f_o_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/38721084395_0e50d3503f_o_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/38721084395_0e50d3503f_o_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Superintendent Tony Thurmond on Tuesday announced an initiative that aims to establish the Department of Education as a go-to resource for districts looking to build homes for teachers on their property. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Thurmond Campaign)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The school districts have one of the most important parts of being able to create educator housing: They own land,” Thurmond said. “So there’s no need to make a purchase, to acquire land to develop that land.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Districts can use local bonds and \u003ca href=\"https://ahcd.assembly.ca.gov/sites/ahcd.assembly.ca.gov/files/AB%203308_Gabriel_AHCD_ABPCA.pdf\">state tax credits\u003c/a>, some $500 million of which were approved for educator housing as part of the 2020 state budget. And in 2022, the Legislature approved AB 2295, which \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2295/id/2609196#:~:text=This%20bill%20would%20deem%20a,objective%20design%20review%20standards%2C%20as\">essentially rezoned\u003c/a> school properties to allow housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, despite the additional tax credit funding and legislation, only a \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1CZW87xekMzSDEidilfGRyzE-QlbosGo&ll=36.526851860206364%2C-120.4401245&z=6\">handful of districts\u003c/a> across the state have completed educator housing projects, though dozens more have \u003ca href=\"https://www.edweek.org/leadership/more-districts-are-building-housing-for-teachers-heres-what-to-know/2023/11\">expressed interest\u003c/a> or are in various stages of the development process, according to the California School Boards Association. Andrew Keller, a senior director with the association, said one big reason is that not enough districts know how to go about building housing.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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It’s time for everyone to do their part.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order directs state agencies to adopt policies similar to the California Department of Transportation’s encampment policy, under which officials prioritize clearing encampments that pose “an imminent threat to life, health, safety or infrastructure;” provide at least 48 hours’ notice to encampment residents; request outreach and assistance from service providers; and store personal property for at least 60 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom also encouraged local governments to do the same and to use state funding to clear encampments and provide care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since taking office in 2019, Newsom has directed about $24 billion to address the housing crisis, with almost $1 billion doled out through the state’s Encampment Resolution Funding grant program, which cities can use to clear encampments and place people into shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite that spending, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982237/california-audit-questions-state-homelessness-spending-san-jose\">California’s unhoused population has increased\u003c/a>, with the state accounting for a third of the country’s unhoused population and half of its unsheltered homeless residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeless rights advocacy organizations said Newsom’s decision would be harmful to people living in those encampments.[aside postID=news_11997219 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240710-MillbraeCityHall-01-BL_qed-1020x573.jpg']“Poverty is violent, and constantly sweeping folks does nothing to solve homelessness,” said Lukas Illa, an organizer with San Francisco’s Coalition on Homelessness. “There is no recognition of people’s humanity in the scope of this authorization — on these mass sweeps across California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local government leaders have justified the sweeps by pointing to risks to public safety posed by encampments. Last week, San Francisco Mayor London Breed said the city would begin \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996234/sf-mayor-says-very-aggressive-encampment-sweeps-will-start-in-august\">issuing citations and other penalties\u003c/a> to people who refuse offers of shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those citations can get progressive, and they could lead to a misdemeanor if people refuse services,” she said. “We are going to make them so uncomfortable on the streets of San Francisco that they have to take our offer. That really is the goal of what we’re trying to accomplish.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harold Duffey, Oakland’s acting homeless administrator, said Thursday on KQED’s Forum that cities should have more authority to protect public property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing the destruction of modern-day infrastructure — you can look and see an encampment right next to a power line with propane tanks,” Duffey said. “We don’t criminalize homelessness, but being unhoused does not give you an excuse to break the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Oakland officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996898/oakland-sweeps-beach-encampment-where-unhoused-residents-sued-to-stay-put\">cleared a small encampment\u003c/a> from a beach near the Bay Bridge whose residents had sued to prevent their eviction in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993380/unhoused-oakland-residents-eviction-battle-is-early-test-of-supreme-court-ruling\">an early test\u003c/a> of the Supreme Court’s decision in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983492/how-a-pivotal-case-on-homelessness-could-redefine-policies-in-california-and-the-nation\">City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson\u003c/a>. That decision gave cities more power to regulate encampments on sidewalks and public property, overturning a lower court’s ruling that found local laws fining or jailing people for sleeping outside in the absence of any viable alternative shelter amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote the high court’s majority opinion, said a “handful of federal judges” could not instruct cities on “how best to handle a pressing social question like homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The League of California Cities and the Bay Area Council, a business organization, both lauded Newsom’s executive order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cities throughout the state are already enforcing their laws against unsafe encampments consistent with the clarity in the Grants Pass ruling created, and we are pleased to see the governor joining cities in these efforts,” said Jason Rhine, director of legislative affairs for the League of California Cities. “However, safely clearing encampments with dignity is only one part of the solution to address our state’s affordable housing and homelessness crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since July 2021, cities and state agencies have cleared more than 11,000 encampments and removed almost 250,000 cubic yards of debris from public areas and streets, according to the governor’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, housing advocates point to research showing that encampment sweeps are often costly to local governments and don’t often result in unhoused people finding permanent housing. According to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nlc.org/resource/an-overview-of-homeless-encampments/\">2022 National League of Cities study\u003c/a>, California can only offer year-round beds to about 21% of its unhoused residents.