Foundation. This is a little more than an hour. Mr. Clinton thank yall for joining us for the second edition of building an inclusive recovery. I hope wherever you are tuning in from, you are staying healthy and safe. I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to our sponsors for this session. I want to thank those who have made action. I hope all of you will think about specific ways you and your organizations can make a difference or partner with others to increase your impact. Our topic today, the housing crisis, has plagued america long before covid19. Now, it is even more urgent. Especially in dense urban areas. Without enough Affordable Housing, they face new challenges from Economic Impacts of the pandemics. Home ownership has long been recognized as one of the most effective and Proven Solutions to Building Wealth and Financial Stability in america. Even before the pandemic, homeownership rates for black americans were at an alltime low. Latino homeownership is the Fastes
Discusses Affordable Housing and the wealth gap. Clinton thank yall for joining us for the second edition of building an inclusive recovery. I hope wherever you are tuning in from, you are staying healthy and safe. I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude to our sponsors for this session. Those who have made action. I hope all of you will think about specific ways you and your organizations can make a difference or partner with others to increase your impact. Our topic today, the housing crisis, has plagued america long before covid19. Now, it is even more urgent. Especially in dense urban areas. They face new challenges. Home ownership has long been recognized as one of the most effective and Proven Solutions to Building Wealth and Financial Stability in america. ,ven before the pandemic homeownership rates for black americans were at an alltime low. Latino homeownership is the Fastest Growing of any group in the nation. But it still lags behind white ownership by more than 24
2 contained it has destroyed 80 homes in napa and sonoma counties and more than 22,000 structures are threatened right now. Nation, this red flag warning has been issued for the north bay mountains takes Effect Tomorrow afternoon. At 1 oclock and that could certainly spell trouble for firefighters already stretched pretty thin as it is. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now with what were looking at. Alright scary as were going to see those winds make a return to the bay area, the winds. Going to be stronger now weve had the effect of that sea breeze kicking in some higher humidity in around the fires to kind of slow things down now very dry northerly wind is going to start to move in and gusting 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour humidity dropping way down 15 to 25 . So certainly were watching that very closely. Weve got active fires already right now and certainly in and around those are going to be very dangerous right now the winds are beginning to pick up a little bit were sta
Red flag warning its causing that to go really affects everyone in the bay area, not just here in the east bay, but also those in the north bay where that fire is burning right as well as east bay hills and Santa Cruz Mountains last time we saw a red flag warning the glass fire erupted over the weekend. So now more than ever we need to take this seriously its no joke time to get that go bag there are going to be northwest winds up 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour with gusts of 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. They also have dry conditions throughout the bay area with very low humidity which is a recipe for a wildfire. Power flex alert is going into effect at 3 this afternoon and youre being asked to conserve electricity, everyone if they put in a little bit the maybe we can prevent Power Outages because we know those can be a pain. Heres some tips on your screen turn your thermostat to 78 degrees turn off unnecessary lights close your blinds and drapes to keep your home cool dont use major appliances d
Devoting more of their dwindling salaries to monthly housing costs. If these problems persist, Affordable Housing is a going concern, one that could be a factor in the election. We will look at the policy measures that can be put in place to ensure all americans, especially those that are vulnerable, have access to affordable homes. I would like to think the Enterprise Community partners for their support of the conversation. We have a fantastic lineup of speakers, including two mayors from very different regions of the u. S. Advocates and housing experts. A few housekeeping notes. T can tweet us using hehillhousing2020. We are broadcasting live. We will take your questions throughout the program. You can experience occasional trouble with the video. Refreshing the page should in most cases fix the problem. Giles of guest is john mesa, arizona. He has been focused on his next mesa vision which attempts to take his city to the next level. I will call this the hills lair. Lair. E to the