We are deeply distressed by the current Mayor’s proposal to divert “uncommitted Measure E resources” to uses other than the affordable housing that was promised to San José voters when they approved it in 2020 (see SBCLT letter to HCD). Measure E is a real property transfer tax that passed based on City Council’s explicit promise to use …
Hello South Bay CLT community / Hola comunidad We have some exciting organizational updates to share, along with invitations to upcoming community events and trainings. Please read our March 2023 newsletter below! / Tenemos algunas actualizaciones organizativas emocionantes para compartir, junto con invitaciones a próximos eventos y capacitaciones de la comunidad. ¡Lea nuestro boletín de marzo de …
As we approach the end of 2022, we can’t help taking a look back and feeling proud of our community accomplishments. We started developing the infrastructure of South Bay CLT (SBCLT) by hiring our first full-time employees who got busy organizing tenants and applying for capacity-building grants. Two grants were awarded, one from the County …
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MILT KRANTZ 1936-2022 Note from South Bay CLT board members, Sandy Perry & Liz Gonzalez With great sadness we share that our beloved founding board member, Milt Krantz, passed away on November 21, 2022. Milt was eager to get work underway so that we could own property and live together in …
Recording here Join the South Bay Community Land Trust for an interactive presentation and panel on restorative economics and how we are decommodifying housing here in San Jose! Community land trusts are a transformative strategy to taking land off the speculative market to provide permanently affordable housing and stable communities for low-income tenants and unhoused …
We had an article published on us in August: https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/how-much-is-enough/2021/08/10/fair-housing-affordable-land
Fighting for Food, Housing & Health Care for All Zoom in on Monday, July 26, 7:00-8:30pm at https://tinyurl.com/y3co6skj Picnic & Dialogue: Saturday, July 31, 12:00-2:00pm at Kelley Park Liz Gonzalez, President, South Bay Community Land Trust; Co-Founder, Silicon Valley De-Bug; Resident of East San José Eric Holt-Giménez, Author, The Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism; former Executive …
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJBxCsrRSfQ AB 387, the Social Housing Bill: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB387 The Right to Adequate Housing, from UN OHCHR: https://www.ohchr.org/documents/publications/fs21_rev_1_housing_en.pdf Startup Community Land Trust Hub, from Grounded Solutions: https://groundedsolutions.org/start-upclthub The event will discuss best practices and provide case studies of social housing around the world, and will touch on how to phase in social housing into a …
Join the South Bay Community Land Trust (SBCLT) in imagining housing and development that benefits our communities that have been historically excluded from these opportunities. This workshop will include community ownership models and case studies from other cities. Register: https://tinyurl.com/SBCLT2 Acompañe al South Bay Community Land Trust (SBCLT) para imaginar viviendas y desarrollos que beneficien a …
Recording of our CLT 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA4ucZI0YJQ Link to newsletter