Senior Editor, Housing Affordability @KQED. SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America. Listen: https://xitter.cf/t.co/Za2skSGLqa | Past life = print reporter.
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Erin Baldassari retweeted
Surprise, surprise -- one of the first major donors to Mayor @DanielLurie's 1,500 shelter bed plan are ... drum roll please ...
Tipping Point Community.
Shocking, I know.
But there are more:
sfstandard.com/2025/05/08/lu…
Erin Baldassari retweeted
We can evaluate this argument because people made similar claims about SB 9. In fact, SB 9 has been used much more often in wealthy areas with larger lots. Danville has had 4x as many SB 9 applications as Oakland xitter.cf/e_baldi/status/1814333…
Erin Baldassari retweeted
One of…💅
Erin Baldassari retweeted
Five years after I first introduced it and three years after City Council’s historic unanimous COMMITMENT to end exclusionary zoning by December 2022, Berkeley is on the cusp of making history. On Tues, July 23rd, the Council will vote to end exclusionary zoning once and for all
As the councilmember who represents the birthplace of racist exclusionary zoning laws, it is my great pleasure to announce that my colleagues @TaplinTerry, @benbartlett, @RigelRobinson & I are introducing a resolution calling for the end of exclusionary zoning in Berkeley.
Erin Baldassari retweeted
There’s nothing to weigh. At more than 50 years old and having been a working professional all my adult life i’ve never remotely been able to afford to buy a house.
Erin Baldassari retweeted
MON at 10AM w/ guest host @lesleywmcclurg:
@latimes' @dillonliam, @KQED's @e_baldi & @CACommBuilders' @AdamBriones510 join to talk about the state of homeownership here in California.
❓ Are you weighing renting versus buying in California?
latimes.com/homeless-housing…
Erin Baldassari retweeted
Just a reminder for anyone reading news articles published in recent days about KQED shutting its SJ office and not renewing the sign on top of the 50 West building, we reported that ourselves back in May. @e_baldi @KQEDnews kqed.org/news/11987509/kqed-…
Erin Baldassari retweeted
Great reporting by @FaridaJhabvala
Erin Baldassari retweeted
Voter turnout is shaking out differently county by county in the hours before polls close at 8 p.m.
Here’s a look at what poll workers all over the Bay Area have seen so far, and how they expect the rest of the evening to go:
kqed.org/liveblog/election-2…
ALT A voter casts their ballot at the Allen Temple Baptist Church voting center in Oakland on Mar. 5, 2024. (Philip Pacheco/Getty Images)
Erin Baldassari retweeted
I’ve covered Prop 47 since it was put on the ballot a decade ago and watched as it has been debated, blamed and praised.
So with multiple attempts pending to change the ballot measure- what has it actually done?
Here’s what I found
kqed.org/news/11975692/prop-…
Erin Baldassari retweeted
✨Some personal news ✨
Today is my first day as the California Reporting Project’s Director of Research.
Our collaboration has FOIAed reports on police violence and misconduct in the Golden State since 2019. projects.scpr.org/california…
Erin Baldassari retweeted
Fabulous thread! Looking forward to seeing you & hopefully many other rational pragmatists at the Jan 22nd @RickKahlenberg & @e_baldi talk at 6PM @cwclub - @GrowSF @mishachellam @pahlkadot will hopefully be there. Register here both in-person & zoom 👇👇
commonwealthclub.org/events/… – at Rome, Lazio
Erin Baldassari retweeted
.@NWSBayArea forecasts the 1st major atmospheric river of the season next wk. Tuesday-Thursday, the storm could drop 1-2 in of 🌧️from Marin to Santa Cruz.
“Higher peaks in the Santa Cruz⛰️& the Sonoma Coast could get even more." - NWS meteorologist Dalton Behringer.
Story soon.
Erin Baldassari retweeted
🧵 I spent the summer following 61-year-old Deana Everhart as she endured a blistering summer living on Fresno’s streets for KQED’s Sold Out podcast.
kqed.org/news/11965063/unhou…
Erin Baldassari retweeted
California is on the verge of banning crime-free housing laws which now mandate that landlords evict or exclude tenants with criminal histories or brushes with law enforcement latimes.com/homeless-housing…
Erin Baldassari retweeted
California's first-in-the-nation reparations task force submitted its final report. Thx to @NotoriousECG for pointing out that a SOLD OUT ep I did w/ @e_baldi on the racist origins of Berkeley's zoning laws was cited as evidence for new policy to address housing segregation (!!)
Erin Baldassari retweeted
What happens when a small-town council member loses her home and can’t find anywhere to live in her own district? A glimpse into a California increasingly out of reach, where the lack of affordable housing has distorted every facet of life. calmatters.org/politics/2023…
