Social Housing in California |
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Focusing on three key features of social housing -- public-owned property obligated to serve public needs; serving diverse mix of incomes; and resident participation in decision-making -- the report highlights the ways policy mechanisms might protect the social good, advance social and racial equity, and secure participatory governance for residents. |
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It shows how tenant protections are foundational to all three dimensions of social housing, serving the need to limit profit seeking, protecting the most marginalized groups, and providing the security required for participation.
Visit our website to download this groundbreaking report and watch an explainer video breaking it all down. |
Separately, but on related themes, we have also just published two short case studies on land banking in Los Angeles, and the United to House LA measure passed two years ago.
The LA land bank case study details the origins and implementation of the Los Angeles land bank pilot as an example of how governments can utilize public land assets for affordable housing development. In addition to identifying challenges in the implementation of the pilot program, the piece identifies questions and considerations for land banks in communities where they haven’t been used before. Read the LA land bank case study here.
And the second case study explores the strategies to build community power throughout the campaign and implementation of Measure United to House LA (ULA), passed in November 2022. The measure harnesses the redistributive power of a progressive tax structure, and funds a comprehensive set of housing programs, demonstrating the resilience of holistic housing policy. Read this piece here.
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Zine: Radical Imagination in Urban Planning
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Mass Liberation & Climate Justice Toolkit
The climate crisis and mass incarceration are two crises that have shared roots and affect many of the same communities, yet are often talked about and organized around as separate issues. What connects them? How can we talk about them in ways that resonate and advance solutions to both? |
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OBI and the Safe Return Project worked together to research, develop and try out narratives that draw these connections. By facilitating generative community workshops, interviewing movement leaders, and researching historic movements' narratives, we crafted analysis and narrative to support transformative change. We collaborated with Sharp As Knives on an animated video we offer as a resource for advancing this work (also see above).
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O&B24 is almost sold out!
We only have 100 tickets left for our next Othering & Belonging Conference happening in three weeks (April 25-27) in Oakland! This may be your last chance to get one, so move quickly. If you're not able to make it in person, we also have a free livestream option you can register for. We're still adding speakers, programming and other updates to our conference site so you can find the latest info there. We hope to see you all at our conference, in person, or virtually.
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Blog: A Menu of Possibilities
"As the climate crisis becomes more and more dire, the far right has tried–with varying degrees of success—to foster and capitalize on climate change-related frictions ... Their climate narratives and policy proposals, as trivotal to their core ideology, are fluid and often inconsistent, and this flexibility affords them the possibility of deepening divides that can be utilized to the far right’s advantage." Check our this latest piece from Míriam Juan-Torres González, titled, "A Menu of Possibilities: Farmer’s Protests, Polarization, and the Far Right’s Climate Politics."
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Event series: Reimagining Urban Planning
We hope you'll join us over the next few months for the Reimagining Urban Planning virtual workshop series! The first webinar is happening in just two weeks, on April 4 at 11AM PT and focuses on the current iteration of the Urban Planning field—the State of the Practice. We'll be exploring critical questions with our speakers, Dr. Kafui Attoh and Veronica O. Davis, and our moderator, Jose Richard Aviles.
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Event: Depolarization Day
Want a chance to hear from experts studying the root of what’s driving us apart and how we come back together? Eager to build the skills to listen empathetically, elicit narratives of connection, and interview professionally? Looking for a chance to engage with groundbreaking documentary films that push us to expand our perspective? Come join our Campus Bridging Project and The Social Cohesion Lab, along with our collaborators and co-sponsors (The Greater Good Science Center, Berkeley Haas DEIJB and Berkeley Haas HBSA) for a Depolarization Day on April 6th, 2024 from 10am-4pm. The interest form can be found here.
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Check out our merch store for OBI swag
We're always adding new stuff to our swag catalog. We've got beanies and all types of clothing, posters, bags, mugs, and more. Visit our shop here. |
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