In 2014 there will potentially be transportation funding and infrastructure ballot measures in several Bay Area Counties. The largest burden of these measures, potentially more than $10 billion over 25 years, will be paid by low income and working class communities. But how do we ensure these investments benefit the communities who will pay and who depend most on public transportation? What happens when these new transit investments follow market rate development and cause increased displacement? Can transportation investments, transit oriented development and equitable development co-exist? Introduction by Bob Allen of Urban Habitat Featured speakers: Alicia Garza, Executive Director, POWER Peter Cohen, Co-Director, Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO) This panel is part of the Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute's (BCLI) Current Issues Series of Urban Habitat.

1. ”Public
Transportation
Funding:
Who
Pays,
Who
Benefits
and
What’s
the
Impact
on
Low-­‐Income
and
Communities
of
Color?”
November
20,
2013

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8.
Executive
Director,
POWER
People
Organized
to
Win
Employment
Rights
Alicia
Garza

9.
Co-­‐Director,
CCHO
Council
of
Community
Housing
Organizations
Peter
Cohen

10.
Regional
Transportation
Funding
Plan
Bay
Area
2012
–
2040
Total
=
$292
Billion
Federal
,
$33
Regional,
$42
State
,
$49
Local,
$153
Federal
Regional
State
Local

11. • Revenue
to
Implement
Plan
Bay
Area
• Alameda
County:
Proposed
Increase
in
County
Sales
Tax
• San
Francisco:
Package
of
Investments
for
2014
with
AddiFonal
Proposal
for
2016
2014
Ballot

12. Measure
B3
(“B3”)
was
a
proposal
to
extend
and
expand
the
current
½
cent
sales
tax
that
is
dedicated
to
transportaFon
in
Alameda
County
to
be
a
permanent
full-­‐cent
sales
tax
dedicated
to
transportaFon.
Voters
were
asked
(2/3
required)
in
2012
to
approve
a
30
year
expenditure
plan
that
will
determine
how
$7.7
billion
would
be
spent
on
a
range
of
projects
and
programs.
Alameda
County
Measure
B3

13.
• Funding
for
transit
operaFons
sufficient
to
restore
AC
Transit
service
to
2009
levels;
• Funding
for
a
county-­‐wide
free
bus
pass
program
for
middle
and
high
school
students
for
the
length
of
the
measure;
• CondiFoning
funding
to
ciFes
for
transit-­‐oriented
development
on
affordable
housing
provision
and
anF-­‐
displacement
measures;
and
• ProtecFng
the
maintenance
of
the
exisFng
system
against
giant
transit
capital
expansion
projects,
like
the
BART
to
Livermore
project,
that
have
a
track
record
of
siphoning
limited
transit
funds
away
from
maintenance
and
operaFons.
Alameda
County
Measure
B3
UH
Goals
in
2013

14.
• Mayor’s
TransportaFon
Task
Force:
$3
billion
in
proposed
revenue
for
Capital
Improvements
• 2014:
Vehicle
License
Fee
(VLF)
esFmated
to
generate
$70m
annually
(Eligible
for
OperaFons
&
Capital)
• Two
$500
million
General
ObligaFon
Bonds
(ELIGIBLE
for
Capital
Use
Only)
• 2016:
Proposed
½
Cent
Sales
Tax
(Eligible
for
OperaFons
&
Capital)
2014
Ballot
San
Francisco

15. • Nature
&
Impact
of
Revenue
Measure
• Proposed
Expenditures
• Path
to
the
2014
Ballot
• MUNI
service
shorZalls
• MUNI
service
shorZalls
• Equity
analysis
&
Oversight
• MUNI
affordability
&
Free
Muni
for
Youth
SF
Transportation
Justice
Response
to
Task
Force

16. Peter
Cohen
San
Francisco
Council
of
Community
Housing
Organizations
Demystifying
TOD/Smart
Growth

17. • Transit
Oriented
Development
• Smart
Growth
• Urban
Infill
• Compact
Development
• New
Urbanism
• Green
Development
• Sustainable
Communities
• Livable
Communities
Call
it
whatever
you
want…
Or
mix
several
terms
together
to
get:
“Compact,
walkable,
transit-­‐oriented,
mixed-­‐use
communities
that
preserve
and
enhance
natural
resources…”

18. TOD/Smart
Growth
is
driven
by
an
environmental
vision
of
protecting
land
and
resources
“At
Risk”
from
sprawl
development
pressures.

