Big cities. The cost of living is soaring in concord, and renters are pleading for help before they get priced out. The median price for rent has shot up 62 in concord in just the past decade. Spoke with some renters who rallied today, asking the city to give them a break. Tenants power. Reporter and nearly 50 people flooded Concord City Hall on thursday for a rally calling for more tenant protections in the city. Who city . Our city reporter one of the people spied in the crowd is kristi laughlin, who works for the Nonprofit Organization the east bay alliance for sustainable economy. She says they are here to fight for housing justice in concord. Is actually a rally in support of lowering the rent and stopping unjust evictions in concord. Reporter the rally consisted of several speakers sharing concerns and personal struggles regarding the increase in rent prices. Recently, an analysis came out of some of the ownership in concord. It actually showed that 66 of the properties are owned
Minority routes perform better or similar to non minority routes. We have one radio rail route or one rail route thats defined as minority route and thats the tline. Thats less crowded. Those are the results there. Service availability. We matched the bus routes and say who lives within a quarter mile of the bus route and in yellow the picture isnt that great, but yellow is all areas in the city of a quarter mile of the bus stop which is the distance that a person can walk to a bus stop and the buses are covered within a quarter of a mile. Minority or non minority, it doesnt matter. The entire city are residential areas are covered. Whats not covered is in golf courses, so in the city of golf course isnt covered so if you want to take a bus between hoels, it isnt going to work for you. And on the extreme edges of the bay, and the southeast earn part of the city, as the development grows in those places and as resident move in, well provide services to meet those service needs. Transit
Had been at the forefront and part of that was to support you and to take your lead. I will say that i know many of the persons who are applying to be on the seat and to serve many whom most who i respect and appreciate for all the work they continue to do for the city. I think that i would like to see us maybe move forward with 2 of the seats and potentially hold back on two of the seats to give us an opportunity to participate in helping with fayette i dont want to go down a political road because this is the start of manage that is a great example of how we name things. The state throws things out there and makes decisions ive not said that in public. And i want to see some real thought go into the decision with a diverse prospective and not just a political complete political prospective. I will say that i think, you know, and ill kind of let things go where they may. But john and i thought it was joe. John. Yes, so john, i think im actually hell be a great person to serve because
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