Take Action: Oppose the Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census
The question about citizenship proposed for the 2020 Census by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross would create enormous problems and result in a systematic undercount in lower income communities of color that would significantly undercut fair political representation, allocation of | Read more >
Fact Sheet: Fremont Renter Data
This fact sheet was created in partnership with Fremont RISE to support their work to advance policies that protect renters. Key findings include:
- Renters are an important and growing constituency in Fremont, but 41 percent of them pay too much for housing.
- Rent affordability is a racial equity issue: Black renters face the steepest rent burdens.
- Renters have experienced a 12 percent...
PolicyLink Leadership Transition
Dear Friends:
While many of you have heard about the impending leadership transition at PolicyLink, I am delighted to announce to all that effective September 1, 2018, Michael McAfee will become the organization's president and CEO. An eight-year veteran of PolicyLink with a strong | Read more >
PolicyLink Leadership Transition
(Announcement made on July 20, 2018)
While many of you have heard about the impending leadership transition at PolicyLink, I am delighted to announce to all that effective September 1, 2018, Michael McAfee will become the organization's president and CEO. An eight-year veteran of | Read more >
Building Communities of Opportunity by Reducing Barriers to Housing
Parks. Transit. Quality schools. Safe streets. When people imagine the core infrastructure of a healthy community, these are the elements that likely come to mind. Rarely is housing part of the picture. Yet, safe, affordable housing—near good schools, parks, transit, and healthy | Read more >
Leveraging California’s Transportation Investments to Achieve Triple Bottom Line Return
At all levels of government the transportation infrastructure sector comprises one of the largest arenas of public spending. In California, state transportation dollars are estimated to grow more than $20 billion in 2018-19, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office 2018-19 | Read more >
California’s Infrastructure Needs a Makeover for a Climate Resilient Future
The science is clear. Our climate is changing. In California, we are already feeling the impacts of climate change in the form of more regular and longer lasting droughts, flooding, wildfires, higher temperatures, and impacts on our fisheries, forests, wildlife, and other natural | Read more >
National Infrastructure Week: Equitable Infrastructure Investments Can Transform Low-Income Communities and Communities of Color
At PolicyLink, we know that smart, targeted, equitable investments in infrastructure can have a transformative impact on low-income communities and communities of color. That’s why we are excited to join equity infrastructure advocates in California, and throughout the nation, for Read more >