Bay Area Forward

Remember how we changed our name to Manzanita Works? Check out what we've been up to! Say hello to the ESSENTIAL WORKER COMMUTE SHUTTLE PILOT where essential workers can take a break from their brutal commute with safety protocols in place. FREE. In partnership with the transit provider Bauer's Intelligent Transportation and RidePal, 5 routes currently available from Richmond, Livermore, Daly City, Hayward, Fremont and South San Jose to destinations in East Palo Alto, Palo A...lto, Mountain View and Sunnyvale. Since we've been quiet on social media while working on this, our new Manzanita Works FB page could use some love from Bay Area Forward fans from over the years: please come like our new page #manzanitaworks #essentialworkers #HelpingHeroes #commuterlife #bayarea #PilotProgram #workinprogress

The waiting list for this 65-unit affordable housing complex in Palo Alto is opening up. HUD Section 236 and Section 8 subsidized family units. Click through to their site to see if you qualify & get more info.

Awesome to see funding continue to come together for this innovative teacher housing project! This is exactly how we need to be thinking about regional problems like housing: be willing to consider close collaboration across jurisdictional lines.

Check out this excellent and informative video from Youth United for Community Action on EPA's water supply - the history, the current situation, and concerns for the future. Can we work together in the region to plan for the future?

Press on our recent Report with Council of Community Housing Organizations that grew out of our Teacher Town Halls with Support Teacher Housing.org. "Per CCHO, few Bay Area teachers make an average income. Preschool and daycare providers average just $29,429 per year across the two counties; kindergarten teachers net $49,768; elementary school teachers $75,500; and high school teachers top the list at $77,379." "For the record, even a teacher making nearly $111,000 per year would still end up paying more than 37 percent of their income each month toward that $3,720-per-month, one-bedroom apartment on Zumperbefore taxes."

"Now it's real," Simitian said in a press release issued Tuesday. "We have a site. We have some initial funding. We have interest from local school districts. And now we have an experienced development partner to help us organize and build the project." "The development seeks to alleviate the housing challenges faced by school employees, especially those starting or in the middle of their careers, according to Simitian's office. This group is known as the "missing middle," because they can't afford market-rate housing and don't qualify for affordable homes."

A new report from our partners at Council of Community Housing Organizations on housing the Bay Area's Educators. Click through to read insights on the affordability gap that came in part from our Teacher Town Halls with Support Teacher Housing.org this past year. https://www.sfccho.org