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state and local governments are giving a nurse a band-aid and expecting her to fix a broken leg, and then getting upset when the leg is still broken,” said Edie Irons, a spokesperson for the homelessness policy organization All Home. “The only solutions that work are the ones that experts are repeatedly saying are necessary: real affordable housing [and] preventing homelessness before it starts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/sjohnson\">Sydney Johnson\u003c/a> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/\">El Tímpano\u003c/a>, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area. The original version of the story can be \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/housing/aging-farmworkers-in-half-moon-bay-want-a-place-to-rest-with-dignity/\">found here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]J[/dropcap]avier and Felix Torres, two brothers from Guanajuato, Mexico, have lived, raised families and worked at farms in and around Half Moon Bay for more than 40 years. The brothers, now in their 60s, spoke with El Tímpano just outside Cabrillo Farms in late June. Their work day had just finished around 3 p.m., and their hands were stained green from harvesting sweet snap peas. It was a windy afternoon, but Javier Torres said that the cool weather was part of what he loved about Half Moon Bay because it made working the fields in long sleeves easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recalled his first three nights in the United States in 1979. He was in Pescadero, a town in unincorporated San Mateo County about 30 minutes south of Half Moon Bay, sleeping head-to-toe on a bed with strangers before finding work at a farm near Half Moon Bay. Now, Javier Torres owns a four-bedroom home with his wife, his two adult children and his granddaughter, but he said he knows the high cost of living has made overcrowding common practice in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mass shooting at two farms in Half Moon Bay last year left seven people dead and revealed horrific conditions for the farmworkers, who were living on-site in shipping containers later described by county officials as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/half-moon-bay-mass-shooting-farms-were-not-17747665.php\">deplorable\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996909\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996909\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural depicting ALAS, Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, workers and the communities they serve lines the driveway of the organization’s main office in Half Moon Bay on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, addressing the urgent need for affordable housing is far from simple. A proposed five-story affordable housing development for senior farmworkers, located at 555 Kelly Ave., was finally approved in May after three five-hour meetings and criticism from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The joint project, led by affordable housing developer Mercy Housing and Half Moon Bay nonprofit Ayudando Latinos a Soñar (ALAS), was promptly appealed by some community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://eltimpano.org/housing/half-moon-bay-council-approves-crucial-housing-project-for-senior-farmworkers/\">Half Moon Bay’s city council reaffirmed the planning commission’s decision\u003c/a> in late June, voting unanimously to deny three appeals to the project. Yet the delays pushed the expected groundbreaking to mid-2026, according to Mercy Housing. Work is also underway on \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/supervisors-allocate-115m-critical-next-step-toward-farmworker-housing\">47 manufactured homes for farmworkers \u003c/a>in Half Moon Bay and is expected to be move-in ready by early 2025. The project, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/about-hcd/newsroom/governor-newsom-announces-16-million-to-support-farmworker-homeownership\">received state funding and support\u003c/a>, will give priority to survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996912\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction at 880 Stone Pine Rd is underway to create a mobile housing community for farmworkers, photographed Monday, June 24, 2024. Survivors of the shooting on Jan. 23, 2023, at the nearby California Terra Gardens and Concord Farms that left seven farmworkers dead will be given priority to live at 880 Stone Pine Rd. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shortages of affordable housing and low wages mean that farmworkers who have built their lives in the region struggle to afford living there. Most coastside farmworkers have lived in the community for many years, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Half Moon Bay’s draft housing element (PDF)\u003c/a> and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/media/31031/download?inline=\">2016 San Mateo County Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment (PDF)\u003c/a>. The agriculture industry makes up approximately 1,300 jobs in San Mateo County, according to the 2017 Department of Agriculture census of farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a community that’s been in the shadows for so long,” ALAS Farmworker Program Director Sandra Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sencion said that many of the farmworkers ALAS serves speak only Spanish, work long hours and have few transportation options, which limits their access to support and assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1,000 affordable housing units were needed for farmworkers throughout San Mateo County, the 2016 Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment estimated. \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Latinos also experience overcrowding at the highest rate\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay and households with low-income are at a higher risk of overcrowding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think ALAS has just created a space where folks can come together and support each other,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996911\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996911\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left: Sandra Sencion, Farmworker Director at ALAS, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, in discussion prior to a farm visit in their double-decker bus which provides social, educational and health services to the farmworker community on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local farmworkers who have lived and worked in Half Moon Bay for decades have begun advocating for affordable housing, speaking in support of housing at local meetings and informing others in their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oftentimes, there’s a gap between the people making the decisions and who it’s affecting. I think we have seen that dynamic change in our community, shifting the power,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996914\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Javier Torres and his brother, Felix, were both present at the June 26 evening appeals hearing despite their 5:30 a.m. start to the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here there are families that have up to 15 people in one house,” Torres said in Spanish, explaining his support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project mere hours before the city council decided to deny appeals that sought to derail the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996918\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996918\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Felix Torres, a farm worker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait on the flatbed of his truck at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Artichoke fields at Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Felix Torres says that finding affordable housing in Half Moon Bay is challenging. He has lived in the same apartment for around 24 years, which he shares with one of his sons in order to afford rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a point of pride for me to work so many years in the field, for 44 years,” Felix Torres said in Spanish. He later added, “If they carry out those apartments, then the simple truth is that we can rest with dignity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996913\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Half Moon Bay resident Yajayra Sonoqui spoke in support of the 555 Kelly project on behalf of her father, a longtime farmworker who was unable to attend the June 26 meeting as he recovered from surgery to remove several of his toes. Sonoqui said her father, who is 68 years old, worked at farms in Half Moon Bay for 42 years and is an active volunteer in the community, but his health has declined in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she hoped her parents could someday move into one of the few two-bedroom apartments at the development to live out their days more comfortably and have additional room for a family caretaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yajayra Sonoqui used her 1 minute of public comment to talk about the life-changing amputation her father underwent recently and how a project like 555 Kelly would help him and other elderly farm workers with similar economic and health conditions on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sonoqui and eight other family members, including her parents, share a three-bedroom apartment to make ends meet. She said with her father’s recent surgery and her mother’s dialysis, having more space for the aging couple would be a relief for the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996919\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996919\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Christian Landaverde, Farmworker Outreach Coordinator at ALAS, opens sugar snap peas near the entrance of the Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Tractor tracks etched into dry dirt on the perimeter of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rocio Avila, a local farmworker and member of the ALAS Housing Committee, said her own experience with overcrowded housing led her to advocate for more affordable housing in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996922\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"963\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-800x514.