Public Policy

February 19, 2021

Racial Segregation in the Bay Area Part 5: Remedies, Solutions, and Targets

Outlines various policies and strategies to break up racial residential segregation across the Bay Area, broken down by the following categories: 1. Curtailing Restrictive Land Use Policies & Regulations 2. Rent Control for Integrated or Integrating Communities 3. Mobility Strategies 4. Fair Share & Inclusionary Zoning 5. Affordable Housing & Other Integrative Subsidies
February 19, 2021

Race: The Power of an Illusion, “The House We Live In”

Part of a larger series deconstructing our idea of race, this chapter focuses on how racist housing policy led to de facto and de jure segregation and the racial wealth gap we see today. (Run time 29:18)
February 19, 2021

Redlined, A Legacy of Housing Discrimination

Explaining the racist federal housing policies (e.g. redlining and racial covenants) that systematically created America’s racial wealth gap (Run time 15:08)
February 19, 2021

A CEO Blueprint for Racial Equity

This article presents an invitation and roadmap to help companies understand and address the intended and unintended consequences of all their products, policies, and practices on people of color, and by extension, our economy and democracy. The blueprint provides actions in three key domains: 1) inside the company, 2) within the communities where the companies are headquartered and conduct business, and 3) at the broader societal level.