Northern California Land Trust

The California Community Land Trust Network (CACLTN) and its 52 member organizations regretted learning of the California Governor’s proposal to cut funding for the Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program (FIHPP) in the ‘24-’25 Proposal.

Read our full statement here:https://www.cacltnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CACLTN-Statement-on-FIHPP-Cuts-in-Gov.-Budget.pdf

State Senator Nancy Skinner
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel

Dear NCLT Community:
We are delighted to announce NCLT’s new executive director, Aboubacar “Asn” Ndiaye!

As you all know, our former executive director, Ian Winters, stepped into a new special projects role in April. Since then, the board’s Search & Transition Committee has been hard at work, talking to our closest partners, to our staff, to our interim executive director, and to our fellow board members about the type of leader NCLT needs now and over the next several years. We also worked with executive search recruiter Carrie Blanding to ensure we carried out a fair and thorough search process.

We are confident that Asn is the right person to successfully lead NCLT into our next 50 years. Some of the qualities that especially impressed us are: his commitments to and experience in housing justice and climate equity and with the community land trust model; his understanding of movement building and relationships in the labor movement; his ability to communicate complex ideas clearly to all types of people; and his quick connection to our staff. Asn also brings his own lived experience with housing insecurity, as an immigrant who moved to the US as a teenager and had to move frequently around the world.

"I am honored, humbled, and excited to be joining the Northern California Land Trust as its next Executive Director. I am eager to begin work with the organization's incredible staff, residents, and partners to maintain and build on NCLT's legacy of preserving housing."

Many of you likely already know Asn, given his housing, climate, and campaign work in the Bay Area over the last seven years. Most recently, Asn was the California Housing and Climate Campaign Manager at PowerSwitch Action. He worked with the organization's California affiliates to create a more sustainable and democratic future by developing campaigns and policies to advance climate equity and housing justice in California.

Prior to joining PowerSwitch, Asn was the Partnership for the Bay’s Future Challenge Grant Fellow, where he worked with the City of San Jose and Somos Mayfair to address displacement through a tenant preference policy, a preservation strategy, and alternative models for homeownership, like community land trusts and limited equity co-ops. Before the fellowship, he served as policy manager for Working Partnerships USA. At Working Partnerships, Asn helped secure a $150 million commitment to affordable housing from Google and supported a package of state legislation addressing the “3Ps” of housing: protection, preservation, and production. He has also worked as a strategic researcher for SEIU Local 1, responsible for planning and developing organizing campaigns for building services workers in the Midwest.

"Whether it's keeping our promises to existing residents, executing on new projects, and holding firm to our racial and economic justice values, I'm looking forward to pursuing and deepening the relationships that will ensure NCLT's ability to provide stability and affordability into the future." - Asn Ndiaye

Asn holds a bachelor's degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin. He has written for national publications including The Atlantic and NPR’s Codeswitch. Outside of work, Asn enjoys long road and train trips, watching Ken Burns documentaries, and hanging out with his nieces.

We cannot wait to introduce you to Asn and to begin NCLT’s next chapter. He begins this new role on December 13th, and will really dig into meeting NCLT residents and partners beginning in January. There’s much work to do as we complete current rehab projects, incubate CLTs around the region, and advance Woolsey Gardens, a first-of-its kind, net zero, affordable ownership housing project.

And, we are deeply grateful to Anne-Marie Flynn, our interim executive director who just wrapped up her time with us, for her extraordinary work at NCLT over the last seven months. Our board, staff, and partners have appreciated her direct and supportive management style, her ability to develop smart systems, and her commitment to helping NCLT succeed in its next chapter (among many other qualities!).

Leadership transitions are difficult and uncertain, and we appreciate the patience and collaboration of our staff, residents, and many partners. Inside NCLT, we’re all doing our best to make this a smooth process — and we know there will be a hiccup here and there. Thanks for being in partnership with us, and we are excited to keep building with you.
Onward!

Leslie Gordon and Byron Spicer
Co-Chairs, NCLT Board of Directors

in our Gardens Project Campaign
https://lnkd.in/gD6r77DZ

We have less than 1 month to raise investment capital and urge you to invest in our campaign today!