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila, a farmworker promotora with ALAS, poses for a portrait at the ALAS main office on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until four months ago, Avila, her husband and their three children crammed into a single room in a house shared with her three brothers. According to Avila, she and her husband and their two youngest children shared a bed while her eldest daughter slept in a small space on the floor before they could move into a three-bedroom mobile home earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996910\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996910\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ana Morales-Galvan, ALAS Equity Express Program Coordinator, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, load bags of vegetables at the organization’s headquarters. The bags were delivered to farmworkers in Pescadero. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Avila was among the farmworkers who spoke in support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project at Wednesday’s city council hearing. Following the vote, she celebrated with tears in her eyes, hugging those around her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996917\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996917\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila embraces a community member in support of the 555 Kelly Ave affordable housing project on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Avila’s eyes welled with tears as her peer relayed their congratulations in her ear. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/\">El Tímpano\u003c/a>, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area. The original version of the story can be \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/housing/aging-farmworkers-in-half-moon-bay-want-a-place-to-rest-with-dignity/\">found here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">J\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>avier and Felix Torres, two brothers from Guanajuato, Mexico, have lived, raised families and worked at farms in and around Half Moon Bay for more than 40 years. The brothers, now in their 60s, spoke with El Tímpano just outside Cabrillo Farms in late June. Their work day had just finished around 3 p.m., and their hands were stained green from harvesting sweet snap peas. It was a windy afternoon, but Javier Torres said that the cool weather was part of what he loved about Half Moon Bay because it made working the fields in long sleeves easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recalled his first three nights in the United States in 1979. He was in Pescadero, a town in unincorporated San Mateo County about 30 minutes south of Half Moon Bay, sleeping head-to-toe on a bed with strangers before finding work at a farm near Half Moon Bay. Now, Javier Torres owns a four-bedroom home with his wife, his two adult children and his granddaughter, but he said he knows the high cost of living has made overcrowding common practice in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mass shooting at two farms in Half Moon Bay last year left seven people dead and revealed horrific conditions for the farmworkers, who were living on-site in shipping containers later described by county officials as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/half-moon-bay-mass-shooting-farms-were-not-17747665.php\">deplorable\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996909\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996909\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural depicting ALAS, Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, workers and the communities they serve lines the driveway of the organization’s main office in Half Moon Bay on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, addressing the urgent need for affordable housing is far from simple. A proposed five-story affordable housing development for senior farmworkers, located at 555 Kelly Ave., was finally approved in May after three five-hour meetings and criticism from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The joint project, led by affordable housing developer Mercy Housing and Half Moon Bay nonprofit Ayudando Latinos a Soñar (ALAS), was promptly appealed by some community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://eltimpano.org/housing/half-moon-bay-council-approves-crucial-housing-project-for-senior-farmworkers/\">Half Moon Bay’s city council reaffirmed the planning commission’s decision\u003c/a> in late June, voting unanimously to deny three appeals to the project. Yet the delays pushed the expected groundbreaking to mid-2026, according to Mercy Housing. Work is also underway on \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/supervisors-allocate-115m-critical-next-step-toward-farmworker-housing\">47 manufactured homes for farmworkers \u003c/a>in Half Moon Bay and is expected to be move-in ready by early 2025. The project, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/about-hcd/newsroom/governor-newsom-announces-16-million-to-support-farmworker-homeownership\">received state funding and support\u003c/a>, will give priority to survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996912\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction at 880 Stone Pine Rd is underway to create a mobile housing community for farmworkers, photographed Monday, June 24, 2024. Survivors of the shooting on Jan. 23, 2023, at the nearby California Terra Gardens and Concord Farms that left seven farmworkers dead will be given priority to live at 880 Stone Pine Rd. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shortages of affordable housing and low wages mean that farmworkers who have built their lives in the region struggle to afford living there. Most coastside farmworkers have lived in the community for many years, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Half Moon Bay’s draft housing element (PDF)\u003c/a> and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/media/31031/download?inline=\">2016 San Mateo County Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment (PDF)\u003c/a>. The agriculture industry makes up approximately 1,300 jobs in San Mateo County, according to the 2017 Department of Agriculture census of farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a community that’s been in the shadows for so long,” ALAS Farmworker Program Director Sandra Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sencion said that many of the farmworkers ALAS serves speak only Spanish, work long hours and have few transportation options, which limits their access to support and assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1,000 affordable housing units were needed for farmworkers throughout San Mateo County, the 2016 Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment estimated. \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Latinos also experience overcrowding at the highest rate\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay and households with low-income are at a higher risk of overcrowding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think ALAS has just created a space where folks can come together and support each other,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996911\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996911\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left: Sandra Sencion, Farmworker Director at ALAS, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, in discussion prior to a farm visit in their double-decker bus which provides social, educational and health services to the farmworker community on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local farmworkers who have lived and worked in Half Moon Bay for decades have begun advocating for affordable housing, speaking in support of housing at local meetings and informing others in their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oftentimes, there’s a gap between the people making the decisions and who it’s affecting. I think we have seen that dynamic change in our community, shifting the power,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996914\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Javier Torres and his brother, Felix, were both