Erin Baldassari

Oakland

Senior Editor, Housing Affordability at KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA)

Senior Editor, Housing Affordability @KQED. SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America. Listen: https://t.co/Za2skSGLqa | Past life = print reporter.

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Articles

Progress By 1,000 Cuts? Housing Legislation Snips Away at California’s Red Tape

4 weeks ago | kqed.org | Erin Baldassari |Adhiti Bandlamudi

Mar 27Failed to save articlePlease try againA condo complex takes shape in a growing housing development under construction on Feb. 16, 2011, in Dublin, California. California is currently permitting around a third of the homes that leaders say is needed to stop home prices from continuing to skyrocket. A new slate of bills aims to help. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)When it comes to building California out of its housing shortage, some lawmakers say the devil is most often in the details.
Wiener’s Controversial Bill to Allow Housing Near Transit Is Back

1 month ago | kqed.org | Erin Baldassari

Mar 14Failed to save articlePlease try againThe Del Monte warehouse is under construction to become an apartment building in Alameda on Jan. 12, 2023. State Sen. Scott Wiener's new bill would allow developers to build an apartment building up to 7 stories tall near high-frequency bus stops and train stations across California. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)State Sen.
How We Rebuild: How Homeowners in Santa Rosa, Oakland Went All-Electric

1 month ago | kqed.org | Laura Klivans |Erin Baldassari

Mar 5Failed to save articlePlease try againCathy Crowley and Paul Amlin in their home in Santa Rosa on Feb. 25, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is the second in a special series, check out the first installment here, and second installment here. Cathy Crowley and her husband Paul Amlin’s Santa Rosa home wouldn’t stand out to passersby. The light blue house is a single story, with just one bedroom.
How We Rebuild: What Comes After the LA Fires

2 months ago | kqed.org | Erin Baldassari |Laura Klivans |Adhiti Bandlamudi |Ezra Romero

Erin BaldassariLaura KlivansAdhiti BandlamudiEzra David RomeroDanielle VentonRachael MyrowFeb 19Failed to save articlePlease try againThe Moreno family home in Altadena, California, before and after the Eaton Fire ravaged the community in January.
How We Rebuild: LA Recovers From Wildfire

2 months ago | kqed.org | Erin Baldassari |Danielle Venton |Rachael Myrow |Ezra Romero

Erin BaldassariDanielle VentonRachael MyrowEzra David RomeroFeb 12Failed to save articlePlease try againBrad Eberhard stands near what remains of Alto Beta, an art gallery, in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire destroyed much of the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 9, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Along the perimeter of the Pacific Palisades burn scar, big, beautiful homes stand untouched.
Point Reyes Ranching Will All But End Under New Deal, Capping Decades-Long Conflict

Jan 10, 2025 | kqed.org | Katie DeBenedetti |Erin Baldassari

Jan 10Failed to save articlePlease try againCows in a meadow in Point Reyes National Seashore located in Marin County, California, on Nov. 17, 2017. (Gili Yaari/NurPhoto via Getty Images)After a decades-long fight, the majority of ranching along the Point Reyes National Seashore will end in the next year and a half.
Lurie Makes Final Picks for Major New SF City Hall Roles Ahead of Inauguration

Jan 7, 2025 | kqed.org | Elize Manoukian |Erin Baldassari

Failed to save articlePlease try againSan Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie gives an acceptance speech at St. Mary’s Square in San Francisco on Nov. 8, 2024. Lurie tapped an urbanism nonprofit head and McKinsey partner to tackle some of the city’s interconnected challenges ahead of his inauguration on Wednesday. In the final days before his inauguration, San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie announced his final two picks for policy director positions as part of his ongoing redesign of City Hall.
Oakland Has a Special Election Mess on Its Hands After Mayoral Recall. Here’s Why

Dec 4, 2024 | kqed.org | Katie DeBenedetti |Erin Baldassari

Dec 4Failed to save articlePlease try againOpposing campaigns for and against the recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao rally at Pacific Renaissance Plaza in Oakland on Oct. 15, 2024. City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas, who will be interim mayor after Sheng Thao’s recall, was elected as Alameda County supervisor. The timeline of filling two vacancies could get messy.
Insurance price spikes threaten supportive housing programs

Nov 28, 2024 | marketplace.org | Mitchell Hartman |Stephanie Hughes |Erin Baldassari

Nov 28, 2024
Supportive housing programs threatened by insurance rates

Nov 28, 2024 | marketplace.org | Erin Baldassari |Amanda Peacher

To end homelessness, political leaders across the country have championed a seemingly simple solution: build homes for people who don’t have them. Even better, put those homes in places where unhoused folks are already living — in cities, close to public transportation and services.