Powered by Raise Green, a platform enabling impact investments in climate solutions, The Northern California Land Trust (aka NCLT) launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise investment capital. Proceeds from the campaign will be used to consolidate site control for our exciting Woolsey Gardens project and to pay for project-related and NCLT-related costs.
As a local and regional leader in the community land trust movement, NCLT aims to use Woolsey Gardens to accelerate the production of sustainable and financeable permanently affordable housing units for sale, not rental units, to low- to moderate-income households. If built, NCLT expects Woolsey Gardens could be a first-of-its-kind project in the U.S. —a zero net energy building aiming to feature a zero net energy solar microgrid system, “enhanced passive house” technology, innovative thermal storage and waste heat recovery system, mass timber construction, LEED Platinum certification, and 100% permanently affordable ownership housing units.

Through a generous $1 million predevelopment grant from the California Energy Commission and $1 million predevelopment loan committed & approved by the Berkeley City Council, the City of Berkeley has entitled the site for Woolsey Gardens, setting the foundation to construct 65 sustainable and affordable ownership units and nonprofit commercial spaces. For more information about Woolsey Gardens, please visit our project website for more information: https://lnkd.in/gD6r77DZ

NCLT Community News & Job Announcements - https://mailchi.mp/a6d33a1d87f8/big-news-nclt-6653206

APPLY TODAY to join this longstanding Oakland community of social justice advocates and live in a beautifully refurbished 1-bedroom cottage with all utilities included! See more details at www.nclt.org/current-housing-opportunities

Housing, Artist Space Trust & T**A Rally! - https://mailchi.mp/934b7d0b8b03/housing-arts-topa

Join us next Tuesday!

We need your help! Please join us at a T**A RALLY, Tuesday, April 11th at 5pm at Berkeley City Hall (Virtual & School District Board Room-1231 Addison Street). We need your support at City Hall to advocate for the Berkeley Mayor and City Council to add the T**A budget referral into the next year's budget. Now is the time to move forward funding for T**A's administration and other anti-displacement programs!

The Artist Space Trust is taking off!

Artist Space Trust (AST) is HERE! AST is an innovative national model for equitably securing permanently affordable housing and creative space for Bay Area artists. Utilizing methods developed by the community land trust movement, AST facilitates an intergenerational transfer of property to prevent losses for future generations locked out by market forces. AST grew from the shared commitment of Vital Arts and the Northern California Land Trust to stem the displacement of artists economically vulnerable to rising real estate costs. We believe that community control and ownership are necessary to ensure that local artists have access to safe, affordable spaces to live, create, and share their work. Seed funding from Kenneth Rainin Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, San Francisco Foundation.

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Housing Vacancy - 1-bedroom in Oakland housing community! - https://mailchi.mp/57b2b15724c5/1-bedroom-oakland-6265302

“After a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the Black History Month walking tour organized by the South Berkeley Legacy Project resumed this month.”

A walk through history in the heart of Berkeley's Black community Hear William Rumford III share the significance of his grandfather’s pharmacy and Tina Jones Williams tell the story of Kramer’s beauty salon.

NCLT residents envisioning connection to and use of their land with Stop Waste❤️

Amazing work of our partners in LA!

Our Corporate Landlord Tried To Push Us Out. We Saved Our Homes Through A Community Land Trust. A pilot partnership between L.A. County and local community land trusts allowed us to take control of our Koreatown apartment building.

So excited to be in Vallejo this Friday - join us!

THIS FRIDAY! Come learn all about Community Land Trusts from regional experts and hear about Vallejo’s First ever Community Land Trust.

Friday, January 27th
5:30-7:30 pm
JFK library- Joseph Room
505 Santa Clara, Vallejo

Food and refreshments will be provided, DM or text 706-646-9150 with any questions and to RSVP today!

Had an amazing afternoon at Healthy Black Families Inc.’s People’s Assembly, dreaming with neighbors in the frame of Equity for Black Berkeley! Join the next one on February 11!

Check it out!

We're looking for a Marketing and Communications Manager. This is an integral position, helping tell the stories of EB PREC and our community. They will develop high level communications strategy, create small graphic and audio and video content, and collaborate with the cooperative's staff and membership on the day-to-day implementation,

The position offers $36.30/hour with 11 paid holidays, accrued PTO, and health/dental benefits, and is expected to work 30 hours/week. Primarily remote, with some in-person meetings and events in Oakland CA.

We'd love your help in finding a great community member rooted in the East Bay to lead this impactful and important work. Could you please share this email with anyone in your networks who might be a good fit, and/or post this image to your socials to help us spread the word?

Priority application deadline: January 29th.

