The interests of public health and affordable housing are often aligned since affordable housing is an important determinant of health. In the case of infill development projects, however, there are health tradeoffs: most available sites for affordable housing are close to heavily trafficked roadways and mitigations for environmental health issues raise the cost of housing. This panel will discuss the real trade-offs inherent in decisions around affordable infill housing and try to come to an understanding of what all sides can ask for to meet housing needs and protect health and well-being. Panelists: Rajiv Bhatia, Physician and Preventative Medicine Practitioner Catalina Garzon, Program Director, Pacific Institute Lisa Motoyama, Director of Housing Development, Resources for Community Development Moderator: Tracy Zhu, Associate, Ditching Dirty Diesel & Current BCLI Fellow Co-Sponsor: Lili Farhang & Jonathan Heller, Human Impact Partners

1. ”Breaking
the
Impasse:
Balancing
the
Interests
of
Public
Health
&
Housing
in
Affordable
Infill
Development
Projects”
January
29,
2014

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people
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9. Tracy
Zhu

10. Rajiv
Bhatia

11. Lisa
Motoyama

12. Catalina
Garzon

13. Resources
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Community
Development
“Creating and preserving affordable housing for people with
the fewest options; building community and enriching lives”

14. Experience
1984-­‐2014
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Over
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19. Constraints
TOD
Green/Sustainable
NIMBY
Lack
of
Funding

20.
Catalina
Garzón
Pacific
InsMtute
BCLI
Panel
January
29,
2014

21. • Background
on
Project
Partners,
Freight
Transport
and
Community
Health
• Role
of
Land
Use
and
TransportaMon
Planning
in
Freight
Transport
Impacts
• Results
of
Mapping
Freight
Hazards
in
Priority
Development
Areas
• RecommendaMons
for
Healthier
Planning
Overview

22. • Ditching
Dirty
Diesel
Collabora)ve
–
Regional
coaliMon
that
works
to
reduce
diesel
polluMon
in
the
San
Francisco
Bay
Area
• Pacific
Ins)tute
–
Nonprofit
research
insMtute
that
conducts
acMon
research
for
sustainability
with
community
groups
and
coaliMons
Project
Partners

23. ¡ Issue:
Freight
Transport
Movement
of
goods
and
raw
materials
on
trucks,
trains,
planes,
&
ships
¡ Community
Impacts
¡ Diesel
pollution
¡ Noise
&
vibrations
¡ Traffic
delays
¡ Safety
hazards
¡ Health
Effects
¡ Respiratory
problems
¡ Disrupted
sleep
&
concentration
¡ Less
walkable
streets
Freight
Transport
&
Community
Health

24. “SB375
mandates
an
integrated
regional
land
use
and
transportaMon
planning
approach
to
reducing
greenhouse
gas
(GHG)
emissions
from
automobiles
and
light
trucks.”
–
Joint
Policy
Commi`ee
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
PM
2.5
(2009)
PM
10
(2009)
GHG
(2007)
%
of
Overall
On-­‐Road
Emissions
Pollutant
Rela)ve
Contribu)on
of
On-­‐Road
Mobile
Sources
to
Overall
Emissions,
San
Francisco
Bay
Area
Cars/Light
Trucks
Med./Heavy
Duty
Trucks
Buses
Other
Source:
Bay
Area
Air
Quality
Management
District
SB375
and
Regional
Planning

25.
• 46
out
of
the
125
Priority
Development
Areas
in
the
region
intersect
with
a
CARE
community
• CARE
zones
are
air
quality
“hot
spots”
with
higher
health
risk
due
to
toxic
air
contaminants
Mapping
Freight
Hazards
in
PDAs

26. Iden)fy
freight
transport
(FT)
hazards
in
select
Priority
Development
Areas
that
overlap
with
CARE
communi)es
Apply
health
protec)ve
buffer
distances
around
FT
hazards
Methods

27. Methods
conMnued
Iden)fy
areas
in
Priority
Development
Areas
that
fall
outside
of
freight
transport
buffer
zones
Methods
ConMnued

28. Iden)fy
exis)ng
sensi)ve
land
uses
in
Priority
Development
Areas
(PDAs)
that
intersect
with
CARE
communi)es
Methods
ConMnued

29. • 74%
of
land
in
Priority
Development
Areas
that
intersect
with
CARE
communiMes
is
far
enough
away
from
freight
transport
hazards
to
be
suitable
for
sensiMve
development
like
housing
• The
%
of
residenMal
land
area
far
enough
from
freight
transport-­‐related
land
uses
is
greatest
in
Alameda
County
(51%),
San
Mateo
County
(40%),
and
San
Francisco
County
(32%)
Key
Findings

30. • Integrate
freight
transport
concerns
into
regional
land
use
and
transportaMon
planning
processes
• Fine-­‐grained
air
quality
modeling
can
inform
healthier
site-­‐specific
development
decisions
• IncenMvize
housing
development
in
porMons
of
PDAs
with
lower
health
risk
• Require
miMgaMons
for
high-­‐risk
developments
– Indoor
air
filtraMon
systems
&
on-­‐site
monitoring
– Sealed
windows,
sound
barriers,
site
re-­‐design
– Prior
noMficaMon
of
health
risk
for
prospecMve
tenants
RecommendaMons
for
Planning

31. • Ditching
Dirty
Diesel
CollaboraMve
• San
Francisco
FoundaMon
• East
Bay
Community
FoundaMon
Full
report
is
available
on
our
website
at:
www.pacinst.org/reports/crossroads_for_health
THANK
YOU!
Acknowledgments

32. ”Breaking
the
Impasse:
Balancing
the
Interests
of
Public
Health
&
Housing
in
Affordable
Infill
Development
Projects”
January
29,
2014