Source: KQED
Author: Blanca Torres Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS) founder Dr. Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga poses for a portrait at the ALAS office in Half Moon Bay, California, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. Hernandez-Arriaga founded ALAS in 2011 to support the Latino community in Half Moon Bay. (Juliana Yamada/KQED) This […]
Today we celebrate the ribbon cutting of BRIDGE Housing's Islais Place at 4840 Mission Street in San Francisco, California. It is one of the first new 100% affordable housing developments built in San Francisco’s District 11 and one of the first major projects in the […]
Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) is proud to be an annual supporting sponsor, volunteer, and charrette leader of the 2024 Housing Colorado Conference in Keystone, Colorado, October 9-11, 2024. VMWP supports Housing Colorado an industry resource for all aspects of affordable housing, including professional advocacy, issue expertise, and […]
The Half Moon Bay City Council voted unanimously to deny appeals attempting to block 555 Kelly, a 40-unit, downtown apartment complex for senior farmworkers, clearing the way for the project to continue. Congratulations to Mercy Housing and to ALAS, who has compiled this impressive list of […]
Half Moon Bay residents appealed approval of senior farmworker housing. Here’s what the City Council just decided
Under the threat of legal action from Gov. Gavin Newsom, council decides on the fate of the housing project Nonprofit developer Mercy Housing is applying to build a 40-unit, 100% […]
By the People. Less magic than hard work, FreshLo demonstrates community development done right.
SOURCE: Colorado Real Estate Journal
WORDS: Sean Vincent O’Keefe
Donna Garnett cares about her community and, like all good developers, she’s looking for a return on investment. As the CEO of the Montbello Organizing […]
Source: KQED By: Tyche Hendricks Ayudando Latinos A Soñar headquarters in Half Moon Bay July 25, 2023. (Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote/CatchLight Local) Half Moon Bay planning commissioners approved a new apartment building for low-income senior farmworkers on Tuesday night, following a protracted debate that drew a strongly worded threat […]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
By J.K. Dineen [caption id="attachment_12256" align="aligncenter" width="720"] A rendering of the proposed housing project for farmworkers at 555 Kelly St. in Half Moon Bay. Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP[/caption] Ten days after being admonished by Gov. Gavin Newsom for twice delaying approval of 40 units of […]
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
By Sophia Bollag Gov. Gavin Newsom, shown speaking about the mass shooting in Half Moon Bay in January 2023, has threatened legal action against the city for delaying a plan to build farmworker housing. Stephen Lam/The Chronicle 2023 SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday threatened potential […]
Source: The Mercury News By KATE TALERICO | ktalerico@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
Proposal for farmworker apartments in downtown runs into anti-development sentiment Trailers are seen from this drone view at California Terra Gardens in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Farm worker Chunli Zhao, 66, was booked […]
ALAS and 555 Kelly Featured in KQED: California Nonprofit Empowers Half Moon Bay Farmworkers with Healing, Resources
Celebrating the Ribbon Cutting of BRIDGE Housing’s Islais Place
VMWP at Housing Colorado 2024
555 Kelly Avenue press list
Half Moon Bay City Council votes on affordable farmworker housing – The Mercury News
Montbello FreshLo – Cover Story in Colorado Real Estate Journal
Half Moon Bay Farmworker Housing Gains Approval After Push by Newsom
Half Moon Bay farmworker housing plan reluctantly OK’d after Newsom’s criticism
Gavin Newsom threatens Half Moon Bay with legal action over ‘egregious’ farmworker housing delay
After last year’s deadly shootings, Half Moon Bay said it would build more farmworker housing. NIMBYs are blocking it.