Full job posting and downloadable pdf at

This Saturday!

JANUARY 21, 2023 12PM - 4PM PDT
TAREA HALL PITTMAN
SOUTH BERKELEY BRANCH LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM
1901 RUSSELL STREET (ON THE CORNER OF MLK JR. WAY) BERKELEY, CA 94703

*MASKS REQUIRED

Our goal is to center the voices of the community in the Adeline Corridor development process.

"Be the Change You Want To See In Our Community"

Register Now!
https://tinyurl.com/E4BBJan

There’s a conversation taking place between the City of Berkeley, B.A.R.T, and the community of South Berkeley. We are hosting a Meeting of South Berkeley and other community members.

Repay, Repair, Rebuild, & Restore!

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Amazing news - tenants successfully fight their displacement in LA, gain cross country support, and become permanently affordable. Tenants and CLTs unite! Congrats!
https://knock-la.com/south-la-homes-boston-university/

We are so excited to see that the Corbett Tenants in LA and Liberty Community Land Trust have secured a promise from Boston University to sell all four buildings and thus keep them affordable to their 130 tenants.

Big thank you to the Greater Boston Community Land Trust Network for their letter of support (below). It's amazing to see the cross-country solidarity.

Join us!

On January 24th, the CA CLT Network will be taking a deep dive into the Community Land Trust (CLT) model including an overview of CLT basics, CLT strategies for acquiring and preserving housing, the CLT landscape in California, and more!

The event is targeted to community members, nonprofit staffers, government employees, and elected officials looking to learn more about how community ownership and CLTs get it done.

Check out the link down below to RSVP!

https://tinyurl.com/CLT101RSVP

Housing Vacancy - 1-bedroom in Berkeley! - See https://nclt.org/current-housing-opportunities

As we close 2022, we want to say thank you to all of NCLT's residents, staff, board, partners and friends. Thank you for working with us in community throughout 2022 and we look forward to a 2023 full of creativity, equity and community - we have more to be and do, and are so grateful to be doing it with all of you. Love to you and yours from NCLT!

NCLT - Gratitude as we close 2022! - https://mailchi.mp/5b49fd77929e/housing-training-tenant-6258538

NCLT - Gratitude as we close 2022!

Can’t wait!

Join us on January 24th, 2023 for a holistic look at the Community Land Trust (CLT) model including an overview of CLT basics, CLT strategies for acquiring and preserving housing, the CLT landscape in California, and more. The event is targeted at community members, nonprofit staffers, government employees, and elected officials looking to learn more about how community ownership and CLTs get it done.
Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/CLT101RSVP

So honored to have joined these people, and others not pictured here, in the rain to fight for housing justice and T**A! **A

Thank you, Moni Law Paola Laverde Berkeley Tenants Union Healthy Black Families Inc. Somos Mayfair Youth United For Community Action and all the leaders that joined us at the T**A rally in the rain. Thank you, for lifting up your voices about why the Berkeley Mayor and City Council need to put forward T**A for a vote!

"T**A will lead to the creation of more permanently affordable housing in a place that is experiencing an affordable housing shortage." https://yes2topa.org/what-is-topa-1

See you out there! **A

Join us today! Bring your umbrellas, we will be out there even in the rain.

Join us tomorrow to say **A!!!

Berkeley T**A Rally this Saturday & Anti-Displacement Efforts - https://mailchi.mp/1ae963e70cb4/housing-training-tenant-6205050

Berkeley T**A Rally this Saturday & Anti-Displacement Efforts (2151 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley, CA 94704). to advocate for the Berkeley Mayor and City Council to put forward T**A for a vote! T**A (The Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act) is key to keeping our neighbors here and embodying Berkeley's progressive values. We'll be joined by other Bay Ar...

Join us on Dec 10! **A **ANOW

T**A NOW! Community leaders let's stand together. Join us, for a T**A rally on Saturday, December 10th from 12pm-1pm at Civic Center Park (2151 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley, CA 94704). We need your support to advocate for the Berkeley Mayor and City Council to put forward T**A for a vote! **A

“Everyone deserves a right to housing, and should have a chance to own their home. Passing T**A would be a critical part of providing that opportunity, and with the passage of Measure M, Berkeley now has additional funds to implement it.” **A

Opinion: It's time to pass Berkeley's Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act The Berkeley City Council must show strong leadership to ensure our community remains a place of belonging and opportunity for all.