This article discusses how Sierra Health Foundation partnered with other foundations to establish the San Joaquin Valley Health Fund, and highlights the groundwork that facilitated… Read More »
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Growth Amid Dysfunction: An Analysis of Trends in Housing, Migration, and Employment
A trio of studies look at deepening divisions in California’s economy, depending on residents’ income and where they live.
Solving the Housing Crisis is Key to Inclusive Prosperity in the Bay Area
This report presents new data and analyses that illustrate how rising rents and stagnant incomes are jeopardizing the region’s diversity, growth, and prosperity.
UpliftCA.org Resource Finder
This online resource was created to help individuals, community groups, small businesses, tribes, and local government agencies more easily find information about programs and grants… Read More »
Harnessing High-Speed Rail: How California and Its Cities Can Use Rail to Reshape Their Growth
This report makes a case for high-speed rail as a tool for reshaping economic growth and development in cities such as Fresno and Bakersfield that… Read More »
Harvesting the Value of Water: Stormwater, Green Infrastructure, and Real Estate
This report looks at how water management mechanisms using green infrastructure can create value for real estate projects by improving operational efficiency as well as… Read More »
An Equity Profile of the Nine-County San Francisco Bay Area
This report presents demographic trends and assesses how well the Bay Area is doing to ensure its diverse residents can participate in the region’s economic… Read More »
California Green Innovation Index: 2017
This report tracks the state’s progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, spurring technological and business innovation, and growing businesses and jobs that enable the transition to… Read More »
The Value of Linking Good Construction Jobs to California’s Housing Reforms
This study shows that linking prevailing wage standards with proposed reforms to streamline new housing development in California would close the affordability gap, save state… Read More »
Right Type, Right Place: Assessing the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Infill Residential Development through 2030
This comprehensive study models three different scenarios for California’s housing future through 2030: business as usual, where development follows the same patterns it did from… Read More »