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In three years, the goal is to bring that number down to 10,000 individuals. Anybody who s lived in the Bay Area for any length of time knows that is a very audacious goal, said Ken Kirkey, chief partnership officer at All Home. But we believe it is achievable in part because the plan has an integrated approach with a simultaneous provision of things that in the past we have pitted against each other.
The strategy has lots of moving parts but focuses on two main areas: creating more housing and preventing more people from falling into homelessness.
The Regional Action Plan, commonly referred to as RAP, has an initial focus on extremely low-income residents with an emphasis on racial equity.
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Newsom agrees to negotiate after lawmakers complain Bay Area is bypassed in plan to vaccinate poorest Californians
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Devi Kamala, a Fremont local, waves hello to a caregiver at On Lok Pace Senior Center on her way to recieve her COVID-19 vaccine on Janurary 28, 2021.Nina Riggio / Special to The Chronicle
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is negotiating changes to a new state plan for inoculating the poorest Californians after local lawmakers complained that it bypassed the Bay Area, legislators involved in the discussions said.
The state’s vaccine distribution plan, set to take effect this week, is supposed to send 40% of the vaccine supply to people living in the state’s poorest ZIP codes. On Friday, The Chronicle posted an analysis of the new plan showing that Bay Area residents represented just 2% of the people in ZIP codes covered by the new system even though the region represents 20% of California’s population and has many needy p
Nick Josefowitz, San Francisco Mayor’s Appointee, named Vice Chair
Napa County Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza. Photo Credit: Napa County Board of Supervisors by ElObservador 02/26/2021
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
SAN FRANCISCO – Napa County Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza assumed the helm of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission on February 24th, as the regional board unanimously elected him to serve as Chair for the two-year term running through February 2023. Pedroza has served as MTC’s Vice Chair for the past two years and has represented Napa County on the Commission since 2017.
“As the Bay Area, like the rest of the world, looks ahead to emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, recovery and resilience will be front and center in all of MTC’s work,” Pedroza said. “That means working with our partner transportation agencies to adapt to new travel patterns and new budget constraints while continuing to focus on the user experienc
Napa County Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza Elected MTC Chair
Nick Josefowitz, San Francisco Mayor s Appointee, named Vice Chair
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Napa County Supervisor Alfredo Pedroza today assumed the helm of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as the regional board unanimously elected him to serve as Chair for the two-year term running through February 2023. Pedroza has served as MTC s Vice Chair for the past two years and has represented Napa County on the Commission since 2017. As the Bay Area, like the rest of the world, looks ahead to emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, recovery and resilience will be front and center in all of MTC s work, Pedroza said. That means working with our partner transportation agencies to adapt to new travel patterns and new budget constraints while continuing to focus on the user experience; working with our cities and counties and so many others on n