1) Local and regional planning have historically contributed to increasing racial and economic inequities rather than resolving them. 2) Achieving equitable development in the future requires a new approach that addresses historical challenges and centers the voices of impacted communities in the planning process. 3) Community organizations play a critical role in supporting residents to envision and plan for their neighborhoods.

1. ”Focusing
Development
on
Communities
of
Concern:
Smart
Growth
and
its
Impact
on
Gentrification
and
Displacement
in
the
Bay
Area”
February
19,
2014

3. Our
Approach
• Policy
Advocacy
• Mobilizing
and
Educating
Community
Coalitions
around
Policy
• Training
Advocates
to
become
Decision-­‐
Makers

4. UH
News
Welcome
to
our
new
Executive
Director:
Ellen
Wu!
Land
Use
Associate
Director
Hired:
Tony
Roshan
Samara
Hiring:
Transportation
Justice
Coordinator
Shared
office
for
rent
@
Urban
Habitat

5. The
BCLI
Model
1
Recruit
2
Train
4
3
Place
Connect

6. The
Fellowship
KNOWLEDGE
Deep
and
integrated
equity
knowledge
SKILLS
Political
skills
Power
structures
and
influences
Commission
procedures
and
best
practices
NETWORK

7. Current
Issues
Series
• Network
• Critically
question
and
engage
• Share
your
perspective
with
our
speakers
• Inform
your
communities
and
your
work

8. Vu-­‐Bang
Nguyen

9. Jennifer
Martinez

10. Dawn
Phillips

11. Urbanization
San
Francisco
Sacramento
Oakland
San
Jose

12. Suburbanization

13. ABAG
Priority
Development
Areas

14. Definition
of
Gentrification
Gentrifica+on
is
a
profit
driven
race
and
class
remake
of
urban,
working
class
communi8es
of
color
that
have
suffered
from
a
history
of
disinvestment
and
abandonment.
This
process
is
driven
by
private
developers,
landlords,
businesses
and
corpora8ons
and
supported
by
the
state,
through
both
policies
that
facilitate
the
process
and
funding
in
the
form
of
public
subsidies.
Gentrifica8on
happens
in
areas
where
commercial
and
residen8al
land
is
cheap,
rela8ve
to
other
areas
in
the
city
and
region,
and
where
the
poten8al
to
turn
a
profit,
either
through
re-­‐purposing
exis8ng
structures
or
building
new
ones
is
great.
Provided
by
Causa
Justa
::
Just
Cause

15. Jennifer
Mar8nez
Co-­‐Director,
Peninsula
Interfaith
Ac8on
Network

16.
Community
Needs
&
Values
State
Policies
Economic
Interests

17.
Community
Needs
&
Values
State
Policies
Economic
Interests

18. Equity
Residential
(EQR)
Properties

19. Facebook
to
Equity
Residential
(EQR)
Properties

20. Organizing
in
East
Palo
Alto

21. Focusing
Development
on
Communi+es
of
Concern:
Smart
Growth
and
its
Impact
on
Gentrifica+on
and
Displacement
in
the
Bay
Area

40.
EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT
REQUIRES
COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS
&
IMPACTED
RESIDENTS
1.
Local
and
regional
planning
have
historically
contributed
to
increasing
race
and
class
inequi8es
(not
resolving
them)
2.
Achieving
equity
for
the
future
requires
a
new
approach
to
community
and
regional
development
that
addresses
the
historical
challenges
and
puts
those
most
impacted
by
development
at
the
center
of
that
work
moving
forward
3.
Community
organiza8ons
play
a
cri8cal
role
in
being
able
to
support
residents
in
visioning
and
planning
for
their
neighborhoods

42. HISTORIC
DISINVESTMENT

43. URBAN
RENEWAL

44. DEVELOPMENT
OF
DOWNTOWN
VERSUS
NEIGHBORHOODS
In
Oakland
between
2000
–
2010
Downtown
West
Oakland
1.5
Billion
78.5
Million
North
Oakland
East
Oakland
2.4
Million
14.8
Million

45. THE
DISCONNECT
WE
WANT
WE
GET

49.
A
NEW
VISION
FOR
LOCAL
&
REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

50. The
Mission
&
San
Francisco
Anti-­‐Displacement
Coalition
Planning
Principles
• We
are
commiSed
to
a
community
driven
planning
process
done
in
an
inclusive
manner—
through
community
organizing,
leadership
training,
focus
groups
and
popular
educa8on
-­‐-­‐
that
ensures
the
par8cipa8on
of
those
members
of
our
community
who
are
disenfranchised,
marginalized,
and
not
usually
heard
•
Our
planning
process
will
address
the
economic,
racial,
and
social
inequali8es
of
the
status
quo

51.
• Our
planning
process
will
strive
to
advance
the
capacity
of
the
community
to
address
planning
and
development
issues
far
into
the
future
•
We
strive
for
transparency
in
the
planning
and
rezoning
process
and
to
ensure
city
and
regional
accountability
•
We
will
struggle
to
improve
democracy
in
San
Francisco
by
increasing
the
par8cipa8on
of
Mission
District
residents
in
the
decision-­‐making
bodies

52.
•
We
believe
that
all
tenants
have
a
right
to
safe,
secure,
and
affordable
places
to
live.
We
support
strong
public
policies
that
protect
those
rights.
•
We
believe
that
real
estate
specula8on
destabilizes
neighborhoods,
communi8es
and
economies.
We
support
regula8on
and
controls
on
such
specula8on.

53. •
We
believe
that
the
future
of
San
Francisco
as
a
culturally
vibrant
and
crea8ve
city
depends
on
its
capacity
to
protect
tenants
from
displacement
and
neighborhoods
from
gentrifica8on
• We
are
commiSed
to
building
a
democra8c,
inclusive,
and
nonviolent
movement
for
social
change
to
advance
these
values,
beliefs,
and
policies

60. ”Focusing
Development
on
Communities
of
Concern:
Smart
Growth
and
its
Impact
on
Gentrification
and
Displacement
in
the
Bay
Area”
February
19,
2014