PolicyLink Regional Equity Project

Linking Jobs, Housing and Transportation

Kalima Rose, Associate DirectorFebruary 8, 2005

Where do we need Where do we need housing?housing?

Where there is Where there is opportunityopportunity

California Population Density - 2000

California Nonwhite Population - 2000

California Poverty Status - 2000

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California's Critically Overcrowded Schools and Prop. 47 School Funding by County

Mean Funding Level: $60,350,000

Data source: California Department of EducationMap design: Kevin Rafter, PolicyLink 2003

60 0 60 120 Miles

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CA Counties200M - 800M60.35M - 199.9M25M - 60.349M6M - 24.9M1 - 5.9M0

Schools# Critically Overcrowded (798)

Los Angeles Region Poverty Status - 2000

Los Angeles Region Nonwhite Population - 2000

Downtown Los Angeles Poverty Status - 2000

Downtown Los Angeles Nonwhite Population - 2000Downtown Los Angeles Nonwhite Population - 2000

RegionRegional

Poverty Rate

% Population Very High Poverty Tracts

Population in Very High Poverty Tracts

Total Regional

Population

Number of Very High Poverty Tracts

San Francisco 9.16 1.81 127,030 7,036,002 35

San Diego 12.39 7.39 208,035 2,813,775 47

Sacramento 12.83 8.93 160,420 1,796,857 33

Los Angeles 15.66 12.11 1,981,808 16,366,796 447

Los Angeles Co. 17.91 17.02 1,620,148 9,519,338 370

Orange Co. 10.33 2.54 72,402 2,846,289 13

Bakersfield 19.33 25.80 167,885 650,703 31

Fresno 21.99 27.33 251,842 921,646 45

Extent of Areas of Very High Poverty, By Region

Los Angeles RegionPopulation Distribution by Race

“Advanced Education" is a person with a BA or graduate degree.Source: U.S. Census, SF3 Data

Ratio of 1.00 means Parity between Region and High Poverty Tracts

Educational Attainment in Very High Poverty Tracts

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Housing Opportunity Index: Third Quarter 2004

Region

Share of Homes Affordable for Median

IncomeMedian

Sales Price

Bakersfield 45.6 172,000

Fresno 24.3 230,000

Sacramento 15.5 340,000

San Francisco 12.0 664,000

Orange County 7.9 525,000

Los Angeles 6.2 410,000

San Diego 5.4 470,000

Source: NAHB

By Regional Affordability Rank

Shaping Regional Shaping Regional DevelopmentDevelopment

Create diverse housing opportunitiesCreate diverse housing opportunities

Link neighborhoods to regional Link neighborhoods to regional opportunityopportunity

Invest pubic capital equitablyInvest pubic capital equitably

Make all neighborhoods stable and healthyMake all neighborhoods stable and healthy

Create diverse housing Create diverse housing opportunitiesopportunities

State needs to build ~52,000 units a State needs to build ~52,000 units a year of affordable housing to keep up year of affordable housing to keep up with household growthwith household growth

Backlog of 651,000 affordable unitsBacklog of 651,000 affordable units

Policy Supports for Diverse Policy Supports for Diverse Affordable HousingAffordable Housing

Over 100 jurisdictions with inclusionary Over 100 jurisdictions with inclusionary zoningzoning

Proposition 46 bond funding diverse Proposition 46 bond funding diverse housing typeshousing types

Local housing trust funds in high cost Local housing trust funds in high cost marketsmarkets

Dedicate new revenue to extend Dedicate new revenue to extend Proposition 46 needsProposition 46 needs

Invest LIHTC in areas of opportunityInvest LIHTC in areas of opportunity

Link Neighborhoods to Link Neighborhoods to Regional OpportunityRegional Opportunity

Strategic transit investmentsStrategic transit investments Affordable housing zoning in new Affordable housing zoning in new

growth areasgrowth areas School investment in overcrowded School investment in overcrowded

schoolsschools

Invest Public Capital Invest Public Capital EquitableEquitable

Infrastructure investment in urban Infrastructure investment in urban core and older suburban core and older suburban communities to support more costly communities to support more costly infill developmentinfill development

Transit connectivity between high Transit connectivity between high poverty neighborhoods and job poverty neighborhoods and job centerscenters

Make All Neighborhoods Stable Make All Neighborhoods Stable and Healthyand Healthy

Use state investments to leverage Use state investments to leverage jobs in low-job neighborhoodsjobs in low-job neighborhoods

Zone and invest in affordable Zone and invest in affordable housing in job-rick areas.housing in job-rick areas.