Episode 16: Grassroots Organizing - Berkeley Housing Preference Policy (Part I)

Telling Our Stories: The Housing Chronicles

In this Part I of a three-part series we are joined by City of Berkeley’s Anna Cash City of Berkeley’s Community Development Project Coordinator, Jassmin Poyaoan former Program Director of the Community Economic Justice Clinic at East Bay Community Law Center and current Program Director at Economic Justice Program at Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (San Francisco), and Ayanna Davis Deputy Executive Director at Healthy Black Families as we discuss the housing conditions in the Bay Area which forced the community to organize towards what is now the City of Berkeley’s first Housing Preference Policy - which went into effect January 1, 2024.
Connect with our guest(s):
Ayanna Davis - Deputy Executive Director at Healthy Black Families, Inc.
Website: https://healthyblackfam.org/e4bb
Email: [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]
Anna Cash - Community Development Project Coordinator at City of Berkeley
Website: https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/affordable-housing-berkeley/apply-affordable-housing-preferences
Email: [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]
Jaasmin Poyaoan - former Program Director of Community Economic Justice Clinic at East Bay Community Law Center and current Program Director of Economic Justice Program at Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (San Francisco)
Website: https://ebclc.org/ and https://lccrsf.org/
Email: [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]
Relevant Links:
1. Roots, Race, and Place Report - Othering and Belonging: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/rootsraceplace
2. Affordable Housing Policy:
https://berkeleyspeaks.org/affordable-housing-preference-policy-hpp/
3. Black Exodus From Berkeley:
https://dailycal-projects.netlify.app/2022-01-21-exodus
4. Is the Tech Boom Putting Pressure on Berkeley Rents? – Berkeleyside: https://www.berkeleyside.org/2014/07/03/is-the-tech-boom-putting-pressure-on-berkeley-rents
5. The Mental Health Consequences of the Global Housing Crisis – National Institutes of Health:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9797748/#:~:text=These%20patients%20struggle%20with%20a,and%20depression%20for%20several%20reasons
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