Building Healthy, Vibrant, and Safe Neighborhoods SINCE 1975 IMPACT REPORT 2018–2019 LETTER FROM EBALDC’S LEADERSHIP MISSION Building partnerships to create a beacon of hope in volatile times… Emphasizing our historic The nature of American cities is rapidly changing. People who once and continuing commitment sought housing in the suburbs are now moving to urban centers. As a to Asian and Pacific Islander result, the people who educate our children, take care of us when we communities, EBALDC works are sick, and operate the restaurants and other businesses that we count with and for all the diverse on, are being priced out of the region or becoming homeless. While populations of the East Bay housing production is needed to address the state and region’s growing to build healthy, vibrant and population, we must also preserve the affordability of existing housing safe neighborhoods through and cultural institutions that make Oakland a vibrant place to live. community development. In pursuit of an equitable Oakland, EBALDC adopted the Healthy Neighborhoods Approach to better collaborate with other community organizations, create effective partnerships, and ultimately, create greater VISION health outcomes for all. It now guides every step we take as we continually We envision that everyone attempt to achieve a future where all East Bay residents can thrive. in Oakland and the East Bay can live in a safe and Today, we see hope. affordable home, and that This year, we forged partnerships with: every neighborhood provides opportunities that enable Kaiser Permanente and Enterprise Community Partners people to live long, healthy to create the $50M Housing for Health Fund lives, regardless of income Destiny Arts and the Hidden Genius Project to expand or ethnic background. our after-school programs for children and youth Strada Investment Group to craft the unanimously chosen proposal for the Lake Merritt (Chinatown) BART Station with 519 apartments of which 44% will be affordable and 600,000+ TABLE OF CONTENTS commercial sq. ft., of which 20% will be below market-rate Letter from EBALDC’s Leadership . 2 Laney College to provide integrated financial coaching for students in their Career Technical Education program The State of Oakland . 3 Healthy Neighborhoods ........4 Community Foods Market to add a full-service grocery store in a West Oakland food desert A Year of Impact..............5 Housing Options..............6 Factory OS to reduce the cost of housing development through manufactured housing. Community & Resident Engagement.............7 It is through partnership and collaboration that we are able to move Income & Wealth-Building . 8 forward — turning new stones, taking bold action, and striving towards Healthy Neighborhoods where we can all live, learn, work, and play. Strong Neighborhood Infrastructure & In Community, Partnership Networks . 9 Financial Summary...........13 EBALDC’s Supporters . .14 Joshua Simon, Korin Crawford, Thai-An Ngo, EXECUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS DIRECTOR CO-CHAIR CO-CHAIR 2 EBALDC IMPACT REPORT 2018–2019 State of Oakland Oakland continues to change rapidly. Massive growth and new development are the norm — placement on the National Geographic’s Top 10 Places to Visit in 2019, 30+ cranes in the sky, new hotels, and 40,000+ jobs in expected growth. Yet, the gaps in economic and health outcomes are widening. Additionally, less than 6% of the nearly 10,000 new apartments currently under construction are dedicated to affordable housing. STATE OF ECONOMIC STATE OF HOUSING STATE OF HEALTH INEQUITY With the influx of hundreds of Although health outcomes In this moment of thousands of jobs and people for Alameda County have unprecedented growth for seeking jobs in the Bay Area, improved in recent years Oakland, extreme economic housing costs have soared overall, these benefits disparity persists across and there’s limited affordable are not equally felt by all race and ethnicity. housing in the pipeline. communities. In Oakland, low-income communities In 2017, the median household income HOMELESS RATES BY and communities of color in Oakland across race/ethnicity reflects RACE/ETHNICITY PER 100,000 continue to experience a visible disparity. Afrikan/ the ramifications of these Black 1,797 MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME BY health inequities. (Source: ACPHD ) RACE/ETHNICITY OF HOUSEHOLDER Asian & PI 43 White 269 ASTHMA-RELATED ER VISIT RATES White $110,000 Latinx 329 FOR CHILDREN UNDER 5 PER 100,000 Non-Latino 774 Afrikan/ Asian & PI (Pacific Islander) $76,000 Source: Everyone Counts! 