Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Housing

A flyer by a group opposed to dense housing at BART stations featured this photo illustration, featuring scale-free monster buildings towering over the flattened houses surrounding the station, casting immense shadows... at sunrise? Also, has the earth moved on its axis to make the sun rise from the south?

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Berkeley Approves Zoning for BART Station Housing

By Melanie Curry | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

The new TOD zone will allow up to 2,400 units of housing to be built at the two large BART station parking lots within the city limits. Next steps: develop and build the housing.

An older building in San Diego. Cities didn't use to build so much parking. Photo by David Barboza

Legislating at the Intersection of Transportation and Housing Policy

By David Barboza | May 31, 2022 | No Comments

A.B. 2097 and A.B. 1778 illustrate that a powerful approach to addressing the overlapping problems of affordable housing and sustainable transportation can be to solve both at once.

UNITE HERE Local 11 representative Isela Ramos speaking alongside boxes containing over 98 thousand signatures for United to House L.A. - photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

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United to House L.A. Proponents Submit Signatures to Qualify for November Ballot

By Joe Linton | May 3, 2022 | No Comments

United to House L.A. gathered 98,171 signatures, well above the roughly 62,000 needed to qualify for the L.A. City November 8 ballot

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Caltrans Tenants Left Out as “710 Home” Sales Move Forward

By Damien Newton | Apr 5, 2022 | No Comments

"I have been living here my whole life," says Elizabeth Ortega, a Caltrans tenant for 22 years. "I think it would be just to allow us and other tenants to purchase our homes."

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L.A. Ballot Measure to Take on Housing and Homelessness Crises

By Joe Linton | Mar 7, 2022 | No Comments

"It's time for the millionaires and billionaires in Los Angeles to pay their fair share and help us address the housing and homelessness crisis in Los Angeles."

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Piloting a Gentler, Helpful Response to Non-Emergency 911 Calls Involving Unhoused Angelenos

By Damien Newton | Jan 20, 2022 | No Comments

In pilot areas - Venice and Hollywood - CIRCLE response teams are responding to 911 calls regarding unhoused individuals - including wellbeing checks, loitering, indecent exposure, noise disturbances, and needle disposal

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