19. an
Urban
Green
Utopia
Smart
Growth
Principles
1. Mix
Land
Uses
2. Take
Advantage
of
Compact
Building
Design
3. Create
a
Range
of
Housing
Opportunities
and
Choices
4. Create
Walkable
Neighborhoods
5. Foster
Distinctive,
Attractive
Communities
with
a
Strong
Sense
of
Place
6. Preserve
Open
Space,
Farmland,
Natural
Beauty
and
Critical
Environmental
Areas
7. Strengthen
and
Direct
Development
Towards
Existing
Communities
8. Provide
a
Variety
of
Transportation
Choices
9. Make
Development
Decisions
Predictable,
Fair
and
Cost
Effective
10. Encourage
Community
and
Stakeholder
Collaboration
in
Development
Decisions
(from
smartgrowth.org)

21. For starters…
A “green” urban utopia is not necessarily an
EQUITABLE urban utopia. Especially in low-
income communities, and especially in “hot
market” regions like SF Bay Area.
The “Boom” of 1990s, and again the Boom today
are cautionary tales.
How
could
there
be
any
downside?

22. Smart
Growth:
San
Francisco

23. New
Urbanism:
Oakland

24. The
point
here
is
not
to
dismiss
Transit-­‐
Oriented-­‐Development
or
Smart
Growth…
But
to
insist
that
the
hard
questions
about
unintended
consequences
not
be
ignored.
If
Smart
Growth
is
to
be
a
“better”
way
of
transportation
investment
and
land
use
development,
it
should
also
be
a
more
equitable
way
of
investment
and
development.

25. SB
375
PLAN
BAY
AREA

26. The
Plan
Bay
Area
big
vision
for
Smart
Growth
→
70%
of
all
future
development
and
population
growth
in
existing
urbanized
areas
=
so
called
“Priority
Development
Areas”

27. And
the
TOD
transit
investment
strategy
is
expected
to
drive
(no
pun
intended!)
that
PDA
land
use
development
pattern.

28. The
Plan
also
identifies
“Communities
of
Concern”
throughout
the
urbanized
Bay
Area

29. As
it
happens…
Many
of
the
“Priority
Development
Areas”
are
also
where
the
“Communities
of
Concern”
exist

30. Which
puts
people
in
those
communities
“At
Risk”
for
gentrification
and
displacement
from
infill
development
pressures.
Plan
Bay
Area,
and
smart
growth
vision
in
general,
has
“flipped”
the
growth
and
development
challenge
–
taking
the
pressure
off
the
environment
while
creating
new
At
Risk
places
(and
people)
in
cities.
Both
big
and
small.

31. Plan
Bay
Area,
and
smart
growth
vision
in
general,
has
“flipped”
the
growth
and
development
challenge
–
taking
the
pressure
off
the
environment
while
creating
new
At
Risk
places
(and
people)
in
cities.
Both
big
and
small.

32. “The Plan meets target”

33. • A local case study
Will
low-­‐income
communities
benefit
from
“smart”
development,
or
simply
be
in
harm’s
way?

35. So
what
do
we
do?

36. Another way to Smart Growth
6 Wins for Equity
Affordable
Housing:
More
affordable
housing
near
jobs,
reliable
public
transit,
good
schools,
parks
and
recreation
within
healthy
neighborhoods
Investment
Without
Displacement:
Investments
and
incentives
that
strengthen
and
stabilize
communities
vulnerable
to
gentrification
and
displacement
Robust
and
Affordable
Local
Transit
Service:
Local
bus
service
that
is
frequent,
reliable,
and
affordable,
connecting
people
to
opportunity,
and
Free
Youth
Bus
Passes
in
communities
where
students
depend
on
public
transit
to
get
to
school
Healthy
and
Safe
Communities:
Healthy
and
safe
communities
have
clean
air,
are
connected
by
robust
public
transit,
and
provide
safe
walking
and
bicycling
access
between
housing,
economic
opportunities,
and
essential
destinations
Economic
Opportunity:
More
quality
green
jobs,
transit-­‐related
jobs,
and
access
to
economic
opportunity
for
marginalized
populations
within
communities
of
concern
and
throughout
the
region
Community
Power:
Greater
power
for
working
class
people
of
color
in
local
and
regional
decision-­‐
making

37. Advocating
the
‘Equity,
Environment,
Jobs’
alternative
for
Plan
Bay
Area
Though
not
everyone
agrees…

38. If
it’s
not
EQUITABLE,
it’s
not
TOD/Smart
Growth.

39. ”Public
Transportation
Funding:
Who
Pays,
Who
Benefits
and
What’s
the
Impact
on
Low-­‐Income
and
Communities
of
Color?”
November
20,
2013