Resources: news articles, media, links, & further reading
(We don’t agree with everything we hear & read - but it is interesting…)
2. articles about the cca project
“Oakland 'MIMBYs' say maybe to 19-story tower in Rockridge” (East Bay Business Times)
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/08/09/oakland-rockridge-cca-tower-redevelopment-emerald.htmlExclusive: Plan for 600 homes could transform Oakland's pricey Rockridge neighborhood https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2018/11/27/cca-emerald-fund-rockridge-affordable-artist-space.html
Developer presents plans for CCA Oakland campus redevelopment https://www.rockridge.org/news/developer-presents-plans-cca-oakland-campus-redevelopment (Rockridge News 1/19/19)
As Art Schools go the Way of Plant Stores in the 70s, CCA Launches Plans to Sell Off Oakland Campus for High Rise Development (Berkeley Daily Planet)
https://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2019-10-11/article/47914?headline=As-Art-Schools-go-the-Way-of-Plant-Stores-in-the-70s-CCA-Launches-Plans-to-Sell-Off-Oakland-Campus-for-High-Rise-Development--Robert-Brokl-Alfred-CroftsRe: CCA SF Campus “California College of the Arts plans to break ground next spring on a trio of pavilions made of laminated timber that will rise from a shared concrete base.” https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Timber-SF-s-next-architectural-trend-could-be-14853630.php
3. articles and research about current development issues
a. CONSTRUCTION, zoning, housing, and affordability:
Blanket Upzoning—A Blunt Instrument—Won't Solve the Affordable Housing Crisis https://www.planningreport.com/2019/03/15/blanket-upzoning-blunt-instrument-wont-solve-affordable-housing-crisis
“Social Housing” is the Way to Go (Berkeleyside) https://www.berkeleyside.org/2021/03/24/social-housing-berkeley-ca-city-council
Inside Game: California YIMBY, Scott Wiener, and Big Tech’s Troubling Housing Push https://www.housinghumanright.org/inside-game-california-yimby-scott-wiener-and-big-tech-troubling-housing-push/
Re: Baxter on Broadway/51st & Broadway “130-unit Oakland apartment complex switches hands” (SF Business Times) https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2020/04/08/130-unit-oakland-apartment-complex-switches-hands.html
7 Reasons Why High Rises Kill Livability (Smart Cities) https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/7-reasons-why-high-rises-kill-livability/561536/
“Oakland isn’t even close to meeting its lofty low-income housing goal - but city is on track to exceed its market-rate housing quota.” (SJ Mercury News) https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/12/oakland-isnt-even-close-to-meeting-its-lofty-low-income-housing-goal/
“Briefing: Oakland passed fee to fund new housing. After three years, it’s produced none” (SF Chronicle) https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Briefing-Three-years-9-million-and-no-14894509.php
”Oakland's approach to solving the climate crisis combines environmental action with equity.” (East Bay Express)
https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/climate-change-and-social-change/Content?oid=27994778Proposed El Cerrito housing with 10 affordable units meets opposition from locals.
