In Oakland and Elsewhere, Health Care Is Investing in Affordable Housing

March 13, 2019

Marketplace By Raquel Maria Dillon When an apartment building sells in gentrifying parts of Oakland, California, tenants often brace themselves for the worst. Rent hikes, disruptive renovations and evictions can follow. But when one building recently changed hands, city officials and…
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Grist 50: Alvaro Sanchez

March 12, 2019

No smartphone? No problem. He has a better idea for transit. Grist From autonomous vehicles to electric bikeshares: The future of transport is coming at us fast. Urban planner Alvaro Sanchez is ensuring that this future doesn’t leave low-income people…
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Rep. Barbara Lee, Boots Riley Headline Greenlining Economic Summit Apr. 26

March 6, 2019

26th Annual Event Marks Official Farewell for Longtime Greenlining Institute President Orson Aguilar   Contact: Bruce Mirken, Greenlining Institute Media Relations Director, 510-926-4022; 415-846-7758 (cell) OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – The Greenlining Institute’s 26th annual Economic Summit, “Reclaiming Our Time,” will feature a…
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How Self-Driving Cars Could Harm Marginalized Communities

February 26, 2019

EcoWatch By Hana Creger Everyone’s talking about self-driving, autonomous vehicles these days. Late last year General Motors announced that it will shut down production of several conventional car lines, partly to pour resources into its self-driving car unit, and GM…
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Electric Car Programs Need to Remember the Needy

February 19, 2019

techwire By Skip Descant Electric vehicle car-shares, charging ports and other pieces of the green mobility future may go unused in many communities if the projects fail to understand local needs or the communities the projects hope to serve. “I…
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A Look at the Green New Deal’s Clean Transportation Goals and How to Achieve Them

February 15, 2019

Greentech Media By Emma Foerhinger Merchant Though scant on details of what a transportation overhaul might look like, the Green New Deal — really a framework designed to generate more specific policy proposals — has already caused a partisan stir around…
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California Must Address a Statewide Latino Physician Shortage

February 13, 2019

California Health Report By Sonja Diaz, Jeffrey Reynoso and Anthony Galace Despite California’s leadership in expanding health coverage to a record number of Californians, we have a crisis that hardly anyone is addressing: Our state still fails to provide the…
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My Turn: Self-Driving Cars Must Not Leave the Rest of Us Behind

February 8, 2019

CalMatters By Alvaro Sanchez and Susan Shaheen Starry-eyed predictions aside, critical issues are missing from the discussion about how self-driving cars will revolutionize  transportation. Low-income Californians cannot lift themselves out of poverty if they lack reliable transportation. Without it, they…
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Self-Driving Cars Need to be Steered in a Climate-Smart Direction

February 7, 2019

Union of Concerned Scientists By Don Anair The roving autonomous vehicles on the streets of San Francisco are one of the frequent reminders on my daily commute that our transportation system is changing. But will self-driving cars be good or…
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Electric Vehicle Advocates Say Newsom’s Budget Falls Short on Clean Transportation Funding

February 7, 2019

Politico Pro By Colby Bermel SACRAMENTO — Electric vehicle advocates warned this week that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal lacks sufficient funding for their efforts and called on state lawmakers to find more money to support clean transportation. Presenting to…
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