I won’t mince words – Oakland is in a housing affordability crisis of epic proportions. And with some of the highest rents in the country and Uber’s impending arrival, tensions around Oakland’s...
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12/01/2015
“City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style…”
One of the benefits of living in a thriving urban area is the incredible rich calendar of events that beckon us at the holidays. The...
11/30/2015
In the United States, we have a day for giving thanks. We have two for getting deals. Tomorrow, we have #GivingTuesday, a day dedicated to giving back.
#GivingTuesday comes on the heels of the two...
11/25/2015
“Sustainability means simultaneously meeting our current economic, environmental, and community needs, while also ensuring that we are not jeopardizing the ability of future generations to meet their...
11/24/2015
Winter is coming, and with luck, the predictions of a strong El Niño year will come true and end our multi-year drought. Those rainy days are notorious for causing morning slowdowns on Bay Area roads...
11/19/2015
This blog was originally posted on PolicyLink's Equity Blog here.
Last month, I attended PolicyLink's 2015 Equity Summit, a three-day conference drawing advocates from Ferguson to New...
11/11/2015
Turn on the radio on any given morning in the Bay Area, and you’ll hear one word over and over again: traffic.
This year, San Francisco was named the second most-congested city in the United...
11/04/2015
It’s no secret that it’s expensive to live in the Bay Area, and rapidly getting less and less affordable in many of our communities. We at TransForm are feeling the crunch, too. Two of our Oakland-...
10/29/2015
At TransForm, we are committed to connecting people to jobs, opportunities, and each other with affordable and reliable transportation options. Usually, we focus our efforts on championing decisions...
10/22/2015
It is rare that you can find one solution to two huge issues, especially if those two issues are our global climate crisis and the growing threat of displacement and lack of affordable homes across...