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Tag: Housing insecurity

LA County is working with state, federal and local partners on Project Roomkey, an initiative to bring medically vulnerable people experiencing homelessness indoors during the COVID19 pandemic. Photo by Michael Owen Baker, County of Los Angeles via Flickr

Newsom allocates $600 million for permanent housing for homeless

by Jacqueline Garcia October 2, 2020October 2, 2020

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, California established Project Roomkey, an ambitious initiative to house homeless people in hotels and motels to keep them safe from infections. The project leveraged federal dollars to pay for lodging. Knowing that the program only offered temporary housing, state and local officials have created what they say is a permanent […]

A multi-family home in Oakland on Sept. 2, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Democratic squabbling doomed California’s ‘Year of housing production.’ What will happen in 2021?

Avatar by Matt Levin September 11, 2020September 15, 2020
Jamie Burson sits on the bed of her motel room in Farfield on August 4, 2020. Burson, who has been living between her car and motels since being evicted in April, says she feels unsafe at the motel and plans to move again later later today. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Exclusive: More than 1,600 Californians have been evicted during pandemic

AvatarNigel DuaraErica Yee by Matt Levin, Nigel Duara and Erica Yee August 11, 2020September 16, 2020

Time for California communities to step up on environmental justice

Avatar by Guest Commentary July 3, 2020July 8, 2020

California schools likely closed through summer

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven March 18, 2020March 17, 2020
A sign attached to a restaurant door in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland alerts customers that it will remain closed during the ‘shelter in place’ mandated for six Bay Area counties on March 16, 2020.

Newsom suggests Bay Area’s “shelter in place” statewide

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven March 17, 2020March 18, 2020

Evan Low’s fundraising + The shifting 9th Circuit’s abortion ruling + Hard living in Salinas

Dan Morain by Dan Morain February 25, 2020February 25, 2020
California Assembly minority leader Marie Waldron speaks at a rally to repeal AB 5

Dreaming in Salinas about a home + Gig economy battle ahead + The water fight to come

Dan Morain by Dan Morain February 24, 2020February 23, 2020
Moms 4 Housing members Sharena Thomas, left, Misty Cross, Dominique Walker and Tolani King look on during a press conference outside the house they have occupied on Magnolia Street in Oakland on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. Photo by Ray Chavez, Bay Area News Group

Podcast: How activist homeless moms scored an Oakland win — and what’s next

AvatarAvatar by Jakob Lazzaro and Matt Levin January 28, 2020January 28, 2020

New 2020 law #4: No more discriminating against renters who have housing vouchers

Byrhonda Lyons by Byrhonda Lyons December 6, 2019December 7, 2019

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