Black Lives Matter
An abbreviated version of this statement was included in our July 2020 newsletter. It’s been 46 days since George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis. This has sparked an incredible month [...]
Public Land Resource Library
“The Surplus Land Act Process” Flowchart by Public Advocates, Public Interest Law Project, and EBHO (2021) “Surplus Land Act Affordable Housing FAQ“ by Jeff Levin (EBHO), [...]
What Will it Take to Fill the Affordable Housing Gap?
Full Report Last year, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and Silicon Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) adopted ambitious targets to prioritize the construction of affordable housing on their land [...]
What Makes a Great Community?
What makes a great community? The Great Communities Collaborative (GCC) often answers that question by talking about places where families can afford a safe and healthy home, where it’s [...]
Network Structure
The GCC Strategic Plan 2016-2020 directs GCC to create a more networked structure to engage a broad set of partners. From the Strategic Plan: One of GCC’s greatest values is its broad set of [...]
Working Groups
GCC’s 2016-2020 strategic plan identifies working groups as the main bodies to carry forward GCC work. GCC partners have utilized working groups in the past for a variety of purposes, including [...]
Transit Agencies in California Take on Affordable Housing
In August and September of 2016, former GCC IO Geeta Rao authored two Shelterforce articles highlighting the rationale and role of California transit agencies taking nuanced approaches to [...]
Directing Regional Dollars Towards Equity
On July 27, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) made new rules for how money will be spent that makes the strongest connection between federal transportation dollars and housing yet. [...]
Santa Clara County Transit Agency Adopts Affordable Housing Policy
Written by: Chris O’Connor, Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Charisse Ma Lebron, Working Partnerships USA On April 7, 2016, the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Board of Directors [...]
Who will our future Oakland be for?
By Anthony Federico, Associate Director of East Bay Housing Organizations In September, Uber announced its purchase of the Sear’s building in downtown Oakland, and in an instant, the story of [...]
Youth, community organizations, and housing coalitions come together to fight displacement in South San Francisco
By Clarrissa Cabansagan, TransForm South San Francisco—known by locals as South City—has always housed a predominantly working class community. Its identity as an industrial city is rooted in [...]
VTA Surplus Land: Joint Development Policy
By Zoe Mullendore, Silicon Valley Leadership Group There is an intrinsic nexus between housing and transportation since people choose transit options based on where they live. Creating [...]
Mountain View Take Two Steps Forward
Written by Uri Pachter, Project Manager at Greenbelt Alliance On December 9, Mountain View took two important steps toward creating a more vibrant and affordable city by approving a long-term [...]
Living in the Map
A reflection on the Broadway-Valdez District Specific Plan by Gloria Bruce Maps can tell us a lot about a place’s “bones” and potential – how does a place connect to other neighborhoods? [...]
Implementation of Equitable and Sustainable TOD Request for Proposals – Due October 30
GCC is pleased to release our Implementation of Equitable and Sustainable Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Request for Proposals (RFP), due October 30, 2014. GCC has shaped 34 of the region’s [...]
Making Streets into Places in Oakland
On July 1st, 2014, the Oakland City Council unanimously approved the Broadway Valdez District Specific Plan, which calls for 1,800 new homes—many of which will be affordable to low- and [...]
Warm Springs TOD offers breaks to developers, and community members too?
By Allison Lasser, Executive Director of Congregations Organizing for Renewal (COR) On July 1st, Fremont’s Planning Commission took an important step towards approving one of the Bay Area’s [...]
San Jose Diridon Station Area Plan Adopted!
Last night the San Jose City Council adopted the Diridon Station Area Plan. The Diridon station sits in the heart of San Jose, just outside of downtown, and currently serves as a major transit [...]
South San Francisco Gets Walking
Written by Clarrissa Cabansagan, Community Planner, TransForm March 22 was an unusually sunny Saturday in South San Francisco—perfect weather for a walk around the City’s Downtown Plan Area. That [...]
Concord Poised to Achieve Great Changes
Written by Joel Devalcourt, Regional Representative, East Bay, Greenbelt Alliance Concord is poised to achieve great changes for its communities. Following on the heels of its visionary Concord [...]
GCC Sites Receive Safe Routes to Transit Grants
Written by Clarrissa Cabansagan, Community Planner, TransForm Last February the Metropolitan Transportation Commission approved projects for the fifth and final cycle of Safe Routes to Transit [...]
City v. Suburbs: Which is greener?
Living in a compact neighborhood with a range of transportation choices—neighborhoods where you can take transit to work, walk to the store, or walk your children to school—reduces the amount of [...]