present at the June 26 evening appeals hearing despite their 5:30 a.m. start to the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here there are families that have up to 15 people in one house,” Torres said in Spanish, explaining his support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project mere hours before the city council decided to deny appeals that sought to derail the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996918\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996918\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Felix Torres, a farm worker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait on the flatbed of his truck at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Artichoke fields at Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Felix Torres says that finding affordable housing in Half Moon Bay is challenging. He has lived in the same apartment for around 24 years, which he shares with one of his sons in order to afford rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a point of pride for me to work so many years in the field, for 44 years,” Felix Torres said in Spanish. He later added, “If they carry out those apartments, then the simple truth is that we can rest with dignity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996913\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Half Moon Bay resident Yajayra Sonoqui spoke in support of the 555 Kelly project on behalf of her father, a longtime farmworker who was unable to attend the June 26 meeting as he recovered from surgery to remove several of his toes. Sonoqui said her father, who is 68 years old, worked at farms in Half Moon Bay for 42 years and is an active volunteer in the community, but his health has declined in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she hoped her parents could someday move into one of the few two-bedroom apartments at the development to live out their days more comfortably and have additional room for a family caretaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yajayra Sonoqui used her 1 minute of public comment to talk about the life-changing amputation her father underwent recently and how a project like 555 Kelly would help him and other elderly farm workers with similar economic and health conditions on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sonoqui and eight other family members, including her parents, share a three-bedroom apartment to make ends meet. She said with her father’s recent surgery and her mother’s dialysis, having more space for the aging couple would be a relief for the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996919\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996919\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Christian Landaverde, Farmworker Outreach Coordinator at ALAS, opens sugar snap peas near the entrance of the Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Tractor tracks etched into dry dirt on the perimeter of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rocio Avila, a local farmworker and member of the ALAS Housing Committee, said her own experience with overcrowded housing led her to advocate for more affordable housing in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996922\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"963\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-800x514.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila, a farmworker promotora with ALAS, poses for a portrait at the ALAS main office on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until four months ago, Avila, her husband and their three children crammed into a single room in a house shared with her three brothers. According to Avila, she and her husband and their two youngest children shared a bed while her eldest daughter slept in a small space on the floor before they could move into a three-bedroom mobile home earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996910\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996910\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ana Morales-Galvan, ALAS Equity Express Program Coordinator, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, load bags of vegetables at the organization’s headquarters. The bags were delivered to farmworkers in Pescadero. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Avila was among the farmworkers who spoke in support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project at Wednesday’s city council hearing. Following the vote, she celebrated with tears in her eyes, hugging those around her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996917\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996917\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila embraces a community member in support of the 555 Kelly Ave affordable housing project on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Avila’s eyes welled with tears as her peer relayed their congratulations in her ear. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Millbrae voters appear to have recalled \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993528/millbrae-recall-targets-council-members-who-didnt-oppose-affordable-housing-project\">two City Council members\u003c/a> who did not oppose a controversial supportive housing project, according to preliminary election results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 70% of voters approved removing Angelina Cahalan and Maurice Goodman from office. Only about 40% of registered Millbrae voters participated in the special election; ballots were due Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recall effort began after Cahalan and Goodman did not sign a letter opposing the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors’ decision to purchase the La Quinta Inn and Suites in Millbrae and convert it into housing for formerly unhoused people. Cahalan abstained from the City Council vote on the letter, and Goodman voted against it, but other council members sent \u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.millbrae.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/1432/Letter-to-BOS-re-La-Quinta-Fact-Sheet-2023-09-06-PDF?bidId=&fbclid=IwAR0lHI4kTGR7xmK-zB3E4ZiQpxi5yvnr4Xaeah9bpPC-HIPPIWVLXWKZx00\">the letter (PDF)\u003c/a> without their signatures, citing concerns about revenue and job losses from the hotel conversion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kalimah Salahuddin, a former volunteer for Goodman’s campaign, said the recall results were “heartbreaking.” As someone who has previously experienced homelessness, she said the backlash against the supportive housing project from recall organizers was hurtful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hardest part about being homeless is the stigma,” she said. “How people think about you and what people say — and so to hear the rhetoric that was used in this campaign against homeless people was hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents who opposed the project said the development could cause an uptick in 911 calls and pose a danger to the nearby parks and Lomita Park Elementary School, which sits across the street from the hotel.[aside postID=news_11993528 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240710-LAQUINTAINN-05-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Albert Yam, the leader of the recall campaign, said he was exhausted but ultimately happy that the results showed many other residents shared his concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ultimately, the campaign was about accountability,” he said. “They did not sign that letter, but that was just one action. For the months leading to the signing of the letter, we had pleaded repeatedly to both council members about the concerns we had.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, both council seats will remain vacant until the remaining City Council members appoint someone to fill them for the remaining term, which expires at the end of this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the La Quinta Inn, a lawsuit against the Board of Supervisors’ decision was dismissed in June by a San Mateo County Superior Court judge who said it was “unripe” for a decision because the county hadn’t specified whether the funding would come from the state’s Project Homekey or other affordable housing subsidy programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City leaders say they are still considering options to respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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It also comes as Breed vies for reelection in a mayoral race focused largely on candidates’ blueprints for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993902/san-francisco-mayoral-candidates-agree-bold-action-is-needed-on-housing-what-are-their-proposals\">solving the city’s housing crisis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know more housing is needed, and this legislation is another step towards unlocking longtime barriers that have slowed us down and prevented progress,” Breed said in a statement on Tuesday. “Our downtown neighborhoods have the potential to thrive and bring more vibrancy, and that work is happening through a number of initiatives underway.