Micro apartments in concrete pipes designed to ease Hong Kong’s housing crisis
Oakland dominates SF in housing production (SF Chronicle August 12, 2019)
“How Oakland has become a Renter’s market” (SF Business Times)
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/12/02/how-oakland-has-become-a-renters-market.html“The new mixed-use mega-project on the Lower East Side heals a civic wound with hundreds of affordable apartments.” (NY Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/arts/design/essex-crossing.htmlhttps://www.balticurbanlab.eu/goodpractices/hammarby-sjöstad-one-world’s-most-successful-urban-renewal-districts
”Hammarby Sjöstad - one of the world’s most successful urban renewal districts.”“These two Bay Area startups want to help teachers make money and buy homes” (SF Business Times)
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/12/02/these-two-bay-area-startups-want-to-help-teachers.html“Opinion: Oakland should turn cranes into affordable housing: The city must track, budget and commit developer impact fees to homes for people without six-figure incomes” by Gloria Bruce, ED, EBHO (SJ Mercury News)
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/18/opinion-oakland-should-turn-cranes-into-affordable-housing/'There's no way to stop this': Oakland braces for the arrival of tech firm Square (The Guardian US Edition) https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jul/02/theres-no-way-to-stop-this-oakland-braces-for-the-arrival-of-tech-firm-square
“Timber! SF’s next architectural trend could be eco-friendly buildings made of wood.” https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Timber-SF-s-next-architectural-trend-could-be-14853630.php
“Dutch town able to build no-car neighborhood after earlier investments in public transit” https://www.fastcompany.com/90457158/in-this-new-dutch-neighborhood-there-will-be-1-shared-car-for-every-3-households
Oslo going car free in the city center. Heavy investment in mass transit, pedestrian & bike features. https://www.fastcompany.com/90294948/what-happened-when-oslo-decided-to-make-its-downtown-basically-car-free
b. transportation
Mobilize the Bay (Multi-group organization working to enhance public transportation) https://www.mobilizethebay.org/news?mc_cid=4befc50d32&mc_eid=89f71235ea
How Uber Hopes to Profit From Public Transit Ride-hailing companies see a ‘massive market opportunity’ in replacing bus and subway rides. (NYT May 30, 2019) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/opinion/uber-stock.html
What we got wrong about Uber and Lyft: How can we believe that technology will help solve big problems if Uber's great promise didn't pan out?
PDF: here. Link to NYT version here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/technology/what-we-got-wrong-about-uber-and-lyft.html
4. relevant media interviews, podcasts, & more
interviews & talks- radio & podcasts
Prof. Michael Storper explains why the “Trickle Down” theory to achieve lower rents does not work
- interview on Pacifica/KPFA https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-june-20-2016/
- video from 48 Hills https://48hills.org/2019/06/michael-storper-on-housing/
- for his book Keys to the City - see BOOKS, below
Aaron Glantz (Homewreckers author -see BOOKS) How the USA got into the housing crisis
- interview on NPR https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432307980/forum
- interview on Pacifica/KPFA https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-homewreckers-who-demolished-the-american-dream/id406769844?i=1000454643511
news stories
“State of Emergency”: Special Report on California’s Criminalization of Growing Homeless Encampments
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/10/25/state_of_emergency_special_report_on
KTVU News: Uptown high-rise with zero affordable housing
https://www.ktvu.com/amp/news/ktvu-local-news/proposal-for-38-story-high-rise-in-uptown-oakland-includes-no-affordable-housing
San Jose re: allowing Additional Dwelling Units (ADUs) and 4-plexes as solution to housing crisis https://sjneighborhoodsforall.com/
social media
This is the most depressing thing I’ve read” Twitter thread.
here are the united nations 17 sustainability goals
5. books
Keys to the City: How Economics, Institutions, Social Interaction, and Politics Shape Development by Michael Storper. Princeton University Press 2013
The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies: Lessons from San Francisco and Los Angeles by Michael Storper (Distinguished Professor of Regional and International Development in Urban Planning; Director, Global Public Affairs at UCLA) for PODCAST see above
Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream by Aaron Glantz (Peabody Award-winning print, television and radio journalist)
https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-286953-1Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area by Richard A. Walker, Prof. emeritus of Geography, UCB -Review in Good Reads. Book includes an excellent bibliography.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36206247-pictures-of-a-gone-cityCityscapes of the Unequal City: How bicycling expresses class and racial divisions in a city. Recent history of cycling.
6. LINKS TO HOUSING ORGANIZATIONS
EAST BAY HOUSING ORGANIZATION (EBHO) is a member-driven organization working to preserve, protect, and create affordable housing opportunities for low-income communities in the East Bay by educating , advocating, organizing, and building coalitions. http://ebho.org
HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT, Los Angeles. Housing advocacy division of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Advocates for stronger tenant protections, fights gentrification, and advocates for progressive housing policies. https://www.housinghumanright.org/
ALLIANCE OF CALIFORNIANS FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT, a multi-racial, democratic, non-profit community organization. ACCE won a state-wide bill that stops outrageous rent increases and unfair evictions: The Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482.) https://www.acceaction.org
LIVABLE CALIFORNIA advocates for empowerment of local governments to foster equitable, livable communities and truly affordable housing. EXCELLENT resource for information on legislation. https://www.livablecalifornia.org/