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Misty Cross stood on the porch of 2928 Magnolia St. in Oakland, Calif., addressing a crowd of supporters that filled the sidewalk and spilled into the street. She linked arms with Dominique Walker, her housemate.
On Jan. 7, an inspired group of homeless working mothers called Moms 4 Housing boldly disrupted a press conference by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, and other Democratic Party leaders promoting state Senate Bill 50.
A bold proposal to boost California’s housing production failed in its final vote in the state Senate on Thursday, effectively shelving it for the year
Senate Bill 50, which called for overriding local zoning rules to encourage apartment construction in cities and counties, fell three senate votes short of the 21 needed to advance to the Assembly.
Kingston was recently named one of ten urban areas in New York State to receive an initial $25,000 grant to study measures to ensure that no residents are displaced from their homes. The grant allows participation in the state Anti-Displacement Learning Network, a two-year program scheduled to begin this month with a three-month learning exchange among the participants and consultants.
A recent poll found that a staggering 78 percent of Americans are now in favor of a federal job guarantee. Although it has been largely erased from public memory, the job guarantee was a centerpiece not only of FDR’s second bill of economic rights, but also of the civil rights movement’s policy agenda. Coretta Scott King mobilized 1.2 million people to march for full employment in the late 1970s.