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The Great Communities Collaborative

Arlene RodriguezDirector of Partnerships and

External AffairsLiving Cities

A Growing Region

Berkeley

Oakland

San Jose

Marin

San Francisco

Silicon Valley

• $60 million- MTC planning funds

• 100 station area plans

• $12 billion- local bonds

• $1.5 billion- state infrastructure funds

• CA Senate Bill 375

New Transit Investments Lead the Way

The Opportunity

• Local community engagement• Robust Philanthropic-NGO investment• Consensus around need for increased transit • Models of equitable TODs throughout our region• Regional agencies’ incentive programs• Substantial cross-sectoral collaboration

• Engage deeply in 25 local

planning efforts to

influence 100 plans

• Target low and moderate

income neighborhoods

• Get mixed-income TOD

built

• Build a regional policy

framework

By 2030 all people in

the Bay Area will live in

complete communities,

affordable across all

incomes, with access to

quality transit.

Who: GCC’s Goal

Who: The Partners

25+ Local Cities Working on TODs

7 Technical Assistance Providers

11 Private Foundations

4 Regional Agencies

17 Local Community

Groups

Core Partners:

2 Community Foundations

1 National Nonprofit4 Regional Nonprofits

El Camino Real: Sunnyvale

Steve Price: Urban Advantage

Transforming Spaces

into Places

Where: The 9-county Bay Area

When:

Planning is DIFFERENT from

the Implementation and Developmentof Those Plans

local & regional

plans

local & regional

implementation

2005 2010 2020

How: Our Logic

How: Direct Organizing and Capacity Building

Build capacity of local Site Partners

Engage communities in planning based on their needs and desires

Messaging strategies and general public education

Tool development for local organizers, planners, decision makers, and community advocates

How: Convenings and Coordination

Educate decision makers

Showcase model developments

Coordinate planning processes for genuine and extended local community engagement

Turn out local residents at planning approval meetings to advocate for plans supporting community desires

How: Policy

Advocate for strong local and regional TOD policies and funding

Assure local to state policies are complimentary

Increase MTC’s TOD funding to accelerate pace of transit investments

Ensure land use tools reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Influence implementation of California’s SB375 legislation

Increase public funding for affordable housing

How: Development

Secure sites for mixed-income development

Develop TOD property acquisition fund

Work with cities to identify land and new partnerships

Create market incentives for developers

Partner with our Regional Planners to help them educate their Agency Boards

Craft messages and media with regional agencies to encourageTOD

Near Existing or Planned Transit

Bay Area Development OpportunitiesScarcity of Development Sites Near Transit

How: TOD Fund to Help Finance Implementation

of Plans

Continuum of development feasibility

Moving Sustainable Communities

Forward in the Bay AreaAccelerate pace of transit

investmentsEnsure land use tools

reduce GHG Increase MTC’s TOD funding Create market incentives for

developersAssure that local to state

policies are complimentary Secure sites for mixed-

income developmentIncrease funding for

affordable housingAdvance local hiring

programs to ensure jobs

Prosperous, Diversified, Regional Economies

GCC’s Ingredients:Public funding incentives &

solid land-use policiesCapital investmentsAffordable housing and

transportation optionsJobs-housing fitLocal hiring practices help

build job opportunitiesArms length, but authentic

partnership with the public agencies

Efficient, transit-rich cities - attract employers, workers, revenues

Prosperous, Diversified, Regional Economies

GCC’s Approach:Plan for equitable outcomes –

everyone prospers – the region prospers

Fit Neighborhoods to their “place type” in region

Cross-sector & cross-interest partners

Genuine community engagement

Short term wins for communities

Articulate leadership @ all levels