Affordable Housing in Oakland

A constant battle we have in California is that of affordable housing. In some cities, like San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, you often end up in bitter fights depending on which side you're on...As a resident in San Francisco we usually have long bitter fights. We all agree we need affordable housing. We need it for renters and we need it for home buyers. Renting and home ownership is beyond the reach of a lot people. Oakland will be dealing with the same:

"Oakland officials are ready to wade into one of the city's thorniest housing issues: whether to require developers to include below-market-rate housing in future projects.

The council deadlocked last year on the hot-button issue before then-Mayor Jerry Brown cast a tie-breaking vote against the rule. One of the hallmarks of Brown's two-term administration was his "10K" plan to build enough units for 10,000 new residents downtown as a way of revitalizing the city.

On Tuesday, a citizen panel formed to deal with housing will recommend that affordable housing be required in some cases, although not enough to appease some housing advocates.." San Francisco Chronicle, see sfgate.com