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, projects on the largest sites in Central SoMa and the Transbay areas must include a minimum of two-thirds commercial space — a policy originally designed to support the city’s modern office building supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But since the COVID-19 pandemic, many tech companies have shed their leases \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976049/could-vacant-office-spaces-across-the-us-be-the-solution-to-a-national-housing-problem\">in favor of remote work,\u003c/a> leading Breed and other mayoral candidates to seek new ways to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955554/could-empty-offices-in-san-francisco-be-converted-to-homes\">revitalize downtown, add housing\u003c/a> and facilitate new sources of foot traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The zoning for Central SOMA was created before the pandemic, and it was created at a time when we needed more office space,” Jeff Cretan, communications director for Breed, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many lots or buildings that could be redeveloped in those areas are now sitting idle because developers are less interested in San Francisco’s office spaces, he said. The city’s office vacancy rate was more than 32% in March, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/data/san-francisco-office-space-vacancy\">the most recent city data\u003c/a>, higher than Los Angeles (27%), Austin (23%), Seattle (22%) and New York City (18%).[aside postID=news_11996574 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-12-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Breed and her supporters say the zoning rules in the original Central SoMa Plan stymie the city’s housing goals. Critics, on the other hand, say zoning is not the problem, pointing to \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/project/pipeline-report#current-dashboard\">70,000 approved units\u003c/a> already in San Francisco’s housing pipeline at various stages of development, many of which have struggled to progress due to a lack of financing and other barriers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation announced Tuesday would eliminate the office requirement, allowing developments on certain large sites – lots larger than 20,000 square feet near Transbay and over 40,000 square feet in Central SoMa — to be fully residential or to have more residential space in a mixed-use project than previously allowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also builds on a city ordinance enacted last year that waives certain fees and a transfer tax to enable the conversion of existing office buildings into housing. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Breed and her supporters say the zoning rules in the original Central SoMa Plan stymie the city’s housing goals. Critics, on the other hand, say zoning is not the problem, pointing to \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/project/pipeline-report#current-dashboard\">70,000 approved units\u003c/a> already in San Francisco’s housing pipeline at various stages of development, many of which have struggled to progress due to a lack of financing and other barriers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation announced Tuesday would eliminate the office requirement, allowing developments on certain large sites – lots larger than 20,000 square feet near Transbay and over 40,000 square feet in Central SoMa — to be fully residential or to have more residential space in a mixed-use project than previously allowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also builds on a city ordinance enacted last year that waives certain fees and a transfer tax to enable the conversion of existing office buildings into housing. In 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11927063/california-clears-a-path-for-housing-developers-to-build-on-commercial-lots\">California also passed two laws\u003c/a> that make it easier for developers to build housing on what was otherwise slated for commercial use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are currently building 500 units in Central SoMa and, with this change, we will certainly look to do more,” Jesse Blout, founding partner at Strada Investment Group, said in a statement about Breed’s proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan is part of Breed’s goal to add at least 30,000 new residents to the city’s downtown by 2030. Her Roadmap to San Francisco’s Future attempts to shift SoMa from largely commercial use to a more diverse residential and mixed-use urban neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I look forward to seeing these thriving neighborhoods welcome even more residents,” Supervisor Matt Dorsey, who co-sponsored the legislation, said in a statement on Tuesday. SoMa communities, which Dorsey represents, “embody our city’s shared values of urbanism and diversity,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cretan pointed to examples like the city’s Flower Mart as potential places that could add significant housing if the legislation passes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last time the property was rezoned, it allowed for the building to be taller, but it still would have been required to include two-thirds office space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Breed’s plan, “the Flower Mart could become a full housing development,” Cretan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan will then head to the Planning Commission, followed by a committee review before being presented to the full Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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For a typical 5,000-square-foot lot, it would permit five to seven units per property, with neighborhoods currently zoned as single-family on the lower end and areas that already allow greater density permitting more units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Ben Bartlett, representing a district with more existing apartment buildings, questioned whether the new proposal would achieve \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2021/02/24/berkeley-denounces-racist-history-of-single-family-zoning-begins-2-year-process-to-change-general-plan\">the stated goal\u003c/a> of the Middle Housing plan: rewriting the racist legacy of single-family zoning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1916, Berkeley became the first city in the country to adopt single-family zoning. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://wwnorton.com/books/the-color-of-law/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has shown that jurisdictions with more single-family-only neighborhoods also have higher degrees of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://belonging.berkeley.edu/single-family-zoning-california-statewide-analysis\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">racial segregation\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just wondering what we’re doing here,” Bartlett said. “It looks like what we’re doing here today is maintaining the status quo and exempting the very-resourced neighborhoods from integrating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The amended proposal exempts the city’s wealthier hills neighborhoods — where white residents make up \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/07/17/berkeley-population-demographics-housing-census-2020-maps\">70% of the population\u003c/a>, compared with roughly 50% of the population citywide — until the fire department can evaluate the area’s evacuation routes, which is expected later this year.[aside postID=news_11996888 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_1717-1020x680.jpg']The decision followed impassioned pleas from many hills residents on Tuesday urging the council to resist adding more housing to the area, which is largely in high fire-hazard zones. Several pointed to memories of the deadly \u003ca href=\"https://www.caloes.