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By Philip Verma
In Great News
Posted October 13, 2022

“Evictorbook” Data Tool Launches in San Francisco & Oakland

We are excited to announce the recent launch of Evictorbook, a web-based tool that provides key data about properties, landlords, and the complicated webs of corporate ownership behind [...]

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By Philip Verma
In Great News
Posted April 18, 2022

Five Ways Funders Can Catalyze Affordable Housing Preservation

GCC is excited to announce publication of “Five Ways Funders Can Catalyze Affordable Housing Preservation,” in collaboration with the San Francisco Foundation and LISC Bay Area. We know that the [...]

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By Philip Verma
In Great News
Posted April 13, 2022

Earth Day Mobilizes Funder Network to Address Area Fires 

Inspired by Earth Day 2022, we recognize the importance of climate resilience and how it intersects with housing justice. This intersection informs one of the key initiatives at the San Francisco [...]

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By Philip Verma
In Great News
Posted September 20, 2021

Public Land Working Group Releases New Surplus Land Act Materials

GCC’s Public Land Working Group (PLWG) has created two new educational materials related to the Surplus Land Act (SLA) to help government agencies, housing advocates, and community members [...]

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By Philip Verma
In Great News
Posted January 28, 2021

New Research on the Benefits of Affordable Transit-Oriented Development

GCC recently published a research brief: “The Benefits of Affordable Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in the Bay Area and How to Improve It.” It is based on a UC Berkeley survey study funded by [...]

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By Philip Verma
In Great News
Posted October 23, 2020

Black Lives and The GCC Network

by Ola Jimoh (Initiative Assistant, GCC and HOPE SF) and Monet Boyd (Program Coordinator, GCC) The Great Communities Collaborative (GCC) works within the nine-county Bay Area, which houses a high [...]

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By Philip Verma
In Great News
Posted September 30, 2020

Public Land and Community Ownership: lessons from Denver

A few weeks ago, GCC hosted an event with Montbello Organizing Committee (MOC), a community-based organization in the Montbello neighborhood of Denver. We were also joined by Mile High Connects, [...]

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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted July 9, 2020

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 [...]

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By Philip Verma
In Great News
Posted June 1, 2020

Housing Equity in the Bay Area in the Wake of COVID-19

On May 15, GCC’s Funder Network came together for a learning session that focused on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for equitable housing policy and investments. The [...]

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By Nicole Liner-Jigamian
In Great News
Posted July 25, 2019

Designing Community-Informed Public Lands Policy: Lessons Learned in Oakland

Community advocates are increasingly calling on city governments to enact public lands policies for public good. The intention is for public land – parcels held by cities or other government [...]

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By Nicole Liner-Jigamian
In Great News
Posted July 11, 2019

The Bay Area Equity Atlas: A New Resource for Powerful Equity Indicators

As we consider ways to make Bay Area communities more affordable, accessible, and sustainable, we’re interested in data that answers questions about the current state of social conditions – [...]

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By Nicole Liner-Jigamian
In Great News
Posted June 4, 2019

Climate Equity Strategy Group Shaping Regional Resiliency Efforts

GCC and our partners are focused on supporting the region’s low-income people and communities of color to prepare for the effects of climate change. To strengthen our contributions to this [...]

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By Nicole Liner-Jigamian
In Great News
Posted April 18, 2019

New Regional Financing Tool for Affordable Housing Preservation

GCC is excited to share that a new regional financing tool for preservation is available!  In the last month, Enterprise Community Loan Fund (ECLF) and the Low-Income Investment Fund (LIIF) [...]

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By Nicole Liner-Jigamian
In Great News
Posted October 16, 2018

Promoting Impact Fees to Infuse Local Dollars into Affordable Housing

The Bay Area housing crisis has led to innovative solutions to affordable housing development. Over the past several years, one of the housing solutions GCC has helped implement to combat [...]

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By Nicole Liner-Jigamian
In Great News
Posted May 16, 2018

Diridon Station Area Plan: Impacted Communities Need a Seat at the Table

Since its inception, GCC has focused on uplifting community voices and pushing for higher density, more affordable housing, and equitable outcomes in station area plans across the Bay Area. One [...]

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By Alex Haber
In Great News
Posted February 28, 2018

SPARCC 2017 Progress Recap!

Bay Area 4 All (BA4A), is GCC’s partnership with the 6 Wins for Social Equity Network (6 Wins) and Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII), as part of the [...]

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By Alex Haber
In Great News
Posted February 14, 2018

Millbrae BART Station – A Great Place for Housing!

By the Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo When BART expanded their south-bound line to Millbrae in 2000, they estimated that 30,000 riders a day would use their services. Eighteen years [...]

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By Alex Haber
In Great News
Posted February 14, 2018

GCC Partner Highlight!

David Zisser from Public Advocates article ” Say It Loud: Renter’s Rights Are Civil Rights!” – featured in Shelterforce. David Zisser is a senior staff attorney at Public [...]

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 BA4A Keep Oakland Home Convening
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By Alex Haber
In Great News
Posted December 26, 2017

BA4A Keep Oakland Home Convening

On December 7th, Bay Area 4 All, hosted the Keep Oakland Home convening which brought together affordable housing developers, base building tenant organizing groups and residents for an afternoon [...]

