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Through its annual Affordable Housing Bus Tour, Sacramento Housing Alliance facilitates discussions and plans for affordable housing by showing community members real, tangible examples of how affordable housing works in their communities.
As a Boyle Heights native, Alvaro Huerta recollects the legacy of community organizing within the Chicana/o-Latina/o communities and gives advice on how to sustain that activism.
Since November, the number of Americans who recognize the importance of local organizing has grown dramatically, and the tenant movement has been ahead of the curve in mobilizing for change from the ground up.
This tragic story about artists who’ve perished brought to light complicated politics in Oakland. But at its heart, it’s a story about people.
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.