2017 Homeless Count Black 4,093 Asian & PI 408 Latinx $65,000 Since 2010, the Bay Area has added 722,000 Latinx 1,134 Afrikan/Black $37,500 Source: jobs but only 106,000 housing units, creating White 407 Oakland Equity Indicators 2018 a massive supply-and-demand imbalance, Oakland 1,658 Other $67,000 Report and thereby contributing to soaring rents $100K +8.5% and home prices. As of December 2018, (Source: California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development by request 2013–Q32015) $75K -14% below market rate housing production -15% makes up just 5.3% of the total number $50K $48.71/hr of housing units being built. Oakland has some of the highest $25KRenters have to earn $48.71/hr or 2010 2015 2010 2015 2010 2015 blood lead level rates in Alameda approx. $101,317 per year, assuming County and California, with eight zip 40 hrs perWHITE week at 52BLACK weeks inLATINO a year 8,641 UNITS UNDER CONSTRUCTION codes that report between 6.0 to 7.6 BAY AREA ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD MARKET (nearlyMEDIAN 4 times INCOME the CHANGE: minimum 2010–2015 wage) percent elevated blood lead levels to afford the median monthly asking RATE 7,898 UNITS IN THE HOUSING among children under six years rental rate of $2,533 (Source: Downtown PIPELINE (APPROVED old who have been tested. Oakland Specific Preliminary Draft Plan) OR PROPOSED) (Source: Housing Habitability and Health) BELOW 462 UNITS UNDER CONSTRUCTION Poverty is increasing: Between 2000 52% of low-income and MARKET RATE to 2015, census tracts in East Oakland 1,341 AFFORDABLE and parts of West Oakland and North 28% of moderate-income HOUSING UNITS ARE IN THE PIPELINE, Oakland showed an over 15% Alameda County residents are But it’s unclear when the increase of persons at 200% cost-burdened, paying more than (Source: Oakland developers of those units will poverty level ($24,280 FOR ONE PERSON 30% of their incomes to housing costs. Mayor’s Office/ obtain the necessary public IN 2018). (Source: Housing Habitability and Health, (Source: California Housing Partnership May 2019) East Bay Express) subsidies to pay for them. Georgetown Center for Children & Families) 3 EBALDC IMPACT REPORT 2017 EBALDC IMPACT REPORT 2018–2019 3 EBALDC’s Healthy Neighborhoods Approach In 2013, EBALDC Adopted a Healthy Neighborhoods Approach to Community Development etencies Builds Strong N Comp eighb Core orho Our health and well-being is dependent on a ’S od LDC Par BA tne range of interconnected social, economic and E rsh ip Ne tw physical factors that impact the environments or ks where people live, learn, work, and play. EBALDC works to address inequities by S O providing vital social and financial C H N I O A O I U L S services, affordable housing, and S S E I E N H H R T T G O L V RAN O C A building collaborations that I E C L P E A W S T I S P I O O C D empower residents to thrive. N R O K N A R T S A S E O R T W E IO M D C N RE N O A AT C S IO IN B N JO ENT TORS PM F FAC AFF ELO OOD D EC EV ACC O T SS D ESS O IN H G USINE B R H O E B A H ALTHY L HE T BLIC SAFETY G PU I S H E OOD SPACES NEIGHBORH GREEN N T ED EBALDC builds partnerships EN Y UCA NM LIT TIO RO A N VI QU A with organizations who are EN R RT D AI S AN AN D leaders in providing services E CU R LT CA U to low- and moderate-income H RE LT EA residents in our target H neighborhoods. We seek to align our efforts to make measurable progress on mutually agreed upon goals. 4 EBALDC IMPACT REPORT 2018–2019 San Pablo Ave. Corridor Old Oakland/ Chinatown Lake Merritt/ Lower Bottoms/ Eastlake Prescott Lower San Antonio/ Fruitvale Havenscourt/Coliseum San Pablo Ave. Corridor Approximate Locations of EBALDC Properties in Oakland EBALDC’s work extends across the East Bay, including Old Oakland/ Emeryville, Richmond and The City of San Pablo. Chinatown Lake Merritt/ Lower Bottoms/ Eastlake Prescott Lower San Antonio/ Fruitvale Havenscourt/Coliseum Approximate Locations of A Year of EBALDCImpact Properties in Oakland Despite the ever-evolvingEBALDC challenges’s work extends faced across in the this East climate,Bay, including EBALDC is Emeryville, Richmond and The City of San Pablo. proud to celebrate a range of achievements across the pillars of our Healthy Neighborhoods Approach. Some of our annual highlights include: 41 homes acquired though $50M Housing for Health Fund Housing Acquisition Fund (HAF) resulting partnership with Kaiser and Enterprise Community HOUSING in 2,308 homes developed or acquired Partners, helping to fund the acquisition of OPTIONS since 1975 with 600+ homes in the pipeline Kensington Gardens Apartments Supported 50 residents Empowered 121 residents in a ’Paint the Town’ to transform and community members a dangerous intersection into a to engage in 747 policy or COMMUNITY pedestrian-friendly route that reflects & RESIDENT the rich music history of West Oakland community change efforts ENGAGEMENT 106 Commercial Expanded SparkPoint Oakland Tenants including nonprofits partnership with Laney College’s and small businesses, utilizing over Career Technical Education program, serving INCOME & 275,000 of commercial sq.