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/Fire-Rescue/Documents/US-Fire-Admin-East-Bay-Hills-Fire-Report.pdf\">1991 Tunnel Fire\u003c/a>, which killed 25 people, injured 150 others and destroyed more than 3,300 homes and buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s not sugarcoat the stakes here,” hills resident Russ Mitchell said. “There could be burning bodies … and if the Planning Commission and City Council passes this [proposal], all that mayhem will be on your shoulders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other opponents of the proposal said adding market-rate housing to lower-income neighborhoods without setting some of those units as affordable housing would further accelerate gentrification, as developers would be more likely to build in areas where property values are lowest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The African American small property owners will be further harmed by painful gentrification,” said Deborah Matthews of the community advocacy group South Berkeley Now. Matthews urged the council to delay passage of the proposal until more work could be done to support lower-income homeowners. “We must provide those who have experienced redlining the same leverage to upgrade their homes … and not just have the properties go to new speculators.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, newly elected Councilmember Cecilia Lunaparra countered those concerns, saying that not adding housing was already pushing out residents of color. Over the past half-century, the portion of Black residents in Berkeley has steadily declined, dropping from 23% of the population \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareacensus.ca.gov/cities/Berkeley70.htm\">in 1970\u003c/a> to less than 8% \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/berkeleycitycalifornia,US/PST045223\">in 2020\u003c/a>, according to the census.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our current policies are actively worsening gentrification. 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New development will hinge on whether homeowners want to sell or build upon their properties, he said, and are already constrained by high land and materials costs that make the projects \u003ca href=\"https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/research-and-policy/making-missing-middle-pencil-the-math-behind-small-scale-housing-development-2024/\">less financially feasible\u003c/a> than other forms of housing. “It’s more likely to be a trickle of new projects.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Rashi Kesarwani, who has championed the proposal, said that while not expected to dramatically remake the city’s neighborhoods, it was nevertheless significant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to give middle- and moderate-income people more housing options that are affordable by design,” Kesarwani said. “We need to give teachers, firefighters, seniors who are on fixed incomes, and kids who grew up here a chance to live here as adults.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday’s vote was not the final one; it provided direction to city staff to draft a proposed ordinance, which could come back to the council for adoption as early as this fall. 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He assumed it would result in a sleepy suburb where, much like other cities in Solano County, residents would commute toward Silicon Valley for work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, his wife gave birth to their first child, and his perspective shifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Especially having a son, [I think about] 20 years from now — is my son, Jasper, going to find a place here?” he asked. “Jasper being born definitely makes me think about the future and take it more to heart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal from California Forever had been set to go before Solano County voters in November, but after months of controversy, testy debates between residents and millions of dollars spent on campaigning, the company \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996747/california-forever-pulls-bid-to-build-new-city-from-this-years-ballot\">announced on Monday\u003c/a> that it was pulling its initiative from the ballot. Company representatives plan to try again in two years after working with county officials to publish an environmental impact report and development agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the project’s opponents, as well as supporters who spoke to KQED, including Houston, said they welcomed the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it was the right move,” Houston said. “I think it’s a way to take in the community’s feedback, their concerns, and their input and incorporate that into the plans. I think it’s the best way to address the community’s concerns and answer their questions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, the county released a \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SolanoCountyReport.pdf\">damning preliminary report\u003c/a> about the project’s impacts on the environment and cost to taxpayers, despite company representatives’ promises that it would not cost Solano residents anything. 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It strikes me as a positive sign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monique Lopez Feybesse, owner of Vallejo-based patisserie Tarts de Feybesse, said she was looking forward to the new city and the business opportunities that could have come with it. Pushing the ballot measure back to 2026 could delay the new city, she said, though California Forever has asserted it would have spent the next two years working on reports and developer agreements anyway.[aside postID=news_11996747 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CaliforniaForeverFarms_GC-12_qed-1020x680.jpg']“I detest the idea of taking polar sides,” she said. “The people who I have spoken to who oppose the project are mostly of an older generation who are reluctant for change and have valid questions about the impact. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland officials moved to evict the community after two years of complaints from the San Francisco Boardsailing Association, which blamed the camp for car break-ins, increased trash and direct sewage runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents of the encampment said the city has not offered them appropriate shelter as it has sought to clear them from the beach. Their court case was seen as an early test of last month’s Supreme Court ruling that discarded \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983492/how-a-pivotal-case-on-homelessness-could-redefine-policies-in-california-and-the-nation\">a key legal precedent\u003c/a> that fining or jailing people for public camping when there isn’t enough shelter available amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. That decision could embolden cities to step up policing of encampments.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Maria Vargas sells sliced jicama, cucumbers, and watermelon, among other fruits, from a sidewalk stand in San Francisco’s Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The El Salvadoran immigrant has two children and is expecting a third. After losing her previous job, she said she had no other choice but to find some way to support them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything is more expensive,” Vargas said in Spanish. “Food and rent are increasing by a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These kinds of increasing household costs are top of mind for many Latinos in San Francisco and across the country, and are becoming a key campaign issue in this election year. While Latino voters have historically supported Democrats, Latino voter organizations say these concerns — and in particular, skyrocketing rents — are propelling some to shift their political alliances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That should worry presidential candidates, along with politicians competing for seats in congressional battleground states, though experts say there isn’t much evidence that trend has taken root yet in California. The Pew Research Center \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/database/compare/party-affiliation/by/racial-and-ethnic-composition/among/state/california/\">found\u003c/a> that among adults in the state, approximately 50% of Latinos lean Democratic, 21% lean Republican and 29% expressed no party preference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Madrid, a partner at the public relations firm Grassroots Lab, said Democrats’ concern with cultural issues is missing the core political issue for many Latinos: the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really no longer the party of the working class, and it shows in its policy and its priorities,” he said. “The working class is starting to revolt. They’re starting to say, ‘Enough.