New events! GRID Alternatives, Transit during COVID, and SFBay-SoCal Happy Hour

This month we had two great events - if you missed them, check out the recordings!

1. A Presentation on Greenlining’s Mobility Equity Framework by Environmental Equity Program Manager Hana Creger
2. A Conversation on Sustainability in Oakland with the city’s Sustainability Manager, Daniel Hamilton

We've also launched an Urban Environmentalists Youtube channel - going forward, you'll be able to catch up on all of our virtual events online!

Upcoming Events

• How Caltrain and Bay Area transit can survive the pandemic – more equitable and connected - Friday, May 22 at 12pm - RSVP now
  Organized by Urban Environmentalist Adina Levin
• SFBay-SoCal Happy Hour - Monday, June 1 at 6pm - RSVP for Zoom link
  Chat informally with fellow urban environmentalists in SoCal and the SF Bay Area. Our featured Southern Californians are Anthony Dedousis of Abundant Housing LA and José Trinidad of Climate Action Campaign. BYO cheese and crackers!
• GRID Alternatives Brownbag - Tuesday, June 9 at 12pm - Save the date!
  We’ll learn about GRID’s amazing work in sustainable multifamily housing, clean mobility, and workforce development - stay tuned for the Zoom registration.
  

Today’s Action - Support Bike & Carshare Parking Over Private Car Parking
All too often, excessive requirements for car parking spaces cause housing development costs to skyrocket - particularly in dense, transit-oriented areas where not every household needs a private car. This can pose a particularly significant barrier to new affordable housing, and it runs counter to our state policies of reducing car travel and promoting active transportation.
To address this problem, draft bill AB 3153 would allow 15-30% of required car parking to be replaced by bicycle and carshare parking in walkable/transit-friendly new development. Think that’s a great idea? Contact your state assemblymember to tell them you support AB 3153!

What we’re reading/watching:

• Segregation Then & Now with Jamelle Bouie and Housing Justice and How we Get There: these recent virtual events by YIMBY Action explore the deep linkages between housing advocacy and social justice
• Housing and a Changing Climate from Abundant Housing LA, and our related event from the archives, How is Housing Policy Climate Policy
• Should Law Subsidize Driving? By Greg Shill, our featured speaker this past March
• The Cities We Need NY Times staff editorial, and opinion piece Now Is the Time to Embrace Density by Carol Galante, faculty director of the UC Berkeley Terner Center