Stories about Caltrans
The virus of poverty
The fear that many of us feel today has been a part of daily life for homeless people.
Caltrans agrees to pay $2 million for destroying homeless people’s property
Deal would also set new rules for sweeps on state lands.
Swept to death
From San Francisco to San Bernardino, unhoused communities are dying from 'sweeps' and criminalization -- and resisting with our own solutions.
For unhoused people, every day is an emergency
No PG&E. No fresh water. And then the cops take your survival gear and supplies. That's daily life on the streets for thousands of people.
An open letter to Marc Benioff about homelessness
You're spending $30 million to study homelessness, when we already have the answers; why aren't you helping us?
Cooking in your car
The rise of the un-housed middle class -- and a radical approach to homefullness
The Lexus Lanes — and why they won’t work
Instead of rewarding carpools and getting people out of private cars, we are rewarding wealth and encouraging more people to drive. How does this make sense?
Caltrans strands bicyclists on the Bay Bridge
Cyclists get caught behind a locked gate on the new bridge bike path -- a serious safety issue
Homelessness and colonial media
People who live without houses are treated as social outcasts -- and that has an impact
The strange and telling story behind the regional planning merger deal
The plan to let the powerful MTC take control of regional planning is on hold -- but by no means dead -- and social equity hangs in the balance