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that for the past 30 years, Latinos have always focused on growth in the economy, but the current climate is different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996023\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996023\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Vargas sells fruit on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was always about what opportunities lay before me, for my family, for my children, those were the primary economic concerns,” he said. “Today, it’s basic survival. It’s affordability and the inability to support a family in any reasonable way, with paying rents and trying to buy a home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a 2023 \u003ca href=\"https://gordoninstitute.fiu.edu/research/latino-public-opinion-forum/annual-hispanic-public-opinion-survey-2023.pdf\">survey (PDF)\u003c/a> from Florida International University and marketing firm Adsmovil, 1 in 5 Latino voters nationally have considered changing their political affiliation to another party or registering as independents. A majority of those voters — 61% — said that they would be open to leaving the Democratic Party, with a plurality of those — 38% — becoming Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an important group for either party to woo: According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/01/10/key-facts-about-hispanic-eligible-voters-in-2024/\">Pew Research Center,\u003c/a> Latinos are projected to account for nearly 15% of all eligible voters in November 2024, a new high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://unidosus.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/unidosus_national_surveyoflatinovoters.pdf\">national poll conducted last year (PDF) \u003c/a>from the Latino civil rights organization, UnidosUS, and Mi Familia Vota shows that Latinos ranked inflation and the rising cost of living, jobs and the economy, and health care as the three most important issues they would like to see addressed by Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996021\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996021\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar Avila stands in the shop he runs, Bay Area Revives, on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of those surveyed, 47% of Latino voters approved of President Joe Biden’s job performance, with nearly as many — 44% — disapproving. But, despite that, many were willing to stick with Democrats, as 39% of respondents said Democrats would be better able to address inflation and the rising cost of living, while only 21% said Republicans would be more effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People want solutions that they’re going to feel in their pocketbook in the near-term,” said Laura Arce, senior vice president of economic initiatives at UnidosUS. “Not just … promises of policies in the future, but how will I be able to afford my mortgage or my rent?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, President Joe Biden \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11995878/ai-raising-the-rent-san-francisco-could-be-the-first-city-to-ban-the-practice\">announced a plan\u003c/a> to withhold some federal tax breaks for large landlords if they raise rents by more than 5% per year. And former President Donald Trump, who’s made combating rising inflation a central tenet of his campaign, focused \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/how-donald-trump-plans-fix-housing-market-1811663\">his housing plan\u003c/a> on cutting energy costs and interest rates to increase housing construction\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As November rolls around, Arce is glad that housing has garnered mainstream attention and “entered the political debate” in a way she hasn’t seen before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there is growing recognition by our elected officials and our candidates that a lot of the angst around our economic situation is centered around housing, and something needs to happen,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996580\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mission District resident Blanca Trujillo stands in front of an empty building on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Arce pointed to past \u003ca href=\"https://unidosus.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/unidosus_systemicracism_executivesummary.pdf\">policies of exclusion and discrimination (PDF)\u003c/a> that have led to historically lower homeownership rates among Latinos, adding that because of these policies, Latino homebuyers are at a disadvantage when it comes to purchasing a home. They are less likely to be able to rely on generational wealth, she said, and also less likely to be able to rely on “generational knowledge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared to white households, Latino households’ median income is 45% lower, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-housing-divide/\">according to the Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>. And, nearly 60% of Latinos pay more than a third of their income on housing. In 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/research-reports/snapshot-of-race-and-home-buying-in-america\">51% of Latinos were homeowners\u003c/a>, compared to 72% of white residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For a lot of Latino first-time homebuyers, they are also first-generation homebuyers, and so they don’t have the family wealth to lean on to help with a down payment,” Arce said. “They also may not have that expertise within the family of someone they can ask for advice about how to determine what’s a good mortgage product for me [and] what should I be looking for in a house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco — as well as in much of the Bay Area — rising rents make it even harder for Latino residents to save for a down payment, said Julio Vidal, owner of Ceviche 19, a Peruvian restaurant in the Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Affordable housing is out of reach for Latinos because rent costs are too high,” Vidal said in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996577\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996577\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julio Vidal sits in Plaza Adelante on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nor does it help, said Blanca Trujillo, a Mexican-American woman living in San Francisco’s Mission District, that many Bay Area Latinos have to sometimes work two or three jobs to be able to afford stable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a family has stable housing, it helps with safety and with mental health,” Trujillo said in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The message for both Democrats and Republicans nationally, Trujillo said, is simple: “This is a basic need for any family. 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They’re starting to say, ‘Enough.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that for the past 30 years, Latinos have always focused on growth in the economy, but the current climate is different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996023\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996023\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Vargas sells fruit on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was always about what opportunities lay before me, for my family, for my children, those were the primary economic concerns,” he said. “Today, it’s basic survival. It’s affordability and the inability to support a family in any reasonable way, with paying rents and trying to buy a home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a 2023 \u003ca href=\"https://gordoninstitute.fiu.edu/research/latino-public-opinion-forum/annual-hispanic-public-opinion-survey-2023.pdf\">survey (PDF)\u003c/a> from Florida International University and marketing firm Adsmovil, 1 in 5 Latino voters nationally have considered changing their political affiliation to another party or registering as independents. A majority of those voters — 61% — said that they would be open to leaving the Democratic Party, with a plurality of those — 38% — becoming Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an important group for either party to woo: According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/01/10/key-facts-about-hispanic-eligible-voters-in-2024/\">Pew Research Center,\u003c/a> Latinos are projected to account for nearly 15% of all eligible voters in November 2024, a new high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://unidosus.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/unidosus_national_surveyoflatinovoters.pdf\">national poll conducted last year (PDF) \u003c/a>from the Latino civil rights organization, UnidosUS, and Mi Familia Vota shows that Latinos ranked inflation and the rising cost of living, jobs and the economy, and health care as the three most important issues they would like to see addressed by Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996021\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996021\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar Avila stands in the shop he runs, Bay Area Revives, on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of those surveyed, 47% of Latino voters approved of President Joe Biden’s job performance, with nearly as many — 44% — disapproving. But, despite that, many were willing to stick with Democrats, as 39% of respondents said Democrats would be better able to address inflation and the rising cost of living, while only 21% said Republicans would be more effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People want solutions that they’re going to feel in their pocketbook in the near-term,” said Laura Arce, senior vice president of economic initiatives at UnidosUS. “Not just … promises of policies in the future, but how will I be able to afford my mortgage or my rent?