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Legislators and developers are critical to how we address this issue, as are landlords and tenants, but our actions are framed by our thinking about housing.
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After the Great Depression, the federal government redlined minority communities.
Organizations, individuals, and educators across California are hosting screenings of City Rising to share and discuss the issue of gentrification and…
As a promotora, Sarai Arpero organizes community events and goes door-to-door to educate the local community on issues like diabetes, obesity, domestic violence and, unlike most promotore models that focus solely on health, gentrification.
One-fourth of single-family rentals today are owned by institutional investors, and more than 200,000 families pay their rent to nine giant private equity firms. This financialization of single-family rental housing is increasing income inequality.
Over the past few decades, poverty has been growing much faster in smaller cities and suburbs, while inner-cities are increasingly home to a concentrated affluent minority.
This first wave of gentrification did not displace many people, but then the second phase happened.
Over the past few decades, street vendors in Boyle Heights have faced the threat of displacement as Metro’s extension plans have displaced many small businesses and created barriers for street vendors.
Through campaign work on Proposition 15, young people are learning how they play a role in shaping the future of California.
Young people of color are a part of a shifting electorate in California and speak to the potential power they could have in shaping California's future.
Here are seven articles that help illuminate how California voter choices will affect youth — and how this next generation is responding to the needs of the times.
Proposition 16 is intended to bring affirmative action back into the way Californians do business. I studied both the arguments for and against Proposition 16 and found that those against the ballot perpetuate several myths about affirmative action.
