Archive for May, 2009
Monday, May 18th, 2009
On Friday, May 15, HLC sponsored a legislative breakfast. It featured a discussion of the state budget and housing, with panelists Assembly Member Jerry Hill, Bay Area Council's Matt Regan, and Housing California's Julie Spezia. They agreed that California's state budget is dysfunctional, and needs solutions such as ACA 4, ...
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
On Thursday afternoon, 5/14/09, Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition celebrated the groundbreaking for Peninsula Station, a new development on El Camino Real in San Mateo. When completed in summer 2010 or so, Pen Station will provide affordable rental homes for 68 working families.
The actual ground was broken several weeks ago, so the ...
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
On Tuesday, May 12, the City of San Mateo and Shelter Network rededicated the Vendome Hotel as supportive housing for formerly homeless single adults. The hotel serves 15 men and two women, plus a resident manager.
The San Mateo Daily Journal carried a brief item and a photo in Wednesday's paper.
The ...
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
On Monday, May 11, I was part of a panel discussion at the Burlingame Rotary Club on the ways organizations and governments in San Mateo County collaborate on housing issues. The panelists were:San Mateo County Supervisor Mark Church, who talked about the collaborative efforts the County had led, including the ...
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
At the Foreclosure Crisis Town Hall Meeting and Resource Fair on Saturday, May 9, some 130 homeowners received one-on-one counseling from HUD-certified nonprofit organizations.
In addition, those homeowners and other community members heard from a series of elected leaders and experts on the legal, financial, and legislative sides of the crisis.
Speakers ...
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