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By Alex Haber
In Great News
Posted December 20, 2017

Public Land Recommendations for CASA

  CASA Public Lands Recommendations The Great Communities Collaborative Public Lands Working Group has met since 2016 to shape public land policies and practices in the Bay Area. The Group [...]

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By Alex Haber
In Great News
Posted November 20, 2017

Video: Gentrification Explained

“Gentrification Explained” is a short video that unpacks what gentrification really means, getting beyond the buzzword.  It was produced through the collaboration of the San Francisco Federal [...]

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By Alex Haber
In Great News
Posted October 13, 2017

Video – Pushed Out: Displacement Today and Lasting Impacts

“Pushed Out” is a short explainer video that helps paint a clearer picture of displacement and its long-term impact. It was produced through the collaboration of the San Francisco [...]

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By Alex Haber
In Great News
Posted October 5, 2017

Houston, Harvey and Climate Resilience: A Reflection

By: Elizabeth Wampler, GCC Initiative Officer Growing up in Houston, I quickly got used to watching the waters rise. I remember Sims Bayou, less than 1000 feet from my house, flooding over its [...]

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 Advocate Win! : Fremont Adopts Linkage Fee on New Commercial Development.
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By Alex Haber
In Great News
Posted September 12, 2017

Advocate Win! : Fremont Adopts Linkage Fee on New Commercial Development.

Authors: Dessi Mia Carbajal and Anthony Federico – East Bay Housing Organization (EBHO) We know San Francisco, Oakland, and the Peninsula are ground zero for the housing and displacement [...]

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 Advocates and Communities Win! Walnut Creek Steps Up for Affordable Housing!
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By Alex Haber
In Great News
Posted September 12, 2017

Advocates and Communities Win! Walnut Creek Steps Up for Affordable Housing!

It all started in Walnut Creek cafes, living rooms and churches in 2012. That’s the year East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO), Greenbelt Alliance, and several congregations and nonprofits came [...]

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 What Will it Take to Fill the Affordable Housing Gap?
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted May 9, 2017

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 [...]

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 What Makes a Great Community?
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted April 18, 2017

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 [...]

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 Transit Agencies in California Take on Affordable Housing
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted October 4, 2016

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 [...]

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 Directing Regional Dollars Towards Equity
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted August 29, 2016

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. [...]

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 Santa Clara County Transit Agency Adopts Affordable Housing Policy
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted May 13, 2016

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 [...]

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 Who will our future Oakland be for?
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted December 28, 2015

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 [...]

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 Youth, community organizations, and housing coalitions come together to fight displacement in South San Francisco
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted March 4, 2015

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 [...]

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 VTA Surplus Land: Joint Development Policy
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted February 2, 2015

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 [...]

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 Mountain View Take Two Steps Forward
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted January 30, 2015

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 [...]

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 Living in the Map
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted November 21, 2014

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? [...]

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 Implementation of Equitable and Sustainable TOD Request for Proposals – Due October 30
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted October 3, 2014

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 [...]

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 Making Streets into Places in Oakland
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted July 8, 2014

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 [...]

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 Warm Springs TOD offers breaks to developers, and community members too?
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted July 8, 2014

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 [...]

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 San Jose Diridon Station Area Plan Adopted!
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted June 18, 2014

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 [...]

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 South San Francisco Gets Walking
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted May 1, 2014

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 [...]

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 Concord Poised to Achieve Great Changes
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted April 1, 2014

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 [...]

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 GCC Sites Receive Safe Routes to Transit Grants
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted March 19, 2014

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 [...]

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 City v. Suburbs: Which is greener?
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By Elizabeth Wampler
In Great News
Posted March 10, 2014

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 [...]

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 Planning at San Jose Diridon Drawing to a Close
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By Alex Haber
In Great News
Posted February 25, 2014

Planning at San Jose Diridon Drawing to a Close

Written by Michele Beasley, Regional Director, Greenbelt Alliance Greenbelt Alliance has been engaged in the Diridon Station Area planning effort for several years, having spent considerable time [...]

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 A Visit from Partners
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By Geeta Rao
In Great News
Posted October 17, 2013

A Visit from Partners

Earlier this month, GCC was delighted to host our partner transit-oriented development collaboratives from other parts of the country, Mile High Connects in Denver and a nascent Collaborative in [...]

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 Welcome to www.greatcommunities.org!
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By Alex Haber
In Great News
Posted August 27, 2013

Welcome to www.greatcommunities.org!

Bringing expertise across multiple disciplines and deep knowledge of our communities, we are pleased to launch this website as a hub for real-time activity and sharing best practices in equitable [...]

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 A Thriving and Diverse East Palo Alto
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By Alex Haber
In Great News
Posted August 26, 2013

A Thriving and Diverse East Palo Alto

Preserving Affordability and Diversity in Silicon Valley Following their successful advocacy for the East Palo Alto Ravenswood Business District Specific Plan, the Envision-Transform-Build [...]

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 Creating a Healthier Pittsburg/Bay Point
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By Alex Haber
In Great News
Posted August 25, 2013

Creating a Healthier Pittsburg/Bay Point

Health is a core tenet of the Great Communities Collaborative: research has shown that households located near high-quality transit have higher rates of walking and biking, lower likelihood of [...]

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