Join us this year to create even more unforgettable memories and smiles! 😊

🏘️Register To Vote

Make your voice heard! Register to vote in San Mateo County and play a crucial role in shaping the future of our community. Your vote matters in deciding issues that impact affordable housing, local policies, and the well-being of all residents. Don’t miss out—register today and be part of the change!

Register here

🏘️HLC Candidate Questionnaire

The Housing Leadership Council has sent questionnaires to city council candidates across the county to help inform our communities about their stances on key housing issues.

Explore their responses!

⭐🏘️HLC Props, Measures, and more!

Join HLC Policy Manager Jeremy Levine and Lead Organizer Kiana Simmons for a friendly, informative discussion about the upcoming statewide propositions and local San Mateo County ballot measures this November! Whether you’re looking to learn more about what's on your ballot or have questions you’d like answered, this is the perfect opportunity to get informed and engage in a lively discussion. We hope to see you there!

Thursday October 17, 2024 

5:30 - 6:30 pm 

Register here

⭐🏘️Support Prop 5

Prop 5 gives local voters more power to address the affordable housing and public infrastructure needs in their communities.

California voters strongly support building housing that is affordable for low- and middle-income families and developing the public infrastructure needed to support new housing, like roads and transit, water, and fire stations. But state law currently restricts the ability of local voters to approve local housing and public infrastructure bonds for their communities.

Prop 5 empowers local voters to approve bonds for affordable housing, critical public infrastructure, and emergency response in our communities with a 55% vote – if those bonds have strict accountability and oversight.

JOIN HLC in supporting Proposition 5 today

🏘️Yes on T for a Thriving San Mateo

High housing costs force longtime residents, essential workers, and young families to leave because they can’t afford to stay. Measure T, on the ballot this November, will empower the city council to rezone for denser housing in some parts of the city, a first step toward overturning San Mateo’s exclusionary height and density cap. 

Opportunities to support Measure T

• CANVASS: Friday 10/18, 4:30 - 7 pm 
• CANVASS: Saturday 10/19, 9:30 am - noon
• Request a yard sign! 

🏘️Oppose Prop 33

HLC opposes Prop 33, which would allow cities to discriminate against new apartment homes.. 

Prop 33 would empower cities to implement limitless rent control, with no exemption for new housing. A Huntington Beach city council member said he supports Prop 33 because “It gives local governments ironclad protections from the state’s housing policy.” Opportunities exist to improve state rent control laws, but voters should reject this measure for its potential to stymie housing. 

🏘️Prop 36 Impacts on Homelessness

Prop 36 aims to increase prison sentences for certain drug and theft crimes, which could cost California millions in state and local funds, diverting money from programs that reduce crime, drug use, and homelessness. By undoing Prop 47's savings, it risks increasing homelessness and burdens on communities. Reclassifying offenses as felonies would also create barriers to stable housing and employment. Prop 36 is not a solution to homelessness, it will be an exacerbator

To learn more please read California Housing Partnership Corporation’s Anthony Vega's article on Prop 36 Impacts on Homelessness

EBHO's Annual Membership Meeting and Celebration

Date: Wednesday, November 13th, 2024

Doors: 5:30 PM | Program: 6:00 PM

Location: The Overlook at Port Workspaces, 344 20th St, Oakland, CA

️🏘️ Film Screening of Beyond the Bridge: A Solution to Homelessness

October 21st, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland

How can the Bay Area solve homelessness in a comprehensive way? Join us for a free special screening of the documentary Beyond the Bridge: A Solution to Homelessness. Following the film will be a special panel discussion, featuring EBHO Board Member and Resident Leader Cathy Eberhardt. 

We are co-hosting this event in collaboration with our friends at All Home, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland LGBTQ Community Center, United Way Bay Area, and Together Films.

Reserve your free tickets today!

Begins with Home Campaign Briefing 

Begins with Home tested their hopeful and action-oriented narrative strategy with Bay Area residents and the results are in: The messaging and content are moving potential supporters in support of affordable housing and public investment. 

🏘️State Legislative Victory Alert

Governor Gavin Newsom signed eight pieces of legislation HLC endorsed from the past year–changing the ways cities regulate development fees, housing for farmworkers, supportive housing for the homeless, and more. 
Learn more about some of our favorite new laws

⭐🏘️In Case You Missed It: HLC Policy Manager Jeremy Levine in the SF Chronicle

In a September 15 SF Chronicle article, HLC policy Manager Jeremy Levine describes how anti-housing groups around California are abusing the historic districting process to block new homes. 

Read the article in free PDF form

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