In this series of essays, [people. power. media] lays out a revolutionary framework to achieve equity in city planning. This piece on Culture and Arts is the third on this entirely new approach.

City planners have for decades perpetrated segregation, displacement and inequality. We called this out in our first part of this series, “Post-Coronavirus We Need a New Way to Plan Cities.” Building on that piece, we are introducing a revolutionary framework for how to achieve equity by planning cities in an entirely new way: by intentionally addressing Desegregation, Affordability, Production, Stability and Sustainability (DAPSS).

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This is the first in a series of essays with illustrations by the brilliantly talented Frederick Noland. This is work that grows out of our 2019 animated feature, Priced Out: Why You Can’t Afford to Live in San Francisco.

As we continue to shelter-in-place, we know that everyone is doing their best to stay healthy and help each other. The landscape keeps shifting minute by minute. People Power Media will keep doing our best to bring you the latest ways to stay engaged. If you missed the first resource guide, you can view it here. This list of actions and resources is focused on San Francisco, the East Bay and California.

We hope that every one of you is able to stay safe and healthy during this time. This list of actions and resources is for San Francisco and California. If you don't live there and would like us to circulate a similar guide for your area, please let us know!

SAN FRANCISCO — Shouts of “The Monster is dead!” roared through the jubilant crowd at the 16th Street BART Plaza in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District on Thursday afternoon. Over a hundred people celebrated with music, dance, and chants their defeat of a luxury housing development that Maximus Real Estate Partners had proposed to build at this location.

AB1482, authored by Assemblyman David Chiu from San Francisco, was introduced in February 2019 and now sits on Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk awaiting his signature of approval.

The Council of Community Housing Organizations in San Francisco and Bay Area Forward released a report this morning describing the urgent need for housing affordable to educators working in the Bay Area, and in the report, they have offered a suite of solutions.

Click on the image to view or download a PDF version of the “Priced Out” resource guide.

Priced Out is an engaging animated web series that follows a young couple as they discover why housing is so expensive and what we can all do about it. Our goal is to empower people to demand real solutions for housing affordability.

Nonprofits running affordable housing in San Francisco will soon be granted the first-right-to-bid priority in the market if there are multi-unit buildings for sale.

Meet Curtis, a high school teacher, and Riley, a tech gig worker, in their micro-unit in San Francisco. They've just received a rent increase and need to figure out how to keep their growing family in the City.

We're here with Bob Herman who has developed many affordable housing developments throughout San Francisco, the Bay Area, and California through his architecture firm which we are here today.

Every few years, a Proposition appears on our California ballots that reminds us why we vote and that we really do have a chance to make a difference. Proposition 10, called The Affordable Housing Act, is truly exciting. Why? If passed this November, it would repeal Costa-Hawkins, the 1995 law that limits rent control across the State.

A San Francisco tenant rights coalition released a report today that shows the impacts of a California law that limits rent control throughout the state.

The Anti-Displacement Coalition authored the report called, “The Cost of Costa-Hawkins.”

It looks like the local initiative that aims to end homelessness in San Francisco will be on the City’s ballot for the upcoming November election.

Four Filipino-American families, including a 4-year-old girl and a 92-year-old grandmother, are being evicted from their homes in the South of Market neighborhood in San Francisco. The De Vera, Bustos, Bonifacio and Mac Coll families have lived in this Natoma Street building for 25 years.

A Proposition is on the June ballot that, if passed would provide free legal representation for tenants facing threat of eviction. The measure, designated as Proposition F is also called "Defend San Francisco Against Evictions." It was put on the ballot through a grassroots effort to gather signatures. That effort resulted in thousands more signatures than needed.

Led by youth and adults from around the State, hundreds of tenants rights activists came together to turn in signatures hoping to qualify the Affordable Housing Act for California’s November ballot. The Affordable Housing Act would repeal the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act, a law that limits rent control.