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, President Joe Biden \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11995878/ai-raising-the-rent-san-francisco-could-be-the-first-city-to-ban-the-practice\">announced a plan\u003c/a> to withhold some federal tax breaks for large landlords if they raise rents by more than 5% per year. And former President Donald Trump, who’s made combating rising inflation a central tenet of his campaign, focused \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/how-donald-trump-plans-fix-housing-market-1811663\">his housing plan\u003c/a> on cutting energy costs and interest rates to increase housing construction\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As November rolls around, Arce is glad that housing has garnered mainstream attention and “entered the political debate” in a way she hasn’t seen before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there is growing recognition by our elected officials and our candidates that a lot of the angst around our economic situation is centered around housing, and something needs to happen,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996580\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mission District resident Blanca Trujillo stands in front of an empty building on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Arce pointed to past \u003ca href=\"https://unidosus.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/unidosus_systemicracism_executivesummary.pdf\">policies of exclusion and discrimination (PDF)\u003c/a> that have led to historically lower homeownership rates among Latinos, adding that because of these policies, Latino homebuyers are at a disadvantage when it comes to purchasing a home. They are less likely to be able to rely on generational wealth, she said, and also less likely to be able to rely on “generational knowledge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared to white households, Latino households’ median income is 45% lower, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-housing-divide/\">according to the Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>. And, nearly 60% of Latinos pay more than a third of their income on housing. In 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/research-reports/snapshot-of-race-and-home-buying-in-america\">51% of Latinos were homeowners\u003c/a>, compared to 72% of white residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For a lot of Latino first-time homebuyers, they are also first-generation homebuyers, and so they don’t have the family wealth to lean on to help with a down payment,” Arce said. “They also may not have that expertise within the family of someone they can ask for advice about how to determine what’s a good mortgage product for me [and] what should I be looking for in a house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco — as well as in much of the Bay Area — rising rents make it even harder for Latino residents to save for a down payment, said Julio Vidal, owner of Ceviche 19, a Peruvian restaurant in the Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Affordable housing is out of reach for Latinos because rent costs are too high,” Vidal said in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996577\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996577\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julio Vidal sits in Plaza Adelante on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nor does it help, said Blanca Trujillo, a Mexican-American woman living in San Francisco’s Mission District, that many Bay Area Latinos have to sometimes work two or three jobs to be able to afford stable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a family has stable housing, it helps with safety and with mental health,” Trujillo said in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The message for both Democrats and Republicans nationally, Trujillo said, is simple: “This is a basic need for any family. They should focus more on building more housing in neighborhoods. As politicians, they know what our neighborhoods and families need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, Madrid said the question is whether local leaders want a society with “de facto segregation” when it comes to housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unless San Francisco wants to lose its image as sort of a diverse, multiethnic, multiracial community,” he said, “it’s going to have to address housing for this community as a central part of its governance strategy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Opponents, however, feared those promises were merely a ploy to win over voters and noted the proposal did not include any legally binding guarantees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s be clear: California Forever knew their guarantees were not binding,” Daniela Ades, a spokesperson for local opposition group Solano Together, said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanotogether.org/post/statement-solano-together-win\">statement\u003c/a>. “Instead of taking the time to deeply engage in a transparent process of what their proposal means to the county, they decided to deceive the public to try and get the initiative passed.”[aside postID=news_11996536 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/20240604_CALIFORNIAFOREVERFARMS_GC-37-KQED-2-1020x709.jpg']The decision to pull the ballot measure comes ahead of the Board of Supervisors’ meeting on Tuesday when officials were expected to submit the “East Solano Plan” to the voters this fall. Instead, the company has agreed to work with the county on zoning changes and an environmental impact report before re-submitting the proposal to voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Announcing last year that California Forever would seek a vote on the November 2024 ballot, without a full environmental impact report and a fully negotiated development agreement, was a mistake,” Supervisor Mitch Mashburn said in a statement. “Delaying the vote gives everyone a chance to pause and work together, which is what is needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those opposing the project repeatedly pointed to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991234/california-forever-releases-water-plan-but-there-are-still-some-questions\">company’s water strategy\u003c/a>, which included questions regarding plans to rely in part on imported water supplies. Company spokespeople said those questions could only be answered after voters approved the initiative. Now, the company will have to find those answers within the next two years when it conducts its environmental impact report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others were concerned about environmental impacts on the Jepson Prairie and vernal pools within the proposed city’s boundaries. A \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SolanoCountyReport.pdf\">recently published county report (PDF) \u003c/a>found that the new city could significantly change the biodiversity and environmental quality of those habitats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the company’s \u003ca href=\"https://eastsolanoplan.com/10-guarantees\">guarantees\u003c/a> was the promise that the new city would “pay its own way through the tax revenue it generates” and would be “operated at no cost to the Solano taxpayer, except for those who live in the new community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast, Solano County’s report found that the project’s costs could exceed revenues generated by the new town, potentially leaving the county in a fiscal deficit of $103.1 million once the city was fully built out. Taxpayers could be on the hook for an additional $88.8 million for firefighting services from the Montezuma Fire Protection District, the report found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County supervisors ordered the report during their June meeting, and officials had only 30 days to compile research. Because of the quick turnaround, the report noted that its fiscal impact assessment is not comprehensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Forever’s ambitious plan aimed to operate outside the traditional bureaucracy, which housing advocates have criticized for slowing down housing development. 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