“We went into COVID with people marginally housed, homeless, in overcrowding living situations, with no living wage, no paid leave, no sick leave,” Watkins-Tartt said. “It’s not one thing, it’s not two things, it’s a lot of things all coming together to make this a very difficult thing to prevent in some communities, and also difficult to recover from in those same communities.” … [Read more...] about Coronavirus started as a ‘great equalizer.’ Now it is defined by disparities in income and race, Bay Area data show
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These Bay Area companies got the biggest PPP loans
Some prominent Bay Area nonprofit organizations that applied for large loans are Bridge Housing, KQED, the Trust for Public Land and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. Catholic Charities of San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties took a $5.8 million loan to pay employees “delivering food, managing shelter hotels,” and performing other services that are in dire need during the pandemic, said chief executive Jilma Meneses. It’s even paying frontline employees hazard pay up to 20%. … [Read more...] about These Bay Area companies got the biggest PPP loans
Welcome to the Throughline: A new series about the Bay Area of tomorrow
Over the last four months, our lives have been fundamentally altered. Sheltering in place. Processing the uncertainty of the pandemic. Watching what may be the largest protest movement in U.S. history raise the volume on demands for change and equality. We don’t always recognize history-making moments while we’re in them, but right now it’s clear. … [Read more...] about Welcome to the Throughline: A new series about the Bay Area of tomorrow
Uber’s name-your-price feature for drivers hits Bay Area
AB5, the California gig-work law enacted this year, makes it much harder for companies to decline to classify workers as employees, which costs them much more. Uber and rival Lyft say their business models rely on the flexiblity of drivers being independent contractors. … [Read more...] about Uber’s name-your-price feature for drivers hits Bay Area
Coronavirus housing and eviction rules: What Bay Area renters and landlords need to know
A: It depends on the city. In April the San Francisco Board of Supervisors introduced legislation that freezes rent increases and pass-throughs. That legislation has now been extended through at least Sept. 23. The San Francisco Apartment Association has already asked its members not to raise rents during the health emergency. Landlords can still raise rents and impose pass-throughs, but the increases will be delayed until after the freeze is lifted. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus housing and eviction rules: What Bay Area renters and landlords need to know
